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Notes on PHP, Drupal, Laravel, React, and Next.js development.

Jun 2026

How to Fix 'Too Many Re-renders' in React

Every real cause of React's 'Too many re-renders' error — calling a setter directly during render, invoking instead of referencing an event handler, a useEffect with a bad dependency array, and state that should have been derived directly — plus a systematic way to debug it.

Jun 2026

How to Fix Hydration Errors in Next.js

Every real cause of Next.js/React hydration errors — non-deterministic values (Date.now, Math.random), reading browser-only globals during render, browser extensions modifying the DOM, invalid HTML nesting, and locale/timezone formatting differences — plus a systematic diagnosis process.

Jun 2026

PHP Design Patterns Every Developer Should Know

Six PHP design patterns that actually earn their keep in real codebases — Singleton, Factory, Strategy, Repository, Observer, and Decorator — with working code and honest guidance on when each is worth the complexity versus over-engineering.

Jun 2026

How to Fix CORS Errors in a Laravel API

Fixing CORS errors in a Laravel API properly: what CORS actually protects against, config/cors.php field by field, the preflight OPTIONS request, Sanctum SPA-specific gotchas, and a systematic way to debug rather than guessing.

Jun 2026

Drupal vs WordPress: Which CMS Should You Choose in 2026?

Drupal vs WordPress compared on content modeling, permissions and multi-editor workflows, security track record, performance at scale, developer ecosystem, and headless/API-first use — plus a practical framework for deciding.

Jun 2026

React State Management: useState vs Redux vs Zustand

When to actually use useState/useReducer, Context, Zustand, or Redux Toolkit for React state — a practical decision ladder rather than a popularity contest — plus why server data (API responses) is a separate problem best solved by React Query/SWR instead of any of these.

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