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CakePHP4 October 2026
Fast, reliable CakePHP 5 tests: fixtures, strategies and mocks
A practical CakePHP 5 testing setup: schema from migrations, strict fixtures, TransactionStrategy, table and integration tests, and mocks with mockModel().
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TutorialAI and Automation3 October 2026
Build a RAG customer-support assistant with Laravel, Gemini and pgvector
A Laravel 13 support assistant that answers from your help centre with citations: Gemini Embedding 2, pgvector search, grounding checks, human hand-off and evals.
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Troubleshooting guideMagento3 October 2026
Magento OpenSearch errors: how to diagnose and fix search fast
Magento search down? Check OpenSearch health, Magento's engine settings, version support, locked indexers and read-only indices, with tested commands for each.
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Architecture guideCakePHP3 October 2026
CakePHP Authorization 3: policies, scopes and safe defaults
How to structure access control in CakePHP 5 with the Authorization 3.x plugin: entity and table policies, scopes, admin rules, request policies and tests.
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ComparisonAI and Automation2 October 2026
Laravel AI SDK vs calling OpenAI, Gemini and Claude APIs directly
The same Laravel task written with laravel/ai and with the Anthropic, OpenAI and Gemini PHP clients: trade-offs, lock-in, missing features, batch costs and testing.
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ComparisonMagento2 October 2026
Magento Open Source vs Adobe Commerce vs Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service
Three products share the Magento name. Compare Magento Open Source, Adobe Commerce and Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service on licence, hosting, upgrades, B2B features, storefronts and how you build customisations.
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Resource guideMagento2 October 2026
Upgrading to Magento 2.4.9: system requirements and a step-by-step checklist
Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce 2.4.9 require PHP 8.5, Valkey, OpenSearch 3 and a newer database. Here are the tested versions, support dates, breaking changes and a practical Composer upgrade checklist.
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Architecture guideWordPress1 October 2026
Headless WordPress architecture: REST API, WPGraphQL and Next.js
When headless WordPress pays off, how to expose custom post types to the REST API or WPGraphQL, and how to cache and revalidate Next.js pages on publish.
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TutorialCodeIgniter1 October 2026
Protect a CodeIgniter 4 API with Shield access tokens
Install CodeIgniter Shield, issue hashed access tokens at login, protect API routes with the tokens filter, restrict actions with scopes and permissions, and revoke tokens on logout, with code checked against current docs.
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TutorialCakePHP1 October 2026
CakePHP Authentication 4: build a secure login in CakePHP 5
Set up cakephp/authentication 4.x on CakePHP 5: middleware order, Session and Form authenticators, hashing, safe redirects, remember-me and tests.
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TutorialMagento27 September 2026
How to move Magento cache and sessions from Redis to Valkey
Adobe now tests Magento and Adobe Commerce with Valkey instead of Redis, and 2.4.9 uses Valkey options in bin/magento. Learn which version you need and how to configure default cache, page cache and sessions.
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Troubleshooting guideMySQL26 September 2026
MySQL deadlocks and lock wait timeouts: causes, diagnosis and fixes
Why InnoDB returns errors 1213 and 1205, how isolation levels and gap locks decide what gets locked, how to find blocking transactions with the Performance Schema, and the application changes that make deadlocks rare.
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