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I recently was searching for a way to mock Stripe API calls with Laravel Cashier in my test suite. I came across this issue, which had a great idea. In this scenario, we replace the HTTP Client used by the Stripe PHP SDK so we don't make any HTTP requests. Then we do some work to return some pre-cr…
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on Dec. 31, 2018
Here's my 2018 in review! Children, Time, Advice On January 1, 2018, my son was just 3 months and 6 days old. One thing you learn when you have a kid is that a LOT of the business and life advice we hear is not geared towards parents. There were so many times when I muttered "yeah, try that with a…
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on Oct. 2, 2018
Here's a little bit about content negotiation. An HTTP client, such as your browser, or perhaps jQuery's ajax method, can set an Accept header as part of an HTTP request. Accept Header This header is meant to tell the server what content types it is willing to accept. From the HTTP 1.1 spec, sectio…
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on Oct. 2, 2018
Since I'm doing a lot of video casting lately, I've invested in some decent gear. It is, after all, a write off. Software This article is primarily about the hardware I use, but you might as well know about the software too. For editing screencasts, I started out recording using QuickTime (the one…
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on Oct. 2, 2018
When we use Symfony's Console component to write CLI commands in PHP (and you should!), we're almost always writing any output to "stdout". There's a few ways to get general output from a CLI command using Console: // Run the command (Laravelish) public function fire() { echo "This is sent to stdou…
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on Oct. 2, 2018
#vimeoembed { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } #vimeoembed iframe, #vimeoembed section object, #vimeoembed section embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Here's a video explaining the process…