PHP 8.4 is good

Salut, web dev friends! 🧑‍💻 #

I have selected some news from the web dev world to share.

🐘 PHP 8.4 is good !
🦙 Return JSON output from Ollama
🧐 Though on not using a coding assistant
📗 Dependencies vs. devDependencies

Have a great week.

🐘 PHP 8.4 Is Good
Property hooks, asymmetric visibility, updated DOM API and more.

🦙 Return JSON output from Ollama
In the last version of Ollama, you can send a JSON schema and it will return the output formatted like you would.

🧐 Though on not using a coding assistant
A coding assistant make a developer more like a project manager, you tell an llm what to do and it will do it. Writing code is a skill, if want to forget about it, ask an LLm to do it for you.

📗 Dependencies vs. devDependencies for JavaScript apps
With NODE_ENV you can choose to install or not install some dependency, this article defines 3 different approach to where install the dependencies.

Web tools and Library #

📊 Json.pub
A lightweight, privacy-focused tool for visualizing JSON and other data formats (XML, base64, binary) entirely client-side. No tracking, no servers—just a clean, secure solution for raw data on any device.

📹 Cap
Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. Lightweight, powerful, and stunning.

📈 VINCE Analytics
Vince is is a cost effective , self hosted , privacy friendly alternative to Google Analytics.