diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index e3d1b60364c..31e79845f97 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This serves two purposes:
 - for new features.
 
 ### Changed
-- for changes in existing functionality.
+- General compatible code quality improvements https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1284
 
 ### Deprecated
 - for soon-to-be removed features.
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Console/Commands/RouteListCommand.php b/packages/framework/src/Console/Commands/RouteListCommand.php
index 1bf461b913a..1fe035c5cda 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Console/Commands/RouteListCommand.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Console/Commands/RouteListCommand.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Hyde\Console\Concerns\Command;
 use Hyde\Hyde;
+use Hyde\Pages\InMemoryPage;
 use Hyde\Support\Models\Route;
 use Hyde\Support\Models\RouteList;
 use Hyde\Support\Models\RouteListItem;
@@ -47,9 +48,10 @@ protected function stylePageType(string $class): string
                     {
                         $type = parent::stylePageType($class);
 
-                        /** @experimental */
-                        if ($type === 'InMemoryPage' && $this->route->getPage()->hasMacro('typeLabel')) {
-                            $type .= sprintf(' <fg=gray>(%s)</>', $this->route->getPage()->typeLabel());
+                        $page = $this->route->getPage();
+                        /** @experimental The typeLabel macro is experimental */
+                        if ($page instanceof InMemoryPage && $page->hasMacro('typeLabel')) {
+                            $type .= sprintf(' <fg=gray>(%s)</>', $page->__call('typeLabel', []));
                         }
 
                         return $type;
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Metadata/MetadataBag.php b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Metadata/MetadataBag.php
index 1324e6f5223..29d3ef5090f 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Metadata/MetadataBag.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Metadata/MetadataBag.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function add(MetadataElementContract|string $element): static
 
     protected function addElement(string $type, MetadataElementContract $element): static
     {
-        $this->$type[$element->uniqueKey()] = $element;
+        $this->{$type}[$element->uniqueKey()] = $element;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Services/MarkdownService.php b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Services/MarkdownService.php
index 151f2afe678..db03d7c133e 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Services/MarkdownService.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Services/MarkdownService.php
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public static function normalizeIndentationLevel(string $string): string
 
         foreach ($lines as $lineNumber => $line) {
             if ($lineNumber >= $startNumber) {
-                $lines[$lineNumber] = substr($line, $indentationLevel);
+                $lines[$lineNumber] = substr((string) $line, $indentationLevel);
             }
         }
 
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ protected static function getNormalizedLines(string $string): array
     protected static function findLineContentPositions(array $lines): array
     {
         foreach ($lines as $lineNumber => $line) {
-            if (filled(trim($line))) {
-                $lineLen = strlen($line);
-                $stripLen = strlen(ltrim($line)); // Length of the line without indentation lets us know its indentation level, and thus how much to strip from each line
+            if (filled(trim((string) $line))) {
+                $lineLen = strlen((string) $line);
+                $stripLen = strlen(ltrim((string) $line)); // Length of the line without indentation lets us know its indentation level, and thus how much to strip from each line
 
                 if ($lineLen !== $stripLen) {
                     return [$lineNumber, $lineLen - $stripLen];
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Processing/CodeblockFilepathProcessor.php b/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Processing/CodeblockFilepathProcessor.php
index ce9b939e2a2..03df5102ee9 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Processing/CodeblockFilepathProcessor.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Processing/CodeblockFilepathProcessor.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public static function postprocess(string $html): string
     protected static function lineMatchesPattern(string $line): bool
     {
         foreach (static::$patterns as $pattern) {
-            if (str_starts_with(strtolower($line), $pattern)) {
+            if (str_starts_with(strtolower($line), (string) $pattern)) {
                 return true;
             }
         }