The last year has been a rollercoaster for all of us thanks to a global pandemic, but to me, it was extra tumultuous! Now that the probation period is over I can break the self-imposed vow of silence.

I'm a big proponent of Baby Steps Doctrine, yep I think I just coined this term. What do I mean by that? Short version I like keeping things simple, now let's get to the long one.

Let's talk about PHP Tuples and why exploring new languages is good for you.

While working for a client whose codebase had a lot of legacy code I faced an interesting challenge, I needed to change the database connection on an already instantiated query builder, and I couldn't do it the Laravel way. 

Yes, I used one of those clickbait titles and no I'm not ashamed, not at all, because now that you've clicked you might as well read it, you obviously have no better things to do. 

It's time we talked about the phelephant in the room. *Ba Dum Tss! Get it? This is double wordplay, elephant in the room and php + elephant == phelephant. Ok, I'm gonna stop now...

Improve Laravel performance with this simple trick!

I felt like an Amish guy when he goes to a big city for the first time in his life. It was awesoomeee! Organizers and volunteers