It's easy to get so laser-focused on programming and tech that you close yourself off to other avenues of learning. In the latest episode of the podcast, we make the case why it's good to break outside the tech bubble.
masteringlaravel.io/daily/2025-11-17-laravel-podcast-read-outside-tech-to-expand-your-horizons
A few days ago, we chatted about how PHP's new pipe `|>` operator will help make PHP code more fluent...
And today I just discovered that Rector has a rule for the same thing we talked about 💪
getrector.com/rule-detail/nested-func-calls-to-pipe-operator-rector
Developer Diary, José Miguel Carrera: Progress on assorted projects
john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/11/17/carrera.html
This week's projects include my mini-server, Salavi, Notoboto, the blog's code, a genetic programming framework, City Automata, a desktop weather app, Roku Wake, Phauxfiles, a desktop tic-tac-toe game, and my Codeberg profile.
This is awesome Laravel Rector rule 💪
getrector.com/rule-detail/assert-status-to-assert-method-rector
Free Culture, Structure and Mechanisms: Part four of a fairly deep dive into Free Culture as a concept.
john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/11/16/free-culture-mechanics.html
Finally explaining Free Culture from the ground up, this time how it works mechanically