When you’re working with service classes in Laravel that you would inject into your controllers or anywhere else, you might need to pass some configuration values to them ..read more

You read more code than you write. And it’s true. When working on a large codebase, you might need to read a lot of code (written by others) to understand it better ..read more

Sometimes what happens is that for some reason, you might need to back up your database tables ..read more

When I wrote this article about adding support for showing app screenshots in the install UI, there wasn’t a way to do the same on the desktop ..read more

Git is a de-facto standard for version control these days. And there’s no doubt that it’s a powerful tool that can help you manage your code and collaborate with others ..read more

Being aware of the queries that are being executed in your application is one of the most important things to do if you want your application to be performant and scalable at all times ..read more

Browsers have been getting some pretty important features at a rapid pace lately. Features that might take several JavaScript (or CSS) libraries to implement are now available in browsers out of the box ..read more

A fingerprint, in general, refers to a unique pattern or characteristic that can be used to identify an individual or an object. This concept is widely used in various fields. For instance, to uniquely identify a human, the unique patterns of ridges and valleys found on the surface of human fingers or DNA sequences are used. Similarly, in web applications, the unique patterns of the HTTP requests made by a user can be used to uniquely identify them. A request fingerprint can be formed by hashing various values of the request, such as the URL, IP address, user agent, and other parameters. The h ..read more

When it comes to database performance, it would be primarily judged by the fact that how well the database can handle read and write operations. The read and write dynamics The master and slave approach Laravel making it easy In closing The read and write dynamics In high-traffic websites, for instance, e-commerce or social media websites, where a lot of read and write operations are going on simultaneously, the database would be the bottleneck. For instance, in MySQL, read performance can be affected when write operations are performed concurrently since write operations may acquire locks t ..read more

Generics in programming are a feature that allows you to define functions, classes, and data structures with placeholder types. This enables you to write more flexible and reusable code. Generics are commonly used in statically typed languages like Java, C#, and C++. Dynamic languages like Python also support it. Why generics? Using Generics in Laravel Explanation Why generics? Using generics can have multiple benefits: Type Safety: Generics ensure that the relationships return the correct type of models, reducing the risk of runtime errors due to incorrect model types. Better IDE Support ..read more