Written by Tomáš Votruba
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on Aug. 3, 2020
I love helping others in a way that helps them grow. In a feedback loop, their growth helps me to grow... recursive. Yet, I rarely touched the financial part. Still, I wanted to share gratitude with the community, that helps me every day to get where I am now. I'm very grateful to be part of it.Wha…
Written by Tomáš Votruba
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on Jul. 27, 2020
Break-Even AutomationWith legacy migrations, we have to handle a lot of processes that are automated. If you work on 1 project for many years, it's a matter of habit to handle it manually. But handling 3 projects a month makes you think, how to automated any repeated work. It's cheaper, faster, and…
Written by Tomáš Votruba
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on Jul. 20, 2020
In [previous post](/blog/2020/07/13/the-most-effetive-test-i-found-in-7-years-of-testing), we look at the benefits of visual snapshot testing for lazy people. How bare *input/output* code in a single file makes tests easy to read for new contributors.Today, we look at **how to maintain visual snaps…
Written by Tomáš Votruba
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on Jul. 16, 2020
You've probably noticed [Symfony is moving towards PHP configuration](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/37186). If you're on XML or YAML, you'll most likely migrate to PHP with upcoming Symfony 6.There are already tools that [can help you migrate today](https://twitter.com/VotrubaT/status/1…
Written by Tomáš Votruba
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on Jul. 13, 2020
Do you test your projects with automated tests? If not, would you like to start?Do you work with application, integration, functional, unit, and Selenium layers and drive you crazy? Do you spend more time writing tests than the actual code behind them?I want my **tests to be simple, effective, and…
Written by Tomáš Votruba
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on Jul. 6, 2020
Today I'm starting a new post series - *Cleaning Notes*. These posts are for people who are [aspiring legacy migrators](/blog/2020/06/29/how-will-programming-look-like-in-2025/) with a vision to improve private PHP ecosystem and bring joy to coding with gigantic applications again. The same vision…