What’s Coming
Here’s what I’m planning to publish next on the blog. All dates are planned and may move. I’ll update this page whenever a new chapter goes live.
API Design and Integration: The Practical Handbook
A 12-chapter series on designing, securing and running APIs, with examples in ASP.NET Core. A new chapter is planned every Sunday. Start at the series landing page, or read it as an eBook in the in-site reader.
| Chapter | Title | Planned date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Makes a Good API? REST and HTTP Fundamentals | Published |
| 2 | Resource Modelling and URL Design | Sun Oct 25, 2026 (planned) |
| 3 | HTTP Methods, Status Codes, and Semantics Done Right | Sun Nov 1, 2026 (planned) |
| 4 | Request/Response Design and Error Handling with RFC 9457 Problem Details | Sun Nov 8, 2026 (planned) |
| 5 | Pagination, Filtering, Sorting, and Searching | Sun Nov 15, 2026 (planned) |
| 6 | Contract-First Design with OpenAPI | Sun Nov 22, 2026 (planned) |
| 7 | API Versioning and Evolution Without Breaking Clients | Sun Nov 29, 2026 (planned) |
| 8 | Authentication and Authorization: API Keys, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and JWT | Sun Dec 6, 2026 (planned) |
| 9 | API Security in Practice: The OWASP API Security Top 10 and Rate Limiting | Sun Dec 13, 2026 (planned) |
| 10 | Idempotency, Retries, and Resilient Third-Party Integrations (Polly and Circuit Breakers) | Sun Dec 20, 2026 (planned) |
| 11 | Webhooks and Asynchronous, Event-Driven Integration | Sun Dec 27, 2026 (planned) |
| 12 | Testing, Observability, and Choosing Beyond REST: Contract Tests, OpenTelemetry, GraphQL, and gRPC | Sun Jan 3, 2027 (planned) |
Next: Laravel in Production: The Practical Handbook
After the API Design Handbook wraps up, I’m planning a second book-style series, from January 2027. It covers building backend APIs with modern PHP and Laravel, from PHP 8.x features through to deployment and observability. It uses the same ShipCart example as the API Design Handbook, so you can read the two side by side. Exact dates will be added here once they’re set.
Part I: Foundations
- Modern PHP 8.x for Backend Engineers
- Laravel Architecture: The Container, Providers, and Facades
- Routing, Controllers, and Form Requests
Part II: Data and the API Surface
- Eloquent Done Right: Relationships, N+1, Scopes, and Transactions
- API Resources and Versioned REST APIs
- Authentication and Authorization with Sanctum (and When Passport Fits)
Part III: Runtime at Scale
- Queues, Jobs, Events, and Horizon
- Caching and Performance: Redis, Query Tuning, and Octane
- Security for Laravel APIs
Part IV: Quality and Shipping
- Testing Laravel APIs with Pest and PHPUnit
- Deployment: Config, Migrations, and Zero-Downtime Releases
- Observability: Logs, Metrics, Tracing, and Health Checks
Every week: a standalone technical post
Alongside the series, I’m planning a new standalone post every week on:
How to follow along
- Read as an eBook: the in-site reader has chapter navigation and remembers where you stopped.
- RSS: subscribe to https://pronabroy.com/feed/ in your feed reader.
- This page: I update it whenever a chapter goes live, so check back for the latest plan.
Last updated: October 19, 2026. All dates are planned and may change.