I recently read a tweet (that I'm unable to find) stating that adding two arrays together is faster than using array_merge, so I decided to test it. I wrote a quick file that contains 3 for loops, each doing 10.000.000 iterations. Below are the benchmarks. Benchmarks Below…

The initial work on a project is always easier when it comes to the database and data therein. Things change a bit after going live, where a migration could potentially cause loss of data, or a migration would also require some data to be moved elsewhere or even modified. I've…

Speeding up Laravel applications can be done fairly simple. This guide will only cover the absolute surface and won’t dig deep into specific applications. Using Cookie for Sessions Instead of Files Changing a config/environment variable can improve web-performance a bit. It’s very different depending on your site,…

I love Open Source, contributing to it especially. To me, it gives me a great feeling inside, seeing my changes or additions being merged, which is my primary reason for contributing. Getting started, however, is strangely hard. /Where do I start?/ /How do I know where to contribute? Will they…

Whenever I go for a walk with my dog, I tend to pull out my phone, and listen to different tech podcasts (Usually Five-Minute Geek Show with Matt Stauffer, link below). However I often find it difficult to find great podcast about stuff that I care about. The discovery-features in…