PHP: Frankenstein arrays
“One of the core data types in PHP is the array. Mostly unchanged since the early beginnings of the language. The name “array” is a bit unfortunate, as well as the implementation. It is not really an array.”
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Experiment on your code freely with Git worktree
“Git is designed in part to enable experimentation. Once you know that your work is safely being tracked and safe states exist for you to fall back upon if something goes horribly wrong, you’re not afraid to try new ideas.”
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git-switch Documentation
“NAME git-switch – Switch branches”
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AWS Free Tier Data Transfer Expansion – 100 GB From Regions and 1 TB From Amazon CloudFront Per Month
“The AWS Free Tier has been around since 2010 and allows you to use generous amounts of over 100 different AWS services. Some services offer free trials, others are free for the first 12 months after you sign up, and still others are always free, up to a per-service maximum.”
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Svelte’s lifecycle methods can be used anywhere
“I don’t think it’s widely known that you can call the Svelte lifecycle methods (onMount, onDestroy, beforeUpdate, afterUpdate) outside of a component. It is mentioned in the Svelte docs and tutorial, though it’s easy to gloss over.”
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Choose Boring Technology
“Probably the single best thing to happen to me in my career was having had Kellan placed in charge of me. I stuck around long enough to see Kellan’s technical decisionmaking start to bear fruit. I learned a great deal from this, but I also learned a great deal as a result of this.”
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Visitor Pattern
“The Visitor Pattern isn’t used often. This is because there are few situations in which it is applicable or even makes sense. However, it’s a nice pattern to know and to have in your tool belt when the time comes. Let’s look at how this pattern can be applied in a PHP environment.”
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Ensuring data(base) consistency during concurrent requests
“Bugs caused by race conditions can be a huge source or frustration. They are difficult to identify and often difficult to remedy. As part of my day to day job at Mollie, guarding against data inconsistencies is always top of mind.”
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Trie in Javascript: the Data Structure behind Autocomplete
“We’ve already covered the basics of tree data structure in three posts. If you haven’t gone through those yet, I would strongly going through the introductory post at the very least. Trie is a variation of tree data structure. It’s also referred to as prefix tree or a variation of search tree.”
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Modern Php Cheatsheet
“This document is a cheatsheet for Php you will frequently encounter in modern projects and most contemporary sample code.”
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