Tools should work for you, not boss you around

Ever have a day where you're "fixing the squiggles" in your editor and feel like the code got worse? Let's talk about how to avoid that.

Joel Clermont

2023-08-31

We pull tools into our project to improve our workflow, make things more consistent, or catch errors that might slip past a human code review. But if we're not careful, sometimes we can let a tool start dictating things in our application that don't serve our goals.

In the latest episode of the No Compromises podcast, Aaron and I discuss PHPStan, and how we pushed back against the inclination to change how we write idiomatic Laravel applications.

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Here to help,

Joel

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