I really get many funny questions but this one 😬 How would you answer this? 🤔

Why PHP in 2026? TypeScript-level types, no build steps, immutability by default via readonly, enums, and more. whyphp.dev

PHP devs, did you know you can check whether a method exists on a class with the simple is_callable function using the ["class", "method"] syntax for callable? 🤯 I found it from one of the PR on Laravel

20,000 profile views on GitHub 🤯

What's new in Laravel v12.48? 👀 w/ @wendell_adriel We'll check X/twitter for Laravel posts, review the release notes, and possibly dive into related commits and PRs. 🥂

Ever opened a Blade partial and wondered “where is this variable even coming from?” 🤔 Laravel 12.47 quietly fixed that with @.includeIsolated. Explicit data. Predictable views. Such a nice DX win ✨

After Laravel 12.45 JSON:API is finally first-class in Laravel. 💪 No more package roulette 🎰 JsonApiResource → ship it 🔥

How you treated ChatGPT 😅

I posted this Laravel - PHP meme a year ago, and it makes more sense with every release. 👌

Laravel Devs: Someone asks what sites are built with Laravel? 👀 Drop this 🔥 builtwithlaravel.com 💪

Come join us 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxSt...

PHP devs, I forgot to tell you that I added a new rule to rector-pest 👀 It automatically migrates Pest v2 tests to Pest v3. uses() → extend() / use() even when classes and traits are mixed. One Rector run. No manual refactors. Just vibes. ✨

Ouch !

Laravel 12.46 added containsManyItems() 👌 Finally a readable way to say “this collection has more than one item.”

PHP devs, what do you think about this refactor?

🔥 Laravel hot tip Squash migrations for better performance — but never without migrating first. If you forget, the schema dump misses migrations and --prune removes them permanently. One step missed. Big pain later.

Can you help me get 25 followers on twitch? twitch.tv/mrpunyapal

Developers, these two sentences from AI make you feel safe. 🤣 - You're absolutely right. - Let me be honest about this.

Laravel India, get ready for goodies from the man himself! 💪

🧠 Laravel devs — this is mostly about readability. abort_if, report_if, and throw_if are cleaner than verbose if blocks. And if you want it consistent everywhere, the rector-laravel set can automate it. Small change. Cleaner code.

I reimagined the classic developer meme for the AI era. 😂

Filament v5 is released 👀

I added a new feature and found a bug. I asked Claude to solve it, and after a few back-and-forths, Claude resolved it by removing the feature instead of fixing the bug.

There is huge difference between Laravel livewire v3 and v4 🤯🤯

Wow, almost 400 followers on GitHub! 🤯🤯 Thank you, Laravel community! 💪🫶

Life is like a puzzle. No matter how grand, it remains incomplete if even the smallest piece is missing. 🙃

PHP developers, you should give @phpstan a try. Even level 0 finds things you cannot see directly.

🧠 Laravel devs — when sorting by timestamps, prefer intent over syntax. latest() / oldest() read clearer than orderBy(). Even better — Rector can enforce this automatically. Let tools keep your queries expressive.

🗓️ Laravel devs — Carbon is mutable by default, and that can cause subtle bugs. Laravel already gives you a safer path: make dates immutable globally and use the Date facade instead of Carbon. ✨ now() / today() respect it 🛠️ Rector can automate the refactor Safer dates. Better defaults.

Laravel devs, Let's make it 10k 🚀 github.com/laravel

What's new in Laravel 12.45 👀 w/ @wendell_adriel ​ www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmDk...

Laravel tip 💡 Seeding large datasets (countries, states, cities)? 🤔 Skip DB::unprepared(file_get_contents()). ❌ Use SchemaState::load() instead ✅ faster and memory-safe. 🫡

Pro tip. 🥵 Tired of rewriting SQL insert statements as Laravel seeders? 🤔 Load your SQL file directly in the seeder with `file_get_contents()` and execute it using `DB::unprepared()`. 💪

Soon we will have official Laravel AI SDK 😱

Laravel devs, stop using magic strings for your Eloquent Scopes. 🚫 There is a cleaner way using Invokable classes and the tap() method. It gives you full IDE autocomplete and keeps your models slim. I refactored a standard query to show you exactly how it works. 🛠️ Watch here: youtu.be/laXgehW5fsE

🧠 Laravel devs — relationship checks can be subtle. Comparing IDs works but couples logic to database columns. Accessing relationship properties can trigger hidden queries. ✨ Prefer relationship-aware checks with clear intent.

⚠️ Laravel devs — all() is often better than toArray(). toArray() recursively transforms everything (models, casts, Carbon → strings). If you just need the values, that work is unnecessary. ✨ all() is faster. 🛠️ Rector can automate it (when safe).

What’s the next Laravel skill you’ll master? 🤔

Laravel devs, where do you hide your ugly ->where(...) clauses? 🙈 We broke down the full progression: Repositories ➡️ Standard Scopes ➡️ Tappable Scopes ➡️ Custom Builders➡️ Query Classes. Stop duplicating logic.�

Review logs every morning; they reveal hidden problems.

👀 Laravel devs — not sure if you do this, but I’ve seen it in many codebases (AI does it a lot too). 🧠 Calling get() executes the query immediately. After that, count(), first(), sum(), avg() run in PHP. 🧹 If you don’t need the models, remove the get().

Your most controversial PHP opinion? 🤔

Don’t forget throttle middleware on sensitive routes.

🧩 Laravel devs — User::query() makes your intent explicit. 💡 Better IDE autocomplete 🧼 Cleaner query chains 🛠️ Automatable with Rector (configurable when needed) Small change. Noticeably better code.

🧩 Laravel devs — User::query() makes your intent explicit. 💡 Better IDE autocomplete 🧼 Cleaner query chains 🛠️ Automatable with Rector (configurable when needed) Small change. Noticeably better code.

PHP magic methods: call static x Laravel Facades ⚡ youtube.com/shorts/XpWVI...

What Laravel pattern do you overuse? 🤔

Use Resource classes to control API response shape.

👀 Laravel devs — static ::dispatch() hides side effects and weakens type safety. ✨ Prefer event() and dispatch() helpers. 🧠 Clear intent, better static analysis. 🛠️ Rector-laravel can enforce this automatically. Readable code isn’t just nicer. It’s safer.

Laravel devs, do you test early or late? 🤔