david duymelinck

david duymelinck @xwero

About: Learned to code in the wild west time of php 4, also the time xml and xpath where the new hot thing.

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Belgium
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Sep 24, 2019

david duymelinck
articles - 99 total

From object graph to query

In my previous post I mentioned thinking about generating a query from code. And my example was the...

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Idable queries Relational library dev release

I have been working this weekend on a "real-world" solution. The application I want to create is a...

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Slim shock : the index file

I have soft launched my relational query package, but to put it through the ringer I wanted to use it...

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My 2 cents on the new Symfony PHP configuration format.

I just saw the post about the new PHP configuration format and it felt like going back in time. ...

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Going from POC to releasable code

I'm close to releasing the first version of my library. And I want to dedicate some time about the...

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My query languages library pivot

I posted before that I started a query languages library. I knew it would have some iterations, but I...

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https://tahahussain.substack.com/p/how-senior-engineers-lose-trust What all the junior/senior post are missing.

How...

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Enhancing query languages

update 8/11/2025: If you want to know the progress read My...

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LLM fun: image directory webpage and archive

A few days ago I saw a Lobsters item about an LLM generated image gallery. After the initial shock...

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Letting go PHP database migrations

I have been on a path this year where I let go ORM/query builder solutions in favor of query...

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PHP fun: enum key collection

For a project I started working on yesterday I needed a way to use a enum as the keys for a...

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Domain specific language versus design patterns

I don't like libraries/frameworks versus posts, because most of the time the comparisons are...

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My 2 cents on "SQL needed structure"

I was reading the article, and I thought why I won't do the same experiment to understand the...

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Package review: Laravel ownable

I saw a post on this package on Laravel news. The selling point of the package is making any model...

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Checking Netflix genre codes 2.0

I made a powershell command that checked the availability of the genres in a previous post. The thing...

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Powershell fun: checking Netflix genre codes

I know not all genre codes are available in every country, so I wanted to make a tool that checks the...

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https://brodzinski.com/2025/08/ai-hustle-culture.html we are People not machines

A post by david duymelinck

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What do we want to solve with a template engine?

While I'm a big fan of template engines, a while ago I wanted to challenge my fandom with reality to...

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Do you really need service subscribers?

I just read an article about service subscribers. And I thought to myself why is this still a valid...

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Aria-label gone wrong

When I was scrolling the discover feed I saw this. And this So I started investigating. The a...

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Tempest: breaking up the input view component

I saw the blog post about the updated Tempest View, and the view component code made me want to wash...

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PHP fun: class functions

Yes you read that right, class functions instead of class methods. This is not a naming mistake. ...

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Zed disable AI feature

After I read the blogpost it was the first time I was thinking of checking out the editor. ...

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PHP fun: anonymus functions

@jszutkowski has written a benchmark post about anonymus functions in class methods. But is was the...

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Drupal: object oriented render array

This is not click bait, but a 11.3 feature. The issue explained it best: It's 2025. The render API...

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New features in Doctrine ORM

While the 3.4.0 version blogpost focuses on property hooks and lazy objects. My eye caught the nested...

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Can we have feed word filtering?

It feels like there is a lot of AI generated content on dev.to. And the current way to prevent my...

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https://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-non-anthropomorphized-view-of-llms.html machines are not human

A post by david duymelinck

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https://ntietz.com/blog/that-boolean-should-probably-be-something-else/ great read

A post by david duymelinck

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Are Drupal multi-sites going to become a niche?

With recipes and the announced site templates, what are the future use cases for multi-sites? ...

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