Writing & Thoughts
Deep dives on Laravel, Vue, Nuxt, AI integration, and lessons from building production SaaS.
Prompt Engineering for Developers: What Actually Works in Production
Practical techniques I use when integrating Claude and OpenAI APIs into real applications — output format control, system prompts, few-shot examples, and defensive parsing.
MySQL Query Optimization in Laravel: What I Fixed in Production
Real slow-query problems I diagnosed and fixed in a production SaaS — N+1 queries, missing indexes, Eloquent gotchas, and when to drop to raw SQL.
Building AI Features in Laravel with the Claude API
How I integrated Claude API into a SaaS platform to automate repetitive data entry workflows — and what I got wrong before I got it right.
Nuxt 4 + Laravel API: The Full-Stack Setup I Actually Ship
How I structure a Nuxt 4 frontend with a Laravel REST API — auth composable, consistent response shape, error handling, and the lessons from two years of running this in production.
Laravel Queues in Production: What Nobody Tells You
Beyond the docs — real patterns for reliable queue jobs, retry strategies, and monitoring that I use in a production SaaS application.
Vue 3 Composition API Patterns I Use Every Day
Practical composable patterns — async state management, form handling, and reusable logic that keeps Vue 3 codebases clean without premature abstraction.