Claude and Independently Verifiable Steps
How I improved my prompting and upgraded ~7 years of frontend dependencies of this blog using Claude
Basic RAG using Elasticsearch
Small writeup on how to do basic RAG using Elasticsearch
Updating Elasticsearch aliases is sometimes atomic
Updating ES aliases is atomic within a request, but when sending multiple alias changes at the same time, the actual changes are applied with some sort of internal queue.
The curious case of Spotify collage generator
My Spotify collage generator side project that I released in June 2018 suddenly started getting a lot of traction at the end of January 2019. Why?
Laravel IoC, mocking, tests - practical example
Practical example on how to use Laravel's IoC container to mock external API call in our unit tests. This post shows how to set up our classes for easy testability and then mock then in our unit tests.
Google Stadia - exciting new gaming platform
Google Stadia is Google's bet on cloud gaming, allowing you to play games in up to 4k on just about any device. Exciting! But will it work?
Serializing Eloquent Resources to an Array
Laravel resources are a great way to transform your database models into an API response. But they can be tricky when all you need is for the resource to return a recursively serialized array which wouldn't be returned directly in a http response
Laravel and n + 1 problem
How to deal with an inherited Laravel project that has numerous n + 1 query problems spread throughout it.
Thoughts on TypeScript
TypeScript's rise in the JavaScript world is undeniable. I've been dabbling in it for the past year and recently rewrote my blog using TS. Here are some thoughts
Ruby on Rails vs Django vs Laravel: Popularity
Popularity comparison of the big 3 productivity-focused MV* backend frameworks. PHP's Laravel, Python's Django and Ruby's Ruby on Rails.