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Use Constants and Enums Instead of Magic Values
A string like 'admin' scattered across the codebase is a typo waiting to happen. Give important values one searchable definition.
Notes from the build.
Laravel, PHP, React, DevOps and cloud infrastructure — what I learn shipping and running production systems.
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Process Large Datasets in Chunks
User::all() works until the table grows. Chunking keeps memory flat whether you process a thousand rows or ten million.
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Avoid N+1 Queries with Eager Loading
The N+1 problem is invisible with ten rows and painful with ten thousand. Load relationships up front and let Laravel catch lazy loading for you.
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Use Database Transactions for Atomic Operations
When one business operation writes to several tables, either every write succeeds or none does. Here is how DB::transaction() keeps your data consistent.
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Use Eloquent Relationships to Write Cleaner Code
Relationships are not only for reading data. Creating records through them removes hand-wired foreign keys and a whole class of bugs.
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Keep Business Logic Out of Your Routes
Route closures are convenient until they become the place where business logic hides. Let routes map URLs to actions and nothing more.
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Keep Business Logic in Service Classes
Not everything a controller does is a query. File uploads, payments and API calls belong in service classes that every entry point can share.
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Methods Should Do One Thing
Single responsibility scales down to methods. Small, well-named methods replace comments, keep changes local and make stack traces readable.
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The Single Responsibility Principle in Laravel
A class should have one reason to change. Here is what that means in a Laravel controller, how to split the work, and where splitting turns into fragmentation.