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Factory Pattern
Delegates object creation to a dedicated factory, decoupling the creator from the created class and allowing subclass instantiation.
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Goodhart's Law
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" — optimising for metrics corrupts them and misses the underlying goal.
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Hyrum's Law
"With enough API users, all observable behaviours will be depended upon, regardless of documented contract" — implicit behaviours become de facto API.
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Idempotency
An operation is idempotent if performing it multiple times produces the same result as performing it once — essential for safe retries.
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Observer Pattern
PHP 5.0+
Defines a one-to-many dependency so that when one object changes state, all its registered observers are notified automatically.
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Penetration Testing
PHP 5.0+
A simulated cyberattack against a system, conducted by security professionals, to identify exploitable vulnerabilities before attackers do.
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Principle of Least Privilege
PHP 5.0+
Every component should operate with the minimum permissions required to do its job — nothing more.
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Rainbow Table
PHP 5.5+
A precomputed lookup table mapping hash values back to their original inputs — used to crack unsalted password hashes.
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Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure
The practice of privately reporting security vulnerabilities to vendors before publishing, allowing time for a fix.
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Singleton (Anti-Pattern)
A class that restricts instantiation to a single instance — widely considered an anti-pattern due to hidden global state and testability issues.
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Static Analysis
PHP 7.1+
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Automated inspection of source code without execution to find type errors, security issues, dead code, and style violations.
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Strategy Pattern
PHP 5.0+
Defines a family of interchangeable algorithms behind a common interface, allowing the algorithm to be selected at runtime.
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Threat Modelling
PHP 5.0+ A structured analysis process for identifying security threats, attack vectors, and appropriate countermeasures during design.
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Zero Trust
PHP 5.0+
Never trust, always verify — authenticate and authorise every request regardless of network location.
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Repository Pattern
PHP 5.0+
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Abstracts the data persistence layer behind an interface, decoupling domain logic from database implementation details.
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