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GraphQL in the world of WordPress as Headless CMS. To be or not to be?
Headless CMS are all the rage from past some time. The idea of rendering a full page from the CMS itself for every request seems old & boring. To a certain point, the benefits of going Headless...
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The Need for Speed - Reprise!
Last time I posted a similar titled post, it was 15 years ago and about a benchmark comparison on four PHP frameworks out of which one is no more, one is pretty much alive only in name and one is...
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Using regular timestamp or random string as unique ID is a bad idea!
Yesterday I came across this short article on dev.to which advised against using timestamps as unique IDs in file names when handling file uploads. The author instead recommended using a random string...
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iG:Syntax Hiliter v5.1
It’s been almost 7 years since the release of v5.0; seems like it’s becoming a pattern. The funny (& sad) thing is that this release would’ve come out in 2020 and is two years late. GeSHi library...
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How to use Inertia.js & React with modular Laravel
Laravel is a great framework written in PHP & at this point needs no introduction. Everyone who uses Laravel has their own way of doing things, organising their code etc. Some build the app the...
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Laravel’s migrate:fresh command breaking with multiple databases? Here’s how...
Laravel is great at good many things and its inbuilt ORM & query builder makes working with multiple databases a breeze. But while working yesterday, I came across a curious issue – running artisan...
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To GIN or not?!
I’ve been tinkering around with PostgreSQL off-late while working on a project, using Laravel as my framework of choice. Its been many years since I looked into PostgreSQL, enough to say that I might...
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Supercharge your Laravel app with custom data types in PostgreSQL
While I’ve been tinkering around in PostgreSQL off late, one of the things I looked into a bit more thoroughly (other than index types) was data types. PostgreSQL offers a wide range of data types but...
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The Need for Speed – 2024 Edition
I did the previous version of this 3 years ago in 2021. In that benchmark I compared Laravel Octane (with Swoole), Fastify & Go Fiber – with Go Fiber coming out a clear winner as far as performance...
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Cache Groups: Organized server-side caching for all
Consider this: Your web application is growing rapidly. What started as a simple caching strategy, storing a few user sessions and API responses, has evolved into a complex web of cached data. Your...
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