Wrote down how I recently tried to add a "remaining characters count" to a Filament PHP text input. stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/0...

We're happy to welcome Agiledrop as a sponsor! 🎉 They're a Slovenia-based PHP & Laravel agency helping organizations like T-Systems, UNESCO and the European Commission build great software. → www.agiledrop.com Big thanks to them for sponsoring the Laravel community.

The March meetup is in the books. Great turnout at Xelon in Zug — lots of new faces. Storm-related train delays meant we ended up with one speaker on the night, but the conversations made up for it. Thanks to everyone who came out, and to Xelon for hosting. #Laravel #PHP

This Wednesday, March 25th, we meet in Zug at Xelon for our Laravel Switzerland meetup. 🎤 Yves — working with AI every day: the honest version 🎤 Serhii — building an OpenClaw alternative with with Laravel 12 & laravel/ai RSVP → luma.com/g2d0758i #Laravel #PHP

Published my Laracon EU 2026 recap. Lots of great talks this year — highlights for me were Dan Harrin on abstractions, Peter Suhm on unblocking users with AI, and Shane Rosenthal showing NativePHP rendering actual native iOS and Android elements. stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/0...

Ich erhalte endlich mein "Adrienne erklärt die Tech-Welt & rantet dazu"-Format... Wenn Dich Big Tech und KI-Regulierung interessiert, sowie den Kampf gegen Überwachungsdystopien, und alles Digitalpolitische... dann gerne hier anmelden 😊 ⬇️ www.republik.ch/format/ctrl

Now that shape() is available in all major browsers, let me remind you that you can use my online generator to create any polygon with ... rounded corners! css-generators.com/polygon-shape/ Adjust the setting, then copy the code.

Podcasts 2026 stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/0...

This was a productive train ride: I finally updated the Lambda Layer powering sidecar-browsershot to Puppeteer v24 and added automation to make maintenance much easier. github.com/stefanzweife... sidecar-browsershot was updated as wel. github.com/stefanzweife...

On the last leg of my journey home from Laracon EU. Swishing with a train through the south German countryside. Sun slowly setting. World of Warcraft's Westfall theme in my ears. Perfection.

Merge it. Taylor demos the full SDLC of 2026: Nightwatch catching an error, AI fixing it and opening a PR, Cloud creating a preview environment, OpenClaw calling to ask if he wants to merge the PR. No code touched. Fully self-healing app.

Neat new location. #LaraconEU

Our group has been hit by the DeutscheBahn curse: Were stuck at a German operated train station for 2 hours. Let's see if we arrive in the evening.

All packed and ready for #laraconeu next week. Tomorrow will be the long train travel day. Fingers crossed I make it through Germany.

@svenluijten.com Just came across your RSS feed again. Love the recent homelab centred posts.

Built a little app this afternoon - add the Laracon EU schedule to your calendar. 📅 Handy whether you're there in-person or watching online. laracon-schedule.laravel.cloud

Calling all cis women, trans women, and non-binary folks going to Laracon EU! We're sponsoring a Larabelles happy hour on Monday and would love if you can join us. RSVP ➡️ luma.com/61sdhh28 (Laravel world men: appreciate you helping raise awareness and sharing this 😊)

🚀 We just released laravel-og-image, a package that generates Open Graph images right inside your Laravel app. Define your OG image as a Blade component, and the package screenshots it and serves it to crawlers. No external API, everything runs on your server.

We gather this Thursday in Zürich at Liip for our regular meetup. Join us if you're around. You find talk details in our meetup page: www.meetup.com/laravel-swit...

I will do a talk about Mago (mago.carthage.software). If you're in Zurich join us, it will be fun.

Join us on Thursday February 26th in Zürich for our next regular meetup. Talks will be about DesignOS and the Rust based PHP toolchain "Mago". Free to attend with drinks and food. RSVP now: www.meetup.com/laravel-swit...

"I have received. Other people helped me. Now, if I'm able to help other people, that's a pleasure. [...] I hope that is a perpetuating thing." — @danielroe.dev, maintainer of @nuxt.com and @npmx.dev

This is a fully functioning Laravel application and playground rendered on a static Cloudflare page. The entire app is sandboxed to your client, all files are editable, and you can even run artisan commands.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

$ composer require laravel/ai

We've just launched the latest version of Ray, the best dump debugger for Laravel, PHP, JS and more. It's faster, more polished, and packed with great new features. Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, read more about our new release on the link below. myray.app/blog/introdu...

Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

Missed a meetup because you “didn’t know it was happening”? That’s exactly what our newsletter is for. One email. Once a month. The important stuff only. Subscribe → laravel.swiss/newsletter

Coming soon to a terminal near you

Last week I lost my job. It took me a while to process... If you or your company needs an experienced full stack developer who understands how the web works, knows modern tech, communicates well, please reach out. My CV: pawelgrzybek.com/cv/ I'd appreciate if you could share. Thank you.

Over the weekend, I attempted to get Laravel Boost working while developing Laravel packages. This morning, I wrote a blog post about my workaround. denniskoch.dev/articles/202... #Laravel

I have so much admiration for the Americans who are putting their lives at risk by standing up to the regime that has shredded everything America was supposed to be. That said, if you are thinking of fleeing and want to chat about life as an American abroad, reach out.

Quick Reminder: Our first meetup of the year is this Thursday, January 22nd in Basel. We’ll be discussing the newly released Livewire v4 and take a look back at the past year of our meetups. Join us for a nice evening with other Laravel developers, drinks and food. www.meetup.com/laravel-swit...

Looking forward to talk about my experiences upgrading a real-world app to @laravel.com Livewire v4. Come along and hear: 👍 What went well? 🧐 Where I did struggle? 🚀 How the app improved? See you in #Basel

OK nevermind, THIS is the coolest thing I’ve ever done to my iPhone

We’ve launched Filament v5 and Filament Blueprint today! 🤖 Filament v5 adds support for the newly-released Livewire v4! Blueprint is a premium Laravel Boost extension that gives AI agents deep, structured knowledge of Filament, so they can write detailed implementation plans.

Said my piece on X in the Laravel subreddit, I really hope we can start migrating away as a community and it was so good to see so MANY people calling it out for what it is already in the comments.

They say AI is the end for developers. They say the job market is gone. They say learning to code is pointless. I don’t buy it. I think we're just getting started.

The new version of Laravel Wayfinder is available in public beta! This version transforms much more into TypeScript, straight from your PHP: 📍 Routes ⌨️ Form Requests 🗃️ Eloquent Models 🔢 PHP Enums 📃 Inertia Page Props 🌎 Inertia Shared Data 📡 Broadcast Channels 📣 Broadcast Events ⚙️ Vite Env Variables

Last December, bsky.app/profile/sand... shared a collection of practical Laravel tips he picked up over the last few months. From missing translation reports to strongly typed config objects, fakes and more. Watch the talk here:

Such a good talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=39js...

ugh

Finally published my personal recap blog post as well: stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2025/1... Lots of changes this year. Looking forward to 2026. ✌️ #yearinreview

We run monthly Laravel meetups across Switzerland. Talks, dates, locations, videos — all in one place. Our newsletter is how we keep people in the loop. Subscribe here → laravel.swiss/newsletter

Okay friends, OG Kit has a free plan! 🎅 With the free plan, you can use OG Kit on 25 pages, 100% free. Unlimited traffic! I want it to be a no brainer to set up OG Kit for all your `laravel new` projects 🫡 Sign up for an account! Tell a friend! 🙌 ogkit.dev/pricing

Mago 1.0 is live. 🦊 🚀 ✅ Linter ✅ Formatter ✅ Static Analyzer ✅ Architectural Guard A unified, oxidized PHP toolchain. 🦀🐘 github.com/carthage-sof... #PHP #StaticAnalysis #Linter

Last Tuesday’s meetup was a blast — thanks to everyone who joined, asked questions, and stayed for a drink. If you’re already missing it: don’t worry. The next meetups are already lined up, and 2026 is looking very good. New cities, familiar faces, and lots of Laravel talk ahead. See you in 2026 👋

At our November meetup, Mustafa Beciragic shared practical insights on how to protect your servers from DDoS attacks and sudden traffic spikes. He covered real-world scenarios, mitigation strategies, and what actually helps when things get ugly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZj... #Laravel #DevOps

Back in November, Lukasz Chmaj introduced us to homelabs and Proxmox. In his talk, he explains why running a homelab can be beneficial, what Proxmox is, and what you can actually do with it. If you’ve ever wanted to tinker with servers at home, this talk is for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQKh...

Man, that "Fantastic Four: First Steps" Theme is good! Can't get it out of my head anymore. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2qt...