Category: PHP
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The Reality of Web Development Freelancing
Web development freelancing is often painted as the perfect career move. Flexible hours, choosing your own clients, and working from anywhere all sound ideal. The reality is a little more complex, but for many developers it is also far more… Continue reading
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A Collection of Laravel Packages I’ve Built to Solve Real Problems
Over time, I’ve found myself solving the same problems across different Laravel projects. Rather than re-implementing the same solutions again and again, I started extracting them into small, focused packages that are easy to drop into any application. Below is… Continue reading
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Crafting Code and Christmas Cheer: A Web Developer’s End-of-Year Note
As the year winds down and Christmas makes everything feel a little softer and brighter, most web developers are trying to wrap things up before the holidays begin. There is always one more feature to finish, one more tiny bug… Continue reading
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The Web Developer Job Market in 2025: A UK Overview
The job market for web developers in 2025 presents both opportunities and challenges. If you work in web development, or plan to enter the field, it is worth understanding what is driving demand, how pay is evolving, and what employers… Continue reading
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Mental Health in Web Development: Navigating Remote Work and Office Life
Working in web development can be an exciting career. We get to solve problems, build products that people actually use, and learn new skills almost daily. But the nature of the job also comes with challenges that can quietly chip… Continue reading
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Exploring New Laravel Packages to Supercharge Your Workflow
Laravel’s ecosystem continues to expand with tools that help developers streamline their workflows, enforce best practices, and improve application reliability. Recently, several new packages have been released by me that deserve attention. These tools cover everything from enum generation to… Continue reading
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Consuming External APIs in Laravel – A Practical Guide
IntroductionLaravel isn’t just great at serving APIs – it’s also excellent at consuming external APIs. Whether you’re integrating a payment gateway, weather service, or AI API, Laravel provides tools like the HTTP client (powered by Guzzle) to make API calls… Continue reading
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Building APIs with Laravel – From Controllers to JSON Resources
IntroductionAPIs are the backbone of modern applications, powering SPAs, mobile apps, and integrations with external services. Laravel is not just a great web framework – it’s also one of the most developer-friendly ways to build APIs. In this post, we’ll… Continue reading
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Why Laravel Stands Out Among PHP Frameworks
IntroductionWhen it comes to PHP frameworks, developers have plenty of choices: Symfony, CodeIgniter, Zend, Yii, and more. However, Laravel consistently ranks as the most popular framework in the PHP ecosystem. But what makes it stand out? In this post, we’ll… Continue reading
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New Laravel Packages for Versions 10, 11, and 12
With the release and adoption of Laravel 10, 11, and 12, developers are seeing fresh tools emerge that streamline workflow and improve application reliability. There are three new packages I’ve created that are worth highlighting for anyone building modern Laravel… Continue reading