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TutorialLaravel
Build a tested Laravel 13 AI agent with laravel/ai 1.x: providers, a PHP tool, structured output, queued jobs, fakes for tests, cost caps and a security checklist.
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Resource guideLaravel
A practical checklist for deploying Laravel 13 to a Linux server with Nginx and PHP-FPM: PHP version, web root, environment and secrets, permissions, deployment commands, queue workers, the scheduler, health checks and security.
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JavaScript
Temporal is now a Stage 4 standard shipping in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, but not yet in Safari. Learn which Temporal type to use, how it handles time zones and daylight saving time, and how to adopt it safely with a polyfill.
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TutorialLaravel
A step-by-step guide to protecting a Laravel 13 API with named rate limiters: per-user and per-IP limits, strict login limits, JSON 429 responses, Redis counters, limits on non-HTTP actions and feature tests.
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ComparisonReviews
GitHub and GitLab compared from their published plans: free-tier limits, per-seat prices, CI minutes, branch protection, security tooling, AI pricing and self-hosting, with the same CI job written for both.
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Resource guideResources
Six free, checked learning resources for aspiring web developers: freeCodeCamp, The Odin Project, CS50x, Full Stack Open, javascript.info and MIT OpenCourseWare, with what each teaches, what costs extra and how to combine them.
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Troubleshooting guideLaravel
N+1 queries make Laravel pages slow as data grows. Learn to detect them with preventLazyLoading and query listeners, then fix them with eager loading, withCount and Laravel 13's automatic eager loading.
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Architecture guideCakePHP
How the CakePHP 5 service container works: where CakePHP injects services, when a service is worth it, shared services, configuration injection, service providers, the optional 5.4 built-in container, and swapping services in tests.
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Resource guideAI and Automation
A practical guide to lowering Claude and OpenAI API bills: measure token usage, route tasks to cheaper models, cache repeated prompt prefixes, move non-urgent work to the 50%-off batch APIs, and avoid the mistakes that defeat caching.
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ComparisonReviews
Cursor and GitHub Copilot compared from their published plans and documentation: prices, how AI usage is metered, privacy controls, editor support, and how to give both tools the same repository rules.
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TutorialAI and Automation
A step-by-step Node.js tutorial for Claude tool use: define a strict tool schema, run the request and result loop, handle every stop reason, report tool errors, and avoid the forced-tool 400 error on the Claude 5.5 models.
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Resource guideResources
An eight-step checklist, using free tools, to vet an open-source dependency: licence, maintenance, known vulnerabilities (OSV, npm audit, composer audit), OpenSSF Scorecard, deps.dev footprint, runtime support and an exit plan.
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