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I’ve had a few people on Twitter asking for further details on my new home-office setup. So I thought I’d give a rundown of what I’ve bought and why I chose it while it’s fresh in …

A Facade is a name given to a type of class in the Laravel framework that enables beginner-friendly and/or aesthetically pleasing access to tools and services held within the framework’s IoC container. Here’s a quick example of …

Hi there folks! Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of baking code with Dayle. Today, we’ll be rusting up a fresh batch of IoC container! Mmm, mm. Not just any IoC Container, but the dependency resolution flavor! Super …

Have you ever had a task that takes forever? Maybe you’ve let the dishes pile up for a little too long. Now that you’re keen to do some cooking, you’ve found that you have no clean pots …

I thought it might be fun to reflect on the past few months of Rainglow. For those visiting this page and wondering what I'm talking about, Rainglow is a collection of over 300 themes for a number of different editors …

In this article, we're going to take a quick look at the React templating library from Facebook. It's an extremely popular project, and I've been using it for some of my side projects. In fact, React powers the preview app …

A few years ago I wrote an article about PHP namespaces; a feature that seemed to mystify the beginner to mid-level PHP developer. Next up, we have interfaces. These are something that I see are misused all the time. It's …

I am often asked which theme is my favourite. I definitely have a bias towards dark themes for my day to day use. Truthfully, I find myself using 'Gloom Contrast' the most. It's a slightly 'greenie' version of 'Peacock Contrast' …

I have begun the process of revamping my side projects. You might have seen the release of my VS Code color themes package 'rainglow'. So why has it taken so long to get back to these side projects? Well, you …

I have my own personal under-bed monster, and it's in the form of another breed of developer. In truth, this article is less about that which torments me and more about two different types of developer that I've identified. I …

I thought it might be fun to keep an AMA (Ask Me Anything) style blog post on my site. Feel free to ask your questions in the comments, or to tweet them at @daylerees. If I receive questions, I'll update …

Soon, my latest book on Composer will be available for free. I thought I'd write an article to explain the reasoning behind this move. Why is it free? Originally, I had planned for my latest book to be a premium …