Joel and Aaron dive into a friendly debate about the true nature of feature flags in software development. Drawing from their varied experiences across different programming languages and environments, they explore whether feature flags should always be temporary or can serve permanent purposes. The discussion evolves from a simple disagreement into deeper insights about different architectural approaches.

• (00:00) - Newsletter tips undergo careful peer review process
• (02:15) - Debating if feature flags should be temporary
• (05:25) - Different uses of feature flags across languages
• (07:20) - Feature flags in modern Laravel applications
• (08:35) - Silly Bit

Ooh, something new was just announced. And I have this project coming up. It could be perfect! But should I use it?

On today's episode of No Compromises, Aaron and Joel share a conversation they had along these lines on a recent client project and considering the new Flux library from the creator of Livewire.

• (00:00) - Discussing potential Flux adoption in Bootstrap project
• (01:00) - Flux explained: Livewire-based UI component library
• (04:45) - Risk assessment of adding new technologies
• (06:00) - Extra risk for a 1.0
• (08:45) - When new tech might be worth the risk
• (11:50) - Silly Bit

Programmers love geeking out and creating specialized terms and vocabulary. Well I can do that too. In today's episode, we talk about "value objects", put our own special definition on it, and discuss when we might use these in a Laravel project.

• (00:00) - What I mean by "value object"
• (03:00) - Nicer to do in newer PHP versions
• (04:00) - Main use case for value objects
• (05:30) - Use them for everything then?
• (09:00) - A second reason to use a value object
• (10:45) - Silly bit