Ivan Mykhavko

Software engineer

Joined on Dec 16, 2024

Ivan Mykhavko

Apr 2

$fillable Has No Context: Why Mass Assignment Breaks Down at Scale

#php #laravel #webdev #programming

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Ivan Mykhavko

Mar 4

PHP Enums Are Not Your Bottleneck (Here's Proof)

#php #laravel #performance #enum

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Feb 2

Why I Avoid PHP Traits (And What I Use Instead)

#php #laravel #cleancoding #software

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Jan 13

Why Laravel Can't Guess Your Factory Relationships

#php #laravel #eloquent #testing

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Jan 9

Stop Flaky Tests: Freeze Time in Laravel Testing

#php #laravel #testing #webdev

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Jan 5

whereHas() vs whereRelation(): Readability Over Shortcuts

#php #laravel #webdev #eloquent

4 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Dec 22 '25

PHP 8.5 Pipe Operator (|>) – Is It Worth Using?

#php #laravel #webdev #pipe

4 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Nov 29 '25

Don't Let Your Staging Server Die: Separate Task Scheduling in Laravel

#php #laravel #webdev #devops

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Nov 20 '25

From 20 to 24 LTS: Safe Way to Upgrade Ubuntu on DigitalOcean

#webdev #devops #ubuntu #nginx

4 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Nov 3 '25

Laravel Validation after() - After What, Exactly?

#php #laravel #webdev #formrequest

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Oct 12 '25

Battling Laravel's Sneaky DELETEs: How I Got ORDER BY and LIMIT to Play Nice with Joins

#laravel #mysql #database #sql

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Sep 3 '25

Laravel Cache Tip: Avoid Redundant has/missing Calls

#php #laravel #webdev #performance

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Aug 22 '25

Optimize Vendor Folder Size

#php #laravel #composer #performance

4 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Aug 5 '25

Laravel Actions and Services

#laravel #php #webdev #architecture

8 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Jun 14 '25

Managing Hierarchical Data in Laravel

#laravel #php #web #algorithms

6 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Apr 19 '25

Pessimistic & Optimistic Locking in Laravel

#laravel #php #webdev #database

4 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Apr 10 '25

Should You Use Laravel Seeders/Factories in Production?

#laravel #php #webdev #database

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Mar 27 '25

Managing Mailboxes in Laravel Using ImapEngine

#laravel #php #webdev #mail

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Mar 16 '25

Detecting Forbidden Functions in Laravel with PHPUnit

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Mar 10 '25

Efficiently Managing Telescope Entries with Laravel-Telescope-Flusher

#laravel #php #webdev #database

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Feb 28 '25

Tip for Using incrementEach in Laravel

#laravel #php #webdev #sql

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Feb 22 '25

Detect Unused Classes in Laravel

#laravel #php #webdev #refactoring

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Feb 13 '25

Using PHP Backed Enums in Laravel with Testing

#laravel #php #testing #webdev

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Feb 6 '25

Hidden Issue with whereFulltext and RefreshDatabase in Laravel

#laravel #testing #database #webdev

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Jan 28 '25

Freezing Time: Testing Laravel Temporary Storage URLs

#laravel #testing #php #webdev

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Jan 12 '25

Testing Temporary URLs in Laravel Storage

#laravel #testing #php #aws

3 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Jan 2 '25

How to Test for Equal JSON Columns in Laravel Models

#laravel #php #testing #database

2 min read

Ivan Mykhavko

Dec 26 '24

Seamless Nuxt 2 Deployment: A Step-by-Step Guide with GitLab CI/CD and DigitalOcean

#nuxt #gitlab #devops #digitalocean

8 min read

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$fillable Has No Context: Why Mass Assignment Breaks Down at Scale

Want to connect with Ivan Mykhavko?

PHP Enums Are Not Your Bottleneck (Here's Proof)

Why I Avoid PHP Traits (And What I Use Instead)

Why Laravel Can't Guess Your Factory Relationships

Stop Flaky Tests: Freeze Time in Laravel Testing

whereHas() vs whereRelation(): Readability Over Shortcuts

PHP 8.5 Pipe Operator (|>) – Is It Worth Using?

Don't Let Your Staging Server Die: Separate Task Scheduling in Laravel

From 20 to 24 LTS: Safe Way to Upgrade Ubuntu on DigitalOcean

Laravel Validation after() - After What, Exactly?

Battling Laravel's Sneaky DELETEs: How I Got ORDER BY and LIMIT to Play Nice with Joins

Laravel Cache Tip: Avoid Redundant has/missing Calls

Optimize Vendor Folder Size

Laravel Actions and Services

Managing Hierarchical Data in Laravel

Pessimistic & Optimistic Locking in Laravel

Should You Use Laravel Seeders/Factories in Production?

Managing Mailboxes in Laravel Using ImapEngine

Detecting Forbidden Functions in Laravel with PHPUnit

Efficiently Managing Telescope Entries with Laravel-Telescope-Flusher

Tip for Using incrementEach in Laravel

Detect Unused Classes in Laravel

Using PHP Backed Enums in Laravel with Testing

Hidden Issue with whereFulltext and RefreshDatabase in Laravel

Freezing Time: Testing Laravel Temporary Storage URLs

Testing Temporary URLs in Laravel Storage

How to Test for Equal JSON Columns in Laravel Models

Seamless Nuxt 2 Deployment: A Step-by-Step Guide with GitLab CI/CD and DigitalOcean