Eric, John, and Oscar go through the articles in the April 2021 issue, Busy Worker Bees.

Topics Discussed

• The rogue Git Commit in PHP’s repo.
• Following PHP internals.
• Working with clients.
• Bref and serverless computing.
• Refactoring applications to use cloud services like S3 Object Stores.
• Yoda Conditionals and writing readable code.
• Preparing for when disaster strikes.

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Eric, John, and Oscar talk about the features and columns from the March 2021 issue, Lambda PHP

Topics Covered

• Working the Serverless computing and PHP, and the costs potentially involved.
• Practical applications of functional programming and misconceptions around it versus object-oriented programming (OOP).
• John and Eric’s attempts at the puzzle for the month about generating hashtags.
• Using Laravel Sail to manage Docker containers for development and production usage.
• Salts, Peppers, Hashes, and Passwords
• Preparing for when your job, industry, or world suddenly shift.
• Chatting with @mwop about Laminas, Zend Framework, and its future.
• APIs and the history of using them in web applications. Touching on REST, XML, JSON, and GraphQL.
• When to use shared hosting for budget-conscious clients.

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Eric and John get a chance to sit down and interview Juciellen Cabrera, on her article Refactoring—Does This Code Spark Joy? in the March 2021 issue.

Topics Covered

• The joy of revisiting legacy code.
• How she started as a programmer via an internship.
• Moving from Brazil to Ireland via a local conference opportunity.
• Her involvement with php[women] in Brazil.
• Working with back-end APIs.
• The direction of PHP as a programming language.

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Oscar Merida, the Editor-in-Chief, looks at the March 2021 issue, Lambda PHP.

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Listen as the podcast crew got together to go through the February 2021 issue, Dealing with Data.

Topics Covered

• Mezzio framework from Laminas (formerly Zend Framework)
• Functional programming and where to use it in PHP applications.
• Using CQRS and Event Sourcing to manage input and output data flows.
• How to approach the February PHP Puzzle
• Diving in to just use Docker.
• Considering the security of external packages and libraries.
• Using poker hand rules as an example for defining business requirements.
• Drupal 9 and the conclusion of Eric’s interview with Angie Byron.
• Using PHP’s Stream functions to transform incoming request data.
• Finding Big Data to work with on a project.

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Join us for an interview with Michael Akopov, another returning guest to the podcast.

Topics Covered

• Working with Laravel, Vapor, Forge, and Livewire.
• His new book, Beyond Laravel which offers an overview of the ecosystem around the framework.
• His six rules to keep in mind when building a business, product, or service.
• Using the community and services around Laravel for your next project or product idea.
• Remote working when everyone else to all remote.
• Ruby versus PHP for web applications.

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