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Link March 29, 2026www.beberlei.de/post/when_to_use_empty_in_php_i_say_never →
This one's from 2012 but still holds up. People love reaching for
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Video March 29, 2026
After using Raycast and similar tools for window management, I decided to try a proper tiling window manager. AeroSpace still has some quirks, but it works — and it's the best one I've found on macOS so far. Great walkthrough by Josean Martinez covering the full setup.
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Article March 27, 2026
Stop Mocking Everything
Mocks can give you a false sense of security. Here's when to use real implementations instead — and why your test suite will thank you.
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Video March 25, 2026
Mauro's talk on aggregate boundaries is one of the clearest explanations I've seen. He reframes aggregates as consistency boundaries rather than object clusters, which changes how you think about design entirely.
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Article March 22, 2026
Symfony Messenger Beyond the Basics
Most tutorials stop at dispatching your first message. Here's what you actually need to know when running Messenger in production.
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Link March 20, 2026
The htmx team published their entire book online for free. It's a fantastic deep dive into why hypermedia as an architecture is making a comeback — and why the SPA-everywhere era might have been a detour.
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Product March 18, 2026
PhpStormJetBrainsMy daily driver for PHP development. The Symfony plugin, database tools, and refactoring support make it indispensable. Worth every cent of the subscription.
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Article March 15, 2026
Why Value Objects Matter in Domain-Driven Design
Value objects are one of the most underused tactical patterns in DDD. Here's why they deserve more attention in your PHP codebase.
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Book March 10, 2026
Implementing Domain-Driven DesignStill the best practical companion to Evans' blue book. Vernon walks through bounded contexts, aggregates, and domain events with concrete Java examples that translate well to PHP. The chapter on context mapping alone is worth the price.
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Article March 8, 2026
Readable Code Is Not Simple Code
We conflate readability with simplicity all the time. But sometimes the most readable solution is the one that embraces a little complexity.
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Article February 20, 2026
CQRS Without Event Sourcing
You don't need event sourcing to benefit from CQRS. Separating reads and writes is valuable on its own — here's how to do it in a Symfony app.
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Article January 30, 2026
The Twelve-Factor Symfony App
Applying twelve-factor methodology to Symfony applications. Most of it comes free — but a few factors need deliberate attention.
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Article December 14, 2025
Getting Aggregate Boundaries Right
The hardest part of DDD isn't understanding aggregates — it's deciding where one ends and another begins.
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This is exactly what's happening, and we'll keep seeing this play out over the next few years.