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practised.
I'm Steven — CTO at Digitonic, a PHP engineer since 2010 and a keen golfer with a terrible handicap. This is where I write it all down.
…and a few friends I can't name.
Latest from the journal
PestStan — Type-Safe Pest 4 Tests With PHPStan Generics in a Laravel App
PestStan teaches PHPStan about Pest's globals — generic expect() types, proper $this binding, and rules that catch broken assertions before the test even runs.
PHP 8.5 #[\NoDiscard]: Stop Silently Ignoring Return Values That Matter
PHP 8.5 ships a new #[\NoDiscard] attribute that warns when you forget to use a function's return value. Here is how to apply it to your own immutable builders — and why (void) is the only safe way to suppress it.
Livewire 4 #[Computed(persist: true)] — Cache Heavy Queries Across Requests
Livewire 4's #[Computed(persist: true)] flag turns a memoised method into a Laravel-cached value that survives every hydration cycle. Here's the gotchas.