Open Source Projects
I have been following a few open source projects and I believe those projects have really good aspects and growth. I also learn a lot of things from them. I have listed some of those projects here. Hope you will also learn from them and be inspired to make something similar or even better.
Laravel
My daily driver for any non-trivial PHP backend. Eloquent, queues, jobs, Filament admin, Sanctum & Passport for APIs.
Symfony
For performance-critical APIs and enterprise apps. Messenger, API Platform, and the components that quietly power Laravel itself.
Vue.js
My go-to frontend framework when projects need reactivity beyond Alpine. Composition API + Pinia + Vite.
React
When clients arrive with a React stack already chosen. Hooks-first, TanStack Query for data, Tailwind for UI.
Tailwind CSS
Utility-first CSS that lets me ship pixel-perfect UI fast without context-switching to a stylesheet. This site is built on it.
Caddy
My production web server. Automatic HTTPS, sane defaults, easy reverse proxying. Powering this site right now.
CommonMark
The PHP Markdown engine that renders the very blog you're reading. league/commonmark with GFM, footnotes, attributes and TOC extensions.
PHPMailer
The PHP mailer everyone (quietly) depends on. SMTP with TLS, attachments, embedded images. Powers every contact form on this site.
Giscus
GitHub-Discussions-powered comments — lightweight, no tracking, no ads. Drives the comment threads on this blog.