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The interface is dead, long live the interface!

For me personally, this topic has grown on me and I think it’s time to address it. For a long time I think bad architectural decisions have been made because of an unhealthy culture. I don’t consid...

Jenkins & PHP, continuous integration tutorial

A while ago I wrote a blog post on setting up continuous integration for Laravel with Jenkins. That was for Laravel 4, and many things have happened since. In this post I widen the scope and aim fo...

Simple pagination in PHP with the Laravel pagination package

Pagination is something most web developers deal with from time and time. You can create a simple pagination in PHP in many ways. There are a few things to keep track of when creating a pagination ...

PHP micro framework for your REST API – Part 1: Selection

With the large number of frameworks that exists today, picking the right one for your next project can feel overwhelming. To make things easier for you when choosing your PHP micro framework, I wan...

Possible benefits of meditation for developers

Programming is hard work where you solve problems and try to manage complexity. Can you honestly say that you take measures for keeping your mind fresh? Keeping your body active through exercise is...

One year of working remote

Yet another post on summing up the first year of working remote. But I hope it can inspire someone out there, or give someone some clue to what it’s like and where the great parts are and possible ...

ngrok, a versatile tool for web developers

In most cases your development machine will be local only, sitting behind a NAT or a firewall. So what happens when you need to show your progress externally or on a mobile device, or when you have...

Atomic deploy for PHP applications

Once your application reaches a critical mass of users, you want to be able to deploy without any abruptions in the service. Users could be really frustrated if they work on something and suddenly ...

So I spoke at a conference

A while back I saw the announcement of a PHP conference that would take place here in Stockholm where I live. I was very excited since it’s the only conference I’ve heard of focused only on PHP her...

Git push to deploy, a tutorial for web applications

Using Git hooks to deploy your application is simple, this is a “git push to deploy” tutorial. Of course you need to use Git as your version control system, but hopefully you are already using it. ...