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PHP Type Juggling: Pitfalls and Fixes
How PHP's loose comparison rules cause real bugs, which behaviors changed in PHP 8, and when to use strict types and strict comparisons to avoid them.
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Notes on building web applications: Next.js, Laravel, databases, and the automation around them.
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Eloquent upsert and updateOrCreate at Scale
Compare Eloquent upsert, updateOrCreate, and insertOrIgnore on MySQL and PostgreSQL, including race conditions, deadlocks, and safe bulk imports.
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Laravel Queue Retry and Backoff Explained
How Laravel queue retries, backoff, and timeouts actually work, why jobs silently double-run, and how to configure them for idempotent workers.
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JavaScript Async Await: Patterns and Pitfalls
A practical guide to JavaScript async await: how it maps to the event loop, sequential versus parallel execution, error handling, and the mistakes that cause
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JavaScript Event Loop: Blocking vs Non-Blocking
How the JavaScript event loop turns single-threaded code into non-blocking I/O, where microtasks and macrotasks differ, and the exact patterns that still
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Laravel Multi-Step Forms: A Working Pattern
Build a resumable, validated Laravel multi-step form using a state object, one Form Request per step, and a final transactional commit.
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