Note: this is a repost from my post on the madewithlove blog. My previous blog post covered tips on code style fixing while working on legacy projects. The blog post was very generic and the ideas are applicable on projects in any language. I mentioned some tips that help your...

Note: this is a repost from my post on the madewithlove blog. Legacy projects Old projects (maybe even 6 months or less) often come without test suites, are tightly coupled with an outdated version of a framework (if not: has lots of boilerplate code), and are written without consistency in...

Start to run In june 2014 I started running because I had secured a speaker slot at the community day of Laracon EU. For my presentation I wanted to look fit on stage. To gain confidence I wanted to drop a few kilograms of weight. I started with a 9...

Note: this is a repost from my post on the madewithlove blog. When installing a dependency we are used to install a version that adheres to a known public interface and does what it promises. That way we can safely use it in our code. A dependency that uses semantic...

A while ago I saw a discussion on Twitter on when to open a pull request, when you’re done creating the changes, or when you start working on something? The latter is the preferred option, in my opinion. Crafting a PR is possible from the moment you do a first...