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The Rise of Podcasts: A New Wave of Culture and Conversation

Podcasts didn’t start as the cultural force they are today. In fact, their origin was modest—an experiment in portable audio content that grew out of the early 2000s tech boom. The word “podcast” is a combination of “iPod” and “broadcast,” first coined in 2004 by journalist Ben Hammersley in...

PHP Is Not Dead: Dispelling the Myths

If you’ve been part of the software development community for any length of time, you’ve likely encountered the annual debate: "Is PHP dead?" It’s an argument that refuses to go away, fueled by biases, misconceptions, and a lack of understanding of PHP’s enduring relevance.

As someone with hands-on experience...

How to Combat Context Switching for Maximum Developer Productivity

Every developer knows the feeling: You're deep in the flow, writing complex code, when a Slack/MS Teams notification pops up, followed by an urgent email and a calendar reminder for your next meeting. This constant context switching costs developers up to 23% of their productive time each day.

In Defense Of The Repository Pattern

The Repository Pattern is a common design pattern in software development that provides an abstraction layer between the data access logic and the business logic of an application. Despite its widespread use, some developers have come to dislike the Repository Pattern in certain contexts, particularly in modern frameworks like Laravel. Read More