jachim.be

What It Is

This is the personal technical blog of Belgian PHP developer Jachim Coudenys, an experience-sharing site run by a senior developer in the PHP community. The site owner is a Zend Certified Engineer who has long contributed to the PHP community, and the blog focuses on PHP development and Web technology practices. Content updates have ceased, but all historical articles are open to access for free.

Core Features & Content

The blog centers on publishing technical articles covering multiple practical back-end development topics:

• Database performance optimization solutions for large pagination scenarios, comparing the performance difference between traditional LIMIT OFFSET and cursor pagination, and providing actionable implementation plans
• Guidance on implementing the Git-flow workflow in DTAP multi-environment deployments, building an automated deployment process combined with semantic version management
• Practical tips for resolving merge conflicts in PHP development, text-based ERD model design methods, and a full record of the author's participation in the PHP TestFest community contribution event

All content is drawn from first-line development practice and offers high reference value.

Pros, Cons & Target Audience

Pros: Content is vertically focused on PHP back-end development, all experience is summarized from real practice with no vague abstract theory, and the entire site is completely free with no ads.
Cons: The last blog update was a long time ago, content leans toward the early PHP ecosystem, some tool-related content is outdated, the site only supports English, and there has been no new content for a long time.

It is suitable for PHP back-end developers to learn optimization ideas and reference engineering practices. Beginners can also learn about the development history of the PHP community from it.

Accessibility in China

The blog is hosted under a Belgian domain. It can be accessed directly in mainland China currently, no proxy is required, and loading speed is stable.