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2026.06.02
Laravel migration MySQL/SQLite gotcha
If you're running your integration tests with a fresh in-RAM database, watch out for the small things Recently we were bringing an old Laravel app up... Laravel · Database 2025.07.22 Crowdsec and Dealing with domains behind Cloudflare
How we accidentally banned all traffic from Cloudflare (and how we fixed it) We recently received a support request from a hosting client that a particular site... Crowdsec · Cybersecurity · Hosting · Cloudflare 2025.05.05 Sending (better?) JSON responses in Laravel
Types are awesome, DTOs rule Recently I was working on an Inertia/Laravel app, and needed to share some data with a Vue component without passing the... Laravel · Quick Tips 2025.03.03 Quick access to Laravel Model info in VS Code
ctrl+m ctrl+m FTW I was recently browsing Reddit and a lot of people were talking about what they would change in Laravel if they could have... Laravel · VS Code · Quick Tips 2024.12.02 First Post!
Welcome to the Open Function Computers blog! Thanks for checking out our blog. This is where we'll be keeping tips, tricks, and other handy things. It'll... notes
If you're running your integration tests with a fresh in-RAM database, watch out for the small things Recently we were bringing an old Laravel app up... Laravel · Database 2025.07.22 Crowdsec and Dealing with domains behind Cloudflare
How we accidentally banned all traffic from Cloudflare (and how we fixed it) We recently received a support request from a hosting client that a particular site... Crowdsec · Cybersecurity · Hosting · Cloudflare 2025.05.05 Sending (better?) JSON responses in Laravel
Types are awesome, DTOs rule Recently I was working on an Inertia/Laravel app, and needed to share some data with a Vue component without passing the... Laravel · Quick Tips 2025.03.03 Quick access to Laravel Model info in VS Code
ctrl+m ctrl+m FTW I was recently browsing Reddit and a lot of people were talking about what they would change in Laravel if they could have... Laravel · VS Code · Quick Tips 2024.12.02 First Post!
Welcome to the Open Function Computers blog! Thanks for checking out our blog. This is where we'll be keeping tips, tricks, and other handy things. It'll... notes