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PHP in 2026: What It’s Actually Like to Maintain and Build With It

Most of the PHP guides you’ll find online were written for PHP 5.6 and quietly updated with a new year in the title. That’s… Apr 23, 2024 · 5 min read Read
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How to Write Efficient SQL Queries for Web Apps (2026 Guide)

Most slow web pages I get called about aren’t slow because of the frontend. They’re slow because someone is running 200 queries in a… Apr 21, 2024 · 5 min read Read
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JavaScript ES6 Features You Actually Use in 2026 (With Code)

Most “ES6 features” posts were written in 2016 and never touched again. Meanwhile, the way we actually ship JavaScript changed a lot. Here’s what… Apr 17, 2024 · 7 min read Read
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PHP Security in 2026: 10 Things I Check Before a Site Goes Live

Most PHP sites don’t get breached by geniuses. They get breached by a stale dependency, a missing exit after a redirect, or a file… Apr 11, 2024 · 7 min read Read
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Is PHP Still Worth Using for Web Development in 2026?

PHP gets dismissed a lot by people who haven’t touched it since 2014. That’s a mistake. It runs roughly three quarters of all websites… Apr 5, 2024 · 5 min read Read
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How to Actually Get Better at HTML in 2026 (Not Just Tutorials)

Most people who say they know HTML learned it in a weekend and stopped there. They can build a page, but they can’t tell… Apr 3, 2024 · 5 min read Read