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
Laravel 13 Reverb Database Driver — WebSockets Without Redis
The Reverb database scaling driver lets you run real-time WebSockets on a single Laravel box without standing up Redis. Here's the production setup.
Laravel Queue Chains vs Batches — When to Pick Which
Bus::chain and Bus::batch solve different queue problems. Here's the decision framework and the combinations I reach for in production.
Production AI Agents in Laravel — Reliable Loops with Prism and Laravel Workflow
A production-grade playbook for Laravel AI agents — verifier loops, idempotent tools, durable workflow state, Langfuse tracing, and evaluating agent quality in CI.