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Making the transition from employee to business owner is, to be frank, scary as hell. If you're not careful, you'll free... Read more

The concept of mental debt is something that developers never talk about. We're obsessed with pointing out technical deb... Read more

Today I completed a year long project that I'd like to talk to you about.

Every developer should develop and manage at least one project themselves. Doing so not only harnesses your discipline, ... Read more

Developers passionately disagree with one another on most programming issues. For every tutorial on class inheritance, d... Read more

Too many ideas and practices in programming are accepted as basic truths. "Don't do it like that! It's dirty." What I'm ... Read more

90% of developers don't test their code. Made up percentages aside, I think you'll find that this is fairly accurate, wh... Read more

I've begun to find that, in so many cases, the basic, boring path - for learning a skill or achieving some result - ends... Read more

While most episodes generally focus on one central idea, today is more a stream of consciousness. We'll discuss everythi... Read more

After working with PHP for over ten years now, there's one question that continues to pop up - no matter what year it is... Read more

The subject of this week's episode is gamification. I'll begin by gushing over Outer Wilds, and then move on to discussi... Read more

If we're being frank, in the last month, I've felt somewhat burned out. As developers, it happens to us all at some poin... Read more

In this episode, we'll begin with a five minute discussion of Home Alone, because I know my audience - and that's what y... Read more

Rather than big New Year's Resolutions, I prefer to make three simple lists. Prioritize the things you love to do, incen... Read more

There's no two ways about it: taking things too far is simply a rite of passage. Whether it's developers over-evangelizi... Read more

So you're a developer planning to launch your first SaaS or subscription site? The business side of things get really co... Read more

In this episode, line by line, I'll answer a recent question related to remote contractors. We'll discuss choosing an ap... Read more

I keep a list of frequently asked questions, related to Laracasts and being a programmer in general. In this episode, we... Read more

In this episode, we're focused entirely on simple performance tips that anyone can implement right now. Every kilobyte c... Read more

Today, we're discussing the importance of building little projects for yourself. Whether it's a podcast, or book, or web... Read more