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Over the 15+ years of my development career, I have learned several things that significantly increase my effectiveness. In this… The post Advice for junior developers appeared first on Entr...

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2022/09/21/advice-for-junior-developers/

Since a few years, you can use the PSR-3 LoggerInterface in MediaWiki to log messages. But how can you tell… The post Using PSR-3 Monolog in MediaWiki appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2022/02/08/using-psr3-monolog-in-mediawiki/

PHP has introduced a number of new features that allow you to write awesome Value Objects with PHP 8.1. In… The post Value Objects with PHP 8.1 appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2022/01/30/value-objects-with-php-8-1/

I’m happy to announce a brand new blog dedicated to MediaWiki and all things enterprise wiki related. Half a year… The post New MediaWiki blog appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2019/10/26/new-mediawiki-blog/

What are the differences between building on top of a framework and building on top of an application? How does… The post Applications as Frameworks appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2019/02/28/applications-as-frameworks/

Guard Clauses are one of my favorite little tricks that allow simplifying code. A guard clause is an if statement… The post Readable Functions: Guard Clause appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2019/01/14/readable-functions-guard-clause/

In 2018 I read more books than ever before. Here are some of my recommendations and thoughts. I read 21… The post My year in books appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2019/01/03/my-year-in-books-4/

Several tricks and heuristics that I apply to write easy to understand functions keep coming up when I look at… The post Readable Functions: Do One Thing appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2018/10/30/readable-functions-do-one-thing/

Lately there has been a lot of hype around the typed properties that PHP 7.4 will bring. In this post… The post PHP Typed Properties appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2018/10/28/php-typed-properties/

Several tricks and heuristics that I apply to write easy to understand functions keep coming up when I look at… The post Readable Functions: Minimize State appeared first on Entropy Wins .

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2018/10/24/readable-functions-minimize-state/