Php on Jim Diroff II

365 Days of Code - Day 030

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Project Status

Going to start including the project status table moving forward. This should help better track progress over the year.

Project	Language	Status	Due Date	Latest Update
Personal Website	Hugo	Ongoing	None	The site is live. There are some TODOs. Need to work on categorization, tagging, and layout improvements.
Laravel From Scratch	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Episode 6
PRM	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Client Website (J.L.)	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Project Euler	C	Ongoing	None	Working on P25 on a best effort basis. Currently building a BigInt library.
Practice Java	Java	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Practice Python	Python	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Learn Go	Go	Paused	None	Installed, work on LDAP Injector from ippsec.
Learn Rust	Rust	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Elixir	Elixir	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Haskell	Haskell	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Linux+	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4.
Cyber Quest 2026	N/A	In-Progress	2026-02-28	Finished quiz 1 with 75%. Need to work on ARP poisoning and timestamp adjustments in WireShark.
Operating Systems	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4: Abstraction
Grey-Hat Hacking	Various	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 8: Threat Hunting Lab
PHP Time Tracker	PHP	Beta Finished	None	Working on a basic level. Could use a couple more updates to make it fully functional.
HTTP Status Code Reader	C	Complete	2026-02-18	Complete. Could potentially upgrade for more advanced functions or follow redirects.

Laravel From Scratch - Blade Directives

Blade Directives are shortcuts for PHP control structures, such as if/else or for loops. There are a ton of convenience features available through blade directives. Such as @unless.

365 Days of Code - Day 024

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Let’s get back to the beginning of this challenge, Laravel. I have a few Laravel projects on the burner. One of them is an educational project, tied to the Laravel From Scratch (2026) (opens in a new tab) series on Laracasts. Laravel moves relatively fast, and despite having done this series on an earlier version of Laravel, I could use the refresh. Onto Episode 5, Pass Data to Views.

365 Days of Code - Day 003

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Day 3 was a little less productive for coding. I mostly did administrative work to start the day. Working with docker, working with shells, updating PCs, synchronizing files, etc. I wanted to add another project to my Laravel (opens in a new tab) tutorial. I have been wanting a personal management system for a long time. The only one I know of that exists is called Monica (opens in a new tab). It was ok, and did what I needed it to do on a basic level. However, I was not a fan of the interface. The developers were also not working on the application full-time, while trying to migrate the entire system over to a new version called Chandler. They have put in a tremendous effort, but I think I can make one on my own.

365 Days of Code - Day 002

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:01 -0500

The second day of coding went fairly productive. I worked on the Laravel From Scratch 2026 (opens in a new tab) series, a new vimrc file (opens in a new tab), a prototype website for a client, and vibe coded a PHP time tracker (opens in a new tab).

The Laracasts (opens in a new tab) tutorial on Laravel lead me through setting up basic views and routes. I’ve done the tutorial before, but it was on a previous version of Laravel and over a year ago. The other issue with doing tutorials is not translating that knowledge directly into a more complex project. This directly lead me into two additional projects, vimrc and a client website.