Kirill Dakhniuk

November 24, 2024

How to Not Wear the Thing—or How I Fell in Love with the Unimatic U1 Classic

Hey Reader, I’ll start by saying that I’m relatively new to the world of watch enthusiasts. I’ve always liked watches—especially ones that look great—but I never really dig into the details of movements, brands, etc. Sure, I knew about Rolex and maybe Patek Philippe, but that was pretty much it. So, how did I end up with a watch from a...
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July 17, 2024

The Art of Over-engineering

Hey Reader, During my career as a Laravel developer, I have read books, numerous articles, and watched countless videos about different design patterns and various techniques to make code readable, maintainable, and more. I have learned a lot from these resources, and I am definitely grateful for that. However, I initially fell in love...
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July 16, 2024

Am I the only one who missed this Laravel Middleware?

Hey Reader, Recently, I was working on a task that required dispatching a batch with numerous jobs. After deploying the task, I noticed on the Laravel Horizon Dashboard that for some users, one job in the batch failed. I knew that unless allowFailures() is called, the batch will be marked as canceled. So, if job #1 failed, why were the...
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