This is the uncomplicated and practical guide, to building real asynchronous PHP applications, that you've been waiting for.
If you read the tech press, everyone knows they need an API but most aren't really sure what it is. They treat it as another checkbox like "Web 2.0" was a few years ago or a mobile app was most recently. In fact, there's an entire "API-first" movement in development circles that most people don't understand or even realize why..
Is Scaling PHP a pain in the ass? You're not exactly the next Facebook, but you're big enough, and it costs real money when your site goes down in the middle of the night. Scaling PHP Apps is filling in a ton of unexpected gaps in my server knowledge - Chris Fidao It's a damn good read, very useful for my new job. Setting up Nginx to play nice with PHP-FPM now. - Phil Sturgeon
A developer-friendly, practical and pragmatic guide to lightweight software architecture, technical leadership and the balance with agility.