--- title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — July 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from July 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2026/07 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2026/07 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — July 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from July 2026, 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 — July 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/a-tour-of-my-dotfiles-da1v7cmp0 "A tour of my dotfiles") Article FREEK.DEV · 9w A tour of my dotfiles A detailed walkthrough of a developer's dotfiles repository, covering modern Rust-based CLI replacements (eza, bat, ripgrep, fd, delta, zoxide), shell aliases and functions for Laravel/PHP workflows, git configuration with delta for side-by-side diffs, a Brewfile for reproducible Mac setup, and an install script that symlinks everything into place in about five minutes. Also covers Claude Code configuration versioning, machine-specific customization via a separate directory, and shell functions for running PHP tests, pruning git branches, and generating AI-powered commit messages. 45 4 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/leave-a-failing-test-before-you-go-on-vacation-3zjhak2th "Leave a failing test before you go on vacation") Article FREEK.DEV · 10w Leave a failing test before you go on vacation A practical tip for developers: before going on vacation, leave a failing test in your codebase along with a well-written TODO comment. This gives you a clear, concrete entry point when you return, eliminating the disorientation of not knowing where you left off. 30 8 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/supercharge-your-php-apps-with-go-powered-php-extensions-u4lfzmc0u "Supercharge your PHP apps with Go-powered PHP extensions") Article FREEK.DEV · 8w Supercharge your PHP apps with Go-powered PHP extensions A conference session covering how to build PHP extensions using Go and FrankenPHP, then integrate them into Laravel and Symfony as native-feeling features. An in-memory LRU cache serves as the practical example, providing a tour of PHP internals and framework flexibility. 28 1 [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/2026/07#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2026/07","name":"Best FREEK.DEV Posts — July 2026","description":"The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from July 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2026/07#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-tour-of-my-dotfiles-da1v7cmp0","name":"A tour of my dotfiles"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/leave-a-failing-test-before-you-go-on-vacation-3zjhak2th","name":"Leave a failing test before you go on vacation"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/supercharge-your-php-apps-with-go-powered-php-extensions-u4lfzmc0u","name":"Supercharge your PHP apps with Go-powered PHP extensions"}]},{"@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":"July 2026"}]}]} ```