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"01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d14060766143", "title": "I'm going to kill you Zason!", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/i-am-going-to-kill-you-jason", "published_at": "2015-02-02T16:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d14061566522", "title": "Are you a Boy Scout?", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/are-you-a-boy-scout", "published_at": "2015-01-01T16:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d140617a9965", "title": "How Task Driven Development Kills the Craft of Software Engineering", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/task-driven-development-kills-craft-software-engineering", "published_at": "2014-12-18T18:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d1406202c764", "title": "Got Slack?", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/slack", "published_at": "2014-12-10T01:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d1406206476b", "title": "Configuring Apache Virtual Hosts on Mac OS X", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/configure-apache-virtualhost-mac-os-x", "published_at": "2014-11-30T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d1406289a52a", "title": "Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X Yosemite", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/install-apache-php-mysql-mac-os-x-yosemite", "published_at": "2014-11-29T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d14063781c2c", "title": "The Reading List", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/the-reading-list", "published_at": "2014-09-11T12:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d14064515d29", "title": "Finally, I speak PHP", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/speaking-php-world-conference", "published_at": "2014-07-10T19:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d14064fac23a", "title": "Failures and Fuck-ups", "url": "https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/failures-and-fuck-ups", "published_at": "2014-06-10T19:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07df3-753b-7026-adc6-d14065eef6e3", 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2026

Introducing Double original ↗

26 Aug 2026

Fast Laravel Case Study: Laravel News original ↗

24 Jun 2026

2025

Shift's first flat year original ↗

31 Dec 2025

Flying around the world with Laravel and the Stock Market original ↗

26 Dec 2025

2024

Why another side-project original ↗

24 Nov 2024

Launching another side-project original ↗

20 Jun 2024

2023

A lookbehind at 2023 and lookahead for 2024 original ↗

31 Dec 2023

4 personal finance tips for Indie Hackers original ↗

14 Aug 2023

2022

A lookbehind at 2022 and lookahead for 2023 original ↗

31 Dec 2022

Spawning workers based on queue workload original ↗

25 Aug 2022

2021

A lookbehind at 2021 and lookahead for 2022 original ↗

31 Dec 2021

Grinding to $1,000,000 in revenue over 6 years original ↗

23 Nov 2021

Building a PHPUnit to Pest Converter in a week original ↗

13 Sept 2021

2020

A lookbehind at 2020 and lookahead for 2021 original ↗

31 Dec 2020

Configuration precedence when testing Laravel original ↗

18 Dec 2020

Install PHPMyAdmin on macOS using Docker original ↗

11 Oct 2020

Match a Docker container prompt to your own original ↗

4 Oct 2020

Custom command to interact with Docker containers original ↗

27 Sept 2020

Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP on macOS using Docker original ↗

5 Sept 2020

Avoiding inheritance in Laravel original ↗

13 May 2020

Shift Database Outage original ↗

24 Mar 2020

A review of 2019 and goals for 2020 original ↗

12 Jan 2020

Testing middleware behavior with controller assertions original ↗

3 Jan 2020

2019

Streamlining Laravel original ↗

4 Dec 2019

Updating Apache, PHP, and MySQL for macOS Catalina original ↗

3 Nov 2019

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on macOS Catalina original ↗

3 Nov 2019

Crafting maintainable Laravel applications original ↗

30 Oct 2019

Maintaining Laravel config files original ↗

22 Oct 2019

42 Git Questions Answered original ↗

14 Oct 2019

TDD, Outside-In, and YAGNI original ↗

9 Oct 2019

Why your team should not be upgrading old Laravel applications original ↗

25 Sept 2019

Testing the most important piece of your application original ↗

15 Aug 2019

Testing makes me a confident developer original ↗

30 Jul 2019

Laravel - Some Shifty Bits original ↗

29 Jul 2019

Lowering the time cost of testing existing Laravel applications original ↗

18 Jul 2019

A Shifty Email Bug original ↗

15 Jul 2019

Start testing your Laravel applications original ↗

9 Jul 2019

Testing validation in Laravel by asserting a Form Request original ↗

25 Jun 2019

Pricing is hard. Raising prices.original ↗

25 Apr 2019

Building Products - Building an audience original ↗

7 Jan 2019

Jekyll to Jigsaw original ↗

4 Jan 2019

2018

2018 Lookbehind, Lookahead 2019 original ↗

31 Dec 2018

Building Products - Starting from Square 0 original ↗

13 Dec 2018

Updating Apache, PHP, and MySQL for macOS Mojave original ↗

27 Nov 2018

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on macOS Mojave original ↗

26 Nov 2018

10 practices for readable code original ↗

18 Sept 2018

Laravel by the Numbers original ↗

25 Jul 2018

Untangling Nested Code original ↗

16 Jul 2018

2018 Dev Goals original ↗

4 Jan 2018

2017

Fake it by stubbing the mock, dummy original ↗

14 Nov 2017

Writing Clean Code (Part 2)original ↗

17 Oct 2017

SMS admin in 8 lines of code original ↗

20 Sept 2017

Committing to the wrong branch original ↗

5 Sept 2017

References from "Writing Clean Code"original ↗

24 Aug 2017

Writing Clean Code original ↗

14 Aug 2017

You changed the code, you didn't refactor the code.original ↗

5 Jul 2017

Starting an online workshop for Git original ↗

5 Jul 2017

15 years of amateur trading original ↗

2 Jun 2017

An edge case for cache busting original ↗

14 May 2017

Compensation tips original ↗

21 Apr 2017

Using git bisect original ↗

12 Apr 2017

Stop aliasing core Git commands original ↗

19 Mar 2017

Lumen is dead. Long live Lumen.original ↗

27 Feb 2017

Accepting Adam's TDD Challenge original ↗

27 Feb 2017

A closer look at git rebase original ↗

15 Feb 2017

Git - Command line vs GUIs original ↗

11 Jan 2017

When to make a Git commit original ↗

11 Jan 2017

Pivoting from Laravel Shift original ↗

8 Jan 2017

Shift Developer Platform original ↗

4 Jan 2017

2016

3 Git Commands I use every day original ↗

30 Nov 2016

Getting Git - A Video Series original ↗

30 Nov 2016

Practicing YAGNI - Show me the code original ↗

8 Nov 2016

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X Sierra original ↗

29 Sept 2016

Updating Apache, PHP, and MySQL to Mac OS X Sierra original ↗

29 Sept 2016

Update PHP on Mac OS X original ↗

19 Sept 2016

Laravel Shift - 1,000 applications upgraded original ↗

8 Sept 2016

The Proximity Rule?original ↗

19 Aug 2016

Practicing YAGNI original ↗

8 Aug 2016

From Mentoring to Pair Programming to Coaching original ↗

14 Apr 2016

Programmer - Stages of Development original ↗

24 Feb 2016

2015

Shift: Laravel Automated Upgrade Tool original ↗

23 Nov 2015

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X El Capitan original ↗

20 Oct 2015

Updating Apache, PHP, and MySQL to Mac OS X El Capitan original ↗

20 Oct 2015

100 days practicing TDD original ↗

21 Aug 2015

Math in Dates original ↗

8 Jul 2015

Two Weeks of Extreme Programming original ↗

20 May 2015

The Time I Left Steve in the Grand Canyon original ↗

30 Apr 2015

I Don't Disagree original ↗

12 Apr 2015

Removing Comments original ↗

18 Mar 2015

Migrating from Octopress to Jekyll original ↗

15 Feb 2015

I'm going to kill you Zason!original ↗

2 Feb 2015

Are you a Boy Scout?original ↗

1 Jan 2015

2014

How Task Driven Development Kills the Craft of Software Engineering original ↗

18 Dec 2014

Got Slack?original ↗

10 Dec 2014

Configuring Apache Virtual Hosts on Mac OS X original ↗

30 Nov 2014

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X Yosemite original ↗

29 Nov 2014

The Reading List original ↗

11 Sept 2014

Finally, I speak PHP original ↗

10 Jul 2014

Failures and Fuck-ups original ↗

10 Jun 2014

The Debugging Golden Rule original ↗

20 May 2014