After 15 years in IT, I compressed everything into 3 things that actually matter:

1.Keep It Simple, Smart — not dumb-simple. Intentionally simple.

2.Separate concerns

3.Single source of truth.

When architecture is blurry, AI amplifies the blur.

Full article 👇

lshnpt.dev/journal/what...

Taylor Otwell on stage, founder of Laravel. One of those people who quietly shaped years of my professional life.

And it’s clear that we are entering into Agentic Age of software development. The shift is huge and quite drastic.

#laravel #laraconeu #laracon2026 #webdev #agenticai

What matters the most for me after 15 years of experience — reflections triggered by AI integration On simplicity, boundaries, and building software that lasts

just written some reflections about the approaches and patterns which still matters for me the most in building apps with Laravel. Nothing new, but found it extremely relevant for myself.

What does matter to you? (At the edge of AI 🙂)

#laravel #software #ai

TRIZ: an engineering way to think about problem solving Resolving contradictions instead of balancing them

I’ve concluded my thoughts about TRIZ. That’s interesting problem solving approach (from engineering context). Happy to share it!

#triz #engineering #web #software

Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu + Nginx Tutorial Install, configure, and auto‑renew free SSL certificates to save costs on SSL infrastructure

Want to share my fresh article about Let’s Encrypt certificates and how it turns the process of handling SSL into something effortless and painless 👌.

#web #ssl #nginx #letsencrypt #https #ubuntu

labrodev.substack.com/p/lets-encry...

Building a Simple PHP Composer Package Make it clean, make it shareable: writing your own Composer package with good organized structure.

Iʼm a big fun of making public composer packages to re-use them in my own projects and to share with others.

I cover up the practical aspect of how to bring tiny #PHP package to the world in article.

As example there my recent package postal-formatter (which format postals depends on EU country).

GitHub - labrodev/haversine: PHP 8.1+ utility library that provides a lightweight method to calculate the great-circle distance between two geographic coordinates using the Haversine formula. PHP 8.1+ utility library that provides a lightweight method to calculate the great-circle distance between two geographic coordinates using the Haversine formula. - labrodev/haversine

🚀 Just released a lightweight PHP utility to calculate distances between two geo-coordinates using the Haversine formula.

🧭 Could be useful for travel, mapping, or logistics apps.
📦 Composer-ready and tested

Check it out 👉 github.com/labrodev/hav...
#PHP #opensource #geolocation #composer

I agree, right now using DaisyUI for my new app and it looks so good

FastAPI + Docker for Quick Python APIs Add lightning-fast Python endpoints to your Laravel app using FastAPI and Docker.

New on my Substack: Add tiny Python endpoints to your Laravel app in under 10 minutes with FastAPI + Docker.

#laravel #python #skeleton #tutorial #webdevelopment #php #docker

Common sense 🙂

Fail2Ban: A Practical Way to Secure Your Server from Brute Force and Bot Attacks Instantly shield your Ubuntu 24 server from brute-force logins and automated scans with minimal setup

Tired of endless brute-force hits and bots probing for your .env & .git? Fail2Ban is the bouncer you need! In 5 mins on Ubuntu 24, ban the riff-raff and breathe easy. Check the guide. ✍️

#web #ssh #ubuntu #fail2ban #laravel #vps

Query class. Like ProductQuery or CategoryQuery

Amazing 🎉

Art in Everything: From Bruegel to Web applications Why creativity is everywhere — if we choose to see it. In art, in programming code in our everyday actions. Some thoughts about creativity as the fundamental aspect of human beings.

Why creativity is everywhere — if we choose to see it. In art, in programming code in our everyday actions. Here are some thoughts about creativity as the fundamental aspect of human beings.

#creativity #art #culture #vienna #inspiration #web #laravel #php #bruegel #humans #painters #kunst #laradev

In this article, I’ve described how to implement UUID generation for Eloquent models in Laravel by reusable trait.

#laravel #uuid #eloquent #php #webdev #traits #laradev #substack #programming #coding #oop #eloquentmodels

Leveraging Traits in Laravel Eloquent Models Building Reusable Functionality with the Numberable Package

In Laravel development, traits are incredibly powerful tools that allow you to add reusable functionality to Eloquent models.

In this article on my Substack, I want to explore how to keep traits clean and usable in Laravel.

#laravel #php #traits #eloquent #webdevelopment #webdev #models

Answering the question after his presentation, Sebastian Bergmann has said: <I’m not only the name on your console, I’m human being>. Which is valid statement, for sure 🙂. But name will still be seeing in a console. PHPUnit 🤘.

#phpunit #php #laravel #webdevelopment #laraconeu #phptests #webdev

So many excited things up to come on 24th of February for Laravel community - Laravel Cloud, new starter kits and Laravel 12 🎉. Thanks @taylorotwell.bsky.social and whole Laravel team for new tools and opportunities.

#laraconeu #laravel #php #webdev #laravelcloud

So #LaraconEU 25 has started. All the topics so far is interesting and actual. For me, Especially presentation related to embedding words and Pipeline use cases. And yes, static analysis is the must-have tool for solid projects 💪.

Greeting sunset in Amsterdam and feeling excited before attending #laraconeu 25 tomorrow!

#laravel #laraconeu #php #webdevelopment

Using Static Analysis in Laravel: A Guide to Starting with PHPStan in Your Project Step-by-Step Guide on How to Install and Configure PHPStan in Laravel to Begin Benefiting from Code Coverage with Static Analysis

Just want to share here step by step guide how to use PHPStan in Laravel application. Static analysis is very useful for any Laravel project and add a solid quality to codebase.

#phpstan #laravel #php #staticanalysis #webdevelopment