Talking about Laravel, Oh Dear, and AI
In this interview, I talk about Laravel, application monitoring, and how AI is changing the way developers work.
Scotty vs Laravel Envoy: Spatie's New Deploy Tool Is Worth the Switch
Hafiz compares Scotty with Laravel Envoy and explains why Spatie's new deploy tool is a nicer fit for SSH-based deployments. He walks through the plain bash format, improved terminal output, migration path, and zero-downtime deployment workflow.
Read more [hafiz.dev]
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Spatie Guidelines as AI Skills
We turned our internal coding guidelines into reusable AI skills, so coding assistants can follow the same conventions their team uses. The package works with Laravel Boost and the broader skills.sh ecosystem, and ships with skills for Laravel PHP, JavaScript, version control, and security.
Read more [spatie.be]
Validating Array Inputs in Laravel Without the N+1
– daryllegion.com - submitted by Daryl Legion
Validate nested array inputs in Laravel form requests without the N+1. Prefetch lookup data in prepareForValidation and check items in memory.
Read more [daryllegion.com]
How 10x Developers Actually Use AI
– youtu.be - submitted by Nuno Maduro
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The Great CSS Expansion
A comprehensive look at how new CSS features are replacing JavaScript libraries. Anchor positioning, the Popover API, scroll-driven animations, view transitions, customizable selects, and more. The article estimates around 322 kB of JavaScript that can potentially be replaced by native CSS.
Read more [blog.gitbutler.com]
Why use static closures?
A clear walkthrough of how PHP closures implicitly capture $this, even when they don't use it, and how that can prevent objects from being garbage collected. Also covers what PHP 8.6 will change with automatic static inference.
Read more [f2r.github.io]
Instant view switches with Inertia v3 prefetching original
Over the past few months we've been building There There at Spatie, a support tool shaped by the two decades we've spent running our own customer support. The goal is simple: the helpdesk we always wished we had.
We care about using AI in a particular way. It should help support agents write better replies, not substitute for them. The human stays in charge of the conversation, and the model does the unglamorous work of drafting, rephrasing, and suggesting links. There There is in private beta right now, and you can apply for early access at there-there.app.
We're building There There with Laravel and Inertia, and we lean heavily on the latest features Inertia v3 brings. This post is about another one: prefetching on hover.
How we use Inertia v3 optimistic updates in There There original
A few months ago we started building There There, a helpdesk we're making at Spatie. The premise is simple. After two decades of running customer support for our open source work and our SaaS apps, we wanted the tool we always wished existed.
One thing we care about in particular is using AI to help humans craft better responses, not to replace them. The agent stays in charge of the conversation. The model just helps them reply faster and a little sharper. There There is in private beta right now, and you can apply for early access at there-there.app.
We're building There There with Laravel and Inertia, and we lean heavily on the latest features Inertia v3 brings. In this post I'd like to give one example: optimistic updates.
Two Soups, Two Cookies
A lovely analogy about software craft. Same ingredients, same features, but the invisible process behind the decisions is what separates "this works" from "this feels right."
Read more [liamhammett.com]
Overcoming AI anxiety
Ryan Chandler shares his honest journey from unease to acceptance with AI coding tools. A thoughtful reflection on how your value as a software engineer is not in writing every line, but knowing which lines should exist at all.
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
Prove that you're human
A good reminder that trust matters more than ever when every week brings another AI-made product. The post argues that real faces, founder stories, and a visible reputation help both people and LLMs trust what you build.
Read more [marketingfordevelopers.com]
Quantization from the ground up
A thorough explainer on how quantization makes LLMs 4x smaller and 2x faster while losing only 5-10% accuracy. Covers floating point precision, compression techniques, and how to measure quality loss, with interactive examples throughout.
Read more [ngrok.com]
Designing with Claude Code
Steve Schoger shows how he uses Claude Code to design and build UIs, turning natural language prompts into polished interfaces.
My Take on Vibe Coding VS Agentic Engineering
– wendelladriel.com - submitted by Wendell Adriel
My thoughts on why Agentic Engineering is a better path than Vibe Coding, and the workflow I use to turn AI agents into a structured engineering process.
Read more [wendelladriel.com]
SlideWire: Build Presentations with Livewire and Blade
SlideWire is a Laravel package for building browser-based presentation decks using Livewire components and Blade templates. It comes with built-in navigation, transitions, syntax highlighting, and Mermaid diagrams.
Read more [laravel-news.com]
Under the Hood: How Blaze Speeds Up Blade Templates
A deep dive into how Blaze works internally. Matt Stauffer builds two toy versions from scratch to show how Blaze shifts Blade component rendering from runtime to compile time.
Read more [tighten.com]
Context Anchoring
Martin Fowler explores why AI coding sessions degrade over time and how externalizing decisions into structured documents keeps context reliable across sessions.
Read more [martinfowler.com]
Building Multi-Agent Workflows with the Laravel AI SDK
The Laravel blog walks through how to implement the five multi-agent patterns from Anthropic's "Building Effective Agents" research using the Laravel AI SDK. Prompt chaining, parallelization, routing, orchestrator-workers, and evaluator-optimizer loops, all built with just the agent() helper.
Read more [laravel.com]
Agent responsibly
Vercel shares their internal framework for shipping agent-generated code safely. The core argument: green CI is no longer proof of safety, because agents produce code that looks flawless while remaining blind to production realities. The post outlines how to build systems where agents can act with high autonomy because deployment is safe by default.
Read more [vercel.com]
