DevTips
Empower your development workflow with our curated collection of quick tips and practical tutorials. From file handling and image processing to API integration and open source tools, our dev tips cover a wide range of topics to enhance your coding skills and boost productivity. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, dive in to find efficient solutions for your projects.
Encode audio with cURL and open-source tools
Kevin van Zonneveld
Learn how to encode audio files using cURL and FFmpeg with practical command-line techniques and automation examples.
Read moreReal-time file upload tracking in PHP with session upload progress
Tim Koschützki
Learn how to implement secure and efficient file upload progress tracking in PHP using native Session Upload Progress functionality.
Read moreCompose remote images with cURL and ImageMagick
Tim Koschützki
Build a checked image-composition pipeline with cURL and ImageMagick, using bounded downloads, private temporary files, and repeatable output handling.
Read moreAutomate animated GIF previews on the CLI
Kevin van Zonneveld
Generate short animated GIF previews with FFmpeg and Bash, preserving nested video filenames, protecting existing output, and reporting batch failures.
Read moreContent-aware resizing with PHP & ImageMagick
Tim Koschützki
Learn how to implement content-aware image resizing in PHP using ImageMagick's liquid rescale tool and the Imagick extension.
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