No Compromises Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray
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Two seasoned salty programming veterans talk best practices based on years of working with Laravel SaaS teams.
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Troubleshooting an empty session
Why isn't this working? It can be frustrating when something doesn't work as expected!
In this episode, we talk through a recent issue Joel had with sessions and oauth flows. There are a couple principles that apply more broadly.
Next time you're stuck on something, let us help!
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Magic methods are okay in the right context
"Magic" methods and properties show up several places in Laravel, as well as third-party packages. They can make certain things easier and less verbose, but there is a trade off. In this episode, we discuss a few different contexts where we like and avoid magic accessors.
We'd really appreciate it if you share the show with other Laravel devs.
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Should you let your admin do that?
Admins can do everything in the app, right? Today we discuss a couple reasons why you may want to consider not letting an admin have access to every single feature in your app.
🎉️ Episode 100 is a huge milestone for us. Thank you for listening!
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Don't get overwhelmed by errors in your application
Have you ever turned on error tracking in a long-lived app and then got overwhelmed by all the errors happening? We talk through some strategies to not get overwhelmed and make a case that you really should be monitoring this in production.
Would you like help with your legacy app? We have a ton of experience making legacy apps a joy to work within.
(00:00) - Your app should be tracking errors
(02:30) - Better than just parsing logs
(05:15) - Don't get overwhelmed when you first turn it on
(06:00) - How to triage and prioritize
(07:30) - Know about performance issues
(10:30) - Silly bit -
Does it matter how your code looks?
We've talked about coding standards before, but this time we approach it from a slightly different angle. Does the way you're code is formatted affect your ability to understand it? Brains are interesting things.
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The life cycle of database hosting
You launched a hobby project and then it starts to get some traction. What next? How do you get a more solid foundation under your app when it comes to database hosting? In this episode, we discuss the common phases we see a database go through during an app's life.
And if you'd love some help moving your database or tackling performance issues, give us a call!