June 15, 2025 — Icons play a crucial role in web design, enhancing user experience and visual appeal. While there are numerous free resources available, sometimes investing in high-quality, premium SVG icon sets can be worth it for their unique styles and extensive libraries.

May 29, 2025 — CSS is kinda-sorta becoming a true “programming language” with each passing day. With the introduction of new features like CSS variables, the calc() function, The pseudo-classes like :has() and :is(), and the ever versatile @media queries, CSS is making it easier to write complex styles and layouts.

May 21, 2025 — PHP 8.5 is set to introduce a new operator called the pipe operator (|>). This operator allows you to pass the result of one expression as an argument to another expression, making your code cleaner and more readable.

May 4, 2025 — About only 2-3 years ago, if you wanted to install PHP on your system, you had to go through a long and tedious process of downloading the source code, compiling it, and then installing it.

May 2, 2025 — Today, if you want to get the first or last element of an array in PHP effectively, you can use the reset() and end() functions respectively.

April 16, 2025 — When you cache a value in Laravel, it’s stored in the cache store (like Redis, Memcached, etc.) and can be retrieved later. This is great since it prevents expensive operations like database queries or API calls.

April 10, 2025 — Eager loading in Laravel is a way to load related models when you query a model. This is done to prevent the N+1 problem, which occurs when you load a model and then load its related models one by one, resulting in multiple queries to the database.

April 8, 2025 — While Laravel’s Eloquent ORM is pretty powerful and covers all the bases for most of the use cases, there will always be something that is missing. In other words, there will always be a feature that you don’t need until you need it.

March 27, 2025 — I got introduced to macOS back in 2018 at the workplace and since then I’ve been in love with the operating system and the entire ecosystem. There is something about the Mac apps that makes them so delightful to use. Most of these apps are well designed, intuitive, and are a pleasure to use.

March 19, 2025 — View transitions are a great way to make your website feel more dynamic and engaging when users navigate between pages. The View Transition API, in particular, lets you create animated transitions between different website views.