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Jan 30, 2026

Technology

When "Debug Code" Becomes a Backdoor: A Real-World Security Audit Case Study

How a routine security engagement uncovered 50+ vulnerabilities in a production financial application, including a remote code execution backdoor hiding in plain sight.

By Jax Harlen

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Jan 07, 2026

Laravel

Building Scalable APIs with Laravel 12: A Complete Guide

Learn how to build production-ready, scalable APIs with Laravel 12 using best practices for authentication, rate limiting, caching, and performance optimization.

By Jax Harlen

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Jan 03, 2026

C# & .NET

Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET 8: Lessons Learned

A practical guide to migrating legacy .NET Framework applications to .NET 8, including common pitfalls, migration strategies, and performance improvements we've seen.

By Jax Harlen

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Dec 27, 2025

DevOps

Control Plane: Modern Kubernetes Without the Complexity

How we use Control Plane to deploy and manage our applications across multiple cloud providers without the overhead of managing Kubernetes clusters directly.

By Jax Harlen

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Latest Posts

Feb 04, 2026

· 5 min read

Paw Prints in the Digital Sand: Dodgin' AI Scammers Like a Rogue Wave Wipeout

Jax Harlan shares cybersecurity wisdom from Cocoa Beach on how to protect yourself from AI-powered scams. Learn why you can't trust phone calls, SMS, or email anymore—and the simple defenses that'll keep scammers from stealing your sand dollars.

By Jax Harlen

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Jan 30, 2026

· 15 min read

When "Debug Code" Becomes a Backdoor: A Real-World Security Audit Case Study

How a routine security engagement uncovered 50+ vulnerabilities in a production financial application, including a remote code execution backdoor hiding in plain sight.

By Jax Harlen

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Jan 07, 2026

· 12 min read

Building Scalable APIs with Laravel 12: A Complete Guide

Learn how to build production-ready, scalable APIs with Laravel 12 using best practices for authentication, rate limiting, caching, and performance optimization.

By Jax Harlen

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Jan 03, 2026

· 15 min read

Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET 8: Lessons Learned

A practical guide to migrating legacy .NET Framework applications to .NET 8, including common pitfalls, migration strategies, and performance improvements we've seen.

By Jax Harlen

Read Article →

Dec 27, 2025

· 10 min read

Control Plane: Modern Kubernetes Without the Complexity

How we use Control Plane to deploy and manage our applications across multiple cloud providers without the overhead of managing Kubernetes clusters directly.

By Jax Harlen

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Dec 20, 2025

· 14 min read

Event-Driven Architecture with Laravel and C#: A Hybrid Approach

Learn how we combine Laravel and C# in an event-driven architecture using message queues for high-performance, scalable applications.

By Jax Harlen

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Dec 13, 2025

· 11 min read

Integrating AI into Your Laravel Application: A Practical Guide

A hands-on guide to adding AI capabilities to your Laravel applications using OpenAI, Claude, and local models for content generation, classification, and more.

By Jax Harlen

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Dec 06, 2025

· 9 min read

Pest Testing in Laravel: Beyond the Basics

Take your Pest testing skills to the next level with advanced techniques including parallel testing, custom expectations, and architecture testing.

By Jax Harlen

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Nov 29, 2025

· 13 min read

Building High-Performance APIs with ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs

Explore ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs for building lightweight, high-performance HTTP APIs with less boilerplate and maximum throughput.

By Jax Harlen

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