Laravel 13.19 adds support for the new HTTP QUERY method. Unlike GET, it allows sending a request body while still representing a read-only operation. Useful for APIs with complex search filters that don't fit naturally into a URL.

Laravel 13.19 introduces Collection::reduceInto(). It's built for cases where you're mutating a single accumulator, instead of returning it on every iteration with reduce(). A small API, but a cleaner mental model for building DTOs, summaries, and other mutable objects.

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Laravel 13.17 introduced first-class route metadata. Instead of hiding custom data in route defaults or action arrays, you now have a dedicated API. Feels like a small feature, but it'll make packages and middleware much cleaner.

AI didn't make clean code less important. It made messy code easier to create.

New feature added to Rector Pest + PestStan. PestStan can now report redundant local `pest()->use()` calls. Rector Pest can remove only the repeated setup while keeping file-specific traits. Cleaner Pest tests with less repeated setup.

Pulled a 90 overall off my GitHub. Open-source national team, where are you?

Started my open-source journey in late 2023. Yes, it's all about the last 2-3 years 🙌

Laravel tip 👀 `cursor()` reads one model at a time, but it keeps one long-running query open. `lazy()` also avoids loading everything, but fetches records in chunks. For large Eloquent datasets, `lazy()` is often the safer default.

I didn't know ChatGPT could do that 👀

Long Live PHP!

Laravel tip: Don’t use `map()` when you are not transforming data. If you only want to perform an action, use `each()`. `map()` returns new values. `each()` is for side effects. Cleaner intent.

Laravel tip: chunk() gives you records in batches. lazy() lets you loop one record at a time without loading everything into memory. Use chunk() when the batch matters. Use lazy() when you want a clean loop. Updating records while processing? Use chunkById() or lazyById().

Laravel tip: Collection-style code is nice. But if you call each() after get(), you already loaded everything into memory. For large datasets, use lazy().

Yesterday I watched the Claude Code × Spotify clip about 4,500 deployments a day. Impressive engineering. But users don’t feel deployment frequency. They feel faster products, fewer bugs, and better features. Shipping more often is great. Shipping more value is the real win.

What is one coding thing you learned embarrassingly late? The kind of thing that made you wonder how you missed it for so long.

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Laravel security tip: Your UI is not your security layer. Hide the button if you want, but protect the backend action with a policy.

Laravel tip: Selecting fewer columns can improve performance… but if you remove the keys Laravel needs for relationships, you get a very confusing bug. Optimize carefully.

Laravel performance tip: If you only need one column, don’t load full models first. Let the database return only what you need. Small change, less memory, cleaner intent.

Laravel tip: Dispatching a job inside a DB transaction can be risky. If the job depends on data created in that transaction, use afterCommit().

AI is useful. But the real upgrade is still knowing when not to trust it.

Laravel tip: If you use `whereHas()` and then eager load the same relationship with the same condition, you might be duplicating logic. `withWhereHas()` keeps it cleaner.

Everyone has the problems, some find solution from others and some create solution for others.

Laravel tip: If you update records while chunking them, be careful with `chunk()`. Because `chunk()` uses offset pagination, changing the result set during processing can make you skip rows. Use `chunkById()` when the records can change while processing.

Laravel tip: Validating the request and then saving `$request->all()` is like checking IDs at the door… then letting everyone inside anyway. Use the validated data, not the full request.

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If your “clean architecture” needs 5 files to understand one simple action, it is not clean. It is just complexity with better folder names.

Laravel performance tip: Be careful with `whereDate()` on large tables. It looks clean, but it can make your database apply a function to the column, which may stop the index from being used properly. For bigger tables, prefer a range query. Small change. Big difference at scale.

Remember you can find many issues by running PhpStan on level 0.

Laravel devs, which feature looked simple at first, but later changed how you build apps? Sometimes the most powerful features are the quiet ones.

Laravel package for Gemini AI integration! How it's different from Laravel AI SDK? Author: "laravel-gemini is a good fit when you only need Google Gemini and want a lightweight integration. It also supports Laravel 10/11, unlike Laravel AI SDK which requires Laravel 12+."

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Going good so far with open source contributions! I will be in the top 1% one day 🙌

PHP developers, who use windows, and xampp this is for you. Multidomain manager for xampp.

The AI generated the code in 30 seconds. Now comes the expensive part.

I recently remembered this PHP feature and realized many developers have never seen it. The `!` in `DateTime::createFromFormat()` changes more than you'd expect. 👇

The biggest productivity boost in software development isn't AI. It's having a codebase you're not afraid to change.

31 years ago today, PHP was released. From PHP/FI in 1995 to modern PHP with Enums, Attributes, Fibers, Readonly Classes, Property Hooks, Composer, Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, Pest, Rector, PHPStan, ReactPHP, and FrankenPHP. Few technologies stay relevant for three decades. Happy Birthday, PHP.

Btw it's also PHP's 31st birthday 🙌

PHP in 2026 - Property Hooks - Attributes - Enums - Readonly Classes - Match expression - Fibers - Named Arguments - Constructor Promotion - Union & Intersection Types Meanwhile people are still arguing about PHP using screenshots from 2014.

I don't hate javascript. Just don't wanna use it for backend.

Happy 15th birthday Laravel 🎂🎉

The list of technologies that were supposed to replace PHP is getting longer. PHP is still here.

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The list of technologies that were supposed to replace PHP is getting longer. PHP is still here.

Laravel tip: If your query should return exactly one record, `sole()` expresses that intent better than `firstOrFail()`. It will fail if zero records exist and also if multiple records exist. Small difference. Big guarantee. 👇

Laravel devs, which do you prefer for fixing PHPStan errors in API Resources? 👇 Also did you know you can access the underlying model via $this->resource? Just type hint it with @property-read and you are good to go! 🎉