Journal

Notes on Laravel, migrations & shipping software.

Practical writing from production work: Yii to Laravel migrations, marine software, and the unglamorous parts of keeping platforms running.

Migrating Yii2 to Laravel: the complete guide
Yii to Laravel · 10 min read

Migrating Yii2 to Laravel: the complete guide

How to move a Yii2 (or Yii1) application to Laravel and Vue without a big-bang rewrite: assess the codebase, run both ap...

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Running Yii and Laravel side by side on one domain
Yii to Laravel · 7 min read

Running Yii and Laravel side by side on one domain

The setup that makes a phased Yii to Laravel migration possible: nginx routing by path, one database, a signed cookie th...

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Yii ActiveRecord to Eloquent: a side-by-side translation
Yii to Laravel · 7 min read

Yii ActiveRecord to Eloquent: a side-by-side translation

Relations, scopes, behaviors, validation, events, and queries: what each Yii ActiveRecord idiom becomes in Eloquent, wit...

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Verifying Yii password hashes in Laravel (no forced resets)
Yii to Laravel · 6 min read

Verifying Yii password hashes in Laravel (no forced resets)

A custom Laravel hasher that accepts Yii2 bcrypt, Yii1 CPasswordHelper, and the md5/sha1 hashes older Yii1 apps used, th...

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10 HubSpot Automation Ideas that Cut Lead Response Time
Notes · 7 min read

10 HubSpot Automation Ideas that Cut Lead Response Time

Transform your lead response from hours to minutes with these proven automation strategies In today's competitive busine...

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Why Your Next Competitor Will Be a Technology Company (And How to Stay Ahead)
Notes · 4 min read

Why Your Next Competitor Will Be a Technology Company (And How to Stay Ahead)

Every Industry is Becoming a Technology Industry How traditional businesses can leverage technology to create sustainabl...

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The Hidden ROI Killer: When Marketing and Technology Don't Speak the Same Language
Notes · 4 min read

The Hidden ROI Killer: When Marketing and Technology Don't Speak the Same Language

Transforming disconnected marketing tools into an integrated growth engine Last month, we met with a company CEO who was...

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Why Your Business Website Is More Like a City Than a Brochure
Notes · 3 min read

Why Your Business Website Is More Like a City Than a Brochure

When most business leaders think about their company website, they picture something like a digital brochure – a few pag...

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