May 5, 2021 — When you want to extend some of the classes’ functionality in Laravel, Macros are your best bet. Your imagination is the only limit to what you can do with macros.

May 3, 2021 — Sometimes, there might be a use case where you want to change the URL’s query parameters as you type in an input field.

April 27, 2021 — Recently, I added a set of few keyboard shortcuts on this blog which helps in navigating through different parts of the blog conveniently. You can check all the shortcuts on this dedicated page.

April 26, 2021 — In my previous article, I talked about the new custom password rule object which brings in the ability to easily add various validation rules to the password field.

April 25, 2021 — Passwords are sensitive data and they should be handled with utmost care. The one way to ensure that the user’s password remains safe is to make them enter the strong password in the first place.

April 17, 2021 — Little-known features are the best when you find them unknowingly. One such feature I came across recently is of the PHP’s popular array_map function.

April 17, 2021 — It’s always a good idea to keep a check on the npm packages you have installed in your project/product. Because these packages are ever updating and try to solve the vulnerabilities they have got in them.

April 15, 2021 — Back in March 2020, when Laravel 7 got released, a brand new HTTP client was introduced which was essentially a wrapper of Guzzle HTTP client. This made the developer experience a lot smoother and easier.

April 11, 2021 — The default terminal shell you get in Linux systems is pretty basic and bare-bones. For instance, in Ubuntu, the default shell is GNU Bash and while it can get your job done, it lacks some of the power user features.

April 10, 2021 — Today I learned something new about JavaScript. i.e JavaScript functions can have properties which can be accessed from within the function scope.