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Drift in Cursor AI Rules

Learn how to prevent drift in Cursor AI rules to maintain accurate and relevant AI-assisted development workflows.

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · Russell

CORS: Understanding Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

Learn what CORS is, why it’s essential for web security, and how to implement it properly in your applications.

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · Russell

PSR-13: Hypermedia Links in PHP

Discover PSR-13’s hypermedia link interfaces, understand HATEOAS principles, and implement discoverable APIs in PHP applications.

April 2, 2025 · 2 min · Russell

PSR-12: Extended Coding Style Guide in PHP

PSR-12 extends PSR-1 and PSR-2 to provide a comprehensive coding style guide for modern PHP, ensuring consistency across PHP code.

February 16, 2025 · 2 min · Russell

PSR-11: Container Interface in PHP

Learn about PSR-11’s container interface standard, how it enables framework-agnostic dependency injection, and best practices for implementation.

February 3, 2025 · 2 min · Russell

PSR-7: HTTP Message Interfaces in PHP

Deep dive into PSR-7’s HTTP message interfaces, understanding HTTP message abstraction, and implementing HTTP clients and servers in PHP.

January 24, 2025 · 2 min · Russell

PSR-6: Caching Interface in PHP

Explore PSR-6’s caching interface standard, understand cache pools and items, and implement robust caching solutions in PHP applications.

January 10, 2025 · 2 min · Russell

PSR-4: Autoloading Standard in PHP

Master PHP’s PSR-4 autoloading standard to organize your code efficiently. Learn how to structure your projects for automatic class loading and seamless package management with Composer.

January 8, 2025 · 3 min · Russell

PSR-3: Logger Interface in PHP

Learn how to implement and use PSR-3’s standardized logging interface in PHP applications, with practical examples of logging implementations and best practices for error handling.

January 7, 2025 · 4 min · Russell

PSR-1: Basic Coding Standard in PHP

A guide to PSR-1, the foundational coding standard for PHP that establishes basic rules for files, namespaces, classes, and methods to improve code consistency.

January 6, 2025 · 3 min · Russell