Articles Tagged: architecture
Technical writings, opinionated architectures, and development guides tagged with architecture.
Controlling Code Quality When an Agent Writes Your Laravel
Specs, ADRs and path-scoped rules. The three layers of context I build around an agent so it writes Laravel the way my codebase does, not the way every tutorial does.
MCP Goes Stateless: What Changed and Why It Matters
The Streamable HTTP transport replaced HTTP+SSE and quietly made MCP servers stateless. Here is what that means, how the new transport works, and why it unlocks serverless and edge deployments.
The PSR Standards You Are Probably Ignoring
Five PSR standards that most PHP developers skip. Master them and write code that works anywhere, tested easily, and tied to nothing.
When CRUD Isn't Enough: How Real APIs Outgrow Their Design
Most Laravel APIs start as clean CRUD systems. This article walks through why that breaks down, and how an action-based design fixes the mess.
Building Real Applications with TempestPHP
How to structure TempestPHP applications with domain-first folders, repositories, command handlers, and thin controllers that stay maintainable.
Why your Laravel controllers should be almost empty
Controllers are a transport layer, not a home for business logic. How I keep Laravel controllers down to a handful of lines using Form Requests, payloads, and Action classes.
The Pattern-First Trap in PHP
Why starting with design patterns too early can overcomplicate PHP apps, and a practical way to design from constraints instead.
Your PHP application is not stateless
Understanding statelessness in PHP: filesystem assumptions, session state, and building truly stateless applications with Zero Trust principles.
Building modular systems in Laravel - A practical guide
Learn how modular architecture transforms Laravel apps into scalable, maintainable systems.
An educational look into the Tempest PHP framework
Discover how Tempest, a modern PHP framework, uses code discovery and the latest PHP features to simplify app development and boost productivity.