March 22, 2023 — We now have a nice addition to the File facade in Laravel 10.x that lets you read JSON files easily. Essentially, it’s a wrapper around the json_decode() function. So, you can use it to read JSON files like so.

March 20, 2023 — Anonymous classes in PHP let you create a class on the fly without having to define a new class. They are especially useful when you want to create a class that is only used once.

March 18, 2023 — In React, when you want don’t want a component to render based on some condition, you might reach for short-circuiting to achieve the same.

March 17, 2023 — So, Caleb Porzio recently shared a little memoize function in PHP. What the function does is pretty straightforward.

March 13, 2023 — The install prompt is a great way to get your users to install your PWA (Progressive Web App). But it can elevate the user experience if you can add some nice screenshots of your app to the install prompt.

March 12, 2023 — There are a couple of projects of mine where I needed to create and download text/JSON files using JavaScript. For instance, in LinkSnatch, I needed a way to export the bookmarks as a JSON file or in my Notepad app, I needed a way to export the notes as a text file.

March 9, 2023 — The Pipeline facade is one little helper in Laravel that has been around for quite some time now but it’s only recently that it has got its place in the Laravel documentation.

March 7, 2023 — I was browsing through my Twitter feed and I saw something pretty subtle yet mind-blowing. One of the guys from the Astro team was showing off some of the new things they have done for their brand redesign.

March 6, 2023 — There comes a time when you want to make HTTP requests but the URL using which you want to make the request is dynamic. For example, you want to make a request to the GitHub API to get the details of a user but the username is dynamic. Or the version of the API is dynamic.

March 5, 2023 — So, this is it! After I’ve seen this screenshot in one of the tweets by Nuno Maduro where he’s using the JetBrains Mono fonts in his editor with the bold font weight, I was like, “I definitely need to try this thingy!”.