Notes on PHP, Drupal, Laravel, React, and Next.js development.
Jun 2026
Next.js SEO done properly: server-rendering content instead of client-only fetching, the Metadata API and generateMetadata() for per-page uniqueness, canonical URLs, JSON-LD structured data, dynamic sitemap.ts/robots.ts, why internal links matter more than the sitemap alone, and Core Web Vitals.
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Jun 2026
PHP 8.3's genuinely useful additions: typed class constants, dynamic class constant fetch, the #[\Override] attribute for catching broken inheritance, json_validate(), readonly property cloning, and new Randomizer methods.
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Jun 2026
Laravel maintainability habits that hold up as a codebase grows: thin controllers with action classes, Form Requests, avoiding both fat controllers and fat models, eager loading, database transactions for multi-step writes, testing critical paths, and Pint for consistent style.
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Jun 2026
Building a real Drupal 10/11 custom module: directory structure, .info.yml, routing, controllers built with dependency injection instead of static service calls, a custom block plugin, enabling the module, and the errors people actually hit.
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Jun 2026
Six real useEffect mistakes and their fixes: missing dependencies, misusing the empty dependency array, missing cleanup functions, unhandled fetch race conditions, using an effect where a direct computation would do, and object/array dependencies that break reference equality — plus a pre-flight checklist.
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Deploying Next.js with Docker: standalone output, a proper multi-stage Dockerfile, why the build stage can't reach other services (and the force-dynamic fix for data that must stay fresh), the build-time vs runtime distinction for NEXT_PUBLIC_ variables, and Docker Compose for a full stack.
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