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Freek Van der Herten

13 posts · murze.be

  1. Introducing: Dark mode for Flare

    Flare adds a dark theme. The post outlines the design steps: defining semantic color tokens, adjusting gradients and shadows, and using side‑by‑side screenshots to verify the light theme stays unchanged. Accessibility is mentioned but no code or measurable results are provided.

    Freek Van der Hertenfreek.dev1 min
  2. Immutability in PHP Beyond readonly

    The article walks through practical ways to achieve immutability in PHP beyond the built‑in readonly keyword, covering interior mutability, immutable value objects, collections, dates, and cloning. It also shows how to enforce and test these patterns in real codebases.

    Freek Van der Hertenfreek.dev1 min
  3. Can we make default Tailwind a more accessible choice?

    The post examines Tailwind’s default rem‑based breakpoints, showing how they scale with a user’s root‑font‑size and can shift layouts, which helps some users but can break designs. It argues that pixel breakpoints remain a defensible alternative for preserving layout stability while still supporting accessibility.

    Freek Van der Hertenfreek.dev1 min
  4. Why we removed AI solutions from Flare

    Flare dropped its AI‑generated solution feature, saying it no longer matches how developers debug with modern coding agents. The new approach uses an MCP server, a CLI, a "Copy" tool for prompts, and docs tuned for agents, but the post gives no technical details or data.

    Freek Van der Hertenfreek.dev1 min
  5. Amped up

    The post highlights Sebastian’s shift to using Amp as his primary AI coding harness, emphasizing improved user experience over model churn, and mentions AGENTS.md tweaks that cut down unnecessary verification during everyday coding.

    Freek Van der Hertenfreek.dev1 min
  6. What's new in PHP 8.6

    This post previews PHP 8.6 features, highlighting partial function application, a new polling API, and readonly property defaults. It also mentions other improvements and deprecations expected in the upcoming release.

    Freek Van der Hertenfreek.dev1 min