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Web design, app development, PHP tips and tech insights from the Rex Tech team.

Building a Shortlet Booking System in Laravel with Filament Admin
Web Development

Building a Shortlet Booking System in Laravel with Filament Admin

How I architected the shortlet booking module for adefeyproperties.com, why availability and bookings needed separate database tables, how I solved race conditions on simultaneous bookings, the payment-state lifecycle behind confirmed reservations, and how the Filament admin panel became the real operational hub for running the business day to day.

2026-08-01 Read more →
Migrating a Live Property Site from WordPress to Laravel Without Losing SEO Rankings
Web Development

Migrating a Live Property Site from WordPress to Laravel Without Losing SEO Rankings

A full breakdown of rebuilding adefeyproperties.com from WordPress into a custom Laravel platform, covering schema design, the Filament admin panel, shortlet booking, agent and buyer dashboards, a tricky mobile navigation bug, and the SEO safeguards that protected years of search rankings through the transition.

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Setting Up Microsoft 365 for a Custom Domain: DNS, MX, SPF and the Gotchas Nobody Warns You About
Web Infrastructure

Setting Up Microsoft 365 for a Custom Domain: DNS, MX, SPF and the Gotchas Nobody Warns You About

A real walkthrough of migrating rextech.space to Microsoft 365 Business Basic, the leftover MX and SPF conflicts from a previous provider that quietly broke deliverability, and a near-disaster recovering a client's expired Google Workspace subscription before the grace period closed.

2026-08-01 Read more →
Debugging a cPanel Malware Compromise: A Post-Mortem and Hardening Checklist
Web Security

Debugging a cPanel Malware Compromise: A Post-Mortem and Hardening Checklist

A real post-mortem of a cPanel-level malware compromise on a live Laravel platform, how I traced the entry point back to an insecure file upload feature, cleaned up the infection, and built a security hardening checklist I now apply to every project.

2026-08-01 Read more →
Adding a VIN Checker with Paystack Integration to a Car Listing Platform
Web Development

Adding a VIN Checker with Paystack Integration to a Car Listing Platform

How I built a paid VIN lookup feature on a Laravel car listing platform, covering Paystack payment verification, queued API calls, caching strategy, and the security decisions that kept the feature reliable and abuse-resistant.

2026-08-01 Read more →