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Articles by Steve Bonisteel

Steve Bonisteel is a Technical Editor at Kinsta who began his writing career as a print journalist, chasing ambulances and fire trucks. He has been covering Internet-related technology since the late 1990s.

Memcached vs Redis: Choose Your In-Memory Cache

Memcached and Redis are in-memory data cache solutions that are popular with web developers. Compare and choose the one that's right for you.
Reading time
6 min read
Updated date
November 4, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Development Tools

How To Generate and Use Fake Records with Laravel Model Factories

Laravel Model factories define database records in a predictable and easily replicable way. Learn how to get comments data without real user comments.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
December 21, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Laravel

How To Use Laravel’s Built-In Client to Interact with External APIs

Dive in with us and explore using Laravel’s HTTP client to make requests, debug responses, create middleware and macros, and more.
Reading time
7 min read
Updated date
December 21, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
API
Topic
Laravel

Kubernetes vs Docker: The Difference Explained

Having trouble deciding between Docker and Kubernetes? You aren't alone. They are so different it is tough to compare them directly. Here are benef…
Reading time
7 min read
Updated date
August 25, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Docker
Topic
Web Development Tools

Persistent Storage: Long-Term Memory in the Era of Containers

Persistent storage used to be just disk drives and databases, but container-based development adds a new angle on non-volatile data.
Reading time
10 min read
Updated date
March 13, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Cloud Hosting

Edge Caching: How Does It Improve the Performance of Your Pages?

Edge caching is a powerful way to improve website performance and optimize the user experience. Learn all about it in this blog post.
Reading time
13 min read
Updated date
November 4, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
CDN
Topic
Website Cache

11 Types of Developers (Which Will You Be?)

A look at various types of developers, including the work they do and the tools they use to create the software applications you know.
Reading time
11 min read
Updated date
October 2, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Development Languages

What Is jQuery? A Look At the Web’s Most-Used JavaScript Library

The open-source jQuery JavaScript library helps developers build dynamic web applications with as little coding as possible. Learn more.
Reading time
17 min read
Updated date
September 11, 2023
Post type
Knowledge Base
Topic
JavaScript Frameworks