Late 2017, we set out to replace and upgrade our existing reporting and analytics infrastructure with something that would be a better fit for our workloads. Keeping costs and required maintenance at a minimum would be a nice plus, making for an easy sell. After a bit of researc…
There are two types of upgrades. One follows only `UPGRADE.md` files on every release, replacing what has been removed with new alternatives. It works, and we could say that the codebase will be "up-to-date." The other upgrade doesn't stop at the required minimum but **makes use…
I believe that every Symfony app can fit service config under 5 lines. Configs are among the most underestimated parts of Symfony projects and deserve to be done right. Like a healthy tree trunk, which brings power to the branches and leaves, clear configs keep the design archit…
There's no doubt that having tests in a project allows you to find potential bugs earlier and more easily. Lots of OSS projects require a minimum code coverage in order to accept new pull requests from contributors, and proprietary projects also tend to have some sort of continu…
This post is another installment of the series dedicated to building sightread.org. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. When I was writing the last blog post, it occurred to me that I'm still optimizing images by hand. I think dropping images into ImageOptim is a second nature for me. So I dec…
Copy+paste some aws-cli commands to add a new AWS account to your AWS Organization The AWS Organizations service was introduced at AWS re:Invent 2016. The service has some advanced features, but at a minimum, it is a wonderful way to create new accounts easily, with: all account…
We are very pleased to announce the release of the ApiDoc extension version 4.0.0. This is a major release that modernizes ApiDoc for current PHP projects. The minimum PHP version is now 8.2, and dependency requirements were raised for nikic/php-parser, phpdocumentor/reflection,…
Yii Log Email Target version 4.2.0 was released. In this version: Change PHP constraint in composer.json to 8.1 - 8.5 Raise the minimum yiisoft/mailer version to ^6.0 and adapt the code accordingly Explicitly import classes in "use" section
When you are first starting out with a new idea, often the advice is given to "build the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of your idea". But sometimes the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of your idea can be a little ambiguous. Do you need user management? Integrations with other apps o…
As I wrote in introduction post - I tend to overthink. I decided to start with absolute minimum, as if against myself. So, how did I manage to design this site?
A very interesting insight into Android L’s (= Android 5.0) new design and the ideas behind. Android was always #3 behind Windows Mobile and iOS when it comes to look and usability, but Android 5 / L is a game-changer. I love the “just show the minimum elements neces…
I am writing a minimum viable network stack from scratch for ArvernOS (a UNIX-like toy kernel). This two-part story describes some protocols of the TCP/IP stack as well as some implementation details in the context of ArvernOS. In Part 1 of this two-part story, I presented some …
I am writing a minimum viable network stack from scratch for ArvernOS (a UNIX-like toy kernel). This two-part story describes some protocols of the TCP/IP stack as well as some implementation details in the context of ArvernOS. There are different ways to approach a problem like…
How many hours have you worked on your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in the past month? How many hours have you worked on your lifestyle business this week? How long does it take to write a book? I’m able to give reasonable answers to these questions because I track my time. Hack…