Immutability in PHP Beyond readonly
A deep dive into immutability in PHP, from readonly properties and interior mutability to immutable value objects, collections, dates, cloning, boundaries, and testing.
Wendell Adriel's Blog
Wendell Adriel's Blog and Website, where I write about Software Development, Open Source, and other topics.
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PHP Attributes: What, Why, How and When
A deep dive into PHP attributes, from metadata and Reflection to practical design patterns, Laravel examples, performance, testing, and the cases where explicit code is better.
The Laravel Scheduler Under the Hood
A deep dive into the Laravel Scheduler, from event registration and cron evaluation to mutexes, background processes, sub-minute tasks, and production-safe scheduling.
UUIDs, ULIDs and Sqids: A Practical Deep Dive
A practical deep dive into UUIDs, ULIDs, and Sqids, from generation models and sorting behavior to database storage, public IDs, and security trade-offs.
Everything About the Context Facade
A deep dive into Laravel Context, from request metadata and automatic log enrichment to hidden context, scoped values, queues, scheduled commands, and internals.
Eloquent Query Classes Pattern
Learn how to use Eloquent Query Classes to organize important database logic in Laravel without adding a full repository layer.
Improving Laravel Architecture With Expressive
Learn how Expressive can improve a Laravel application by keeping Eloquent as the database layer while moving business logic to fully typed objects.
Laravel Request Lifecycle Deep Dive: From Request to Response
A deep dive into the Laravel request lifecycle, from public/index.php and application bootstrapping to middleware, routing, controllers, responses, and termination.
Idempotency: What, Why and How
A deep dive into idempotency, from the theory behind safe retries to a practical Laravel implementation using the Laravel Idempotency package.
RBAC in Laravel: A Practical Deep Dive
A deep dive into Role-Based Access Control, from the theory behind roles and permissions to a practical, team-aware Laravel implementation without external packages.
Laravel Route Binding Behind the Curtains
A deep dive into how Laravel transforms raw route segments into models, scoped children, enums, and custom bound values before your controller runs.
Using the ADR (Action/Domain/Responder) Pattern in Laravel
Learn what the ADR (Action/Domain/Responder) pattern is and how to apply it in Laravel with a simple, practical example.
My Take on Vibe Coding VS Agentic Engineering
My thoughts on why Agentic Engineering is a better path than Vibe Coding, and the workflow I use to turn AI agents into a structured engineering process.
Working with PHP and Laravel on VSCode
After a lot of years working with PHP and Laravel on PHPStorm, I am trying to use VSCode and this is how I configured it for the task.
Inside the Laravel Service Container
Explore Laravel’s Service Container from the ground up: resolution, binding, scopes, contextual dependencies, auto-wiring, and more, and demystify how your app runs.
Welcome to the State Machine Pattern
Learn what the State Machine Pattern is and how to apply it in your PHP applications with this in-depth article about it
Laravel Queues Under the Hood
Discover the mechanics behind the Laravel Queue System
Understanding Laravel Eloquent's Active Record Pattern
Laravel’s Eloquent makes it feel almost magical to move data in and out of your database. Under the hood, that magic is powered by the Active Record pattern, that's a straightforward way to treat a database row as a first-class PHP object with built-in CRUD behaviour. In this article I'll explain what the Active Record pattern is, its pros and cons and we will build a tiny implementation of it in…
Strategic Enums in PHP
Enumerations, commonly known as Enums are a powerful tool in Software Development and can play an important role in the Architecture and Design of applications if used correctly. In this article let's review how we can strategically use them to improve our applications.
Why to use Custom Exceptions in PHP
When creating applications with PHP, Exceptions play a vital role in handling errors and irregularities that arise during the application lifecycle. We are going to see how to use Custom Exceptions to improve our applications.
Understanding Value Objects in PHP
Value Objects is a fantastic concept that we can use to improve our applications. They are small objects, such as Money, DateRange, Email, or Age, that we utilize on complex applications. They are key elements in creating efficient, understandable, and maintainable code.
Composition Over Inheritance in PHP
The debate between the advantages and disadvantages of both composition and inheritance has taken centre stage in the PHP development community recently. In this article, I'll talk about those two concepts and the advantages of using Composition over Inheritance.
Avoid the AOP: Array-Oriented Programming
Arrays are a convenient way of organizing and passing data in PHP applications, but should we do it? In this article, I'll show the cons of abusing the use of associative arrays and a simple alternative for that.
Laravel AaaS - Actions as a Service
Action classes and Invokable Controllers are a hot topic in Laravel nowadays. In this article I'll explain why I think Invokable Controllers are a bad idea and an architectural pattern I created and named as AaaS.
Laravel Collections: The Artisan's Guide
Laravel Collections are really powerful for working with arrays of data. Let's learn how to use the methods they provide to improve our applications.
API Versioning in Laravel
Have you ever heard of API versioning? This is very handy when you need to add an alternative logic for some endpoints but want to keep the current logic for some users. Let's learn a simple way to achieve that in Laravel.
Standard API Responses With Laravel Responsables
Data structure standards are the way to go for having good maintainability in our applications. Let's learn how we can use Laravel Responsables to create standardised API responses for our applications.
Data Transfer Objects in Laravel - Why and How
Data Transfer Objects can be a great way to improve your applications. Let's learn why and how to use them in Laravel.
Structuring a Server-Side Application
Let's learn how we can structure a server-side application in a simple way, while using a clean and efficient architecture that could be used for small to large applications.
Working With Multiple CSS Themes
Let's learn how to create and work with multiple themes in CSS.
Theming With CSS Variables
Let's learn how to theme websites using CSS variables.
From 'Highway to (callback) Hell' to 'Stairway to (async/await) Heaven'
Let's learn the new way of working with asynchronous code on JavaScript.
ES6 and Interviews
Let's see how ES6 features can help you get the job you want