Weekly thread #51

content/authors/bhaidar.md

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+username: bhaidar
+name: 'Bilal Haidar'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1381347341400215552/LvVOFV9__normal.jpg'
+---

content/authors/frankdejonge.md

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+---
+username: frankdejonge
+name: 'Frank de Jonge'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1458371876426821636/MFOPqVaX_normal.jpg'
+---

content/authors/justsanjit.md

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+---
+username: justsanjit
+name: 'Sanjit Singh'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1478587890078683142/sefIvjbF_normal.jpg'
+---

content/authors/ryangjchandler.md

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+---
+username: ryangjchandler
+name: 'Ryan Chandler'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1446231529986961410/X5zL_n0h_normal.jpg'
+---

content/threads/weekly-thread-2021-01.md

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 ---
 slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
 title: 'Weekly thread #01 of 2021'
-tweet_id: '1471864631312404492'
+tweet_id: '1479467928818892800'
 author_username: archtechx
-created_at: 2022-01-07T12:56:47+00:00
+created_at: 2022-01-07T16:35:34+00:00
 links: {  }
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-🔥 This week's code tips for Laravel developers
+🔥 Latest code tips for Laravel developers
 
-A weekly thread 🧵
+First week's special: news from the past 3 weeks 🧵

content/tips/compare-models-using-is-instead-of-directly-comparing-attributes.md

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+title: 'Compare models using is() instead of directly comparing attributes'
+tweet_id: '1479467936700010504'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: archtechx
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHJNmt3VEAIYtCy.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:17+00:00
+slug: compare-models-using-is-instead-of-directly-comparing-attributes
+---
+🔥 Tip: Compare models using ->is() instead of doing direct attribute value comparisons
+
+This is a simpler version of the tip below https://twitter.com/archtechx/status/1465334771349811219

content/tips/custom-collections-pair-well-with-higher-order-proxies.md

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+---
+title: 'Custom collections pair well with higher order proxies'
+tweet_id: '1479467951753285637'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: archtechx
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIa84E5VUAAQsL1.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:21+00:00
+slug: custom-collections-pair-well-with-higher-order-proxies
+---
+🔥 Custom collections pair very well with higher order proxies
+
+When you have some repetitive low level logic that you'd like to abstract into more readable methods that follow your business terminology, custom collections can be a great choice

content/tips/from-php-74-you-can-use-the-spread-syntax-to-merge-arrays.md

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+---
+title: 'From PHP 7.4, you can use the spread syntax to merge arrays'
+tweet_id: '1479467945822588931'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: bhaidar
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIDdCQvVEAMsK3l.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:20+00:00
+slug: from-php-74-you-can-use-the-spread-syntax-to-merge-arrays
+---
+🌶️ #PHP tip: Did you know that you can use the spread operator to merge arrays, just like you do it in #javascript?
+
+Available since PHP 7.4+
+
+#Laravel

content/tips/number-markdown-lists-with-1-rather-than-the-actual-number.md

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+---
+title: 'Number markdown lists with `1.` rather than the actual number'
+tweet_id: '1479467929888440329'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: frankdejonge
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHNHLM8X0AA6sqs.png'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:16+00:00
+slug: number-markdown-lists-with-1-rather-than-the-actual-number
+---
+💡 A little thing I always like to do. Use only "1." for numbered lists in markdown. The list is rendered the same, but adding an item doesn't require you to renumber the other items 🤘

content/tips/php-81-enums-can-be-used-as-model-casts.md

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+---
+title: 'PHP 8.1 enums can be used as model casts'
+tweet_id: '1479467948985126913'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: ryangjchandler
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIRla1cX0AUpxGS.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:20+00:00
+slug: php-81-enums-can-be-used-as-model-casts
+---
+🔥 Did you know that @laravelphp can cast model columns into instances an enum in PHP 8.1?
+
+The example below will create an instance of `OrderStatus` based on variant value. If the `status` column has the value `shipped`, it will return the `OrderStatus::Shipped` variant.

content/tips/use-composer-why-not-to-see-why-a-dependency-cannot-be-installed.md

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+---
+title: 'Use `composer why-not` to see why a dependency cannot be installed'
+tweet_id: '1479467931159334915'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: freekmurze
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHFSeQyXMAk3JFi.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:16+00:00
+slug: use-composer-why-not-to-see-why-a-dependency-cannot-be-installed
+---
+🔥 Composer has a `why-not` command that will tell you why it won’t install a particular version of a package
+#php

content/tips/use-partitions-for-deleting-mass-amounts-of-data.md

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+---
+title: 'Use partitions for deleting mass amounts of data'
+tweet_id: '1479467943276670979'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: tobias_petry
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIQQcQSXwAk2rDy.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:19+00:00
+slug: use-partitions-for-deleting-mass-amounts-of-data
+---
+⚡ ️Database Tip
+
+Some applications want to periodically deleted old historic data (or have to because of regulations). Deleting billions of rows is a very slow task which could take several minutes and may take your application down. Use partitions for efficient deleting!

content/tips/use-skip-when-writing-tests-ahead-of-time.md

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+---
+title: 'Use skip() when writing tests ahead of time'
+tweet_id: '1479467933705195521'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: bhaidar
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHNHgg4VgAAFSzE.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:17+00:00
+slug: use-skip-when-writing-tests-ahead-of-time
+---
+🌶️ #Laravel #pestphp tip
+
+If you like to plan your tests ahead of time and implement them one by one, you can always make use of a handy method `skip()` to tell the test runner to ignore those empty tests.
+
+`skip()` accepts a callback too!

content/tips/use-the-soundex-function-in-mysql-to-compare-strings-by-how-they-sound-rather-than-how-theyre-typed.md

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+title: 'Use the `SOUNDEX()` function in MySQL to compare strings by how they *sound* rather than how they''re typed'
+tweet_id: '1479467947634556930'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: justsanjit
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHuueNxWUAMLdAP.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:20+00:00
+slug: use-the-soundex-function-in-mysql-to-compare-strings-by-how-they-sound-rather-than-how-theyre-typed
+---
+🔥 In #mysql you can compare strings by how they sound rather than how they have been typed using SOUNDEX() function
+
+#laravelframework #laravel #mysql #sql

content/tips/you-can-supply-default-values-for-route-parameters.md

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+---
+title: 'You can supply default values for route parameters'
+tweet_id: '1479467942039285762'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: ryangjchandler
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIWa8DxXMAIW7Tz.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:19+00:00
+slug: you-can-supply-default-values-for-route-parameters
+---
+🔥 Did you know that you can supply default values for route parameters in @laravelphp?
+
+In the screenshot below, we use the current user's account as the default value for `{account}`. This means we don't have to provide it when generating the `users.index` route.

content/tips/you-can-use-bladestringable-to-define-how-specific-objects-should-be-converted-to-their-string-representation.md

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+---
+title: 'You can use Blade::stringable() to define how specific objects should be converted to their string representation'
+tweet_id: '1479467939191345152'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: Philo01
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHn41aBXsAAUyar.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:18+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-bladestringable-to-define-how-specific-objects-should-be-converted-to-their-string-representation
+---
+Laravel Tip 💡 You can use the 'Blade::stringable' method to convert objects into their string representation. For example, automatically convert a Money object and show the amount in a specific currency.

content/tips/you-can-use-first-class-callables-for-routes-in-php-81.md

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+---
+title: 'You can use first class callables for routes in PHP 8.1'
+tweet_id: '1479467932379799552'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: archtechx
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHNP2kIVUAIqiCH.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:16+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-first-class-callables-for-routes-in-php-81
+---
+🔥 You can use first class callables for routes in PHP 8.1
+
+The caveat is that the methods need to be static because there's no syntax for referencing instance methods on classes
+
+I don't use constructor DI in my apps, so static methods are fine despite feeling a bit non-standard

content/tips/you-can-use-generic-class-string-annotations-to-hint-that-an-instance-of-the-passed-class-is-returned.md

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+---
+title: 'You can use generic class-string annotations to hint that an instance of the passed class is returned'
+tweet_id: '1479467944581033986'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: freekmurze
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIN1v4NWUAARbol.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:19+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-generic-class-string-annotations-to-hint-that-an-instance-of-the-passed-class-is-returned
+---
+This is how you can hint that a function returns an instance of the class of which you passed the class name.
+
+Cool stuff!
+
+Hat tip to @enunomaduro 
+
+https://github.com/spatie/laravel-route-discovery/blob/7fa88922aa693b03b4763eda870867075ab44999/src/PendingRoutes/PendingRouteAction.php#L100-L107

content/tips/you-can-use-onerror-on-the-image-tag.md

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+---
+title: 'You can use `onerror` on the image tag'
+tweet_id: '1479467940726468609'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
+author_username: JuanDMeGon
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIWjvXSWUAYjM-j.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:18+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-onerror-on-the-image-tag
+---
+😲 TIL:
+You can hide an image when it is broken so you don't get that ugly broken image icon from the browser.