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
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
This is a technique that I recently found useful. Eloquent models allow you to specify a custom collection object to be returned - which sometimes…
Michael StivalaApril 10, 2016
Today I learned about Salmon Cannons. Salmon have evolved to swim up river to spawn, but the introduction of dams has created a sometimes impossible obstacle…
Michael StivalaApril 7, 2016
I'm the proud owner of WhichBeach - the website that tells you which beach is best to visit (in Malta) based on the weather, updated hourly. As…
Michael StivalaMarch 27, 2016
I recently came a cross a small stumbling block when rendering a select box from data passed to my component via props. This is my…
Michael StivalaMarch 23, 2016
Last weekend I chose to develop an SPA (single-page application) written in Laravel and Vue.js in order to promote the launch of my band Stalko's second…
Michael StivalaMarch 13, 2016
If you're not backing up your websites in production, you should be. Be prudent with your backups so that when data loss happens, you can…
Michael StivalaFebruary 27, 2016