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Here is what that means in Claude Code, the building blocks it already ships, a worked example, and an honest look at when it is worth the tokens on a subscription.","2026-06-17",11,{"id":13,"name":14,"slug":15,"hue":16},[58,59,62,65,66],{"name":41,"slug":42},{"name":60,"slug":61},"Loop Engineering","loop-engineering",{"name":63,"slug":64},"Automation","automation",{"name":22,"slug":23},{"name":28,"slug":29},[42,61,64,23,29],{"path":69,"title":70,"slug":71,"summary":72,"date":73,"readTime":37,"hasImage":11,"category":74,"tags":75,"tagSlugs":83},"\u002Fposts\u002Fclaude-code-hooks-by-example","Claude Code Hooks, by Example","claude-code-hooks-by-example","CLAUDE.md asks Claude Code nicely. Hooks make things happen for certain. 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Then test it and optionally expose it with a Function URL your Laravel app can call.","2026-06-11",{"id":37,"name":125,"slug":126,"hue":127},"AWS","aws",195,[129,130,133,136,139],{"name":125,"slug":126},{"name":131,"slug":132},"Lambda","lambda",{"name":134,"slug":135},"ECR","ecr",{"name":137,"slug":138},"Docker","docker",{"name":140,"slug":141},"Laravel","laravel",[126,132,135,138,141],{"path":144,"title":145,"slug":146,"summary":147,"date":148,"readTime":10,"hasImage":11,"category":149,"tags":150,"tagSlugs":155},"\u002Fposts\u002Fbuild-a-qr-code-lambda-and-call-it-from-laravel","Build a QR Code Lambda and Call It From Laravel","build-a-qr-code-lambda-and-call-it-from-laravel","A hands-on, beginner-friendly build: write a tiny Python AWS Lambda that turns text into a QR code, run it locally in Docker with no AWS account, and call it from a Laravel app. Every line of Python is explained for developers coming from PHP.","2026-06-10",{"id":37,"name":125,"slug":126,"hue":127},[151,152,153,154],{"name":125,"slug":126},{"name":131,"slug":132},{"name":137,"slug":138},{"name":140,"slug":141},[126,132,138,141],{"path":157,"title":158,"slug":159,"summary":160,"date":161,"readTime":90,"hasImage":11,"category":162,"tags":167,"tagSlugs":172},"\u002Fposts\u002Fpython-for-php-developers","Python for PHP Developers","python-for-php-developers","A friendly tour of Python for developers who already know modern PHP. We map the things you reach for every day, types, arrays, classes, named arguments, match, and enums, onto their Python equivalents so you can read and write Python with confidence.","2026-06-09",{"id":163,"name":164,"slug":165,"hue":166},8,"Python","python",330,[168,169],{"name":164,"slug":165},{"name":170,"slug":171},"PHP","php",[165,171],{"path":174,"title":175,"slug":176,"summary":177,"date":178,"readTime":37,"hasImage":179,"category":180,"tags":185,"tagSlugs":194},"\u002Fposts\u002Fgit-flow-vs-github-flow-choosing-a-branching-strategy","Git Flow vs GitHub Flow: Choosing a Branching Strategy for Your Team","git-flow-vs-github-flow-choosing-a-branching-strategy","Git Flow and GitHub Flow take very different approaches to team branching and releases. Let's compare them, see where trunk-based development fits, and sort out how to handle versioned releases, hotfixes, and everything in between.","2026-06-08",false,{"id":181,"name":182,"slug":183,"hue":184},4,"Git","git",158,[186,188,191],{"name":187,"slug":183},"GIT",{"name":189,"slug":190},"Workflow","workflow",{"name":192,"slug":193},"GitHub","github",[183,190,193],{"path":196,"title":197,"slug":198,"summary":199,"date":200,"readTime":37,"hasImage":179,"category":201,"tags":202,"tagSlugs":206},"\u002Fposts\u002Fgithub-flow-keep-your-main-branch-deployable","GitHub Flow: Keep Your Main Branch Deployable","github-flow-keep-your-main-branch-deployable","GitHub Flow is the lightweight branching workflow built on a single rule: anything in main is deployable. Here is the whole loop, branch, pull request, review, merge and deploy, with the git and gh commands and an honest look at where it fits.","2026-06-06",{"id":181,"name":182,"slug":183,"hue":184},[203,204,205],{"name":187,"slug":183},{"name":189,"slug":190},{"name":192,"slug":193},[183,190,193],{"path":208,"title":209,"slug":210,"summary":211,"date":212,"readTime":13,"hasImage":11,"category":213,"tags":216,"tagSlugs":224},"\u002Fposts\u002Fsolid-principles-modern-php","SOLID Principles in Modern PHP","solid-principles-modern-php","SOLID has not changed in years, but PHP has. Here are the five object-oriented design principles rewritten for PHP 8.5, using typed properties, readonly, enums, constructor promotion, and property hooks to express the same ideas with far less boilerplate.","2026-06-05",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},1,264,[217,218,221],{"name":170,"slug":171},{"name":219,"slug":220},"OOP","oop",{"name":222,"slug":223},"Architecture","architecture",[171,220,223],{"path":226,"title":227,"slug":228,"summary":229,"date":230,"readTime":10,"hasImage":11,"category":231,"tags":232,"tagSlugs":241},"\u002Fposts\u002Forchestrating-lambdas-with-step-functions","Orchestrating Lambdas with Step Functions","orchestrating-lambdas-with-step-functions","Step Functions let you wire Lambdas into workflows with retries, branching, and parallelism, but you do not always need them. Here is an honest guide to when a state machine earns its keep, then a real parallel pipeline built with the modern JSONata syntax, deployed with SAM and tested locally.","2026-06-03",{"id":37,"name":125,"slug":126,"hue":127},[233,234,235,238],{"name":125,"slug":126},{"name":131,"slug":132},{"name":236,"slug":237},"Step Functions","step-functions",{"name":239,"slug":240},"Serverless","serverless",[126,132,237,240],{"path":243,"title":244,"slug":245,"summary":246,"date":247,"readTime":55,"hasImage":11,"category":248,"tags":249,"tagSlugs":257},"\u002Fposts\u002Fgive-your-lambda-an-http-front-door","Give Your Lambda an HTTP Front Door","give-your-lambda-an-http-front-door","Your Lambda works, but how should the world call it? This is a practical tour of the options: invoking directly, Lambda function URLs, and Amazon API Gateway, with a clear guide to what each one buys you. Then we build an HTTP API with SAM, test it locally, and call it from a Laravel app.","2026-05-06",{"id":37,"name":125,"slug":126,"hue":127},[250,251,252,255,256],{"name":125,"slug":126},{"name":131,"slug":132},{"name":253,"slug":254},"API Gateway","api-gateway",{"name":239,"slug":240},{"name":140,"slug":141},[126,132,254,240,141],{"path":259,"title":260,"slug":261,"summary":262,"date":263,"readTime":10,"hasImage":11,"category":264,"tags":265,"tagSlugs":271},"\u002Fposts\u002Fpackage-a-python-lambda-as-a-docker-image","Package a Python Lambda as a Docker Image","package-a-python-lambda-as-a-docker-image","AWS Lambda is not just zip files. Here is how to package a Python function as a Docker container image, choose between arm64 and x86_64, test it locally with the Runtime Interface Emulator, push it to Amazon ECR, and invoke it directly without any API Gateway in front.","2026-04-08",{"id":37,"name":125,"slug":126,"hue":127},[266,267,268,269,270],{"name":125,"slug":126},{"name":131,"slug":132},{"name":137,"slug":138},{"name":134,"slug":135},{"name":239,"slug":240},[126,132,138,135,240],{"path":273,"title":274,"slug":275,"summary":276,"date":277,"readTime":278,"hasImage":11,"category":279,"tags":280,"tagSlugs":288},"\u002Fposts\u002Fwhats-new-in-php-8-5","What's New in PHP 8.5","whats-new-in-php-8-5","PHP 8.5 leans into composition and ergonomics. Here are its headline features with practical examples: the pipe operator, cloning with property updates, the NoDiscard attribute, array_first and array_last, the new URI extension, and backtraces on fatal errors.","2025-11-22",6,{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[281,282,285],{"name":170,"slug":171},{"name":283,"slug":284},"PHP 8.5","php-8-5",{"name":286,"slug":287},"What's New","whats-new",[171,284,287],{"path":290,"title":291,"slug":292,"summary":293,"date":294,"readTime":278,"hasImage":11,"category":295,"tags":296,"tagSlugs":302},"\u002Fposts\u002Fwhats-new-in-php-8-4","What's New in PHP 8.4","whats-new-in-php-8-4","PHP 8.4 brought one of the biggest syntax additions of the 8.x line. Here are its headline features with practical examples: property hooks, asymmetric visibility, new without parentheses, the array_find family, the Deprecated attribute, and a modern HTML5 DOM parser.","2024-11-23",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[297,298,301],{"name":170,"slug":171},{"name":299,"slug":300},"PHP 8.4","php-8-4",{"name":286,"slug":287},[171,300,287],{"path":304,"title":305,"slug":306,"summary":307,"date":308,"readTime":309,"hasImage":179,"category":310,"tags":314,"tagSlugs":317},"\u002Fposts\u002Fstarting-with-rust-installation-first-program","Starting with Rust: From Installation to Your First Program","starting-with-rust-installation-first-program","Learn how to install Rust and write your first \"Hello, world!\" program.","2024-03-23",2,{"id":278,"name":311,"slug":312,"hue":313},"Rust","rust-programming",38,[315],{"name":316,"slug":316},"rust",[316],{"path":319,"title":320,"slug":321,"summary":322,"date":323,"readTime":324,"hasImage":11,"category":325,"tags":326,"tagSlugs":332},"\u002Fposts\u002Fwhats-new-in-php-8-3","What's New in PHP 8.3","whats-new-in-php-8-3","PHP 8.3 is a focused release full of quality-of-life wins. Here are its headline features with practical examples: typed class constants, the Override attribute, json_validate, dynamic constant fetch, random string generation, and readonly deep cloning.","2023-11-25",5,{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[327,328,331],{"name":170,"slug":171},{"name":329,"slug":330},"PHP 8.3","php-8-3",{"name":286,"slug":287},[171,330,287],{"path":334,"title":335,"slug":336,"summary":337,"date":338,"readTime":309,"hasImage":179,"category":339,"tags":343,"tagSlugs":345},"\u002Fposts\u002Fflutter-version-management-fvm","Flutter Version Management","flutter-version-management-fvm","Managing multiple Flutter versions does not need not be a headache. Let's jump into FVM and see how it can simplify your Flutter journey.","2023-10-07",{"id":324,"name":340,"slug":341,"hue":342},"Flutter","flutter",230,[344],{"name":341,"slug":341},[341],{"path":347,"title":348,"slug":349,"summary":350,"date":338,"readTime":214,"hasImage":179,"category":351,"tags":352,"tagSlugs":354},"\u002Fposts\u002Fsetting-up-cocoapods-fvm","Setting Up CocoaPods for FVM-managed Flutter Projects","setting-up-cocoapods-fvm","A guide to installing CocoaPods for a Flutter project while using FVM to manage Flutter versions, ensuring a smooth setup for iOS development.",{"id":324,"name":340,"slug":341,"hue":342},[353],{"name":341,"slug":341},[341],{"path":356,"title":357,"slug":358,"summary":359,"date":338,"readTime":214,"hasImage":179,"category":360,"tags":361,"tagSlugs":363},"\u002Fposts\u002Ftroubleshooting-xcode-15-build-issues-flutter","Troubleshooting Xcode 15 Build Issues in Flutter Projects","troubleshooting-xcode-15-build-issues-flutter","Uncovering solutions to common issues faced when updating to Xcode 15 in a Flutter project using an older version of CocoaPods.",{"id":324,"name":340,"slug":341,"hue":342},[362],{"name":341,"slug":341},[341],{"path":365,"title":366,"slug":367,"summary":368,"date":369,"readTime":278,"hasImage":11,"category":370,"tags":371,"tagSlugs":377},"\u002Fposts\u002Fwhats-new-in-php-8-2","What's New in PHP 8.2","whats-new-in-php-8-2","PHP 8.2 polished the type system and the immutability story. Here are its headline features with practical examples: readonly classes, DNF types, standalone null, false and true types, the new Random extension, constants in traits, and sensitive parameter redaction.","2022-12-10",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[372,373,376],{"name":170,"slug":171},{"name":374,"slug":375},"PHP 8.2","php-8-2",{"name":286,"slug":287},[171,375,287],{"path":379,"title":380,"slug":381,"summary":382,"date":383,"readTime":278,"hasImage":11,"category":384,"tags":385,"tagSlugs":391},"\u002Fposts\u002Fwhats-new-in-php-8-1","What's New in PHP 8.1","whats-new-in-php-8-1","PHP 8.1 is one of the most loved releases of the 8.x line. Here are its headline features with practical examples: enums, readonly properties, first-class callable syntax, fibers, the never return type, and new in initializers.","2021-11-27",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[386,387,390],{"name":170,"slug":171},{"name":388,"slug":389},"PHP 8.1","php-8-1",{"name":286,"slug":287},[171,389,287],{"path":393,"title":394,"slug":395,"summary":396,"date":397,"readTime":278,"hasImage":11,"category":398,"tags":399,"tagSlugs":405},"\u002Fposts\u002Fwhats-new-in-php-8-0","What's New in PHP 8.0","whats-new-in-php-8-0","PHP 8.0 was a true major version. Here is a tour of its headline features with practical examples: constructor property promotion, named arguments, the match expression, the nullsafe operator, union types, and string helpers that finally read like English.","2020-11-28",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[400,401,404],{"name":170,"slug":171},{"name":402,"slug":403},"PHP 8.0","php-8-0",{"name":286,"slug":287},[171,403,287],{"path":407,"title":408,"slug":409,"summary":410,"date":411,"readTime":181,"hasImage":179,"category":412,"tags":413,"tagSlugs":415},"\u002Fposts\u002Fgit-tracking-a-remote-branch-upstream-for-changes","Git: Tracking a Remote Branch for Changes","git-tracking-a-remote-branch-upstream-for-changes","When you fork a project, you need a way to pull in changes from the original repository, usually called upstream. Here is how to wire up an upstream remote, actually sync your fork, and set up branch tracking so plain git pull and git push just work.","2018-11-04",{"id":181,"name":182,"slug":183,"hue":184},[414],{"name":187,"slug":183},[183],{"path":417,"title":418,"slug":419,"summary":420,"date":411,"readTime":421,"hasImage":11,"category":422,"tags":426,"tagSlugs":428},"\u002Fposts\u002Fjavascript-array-map-filter-reduce-functions","JavaScript's map, filter, and reduce methods","javascript-array-map-filter-reduce-functions","JavaScript provides some amazing functions that can be called against your arrays to help filter them, manipulate them, or even reduce them down to a single value or grouped values.",3,{"id":309,"name":423,"slug":424,"hue":425},"JavaScript","javascript",92,[427],{"name":423,"slug":424},[424],{"path":430,"title":431,"slug":432,"summary":433,"date":434,"readTime":214,"hasImage":11,"category":435,"tags":436,"tagSlugs":438},"\u002Fposts\u002Fphp-fizzbuzz-example","FizzBuzz in PHP: A Fresh Approach","php-fizzbuzz-example","FizzBuzz is a very popular programming question that tests your logic to see if you can build a simple program.","2018-11-02",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[437],{"name":170,"slug":171},[171],{"path":440,"title":441,"slug":442,"summary":443,"date":444,"readTime":309,"hasImage":11,"category":445,"tags":446,"tagSlugs":448},"\u002Fposts\u002Fphp-array-reduce","PHP's array_reduce is not only for outputting single values","php-array-reduce","PHP's array_reduce is a simple way to partition a set of data or return a single value. It is super powerful and worth spending time learning.","2018-11-01",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[447],{"name":170,"slug":171},[171],{"path":450,"title":451,"slug":452,"summary":453,"date":454,"readTime":278,"hasImage":179,"category":455,"tags":456,"tagSlugs":459},"\u002Fposts\u002Fimprove-your-git-workflow-with-git-flow","Improve Your Git Workflow with Git Flow","improve-your-git-workflow-with-git-flow","Git Flow is a structured branching model built around versioned, scheduled releases. Here is how its branches fit together, a hands-on walkthrough of features, releases and hotfixes, and an honest take on when it is still the right call.","2016-12-06",{"id":181,"name":182,"slug":183,"hue":184},[457,458],{"name":187,"slug":183},{"name":189,"slug":190},[183,190],{"path":461,"title":462,"slug":463,"summary":464,"date":465,"readTime":278,"hasImage":179,"category":466,"tags":470,"tagSlugs":474},"\u002Fposts\u002Fusing-css-transitions","Using CSS Transitions","using-css-transitions","CSS transitions are the standard way to apply transitions to your elements, and have been for years, replacing the old approach of using JavaScript. In this article, I'll go through each of the transition properties available, and provide examples of how to use them.","2016-12-05",{"id":421,"name":467,"slug":468,"hue":469},"HTML & CSS","html-css",55,[471],{"name":472,"slug":473},"CSS","css",[473],{"path":476,"title":477,"slug":478,"summary":479,"date":480,"readTime":181,"hasImage":179,"category":481,"tags":482,"tagSlugs":486},"\u002Fposts\u002Fstructuring-your-website-with-html-5-semantics","Structuring Your Website With HTML 5 Semantics","structuring-your-website-with-html-5-semantics","Prior to HTML 5, there was no real markup to help explain the intent behind your HTML code. The goal of HTML 5 was to offer a more readable way of writing your code, so that any author that comes after you can have an easier time going through what you've created.","2016-12-04",{"id":421,"name":467,"slug":468,"hue":469},[483],{"name":484,"slug":485},"HTML","html",[485],{"path":488,"title":489,"slug":490,"summary":491,"date":492,"readTime":309,"hasImage":179,"category":493,"tags":494,"tagSlugs":499},"\u002Fposts\u002Finterpolation-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","Interpolation in Stylus","interpolation-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","You can also use interpolation to improve your functions for reuse, as well as your other code within your stylesheet. The way it works is that you can wrap your expression within {}, which will then be outputted as the identifier.","2016-12-03",{"id":421,"name":467,"slug":468,"hue":469},[495,498],{"name":496,"slug":497},"Stylus","stylus",{"name":472,"slug":473},[497,473],{"path":501,"title":502,"slug":503,"summary":504,"date":505,"readTime":214,"hasImage":179,"category":506,"tags":507,"tagSlugs":510},"\u002Fposts\u002Fcreating-configuration-files-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","Creating Configuration Files In Stylus","creating-configuration-files-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","It's super simple to create a configuration file for instance that would manage your media query break points. You could also use a configuration file for managing colors, font sizes, and other variables such as gutter spacing and more.","2016-12-02",{"id":421,"name":467,"slug":468,"hue":469},[508,509],{"name":472,"slug":473},{"name":496,"slug":497},[473,497],{"path":512,"title":513,"slug":514,"summary":515,"date":516,"readTime":181,"hasImage":179,"category":517,"tags":518,"tagSlugs":521},"\u002Fposts\u002Fusing-functions-and-mixins-with-stylus-css-pre-processor","Using Functions and Mixins with Stylus","using-functions-and-mixins-with-stylus-css-pre-processor","Stylus allows you to create functions and mixins of reusable code for your stylesheets. You can also handle mathematical operations, unary operations, and more allowing you complete control over your stylesheets with ease.","2016-12-01",{"id":421,"name":467,"slug":468,"hue":469},[519,520],{"name":472,"slug":473},{"name":496,"slug":497},[473,497],{"path":523,"title":524,"slug":525,"summary":526,"date":527,"readTime":309,"hasImage":179,"category":528,"tags":529,"tagSlugs":532},"\u002Fposts\u002Fsetting-variables-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","Setting Variables in Stylus","setting-variables-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","Unlike CSS, in Stylus you can assign expressions to variables that can be reusable throughout your stylesheets.","2016-11-29",{"id":421,"name":467,"slug":468,"hue":469},[530,531],{"name":472,"slug":473},{"name":496,"slug":497},[473,497],{"path":534,"title":535,"slug":536,"summary":537,"date":538,"readTime":324,"hasImage":179,"category":539,"tags":540,"tagSlugs":543},"\u002Fposts\u002Fusing-selectors-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","Using Selectors in Stylus","using-selectors-in-stylus-css-pre-processor","Selectors are a way to pick the elements that you want styled. 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It allows your browser to reload live when changes are made to your files. 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With a few steps, you can create a package that is redistributable to all of your projects.","2016-11-18",{"id":309,"name":423,"slug":424,"hue":425},[670,671],{"name":423,"slug":424},{"name":646,"slug":647},[424,647],{"path":674,"title":675,"slug":676,"summary":677,"date":678,"readTime":421,"hasImage":179,"category":679,"tags":680,"tagSlugs":683},"\u002Fposts\u002Fyarn-fast-and-secure-dependency-management","Yarn: Fast and Secure Dependency Management","yarn-fast-and-secure-dependency-management","Yarn is a super simple dependency management tool which is way faster to use instead of traditional npm. It acts as a drop-in replacement, so you can get started using yarn right away. 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This can be especially useful for your automated tests, for instance, with allowing you to create quick implementations of your interfaces.","2016-11-12",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[732],{"name":170,"slug":171},[171],{"path":735,"title":736,"slug":737,"summary":738,"date":739,"readTime":214,"hasImage":11,"category":740,"tags":741,"tagSlugs":743},"\u002Fposts\u002Fsymmetric-array-destructuring-in-php","Symmetric Array Destructuring in PHP","symmetric-array-destructuring-in-php","As of PHP 7.1, you can now use the shorthand array syntax to destructure your arrays for assignment. Previously you would have had to use a function like list, but now you can use the simple new array shorthand syntax.","2016-11-11",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[742],{"name":170,"slug":171},[171],{"path":745,"title":746,"slug":747,"summary":748,"date":749,"readTime":309,"hasImage":11,"category":750,"tags":751,"tagSlugs":753},"\u002Fposts\u002Fphp-array-map-to-format-your-arrays-without-loops","Using PHP's array_map to format your arrays without loops","php-array-map-to-format-your-arrays-without-loops","So let's face it, loops are a bit boring. So how can we mix it up? 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Personally, this approach feels much cleaner to me and simpler to comprehend.","2016-11-08",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[772],{"name":170,"slug":171},[171],{"path":775,"title":776,"slug":777,"summary":778,"date":779,"readTime":214,"hasImage":11,"category":780,"tags":781,"tagSlugs":783},"\u002Fposts\u002Fvoid-return-types-in-php","Void Return Types in PHP","void-return-types-in-php","As of PHP 7.1, we can now use void return types within our methods. This is useful for cases where you have methods that are just setting or processing data without the need of returning any values.","2016-11-07",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[782],{"name":170,"slug":171},[171],{"path":785,"title":786,"slug":787,"summary":788,"date":789,"readTime":214,"hasImage":11,"category":790,"tags":791,"tagSlugs":793},"\u002Fposts\u002Ftype-hinting-with-nullable-types-in-php","Type Hinting with Nullable Types in PHP","type-hinting-with-nullable-types-in-php","As of PHP 7.1, you can now set your type declarations as nullable by simply prefixing them with a question mark ?. 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It cleans up your code by removing a tedious step of checking if some value is isset() and not NULL and returning it or if not setting a default.","2016-11-04",{"id":214,"name":170,"slug":171,"hue":215},[812],{"name":170,"slug":171},[171],{"path":815,"title":816,"slug":817,"summary":818,"date":819,"readTime":309,"hasImage":11,"category":820,"tags":821,"tagSlugs":823},"\u002Fposts\u002Fphp-spaceship-operator","PHP Spaceship Operator","php-spaceship-operator","One of the new features to hit PHP 7 is the Spaceship Operator. This new trick helps improve the way you'd compare 2 expressions. 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Keep it small, a couple of kilobytes, ten to thirty links.",[1165,1178,1179,1184,1185,1188],{},[1168,1180,1181],{},[909,1182,1183],{},"llms-full.txt"," is the ",[942,1186,1187],{},"full dump",": every doc inlined into one file so a tool can ingest everything in a single fetch. These get enormous. Cloudflare's runs into the millions of tokens.",[906,1190,1191],{},"Ship the index for almost anything. Add the full export when you have substantial docs and want single-fetch ingestion.",[917,1193,1195],{"id":1194},"who-actually-reads-it","Who actually reads it",[906,1197,1198],{},"This is the part to be straight about, because it should change how much effort you spend.",[906,1200,1201,1202,1204,1205,1207],{},"Coding agents do use it. This is the original use case and it still works. Cursor lets you add an ",[909,1203,1183],{}," URL as a docs source, and Claude Code, Copilot, and MCP or RAG pipelines will fetch a docs ",[909,1206,19],{}," to orient before they write code against a library. If you maintain developer documentation, that audience exists and it is using the file today.",[906,1209,1210,1211,1213,1214,1219,1220,1225],{},"AI search, on the other hand, mostly ignores it. In June 2026 Ahrefs published a study of 137,210 domains and found that of roughly 38,000 with a valid ",[909,1212,19],{},", ",[925,1215,1218],{"href":1216,"rel":1217},"https:\u002F\u002Fahrefs.com\u002Fblog\u002Fllmstxt-study\u002F",[929],"97% received zero requests for it in May 2026",". Not \"little traffic\", none. And the sliver that did see traffic tells the same story from the other side: the ",[925,1221,1224],{"href":1222,"rel":1223},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.searchenginejournal.com\u002F97-of-llms-txt-files-got-no-requests-ahrefs-data-shows\u002F579478\u002F",[929],"named AI tools fetching these files were led by GPTBot and Claude-Code",", which are coding and crawling agents, not the AI Overviews or chat answers people hope to rank in.",[906,1227,1228,1229,1231,1232,1237],{},"Google has been blunt about it. Gary Illyes said at a Search Central Live event in mid-2025 that Google does not support ",[909,1230,19],{}," and is not planning to, and John Mueller compared it to the old keywords meta tag, a self-declared signal that got abandoned because it was trivial to game. Google's own AI-optimization guidance, updated in June 2026, ",[925,1233,1236],{"href":1234,"rel":1235},"https:\u002F\u002Fsearchengineland.com\u002Fgoogle-says-normal-seo-works-for-ranking-in-ai-overviews-and-llms-txt-wont-be-used-459422",[929],"says plainly that Search does not use these files"," and that keeping one will neither help nor hurt your ranking.",[906,1239,1240],{},"The distinction that clears up most of the noise: publishing is common, consumption is rare. Thousands of docs sites have the file, largely because platforms like Mintlify auto-generated it for everyone at once. That number says nothing about whether AI systems read it. For coding agents, yes. For getting cited in an AI answer, the evidence says no.",[917,1242,1244],{"id":1243},"adding-one-to-your-site","Adding one to your site",[906,1246,1247,1248,1213,1250,1252,1253,1256,1257,1260,1261,1263,1264,1267],{},"For most stacks you do not write this by hand. Documentation platforms like Mintlify, GitBook, and Fern auto-generate ",[909,1249,19],{},[909,1251,1183],{},", and clean Markdown versions of every page for hosted docs, and there are community plugins for the popular site generators: ",[909,1254,1255],{},"vitepress-plugin-llms"," for VitePress, ",[909,1258,1259],{},"starlight-llms-txt"," for Astro Starlight, plus options for MkDocs and Docusaurus, and a generator built into the Yoast plugin for WordPress. This site publishes both files that way, built from its content, and you can read them live at ",[925,1262,914],{"href":914}," and ",[925,1265,1266],{"href":1266},"\u002Fllms-full.txt",". For anything that changes often, generating the file from your content beats maintaining it by hand, because the usual failure mode is the file drifting out of sync with reality.",[906,1269,1270],{},"If you would rather hand-roll it, or your stack has no plugin, it is just a text file:",[1272,1273,1274,1277,1286,1289],"ol",{},[1165,1275,1276],{},"Write the Markdown by hand using the format above. Curate; do not paste your sitemap.",[1165,1278,1279,1280,1282,1283,1157],{},"Save it as ",[909,1281,19],{}," and serve it from the web root so it resolves at ",[909,1284,1285],{},"https:\u002F\u002Fyoursite.com\u002Fllms.txt",[1165,1287,1288],{},"Confirm it returns HTTP 200 and comes back as plain text, not an HTML error page.",[1165,1290,1291,1292,1294],{},"Check ",[909,1293,948],{}," is not blocking the path or the AI user-agents you actually want reading it.",[1296,1297,1299],"note",{"label":1298},"Heads up",[906,1300,1301,1302,1304,1305,1307],{},"Everything in ",[909,1303,19],{}," is public and advisory. It is a broadcast, not a fence. Never list staging URLs, links with secrets in the query string, or anything behind auth, and do not treat it as access control. 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