--- title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — August 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2025/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2025/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — August 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of FREEK.DEV — August 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/an-engineer-s-perspective-on-hiring-nfsoal4rm "An engineer's perspective on hiring") Article FREEK.DEV · 1y An engineer's perspective on hiring The current hiring process for software engineers is fundamentally broken, wasting valuable time for both candidates and companies while failing to effectively distinguish between genuinely skilled developers and those relying on AI assistance. The traditional interview methods need significant reform to address these modern challenges and create a more efficient, accurate evaluation system. 51 2 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-our-new-php-sdk-built-using-saloon-ar76uuz7r "Exploring our new PHP SDK, built using Saloon") Article FREEK.DEV · 1y Exploring our new PHP SDK, built using Saloon A developer shares their experience rebuilding the Oh Dear SDK using Saloon, a PHP HTTP client library. The post discusses the benefits and implementation details of using Saloon for creating modern PHP SDKs, highlighting how it improved the development experience compared to previous approaches. 33 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-don-t-use-down-migrations-50i9uqsyp "Why I don't use down migrations") Article FREEK.DEV · 1y Why I don't use down migrations Down migrations in Laravel are often untested code that creates a false sense of security. They become problematic when new data exists after deployment, as rolling back can cause data loss or leave orphaned records. The complexity increases with modern deployment strategies where code and database versions may be misaligned. A forward-only migration approach is recommended, where issues are resolved by creating new migrations that move the schema forward rather than attempting to reverse changes. 11 3 [See all FREEK.DEV archives](/sources/freek/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2025/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2025/08","name":"Best FREEK.DEV Posts — August 2025","description":"The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2025/08#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/an-engineer-s-perspective-on-hiring-nfsoal4rm","name":"An engineer's perspective on hiring"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-our-new-php-sdk-built-using-saloon-ar76uuz7r","name":"Exploring our new PHP SDK, built using Saloon"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-don-t-use-down-migrations-50i9uqsyp","name":"Why I don't use down migrations"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"FREEK.DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2025"}]}]} ```