
One of the most important soft skills we can have as developers is being able to communicate how our code works. Other developers can dive into your code to see how it works, but this can be time-consuming, and your stakeholders most likely won’t be able to. What we need is some way to communicate […]
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As developers, we’re always looking for ways to take our customer’s problems and turn them into solutions, and sometimes it can take a painfully long time to deliver those solutions. We might have multiple steps involved in the release process or only do a few releases every year, and that can slow us […]

As developers, most of the time, our websites perform some kind of action based on a user clicking a button or typing some data, but there are some things we need to be able to do outside of the normal web request flow. For example, we should be running our backups at […]
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As maintainers of open source projects, it’s important to try and bring people into our project so that we’re not the only ones maintaining the project. There are lots of ways to do this, like creating blog posts about the project, contributing articles to magazines, or talking about the project at conferences. Another option is […]
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When it comes to PHP development, one thing remains clear: we are living in a time of exciting changes and rapid innovation. The constant tug-of-war between modernization and classic approaches, the necessity for speed without sacrificing quality, and the search for optimal tools are the battles PHP developers face daily. Just as we marvel at […]
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As maintainers of open source projects, it’s important to try and bring people into our project so that we’re not the only ones maintaining the project. There are lots of ways to do this, like creating blog posts about the project, contributing articles to magazines, or talking about the project at conferences. Another option is […]
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John and Eric share more of the day to day behind the scenes work that goes on at php[architect]. This episode of php is sponsored by JetBrains PhpStorm Join the Discord at https://phpa.me/discord Subscribe to the Magazine Today https://phpa.me/signup Twitter @phparch=> ‘Official PHP Architect’ @phptek => ‘php[tek] Conference’ @johncongdon=> Host John Congdon @shocm=> Host […]
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John and Eric share more of the day to day behind the scenes work that goes on at php[architect]. This episode of php is sponsored by JetBrains PhpStorm Join the Discord at https://phpa.me/discord Subscribe to the Magazine Today https://phpa.me/signup Twitter @phparch=> ‘Official PHP Architect’ @phptek => ‘php[tek] Conference’ @johncongdon=> Host John Congdon @shocm=> Host […]
As developers, most of the time, our websites perform some kind of action based on a user clicking a button or typing some data, but there are some things we need to be able to do outside of the normal web request flow. For example, we should be running our backups at […]
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August: the end of summer, back to school for some, harvest month for others, an ending and a beginning all in one month. It’s a good time to reflect on your overall PHP development—habits you’ve worked to break and new ones you’re trying to adopt. PHP Architect’s goals are to provide the latest information from […]
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