Raphaël GonçalvesImposter Syndrome, the emotional liftI want to begin this article by specifying that I will share my own experience and how I managed it. I think everyone is different and…Jul 28, 2020Jul 28, 2020
Raphaël GonçalvesLeading a community during COVID pandemicI have been leading a community of developers in Berlin for almost 3 years, and we were in fact a traditional developer community. We were…Jun 24, 2020Jun 24, 2020
Raphaël GonçalvesBuilding a dockerized GUI by sharing the host screen with docker containerFew months ago, I decided to build my own smart mirror using a Raspberry Pi 4 (I will share that experience later). But I wanted to build…Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2019
Raphaël GonçalvesFacebook Developer Circles Berlin begin its Mentoring Program for developers!Facebook provide for some revelant group a Mentoring feature for Facebook groups. Facebook Developer Circle Berlin got access to that…Jul 29, 2018Jul 29, 2018
Raphaël GonçalvesHow to mock static methods for unit Tests in PHPOkay, I won’t lie to you, I’m not really tell how to mock but more a way to test using a mock to replace a static method call inside a…Mar 5, 20183Mar 5, 20183
Raphaël GonçalvesWhy I stopped using else statements and you should do it !Every year, as a developer, I’m doing some new year resolutions. Some years are more tough than others. For 2016, my goals were to move…Sep 6, 2017Sep 6, 2017
Raphaël GonçalvesinChatbots LifeChatbots doesn’t like ExceptionsNote : That article talk about chatbot, but everything here can be applied to voice remote (Alexa, Google home, etc.)Jul 17, 2017Jul 17, 2017
Raphaël GonçalvesUse bit to have more flexible filters/configuration in PHPFew days ago, I had to improve a class to find users by their status. Before we could only select users if they were active. But some part…Jun 19, 2017Jun 19, 2017
Raphaël GonçalvesMaking coder’s life easier to setup environmentsWe’ve all experimented to setup your new laptop when you move to a new company. Depending on the projects, but it could be very painful…May 16, 2017May 16, 2017
Raphaël GonçalvesinChatbots LifeCreate a skills for Amazon’s echo in PHPAmazon launch its voice recognition hardware last December. You can listen music and ask several questions to Alexa, and it will respond to…Apr 24, 20171Apr 24, 20171