Yesterday was Xdebug 3.0 released, but i broke my ability to use breakpoints with Xdebug. In this blog i describe the steps i took to fix this.

Proxies in Magento allow you to wait with the rendering of the object until it is actually needed, but what does that even mean?

Valet+ has support for ElasticSearch 6.8, but Magento 2.4.0 requires you to install a newer version, 7.6 or higher. How do you handle that with Valet+

This scenario has happened to me too many times: I downloaded a backup of a site (stripped from customer data of course), import the database in my local environment and open the site. At this moment you will get redirected to the site where the data originates from and you figure you need to change some URLs.

In previous versions of Magento it was possible to enable 2 factor authentication (2fa) for admin users. In Magento 2.4.0 Adobe decided to kick the security up a notch and force 2-factor authentication for all users in the backend. Now 2-factor authentication is great as it adds another layer of security in your webshop, but it can also be too much. Especially when you work by following OTAP where you have multiple environments.

As you might know i like to write code that is tested. Now, writing tests in Magento can be quite hard, but running your tests in a continuous integration pipeline can be even harder. Even more harder is it to test standalone Magento 2 extensions in a continuous integration pipeline.

Magento 2 has a few building blocks for you when building a module, but placing your code in the right place can be hard. Here i try to sum up where you should place your code.

In this article i'm going to show you a technique that i like to apply in some of the larger Magento 2 module i write.

Using queus is a good way to move some heavy processing to the background of your application. It makes sure expensive operations don't come in the way of the experience of your end user. But configuring and using queues can be a time consuming process. The method described here does help you get things up and running fast.

Recently i had to create an export in Magento 2 using PhpSpreadsheet. I created the sheet and added my data, but them i did hit a bump in the road: how do i download this file?