We just released v7.3.0 of laravel-query-builder, which adds a new way to group multiple filters under a single URL parameter. Before getting into the new feature, let me show you how the basics work, so the new bit makes sense in context.
Seth Godin shares a compact set of pricing truths about value, story, and perception. It is especially good on why the right answer to "that's too expensive" is often a better story, not a lower price.
Read more [seths.blog]
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A deep dive into Role-Based Access Control, from the theory behind roles and permissions to a practical, team-aware Laravel implementation without external packages.
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A deep dive into how Laravel transforms raw route segments into models, scoped children, enums, and custom bound values before your controller runs.
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The spatie/laravel-sluggable package has been around for close to a decade. A slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a record, like announcing-laravel-sluggable-v4-with-self-healing-urls in this post's URL. The package generates one for any Eloquent model when you save it, derived from a title or another text field, and most of the time you don't have to think about it.
We just released v4, which adds a few things worth talking about. Let me walk you through them.
This practical guide shows how to use spatie/laravel-health together with Oh Dear to detect vulnerable Composer dependencies in production and get alerted quickly. It also shows how adding composer audit in CI gives you an extra early warning layer.
Read more [ohdear.app]
AI coding agents love to run tests in parallel processes.
That's great until multiple processes try to use the same local test database at once. A small file lock can serialize access and stop those runs from stepping on each other.
Read more [rias.be]
Matthieu Napoli explains how he replaced GitHub-hosted CI with self-hosted runners on a Mac Mini at home. The setup is simple, fast, and a good look at the trade-offs around isolation, caching, and parallelism.
Read more [mnapoli.fr]
An absurd and very fun technical deep dive into getting Mac OS X 10.0 running natively on a Nintendo Wii. It covers the hardware investigation, boot process, kernel patching, and driver work needed to pull it off.
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A clear walkthrough of how traceroute works under the hood. It explains the TTL trick, the ICMP replies routers send back, and even rebuilds the core idea in Rust.
Read more [tech.stonecharioteer.com]
We've shipped several improvements to the Oh Dear API to make it work better with AI coding agents. The updates include historical check runs, dashboard links in every response, and markdown-friendly documentation.
Read more [ohdear.app]
A mobile pass is that thing in your iPhone's Wallet app. A boarding pass, a concert ticket, a coffee loyalty card, a gym membership. Apple calls them passes. Google calls them objects. Both Wallet apps let you generate them, hand them out, and push live updates to the copy that's already on someone's device.
We just released Laravel Mobile Pass, a package that lets you generate those Apple and Google passes from a Laravel app and send updates to already issues passes.
Together with the package, we also published a demo site where you can create Apple Wallet passes and push an update so you can see it all working on your own iOS device.
Dan Johnson and I have been working on it for a while. Let me walk you through what it can do.
Henrik Warne makes a good case for adding a --dry-run mode to commands that change state. It gives you a fast, safe way to verify configuration, inspect behavior, and test workflows without side effects.
Read more [henrikwarne.com]
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This article frames AI as a tool to support, not replace, developers, emphasizing the importance of staying in control of how and when it’s used. It encourages a thoughtful approach where developers leverage AI for efficiency while maintaining ownership of decisions and outcomes.
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How to implement calendar-month metered billing on Paddle using zero-value subscriptions, one-time charges, and a homemade invoice grace period.
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Ruben explains the full rewrite behind TypeScript Transformer 3 and why the new architecture makes the package much more flexible. The post covers the new transformer pipeline, AST-based output, improved type parsing via PHPStan, and a watch mode for faster development.
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In this interview, I talk about Laravel, application monitoring, and how AI is changing the way developers work.
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.
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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]
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Validate nested array inputs in Laravel form requests without the N+1. Prefetch lookup data in prepareForValidation and check items in memory.
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