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Tag: PSR

  • Can Horde’s internal API use PSR-7 Messages?

    Applications call into abstract services backed by other apps, with limited coupling. This may sound a little like micro services, but predates the concept by a decade. Horde’s registry routes the call to the implementing app if present. For example, both “sam” and “ingo” applications implement some spam filter related API calls. Registry setup decides…