Matthew Daly

I'm a professional PHP, Python and Javascript developer from the UK. I've worked with Django, Laravel, Angular and React, among others, and my speciality is APIs and Phonegap apps.

Work

Technical Developer
Location

UK
Joined

Sep 8, 2018

Matthew Daly

Jun 14

Flow typed AJAX responses with React Hooks

#react #flow #javascript

4 min read

Recent Comments

re: My programmer friends, How are you drinking your coffee? Jul 11

I often make cold brew. There's a smoothie I like which is a ...

re: Is using Linux really productive? Jul 6

I use either Ubuntu or Xubuntu on my personal machines, excep...

re: When things are back to normal, will you be working from home or in an office? Jun 30

I've enjoyed working from home for the most part, and would l...

re: What's your go-to stack these days? Jun 18

Mix can also be used outside the context of Laravel. I use it...

re: What's your go-to stack these days? Jun 18

The default front-end toolset for Laravel uses Vue, so it's q...

re: What's your go-to stack these days? Jun 18

Generally Laravel on the back end, with React on the front en...

re: You're not worth hiring unless... Jun 2

In late 2017 I heard in feedback from an interview with a dig...

re: VSCode vs Vim May 27

Out of the box, Vim isn't an environment that's terribly good...

Matthew Daly

May 14

#discussDoes technical debt make burnout more likely?

#career #productivity #discuss

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2 min read

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Mar 11

Caching the Laravel user provider with a decorator

#php #laravel

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3 min read

Matthew Daly

Feb 13

The trouble with integrated static analysis

#php

5 min read

Matthew Daly

Feb 10

Don't use stdClass

#php

4 min read

Matthew Daly

Jan 26

#watercoolerF*** PHPStorm Man and the high horse he rode in on

#editors #programming #watercooler

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10 min read

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Dec 16 '19

#watercoolerUnconventional backends and data sources

#watercooler

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1 min read

Matthew Daly

Oct 28 '19

Input components with the useState and useEffect hooks in React

#react #javascript

4 min read

Matthew Daly

Oct 14 '19

Flexible data types with the JSON field

#php #mysql #laravel

5 min read

Matthew Daly

Sep 22 '19

Storing Wordpress configuration in environment variables

#php #wordpress

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Sep 21 '19

Using Mix versioning outside Laravel

#php #laravel

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Sep 8 '19

Setting private properties in tests

#php #tdd

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2 min read

Matthew Daly

Jul 30 '19

Skipping environment specific PHPUnit tests

#php #tdd

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Jul 13 '19

#watercoolerWhat have you been watching on TV lately?

#watercooler

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1 min read

Matthew Daly

Jun 20 '19

Powering up git bisect with the run command

#git

3 min read

Matthew Daly

May 14 '19

Writing golden master tests for Laravel applications

#php #tdd #laravel

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5 min read

Matthew Daly

Mar 6 '19

How much difference does adding an index to a database table make?

#sql #performance

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Feb 26 '19

Searching content with Fuse.js

#javascript #search

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Feb 20 '19

Higher-order components in React

#react #javascript

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Feb 9 '19

Creating your own dependency injection container in PHP

#php

13 min read

Matthew Daly

Jan 29 '19

Understanding query objects

#php

5 min read

Matthew Daly

Jan 20 '19

Writing a custom sniff for PHP CodeSniffer

#php

4 min read

Matthew Daly

Jan 9 '19

You don't need that module package

#php #laravel #composer

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Jan 3 '19

Why bad code is bad

#productivity #coding

5 min read

Matthew Daly

Dec 31 '18

Improving search in Vim and Neovim with FZF and Ripgrep

#vim

2 min read

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Dec 7 '18

Decorating service classes

#php

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4 min read

Matthew Daly

Nov 19 '18

Simplify your tests with anonymous classes

#php #tdd

3 min read

Matthew Daly

Nov 26 '18

Adding React to a legacy project

#react

4 min read

Matthew Daly

Nov 18 '18

Understanding the pipeline pattern

#php #pipeline

5 min read

Matthew Daly

Nov 20 '18

How I'm refactoring a Zend 1 legacy project

#php #legacy

11 min read

Matthew Daly

Sep 9 '18

Switching from Vim to Neovim

#vim #neovim

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5 min read

Matthew Daly

Sep 8 '18

Better strings in PHP

#php

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4 min read

Matthew Daly

Nov 18 '18

Rendering different views for mobile and desktop clients in Laravel

#php #laravel

4 min read

Matthew Daly

Nov 24 '18

Check your code base is PHP 7 ready with PHP Compatibility

#php

2 min read

Matthew Daly

skills/languages

learning/trying

Flow typed AJAX responses with React Hooks

Recent Comments

#discussDoes technical debt make burnout more likely?

Caching the Laravel user provider with a decorator

The trouble with integrated static analysis

Don't use stdClass

#watercoolerF*** PHPStorm Man and the high horse he rode in on

#watercoolerUnconventional backends and data sources

Input components with the useState and useEffect hooks in React

Flexible data types with the JSON field

Storing Wordpress configuration in environment variables

Using Mix versioning outside Laravel

Setting private properties in tests

Skipping environment specific PHPUnit tests

#watercoolerWhat have you been watching on TV lately?

Powering up git bisect with the run command

Writing golden master tests for Laravel applications

How much difference does adding an index to a database table make?

Searching content with Fuse.js

Higher-order components in React

Creating your own dependency injection container in PHP

Understanding query objects

Writing a custom sniff for PHP CodeSniffer

You don't need that module package

Why bad code is bad

Improving search in Vim and Neovim with FZF and Ripgrep

Decorating service classes

Simplify your tests with anonymous classes

Adding React to a legacy project

Understanding the pipeline pattern

How I'm refactoring a Zend 1 legacy project

Switching from Vim to Neovim

Better strings in PHP

Rendering different views for mobile and desktop clients in Laravel

Check your code base is PHP 7 ready with PHP Compatibility

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