CakePHP offers the ability to specify custom classes for handling routes in your applications.

Re-using controllers for admin and non-admin routes in Laravel.

Software engineering is an art-form.

Grunt is a JavaScript task runner. This post shows you how to get started automating your front-end tasks.

My first impressions of Atom, the text editor from GitHub.

Demystifying the events system in CakePHP 2.

How to stop the Image Capture application opening when you plug your iPhone into your Mac.

The community is urging GitHub to add private issues. I explain why I think they’re a bad idea.

An overview of my last two years as freelance web developer, and tips on freelancing in general.

A review of this year’s PHP North West conference, held in Manchester, UK.