Author: Mike Lopez
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How AI is Transforming PHP Development (A Developer’s Perspective)
This editorial-style post explores the sweeping changes AI is bringing to PHP development from the author’s perspective. It discusses how AI-driven tools and practices—such as code generators, intelligent testing frameworks, and automated code reviews—are transforming the daily work of PHP engineers. The author reflects on their own adoption of these technologies and how it has…
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Building Intelligent PHP Applications with AI Integration
This post discusses how to build more intelligent PHP applications by integrating artificial intelligence capabilities. It covers practical ways to incorporate AI-driven features such as recommendation systems, chatbots, or image recognition into PHP web projects using APIs and libraries. For each example, the article outlines the tools and integration steps, underscoring the author’s versatility in…
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AI-Enhanced PHP Development: Smarter Coding Practices
This post explores how incorporating AI into everyday PHP programming tasks leads to smarter coding practices. It highlights examples such as AI-assisted code reviews, automated debugging suggestions, and intelligent code refactoring, demonstrating how these techniques improve code quality and development speed. By adopting AI-driven development tools, the author shows a commitment to efficiency and continuous…
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Setting Up WordPress in Lando for Plugin Development with landowp
Every time I start a new WordPress plugin project, I used to repeat the same dance: After the 20th time… yeah, no thanks. So I built landowp — a tiny CLI bash script that sets up a full WordPress + Lando local development environment in one command, specifically for plugin development. If you’ve ever searched…
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FocusPocus: A Tiny Bash Spell to Keep You From Doomscrolling on Linux
I’ll be honest: some days I open my terminal with the noble intention of being productive… and five minutes later I’m somehow watching a video titled “Top 10 Times a Goat Won an Argument.” On Linux. Inside Brave. While Slack sits in the background wondering where its life went wrong. If you’re a Linux user,…
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The Shocking AI Workflow That Helps Developers Create Better WordPress Code
AI tools for coding are everywhere now, but most developers still treat them like fancy autocomplete. Big mistake. With the right approach, AI isn’t just a helper — it can act like a full micro-team that writes code, reviews code, and keeps improving it in a loop. If you’re into modern vibe coding, this setup…
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My Experience Vibe-Coding an Internal Company Application
I’ve been using AI more and more in my daily workflow — mostly for adding or fixing parts of an existing codebase. I’ve also vibe-coded small scripts from scratch here and there, but this project was different. This was my first time vibe-coding an entire web app, where AI did 99% of the coding. The…
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Vibe Coding and the Future of Software Development
Introduction Software development is in the middle of a profound shift. For decades, programming was defined by a developer’s ability to master syntax, understand algorithms, and build systems line by line. That era has not disappeared, but it has been disrupted. The rise of artificial intelligence coding assistants has introduced a new way of working,…
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Refactoring Legacy PHP Code: My Go-To Playbook
Legacy PHP code has a way of haunting you. Whether it’s procedural scripts written 10+ years ago, a half-upgraded framework, or a mix of spaghetti logic and business-critical features—at some point, you’ll be tasked with refactoring it. The trick is doing it without breaking everything in production. Here’s my playbook, built from years of wading…
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From Developer to Leader: Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier in My PHP Journey
If you told 25-year-old me that one day I’d be managing a team of PHP developers, reviewing performance metrics, and negotiating deadlines with stakeholders, I probably would’ve laughed and gone back to refactoring some poorly written legacy class. I didn’t start my career with “leadership” in mind—my focus was all about clean code, fast queries,…