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S2E29 What I Learned Implementing the Same Program in Eight Languages
One of the tasks that I took on at work, recently, required updating the details of an existing code project. The project originally showed how to send SMS in each of the seven languages mentioned,…
S2E28 What I'll be Focusing on in 2026 and Why (in greater depth)
As I started talking about in the last episode, this year I'll be focusing primarily on accessibility, testing, and deployment. In this episode, I thought it important to set out why in a decent…
S2E27 Welcome (a little belatedly) to 2026
Welcome, if a little late, to 2026! In this (quite short) episode, I set out the broad direction for the podcast for the coming year so that you know what to expect. In short, while not a lot has…
S2E26 Git Merge and Rebase. Plus Interactive Rebasing and Why It's Not So Scary.
Today, I'm stepping beyond the nine essential Git commands you need to know that I covered in the previous episode by talking about Git merge, rebase, and interactive rebasing. These are commands…
S2E25 The Nine Essential Git Commands You Need to Know When Working With Git
In this episode, I share with you the nine essential commands that you need to know to get started working with Git. It starts off with git init and git clone and finishes up with git fetch and git…
S2E24 Do you prefer using Git on the command-line or with a GUI?
Do you prefer using Git on the command-line or with a GUI? That's what I'm keen to find out in this episode of the podcast. Why? Because I’m an avid Git command-line user, and have been for over 10…
S2E23 Writing Simpler, more maintainable DataProviders with PHPUnit's TestWith attribute
If you love using data providers in PHPUnit, but find defining them verbose (and potentially buggy), then you’ll love the attribute-based approach in PHPUnit. In this episode, I'm stepping through…
S2E22 Some thoughts on Accel's $57M Series A Investment in Laravel
Recently, Laravel took a $57M Series A investment from Accel. What might this mean for the future of Laravel – for the future of PHP more generally? I don't have a crystal ball, but thought that I'd…
S2E21 How to Set a POST Variable From a File When Using Curl
When using curl, how do you set the value of one or more of the POST variable’s from the contents of a file? For the longest time, I didn’t know. But recently I found out. In this post, I’ll step you…
S2E20 Validate Dockerfiles With One Command
Docker is an excellent way of deploying software. But, how do you know if your build configurations (your Dockerfiles) are valid without building them? In this episode of the podcast, let me step you…
S2E19 Composer's show command and why you should use it
Composer is an amazing tool that makes working with PHP so much simpler than it ever was before!In this short(-ish) episode, I want to introduce you to Composer's show command, and how it helps you…
S2E18 What it is (or can be) like learning Java as a PHP developer
In this episode, I'm discussing a recent post that I wrote on my blog about what it's like to learn Java as a PHP developer. If you're, primarily a PHP developer and have considered or spent time…
S2E17 I'm working on a new video and tutorial series showing how to build and deploy a web app in PHP
It's early days, so I don't know how detailed the project will end up being, yet. But, I wanted to share what I'm thinking with you, in this week's episode of the podcast. So, here's my overview of…
S2E16 Talking with Shelley Benhoff about Docker and Docker Compose, being a Docker Captain, Kubernetes, and more!
In this episode, I'm talking with my friend Shelley Benhoff about Docker and Docker Compose, being a Docker Captain, and Kubernetes. It's a fun, warm episode, recorded some time back, where we talk…
S2E15 StackOverflow partners with OpenAI. What do you think?
If you're not aware, on May 6th, StackOverflow and OpenAI announced a partnership where OpenAI will have access to StackOverflow's API. This will allow ChatGPT to be trained, with attribution, from…
S2E14 Good UI is Worth the Investment
As software designers and developers, how often do we think about — or even put ourselves in the position of — the users whom we’re creating software for? How often have we had to use a poorly…
S2E13 Will we end up with AI-generated technical debt?
In this episode, unlike in previous ones, I have a guest on the show. I sit down with my friend Andrew Kew to talk about whether AI is a net positive or negative for us as developers, and for society…
S2E12 Live Reload Go Projects with wgo is so worth it. Here's why.
Building web apps in Go is extremely rewarding. No surprise there, right?! However, as Go’s a compiled language, to see changes, you need to recompile and restart them. Needless to say that’s quite…
S2E11 How to set build arguments in Docker Compose's config file
You can specify build arguments in Dockerfiles to set variables required at build time. However, when you're using Docker Compose and one (or more) of the services in the configuration builds based…
S2E10 Deploy a Go app With a SQLite Database on Fly.io
In this episode, the first for season 2, I talk about my recent experience deploying a Go app, backed by a SQLite database to Fly.io. Warts and all. Links from the episodeFly.ioPersistable…
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Web Dev with Matt has published 28 episodes since October 2021, covering topics in Education, Technology.
Web Dev with Matt is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 16m.
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