Comparing Symfony’s Access Control Methods
A comprehensive comparison of Symfony’s imperative and declarative access control methods, including denyAccessUnlessGranted(), @Security, @IsGranted, and custom voters.
Andy Foster
Developer · Designer · Photographer
Hi, I’m Andy.
I build software and care a lot about design. This is where I write about both — and share photographs from wherever I happen to be.
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Run a PHP script as a daemon
Below is a simple example of a PHP script and guidance on how you could run it as a daemon.
Checkout a branch name in all directories
We have a bunch of different repos that all have develop as their main branch. Sometimes I am working in various feature branches and then want to check out develop in all of them.
Getting your CSS Changes from DevTools
I’ve been doing a lot of work on my Chrome extension, DayWatch, lately. Having my own extension open up whenever I open a new tab is great because it’s exactly the way I want it, …
g stands for something different every gRPC release
Here’s a funny thing I found:
Y Combinator's Ideas for Future Tech
The startup incubator Y Combinator released an interesting “Request for Startups” document where they have a list of some promising fields in which they’d like to invest in …
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All projects →- ScarfieTextbooks2010 – present
A marketplace for University of Otago students to buy and sell textbooks and save money on new books.
- Skylz2022
Anki for physical skills — track practice and progress across anything you're learning.
- DayWatch
A Chrome extension that turns every new tab into a countdown to the dates that matter.
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Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits.