Jun 20, 2023 · 5 min read · GitHub's 2000 minutes per month of free usage of GitHub Actions is usually enough to handle light workflows. However, as more tech is run automatically, we are forced to upgrade to a paid plan or optimize our workflows. Currently, I am running Rector...
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Apr 8, 2023 · 3 min read · A nice refactoring I've learned recently is to utilize types in conditionals. For years I’ve been doing if (!empty($posts)), but Rector, a tool to automatically refactor code, changed that to if ($posts === []). The main advantage of using $posts ===...
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Feb 26, 2023 · 3 min read · Laravel 10 is making the headlines these days. However, many apps are stuck in older versions, or at least still use the syntax and methods of older releases. One of the most significant changes introduced in Laravel 9 is the syntax for accessors and...
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Sep 24, 2022 · 4 min read · I have to say it from the start, the only thing that comes close to safely upgrading a codebase is having a solid set of automated tests. Nothing gives you more comfort than a bunch of green checkmarks dancing on the screen. With that said, we're goi...
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Sep 4, 2022 · 4 min read · It's important to take a good look at your code and clean up when you're done with it. Once in a while, we tend to forget this little detail and just move on, leaving behind trails of unreachable statements. Here's a very blatant example of a dead pi...
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Aug 31, 2022 · 5 min read · Continuing from the last post, we're now exploring other Rector configurations that help us improve our code. It's funny actually, Rector is a refactoring tool, but I'd be lying if I didn't use it to learn a good practice or two. Really, they have a ...
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Aug 11, 2022 · 4 min read · I recently discovered Rector and was completely blown away by its power and effectiveness. The promise is simple: you install and run the package, you get instant automated upgrades and refactorings. Damn, that's bold, I thought as I dry ran it into ...
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