Linkrail
In BetaA web analytics platform built to be dead simple to understand. No dashboards you need a manual for, just clear answers about your traffic.
Hi, I'm Matt.
I build software and love to share my experience.
Colorado-based developer with 20+ years designing and building SaaS applications. I write about web development and how to take complicated problems and turn them into solutions that feel easy.
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Encrypted Form Tokens: Hiding Server-Side Dispatch from the HTML
Most CSRF tokens only prove a request came from your form. This article explains how to take form tokens further: they can carry the processor class and method to run, so the URL becomes a hint and the token becomes the source of truth.
Tokenize Before You Prompt: LLM Insights Without Exposing Data
Swap data for abstract tokens before calling an LLM, then detokenize the response. You get AI-powered insights while the real data never leaves your server.
Typed & Testable Views in PHP
Replace loose template variables with typed PHP view classes that enforce contracts between controllers and views, compose like React components, and unit test without booting a framework.
A New Codebase Every Morning
AI can build a feature in an afternoon that used to take a week. That's great, but that speed comes with a cost, and it is not just in the code.