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Technical writings, opinionated architectures, and development guides tagged with pragmatism.

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Aug 20268 min read
Laravel

It Was Fine Until We Added A Second One

Every trigger in this series has been a second something. That is not a coincidence, and it is the only signal in here reliable enough to act on.

Aug 20267 min read
Laravel

The Interface With One Implementation

You added it so the thing could be swapped out later. Later arrived and nothing was. Counting implementations is the wrong test, and where the interface lives tells you far more.

Aug 20268 min read
Laravel

The Rewrite You Should Not Do

You have run the diagnostics and you have a list. Now price the three options honestly, including the one where you do nothing, which is right more often than the other two put together.

Feb 20263 min read
PHP

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.