Engineering,
taught
&
leadership,
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
PHP 8.6 Changes Your Session Defaults: What Breaks in a Laravel App
PHP 8.6 turns on session strict mode, HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax by default. Most Laravel apps shrug. Four specific integrations do not.
PHP 8.6's SortDirection Enum: Typed Sorting in Laravel Queries and Collections
PHP 8.6 adds a global SortDirection enum, and Laravel 13 already accepts it in orderBy() and sortBy(). Here is what it does, what it deliberately does not do, and the one validation gotcha that will bite you.
Filament Tables That Work on a Phone: Stacked Rows in v5.2
A ten-column Filament table on a phone scrolls sideways forever. Filament v5.2 added stackedOnMobile() — here is how to use it, and the four things you still have to fix yourself.