Last week, Zend by Perforce wrote a blog post about when and how to migrate from a monolithic application to a microservices architecture. For those that haven’t read the post, the TL;DR is that as your application grows, it makes… continue reading
Recently I had an opportunity to interview with a company that I really respected. Normally I wouldn’t consider taking any kind of role or gig (as I run a small business), but the problem space was particularly interesting and the… continue reading
As a busy business owner and software consultant who has numerous projects on tap at any given time, I’m always working hard to stay on task and focus on what needs doing, at the time it needs to be done.… continue reading
Anyone who has read my work knows that I’m a huge fan of automated testing. I’ve preached automated testing ever since Chris Hartjes (Grumpy Programmer) wrote about it years ago. He converted me, and I have been a dutiful, loyal… continue reading
Web developers have long sought ways to make their projects easier to run, maintain and work with. From console apps like Composer and Artisan to custom implementations using things like Symfony Console, there’s a myriad of development tools aimed at… continue reading
Everybody loves to make software that is glamorous, beautiful, and amazing. But very few people like doing the grunt work that it takes to get there. Work like devops, deployment, CI/CD pipeline management, project management, and more is required for… continue reading
It’s 4 am and your servers are down. Your infrastructure provider is having a major outage with no estimated restore time, and your entire application is offline. You’re scrambling, because in two hours your customers come online and will flood… continue reading