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PHP 8.6 is on the way, with the final release scheduled for November 19, 2026. π From partial function application and the new clamp() function to im...
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PHP 8.6 is on the way, with the final release scheduled for November 19, 2026. π From partial function application and the new clamp() function to im...

Laravel 13 brings powerful new capabilities for modern PHP development, including AI integration, semantic search, JSON resources, improved queues, en...

Laravel 13 ships first-party passkey support. We cover how WebAuthn actually works, why the relying party ID is a one-way door, why staging needs real HTTPS, how to test with virtual authenticators, and a phased rollout plan that won't lock your users out.
The Hidden Bottleneck: How Profiling Uncovered an 800ms DNS Delay Forensic Profiling: When...

Laravel 13 replaces $table, $fillable, and $hidden with native PHP attributes across 15+ framework locations. Here's what changed, real before/after code for models, listeners, and mailables, and a pragmatic plan for migrating a production codebase without drama.

Laravel 13 replaces $table, $fillable, and $hidden with native PHP attributes across 15+ framework locations. Here's what changed, real before/after code for models, listeners, and mailables, and a pragmatic plan for migrating a production codebase without drama.
The Silent Bug: How an Unmonitored Queue Dropped 4,000 Emails A Production Postmortem: On...

Laravel 13 added a database scaling driver to Reverb, so you can run multi-process WebSockets without Redis. We cover how it works, when to use it, and the full production setup: Supervisor, Nginx TLS, file descriptors, and monitoring.

Laravel 13 ships first-party JSON:API support: resource classes that handle serialization, sparse fieldsets, relationship inclusion, and pagination links automatically. Here's how the new classes work, when to migrate from classic API Resources, and how to run a compliant API in production.
How We Kept Our Web Application Online During a 10x Viral Surge Surviving Viral Traffic:...

A production playbook for upgrading to Laravel 13 without downtime: PHP pre-flight checks, Composer strategy, additive migrations, atomic symlink deploys, worker restarts, and a rollback plan that actually works.

Laravel 13.15 adds typed translation accessors, JSON Schema unions, a dedicated Cloud queue driver, and a date_equals security fix worth updating for today.