As of 3rd July 2018, Malta has become the first country to provide a legal framework for businesses working in the blockchain space. That and…
Michael StivalaJuly 27, 2018
For some reason, I always have trouble setting up Font Awesome (quickly) with Laravel & Elixir. It's three easy steps. Pull in font-awesome with npm or…
Michael StivalaDecember 2, 2016
I've recently created a staging environment that I'm proud of, and I'd like to share it with you. I wanted my staging environment to accomplish…
Michael StivalaNovember 19, 2016
Amo Chohan wrote a very good article detailing a technique he uses to clean up controllers when dealing with complex search queries in eloquent. I'm…
Michael StivalaMay 23, 2016
I recently needed to stress test a website to ensure that it could hold up in the real world - after some searching I stumbled…
Michael StivalaMay 9, 2016
One of the updates I'm working on for WhichBeach is the ability for other website owners to embed WhichBeach widgets that will display up-to-date beach data.…
Michael StivalaMay 7, 2016
I often find myself in the situation where a design calls for form inputs to transform the user's text. It's pretty easy to do nowadays:…
Michael StivalaApril 27, 2016
Learning about immutable objects improved my PHP code thoroughly. I've listed some helpful resources below that really helped me grasp the concept of immutability and value…
Michael StivalaApril 18, 2016
I'm working on a project that involves consuming a Json REST Api - it's sometimes useful to log the requests being made - both for…
Michael StivalaApril 13, 2016