Better Laravel Jobs: Don’t just retry, backoff.

Ever had a Laravel job fail because an external API was down or hit a rate limit?

By default, Laravel is "one and done." If a job fails, it goes straight to the failed_jobs table. We can fix

1 month ago 2 min read

SLI vs SLO vs SLA

I often mix up these terms SLI, SLO, and SLA, so here’s a simple way to understand them.

1️⃣ SLI – Service Level Indicator

What we measure: An SLI is

1 month ago 2 min read

12 API Design Mistakes to Avoid in Production

After reviewing hundreds of APIs, here are the 12 most common design flaws I see (and how to fix them):

1. Using verbs instead of resource names. Your endpoints should repre

1 month ago 2 min read

🔐 Authentication ≠ Authorization

Just because a user is authenticated doesn't mean they should access everything in your API.

The Common Mistake that many developers make is doing this :

public function show(int $id)

1 month ago 1 min read

PHP Attributes: A Simple Guide

PHP Attributes, introduced in PHP 8.0, are a game-changer for writing cleaner, more expressive code. Let me break down what they are, why they matter, and how frameworks like Laravel use them.

1 month ago 2 min read

Facades in Laravel

TL;DR (Quick Summary)

Laravel Facades let you call non-static methods as if they were static. Behind the scenes, Facades act as a proxy to services stored

2 months ago 3 min read