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Interview preparationCodeIgniter4 October 2026
CodeIgniter 4 model and Query Builder interview questions
Twelve CodeIgniter 4 interview questions on models and the Query Builder, with clear answers and code: mass assignment, soft deletes, casting, SQL safety.
By Cloudsoft Zone
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().
By Cloudsoft Zone
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.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Resource guideCakePHP3 October 2026
Speed up the CakePHP 5 ORM: fix N+1 queries and heavy finds
Find and fix slow CakePHP 5.4 ORM queries: N+1 loops, contain() column bloat, matching(), the new subquery strategy, unhydratedFind(), CounterCache and caching.
By Cloudsoft Zone
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.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Resource guideDevelopment3 October 2026
Harden GitHub Actions workflows: a 10-point security checklist
CI workflows hold your deploy keys and tokens. This checklist covers SHA pinning, least-privilege GITHUB_TOKEN, script injection, pull_request_target and OIDC.
By Cloudsoft Zone
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.
By Cloudsoft Zone
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.
By Cloudsoft Zone
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.
By Cloudsoft Zone
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.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Troubleshooting guideCakePHP2 October 2026
CakePHP Migrations 5 upgrade: fix seeds, phinxlog and FK errors
Migrations 5 removed Phinx. Fix the common upgrade breakages: seeds run, cake_seeds tracking, fetchAll(), old base classes, foreign key names and phinxlog.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Troubleshooting guideBusiness Technology2 October 2026
Why business email lands in spam: fix SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Invoices and replies going to spam? Diagnose SPF, DKIM and DMARC step by step and meet the Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook.com sender rules in force in 2026.
By Cloudsoft Zone