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title: "Hergen Dillema (@Hergen) | Hashnode"
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@Hergen

# Hergen Dillema

@Hergen · Joined February 2021

Backend developer

### [Processing Identity Documents in Laravel](https://hergen.nl/processing-identity-documents-in-laravel?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

If you work in any kind of business that require you to verify a users identity, you might have noticed that most solutions can be quite pricey. In this blog post I'll go over the solution we came up with that makes this process completely free (dep...

7 min read · [hergen.nl](https://hergen.nl/processing-identity-documents-in-laravel?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/processing-identity-documents-in-laravel/608aaf9ef80abf020dc600e6) [Apr 29, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/processing-identity-documents-in-laravel/608aaf9ef80abf020dc600e6)

### [Caching your Laravel API with ETag and Conditional Requests](https://hergen.nl/caching-your-laravel-api-with-etag-and-conditional-requests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When writing an application with a decoupled front- and backend, you'll have to start considering the requests your frontend client makes to the API. Fetching data again from the backend, even when you only want to verify that your frontend's cache i...

11 min read · [hergen.nl](https://hergen.nl/caching-your-laravel-api-with-etag-and-conditional-requests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[3](https://hashnode.com/posts/caching-your-laravel-api-with-etag-and-conditional-requests/60306105f51caf4448561656) [Feb 20, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/caching-your-laravel-api-with-etag-and-conditional-requests/60306105f51caf4448561656)