More than once, I've been amazed by what's actually built-into PHP. Here are some of my personal favourite functions.
# Levenshtein
"Levenshtein" is the name of an algorithm to determine the differenc...
I'm happy to announce that we've released another new package: spatie/laravel-help-space. This one makes it easy to populate a custom sidebar in HelpSpace with the data from your Laravel app. In this...
This is a curly bracket, or brace: {.
It’s rarely used as a punctuation mark, but it is one of the most used symbols in programming languages, where they are used to group code and create scopes. It’...
Hi! I usually don't write about the financial side of managing this blog and my newsletters, and yet, here we are. I must admit it feels a little awkward, so let's just get to the point first; I'll pr...
Do you want to know something dangerous?
Habits.
Not the kind where you practise long and hard to make something a habit. No, I’m talking about the kind where you’ve taught yourself something without...
My previous blog seemed only to continue the confusion regarding classes in Functional Programming. Indeed, many people got quite irate. So perhaps a bit of code will help.
Trigger Warning:
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