This wasn't a case of premature optimization. The retention job had reached the point where it was no longer completing in production. At that point, finding a different approach became a necessity, not an optimization exercise.
Laravel Simple Analytics provides lightweight in‑app tracking so you can measure what matters without dashboards or third‑party complexity.
A talk about when an abstraction starts to break down.
A practical example of when to abstract and when not to.
A discussion of when to abstract and when not to.
This project contains a review of a programming exercise I encountered, where I was tasked with analyzing and implementing a data structure in PHP. The exercise presented an unusual design pattern.
Instead of telling you who I am, I'd rather show you.