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Why Message Passing Lost the OOP War (But May Still Win the Future)

Why Message Passing Lost the OOP War (But May Still Win the Future)

When Alan Kay coined the term object-oriented programming (OOP), his vision wasn’t about classes, inheritance, or design patterns. It was about independent objects communicating via message passing, much like biological cells or actors in a system. Yet, somehow, that idea got buried beneath layers of class hierarchies, composition, and

Rethinking Engineering: The Future Belongs to the Thinkers Who Prompt

Rethinking Engineering: The Future Belongs to the Thinkers Who Prompt

In an era where artificial intelligence can write code, generate interfaces, analyze data, and simulate user behavior, a natural question arises: will we still hire engineers in the future? The short answer is yes—but not in the way we used to. We're entering a new age of

Mastering the Vary Header: Smarter Caching for Personalized Content

Mastering the Vary Header: Smarter Caching for Personalized Content

When building fast and modern websites, caching is one of your best tools—but it can also become a trap. If you're not careful, your CDN or browser might serve the wrong content to the wrong user. That's where the Vary header comes in. It'

Laravel Tip: firstWhere() vs where()->first() – Which One Should You Use?

Laravel Tip: firstWhere() vs where()->first() – Which One Should You Use?

When working with Eloquent in Laravel, you’ve likely come across two ways to fetch the first matching model from the database: Currency::where('code', 'CAD')->first(); or Currency::firstWhere('code', 'CAD'); At first glance, they seem interchangeable—and for

Stop Using Try-Catch in Laravel Controllers: Here's the Better Way

Stop Using Try-Catch in Laravel Controllers: Here's the Better Way

If you’re sprinkling try-catch blocks inside your Laravel controllers, it’s time to stop and take a step back. This pattern might feel safe, like you’re protecting your application from breaking. But in reality, it’s often a code smell — and there’s a cleaner, more scalable approach

Why I Will Always Love Model::query() in Laravel — And You Should Too

Why I Will Always Love Model::query() in Laravel — And You Should Too

There’s a special place in my heart for one of Laravel’s most elegant and powerful features: Model::query(). As a PHP developer, especially one who works a lot with Eloquent ORM, I’ve come to appreciate how much control, flexibility, and readability this one little method offers. The

self, static, and parent in PHP — What's the Real Difference and When to Use Each

self, static, and parent in PHP — What's the Real Difference and When to Use Each

In PHP, object-oriented programming gives us several powerful keywords—self, static, and parent—to refer to classes within the class hierarchy. While they may seem similar, each has very specific behaviors, especially when dealing with inheritance, method resolution, and instantiation. Understanding these keywords deeply is crucial for writing clean, predictable,