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Hands-On Review: Postman (2026)
Eight weeks on Postman Professional for an 8-person API team. Test coverage that surprised me, the AI feature you can probably skip, and the moment Bruno or Hoppscotch is the right pick.
Hands-On Review: Cursor IDE (2026)
Six weeks on Cursor Pro as a daily editor. Where its agentic features actually save time, where the Composer hallucinates, and the migration tax from VS Code is real.
Hands-On Review: GitHub Copilot (2026)
Ran GitHub Copilot for 60 days across PHP, TypeScript, and Python. Acceptance rates, false-positive cases, the three places it shines, and the one place it actively hurts code review.
Hands-On Review: Docker Desktop (2026)
Eight weeks running Docker Desktop on M3 Mac and Windows 11. Performance vs OrbStack and Podman Desktop, the licensing trap that catches small teams, and when to switch.
Hands-On Review: Kubernetes for Small Teams (2026)
Six months running a 3-engineer SaaS on GKE Autopilot. The setup that worked, the bill that surprised us at month 2, and the operations work that did not go away.
Top 10 VS Code Extensions for PHP Developers in 2026
The best extensions to supercharge your PHP workflow in VS Code.