Welcome to the PHPHub blog! I'll be publishing articles related to PHP, but not only that! I'll cover topics like programming and other subjects (maybe a bit less related to PHP, but still within the tech world).
The posting schedule will probably be a bit slow, so thanks for your patience!
How to survive taking over a project built with "vibe coding"
We have just inherited a project presented as a revolution because it was developed at an impressive speed thanks to AI? And it is true, it can be impressive. I have seen a sales colleague create a really decent UI in just a few days. But we may then discover a real house of cards. […]
Why can JSON become a problem?
JSON is everywhere. I probably use it every day, whether to exchange data with an API, temporarily or permanently store information, configure an application, or transfer data between different services. It is simple, readable, and supported by virtually every programming language. But that simplicity can sometimes be misleading. A small JSON file of a few […]
Why Microservices do not solve every problem
For several years, microservices have often been presented as an almost miraculous solution to the problems of applications that become too large. The idea seems attractive: splitting a large application into small independent services, allowing each team to work separately, deploying each part without affecting the rest, and choosing the most appropriate technology for each […]
Heisenbugs: bugs that change behavior when we observe them
Some bugs have a particular talent: they hide when we look for them, appear only in production, mysteriously disappear locally, or vanish as soon as a developer adds a few logs to understand what is happening. Worse, sometimes simply opening a debugger is enough to make them disappear. These elusive bugs have a name: Heisenbugs. […]
SQL is 50 years old: why it is still essential
In computer science, some tools disappear after a few years. Technologies change quickly, new languages appear, and new solutions sometimes replace older ones. And yet, SQL is still here! Created in the 1970s, SQL is still used every day by millions of developers, from small applications to critical systems. You might think that a language […]
What Linters and Formatters still miss in a CodeIgniter codebase
A linter catches a missing semicolon. A formatter catches inconsistent indentation. A code fixer cleans up the obvious stuff automatically, and an obfuscator hides the source before it ships. All of that is genuinely useful, and running a codebase through this kind of tooling before it goes anywhere near a pull request saves real review […]