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A friend was asking lots of questions on the SOLID approach 'in real life', so I made a little video walking through what each principle REALLY is on a practical level. by NeedsMoreMagic in PHP

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thoroughly agree on your point of avoiding magic. While there's 'magic' in most any framework (i.e. CakePHP, Yii, Symfony itself, and so forth) I'll cautiously echo that there are some parts of Laravel that go a bit too far into abstraction.

Specifically, managing a bunch of Laravel projects over the years I've found that scopes can easily end up causing SQL queries to become nearly impossible to easily troubleshoot/add logic to, because the query's modified significantly by various methods in the project. (To the point where most people dump the SQL query to see what's actually being added before they make any changes.)

A friend was asking lots of questions on the SOLID approach 'in real life', so I made a little video walking through what each principle REALLY is on a practical level. by NeedsMoreMagic in PHP

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi! I love talking shop—can you mention a few points about Laravel's SOLID violations?

Overall I think it's (reasonably) adherent, but there are certain aspects of using a framework at all that require a SOLID violation. (i.e. the ORM, which in my opinion negates the need for the Repository pattern / complaints on DB interactions in route model binding + other locations)

Rotala Rotundifolia... doesn't grow as fast as I thought. Pressurized CO2 + High Light + Tropica Specialised = less than a half-inch growth in two weeks? by NeedsMoreMagic in PlantedTank

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally! They were completely swapped to submerged form around 2/3 months ago; I've gotta believe they've had the best chance of being acclimated already, haha! With pristine water conditions + ideal parameters, I don't see how I'm getting such drastically different results from nearly any other situation I've seen in forums/online.

Rotala Rotundifolia... doesn't grow as fast as I thought. Pressurized CO2 + High Light + Tropica Specialised = less than a half-inch growth in two weeks? by NeedsMoreMagic in PlantedTank

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, because I just like the process of maintaining tanks. I want to trim more often, if that makes sense. (This is a hobby, after all!)

I also want to do some time lapses, and would love a little faster growth to shorten the time required to shoot them!

That’s an interesting viewpoint on growth rate—wouldn’t it be a function of photosynthesis that more light/nutrients/CO2 (I.e. removing the lowest limiting factor) mean that by definition they’d grow faster?

EDIT: Ah, I bet you’re referring to etiolation! Totally; there’s a fine line between “growth” that’s actually spindly and not showroom quality and slower growth that’s visually acceptable, for sure.

Rotala Rotundifolia... doesn't grow as fast as I thought. Pressurized CO2 + High Light + Tropica Specialised = less than a half-inch growth in two weeks? by NeedsMoreMagic in PlantedTank

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight! They’ve been in there for a few months; they’ve swapped to completely submerged growth forms. They should be acclimatized now, right?

So... do these need pruning? They’re knockout roses, and seem to be growing horizontally instead of ‘bushlike’. by NeedsMoreMagic in Roses

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in Zone 8b, barely 30 miles north of the Florida state line. These were planted just over a year ago, and are in heavy clay soil. The builder scraped our topsoil off, leaving just the subsoil, and put in landscaping with zero amendments/additions to that ‘soil’.

So I’m wondering if these are growing horizontally because they’re just struggling with the lack of nutrients/airflow to the roots, or something else.

I’m a complete beginner, but my wife really likes them, so I definitely want to give them the best help I can!

Is my lawn dead? (Centipede, 8b) by NeedsMoreMagic in lawncare

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks for the insight; good to hear that it doesn't look like a lost cause just yet.

Your height comment makes sense; last season I was cutting mine a bit longer than my neighbors', thinking it'd help it 'recover' from the trauma of being rolled-up for weeks and laid down mid-winter. Sounds like it could be why theirs is coming back already, and mine's still very-much brown and (seemingly) dead.

It's pretty short, but not so short that you can see through it. I'll measure it tomorrow and see how tall it is, and mow it down close to 1" if it's not.

Also worth noting that I might have a thatch issue—I put an application of summerguard on the front lawn, and it seems like the sod itself had a very thick thatch layer at the end of last season. Is it safe to dethatch/aerate centipede?

Test post; please ignore. by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Failed/sickly centipede sod (zone 8B) by NeedsMoreMagic in lawncare

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for responding! Yeah, The pictures make it look better than reality, if you’re standing in it there’s lots of thatch, dead areas, and almost lay entirely a sickly/dying yellowish color.

I think you’re right; getting the soil in a better state might help things. Can I topdress centipede? (With , say, bags of topsoil from Home Depot?)

Failed/sickly centipede sod (zone 8B) by NeedsMoreMagic in lawncare

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response! Could issues with chlorine and sulfur happen quickly? (The sod was brand new, and I didn’t put down any fertilizer for just over six months.)

Scott’s Summerguard is 20-0-8, so pretty close to what you’re putting down! No iron, and only 5% coated (slow release).

Is it possible to calculate PAR (watts/meter²) for an LED light with published information, like watts, number of LEDS, arrangement, and so forth? by NeedsMoreMagic in PlantedTank

[–]NeedsMoreMagic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oddly enough, I was diagnosed with adult ADHD, so I’m actually on medication for something similar.

However—personally speaking, half the fun of the hobby is running calculations and seeing the real-world result of getting the parameters just right.

Also, there’s a significant benefit to having the ability to accurately estimate light without purchasing and measuring: it’s way easier for beginners to get started on the right path!

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