Monthly Tech Digest – June 2025

Resources

• Martin Fowler - https://martinfowler.com
• Christoph Nakazawa - https://cpojer.net/
• Patterns.dev - https://www.patterns.dev/

AI

• The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity - https://ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-illusion-of-thinking.pdf

IDE

• VS Code: Open Source AI Editor - https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/05/19/openSourceAIEditor

Packages

• A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools, and more. - https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge

Docker

• Docker’s Best-Kept Secret: How Observability Saves Developers’ Sanity - The New Stack - https://thenewstack.io/dockers-best-kept-secret-how-observability-saves-developers-sanity/
• CI/CD for Data Science: Automating Model Testing with Jenkins and Docker - https://hackernoon.com/cicd-for-data-science-automating-model-testing-with-jenkins-and-docker

MCP

• MongoDB MCP Server by DrDroid - https://drdroid.io/mcp-servers/mongodb

PHP

• PHPverse - Celebrating PHP's 30th Anniversary with Brent Roose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azSJGUIEcr4
• Parallel Processing with PHP (Part 3): multiplexed Inter-Process Communication with `stream_select()` - https://dev.to/robertobutti/parallel-processing-with-php-part-3-multiplexed-inter-process-communication-with-4390

Postgres

• Postgres is Too Good (And Why That's Actually a Problem) - https://dev.to/shayy/postgres-is-too-good-and-why-thats-actually-a-problem-4imc

Laravel

• Filament Is Now Running Natively on Mobile - https://laravel-news.com/filament-is-now-running-natively-on-mobile
• Remove Collection Items Directly with Laravel's forget Method - https://laravel-news.com/collection-forget
• Convert Any Value to Collections with Laravel's Collection::wrap Method - https://laravel-news.com/collection-wrap
• Laravel Audit Log - https://laravel-news.com/laravel-audit-log
• Convert Special Characters to ASCII with Laravel's Str::transliterate Method - https://laravel-news.com/str-transliterate
• Keep Your Place: Enhancing User Experience with Fragment Method  - https://laravel-news.com/keep-your-place-enhancing-user-experience-with-fragment-method
• Repeat Strings Efficiently with Laravel's Str::repeat Method - https://laravel-news.com/str-repeat
• Extract Arrays from Any Data Type with Laravel's Arr::from Method - https://laravel-news.com/arr-from
• Manage Taxonomies, Categories, and Tags in Laravel - https://laravel-news.com/laravel-taxonomy
• Laravel Migration With Schema Validation in MongoDB - https://laravel-news.com/laravel-migration-with-schema-validation-in-mongodb
• GuacPanel - https://laravel-news.com/guacpanel
• Encrypt and Decrypt String Helpers in Laravel 12.18  - https://laravel-news.com/laravel-12-18-0
• Tenancy for Laravel - https://tenancyforlaravel.com/
• Laravel Spark - https://spark.laravel.com/
• Stop Just Coding! Understand How Laravel Limits User Requests - https://medium.com/@developerawam/stop-just-coding-understand-how-laravel-limits-user-requests-e823401d2d66

Redis

• Redis Real-Time Search, Querying, & Indexing - https://redis.io/search/
• SQLite vs Redis – Which Is Better? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHKI1_MVg20
• API Caching Strategies — Redis, ETags & HTTP Headers Demystified - https://medium.com/@priyanshu011109/%EF%B8%8F-api-caching-strategies-redis-etags-http-headers-demystified-63c211d3fda6
• Getting Started with Redis and RediSearch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5CcUW19VqE

Analysis

• Salary ranges offered by Bangladeshi Software Companies for different positions - https://tahanima.github.io/salary-ranges-offered-by-bangladeshi-software-companies-for-different-positions/

AWS

• AWS Load Balancer HTTPS Setup with Route 53 and Certificate Manager & HTTP Redirect to HTTPS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQP96EjRM98