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The Code Cemetery: How Developers Are Losing Millions by Letting Their Projects Die

The Code Cemetery: How Developers Are Losing Millions by Letting Their Projects Die

Every developer has a graveyard of abandoned projects—brilliant code that took weeks to perfect, now collecting digital dust in forgotten repositories.

John Finch

John Finch

6 m read
From Side Project to $50K: The Developer's Blueprint for Passive Income

From Side Project to $50K: The Developer's Blueprint for Passive Income

While most developers chase the next contract, smart ones are building wealth from code they've already written.

John Finch

John Finch

5 m read
The Great Developer Exodus: Why 60% of Coders Are Leaving Traditional Employment

The Great Developer Exodus: Why 60% of Coders Are Leaving Traditional Employment

The biggest shift in developer careers isn't about new frameworks or programming languages—it's about how developers choose to work and earn money.

John Finch

John Finch

3 m read
The $10M Developer Skill That No Bootcamp Teaches

The $10M Developer Skill That No Bootcamp Teaches

While developers obsess over the latest frameworks, the highest-earning 1% have mastered a skill that's never mentioned in coding tutorials: packaging their solutions for reuse.

John Finch

John Finch

4 m read
Queue Management and Background Processing in Production Laravel

Queue Management and Background Processing in Production Laravel

Laravel's queue system transforms time-consuming tasks into responsive background processes, ensuring applications remain fast and scalable. Laravel's queue system allows you to defer these long-running tasks to run in an ordered or controlled parallel manner, ensuring the server remains responsive and users do not have to wait. This guide covers comprehensive queue management strategies for production environments.

John Finch

John Finch

6 m read
Laravel Performance Optimization: Server-Level Configurations and Caching Strategies

Laravel Performance Optimization: Server-Level Configurations and Caching Strategies

Performance optimization is crucial for any production Laravel application. This comprehensive guide covers server-level optimizations, PHP configuration tuning, database optimization, and advanced caching strategies that can dramatically improve your application's speed and user experience.

John Finch

John Finch

11 m read
Laravel Production Deployment: Domain Configuration and SSL Implementation

Laravel Production Deployment: Domain Configuration and SSL Implementation

After setting up your Laravel application on a Digital Ocean droplet with cPanel/WHM, the next critical step is configuring your domain and implementing SSL certificates. This guide walks you through the complete process of connecting your domain to your server and securing it with HTTPS.

John Finch

John Finch

6 m read
The Complete Guide to Laravel Deployment: Server Setup and Initial Configuration

The Complete Guide to Laravel Deployment: Server Setup and Initial Configuration

Deploying a Laravel application to production can seem daunting, especially when transitioning from local development to a live server environment. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the entire process of setting up a Digital Ocean droplet with cPanel/WHM for Laravel deployment, transforming your local application into a production-ready system that can handle real-world traffic.

John Finch

John Finch

5 m read

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