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Laravel provides some excellent 'Retry' mechanisms out of the box for handling transient failures! In this article, we'll learn about these mechanisms to build a reliable system using Laravel!

Learn how to create, throw, and handle custom exceptions when making requests to third-party APIs.

Learn about how to use JoliNotif (jolicode/jolinotif) to display desktop notifications from your PHP CLI applications and Laravel Artisan commands.

Favicon Fetcher v3.2.0 adds a new `largestByFileSize` method to the `FaviconCollection`.

In the previous blog post, we explored a Node.js script that helps identify missing translations in JSX files. Now, let's take the next step and automate this process using GitHub Actions. By doing so, you can ensure that every pull request is checked for missing translations, providing a seamless and efficient way to maintain your application's internationalization.

Whether you're building a shiny new feature or refactoring a bug deep in a legacy codebase, before you merge your work to production you want to get rid of all those ray() calls you littered the codebase with.

We can learn a lot about Software Development when playing retro games. Explore the topics of Composition, Inheritance and what Composition over Inheritance means with a little help from our 8-bit friends!

Here’s a little tip I discovered that I haven’t seen documented anywhere. You can use when() and unless() with the Laravel Http client.

Whenever we encounter an N+1, we usually resort to Eager Loading. As much as it seems like the appropriate solution, it can be the opposite.

You should consider using the handle() method for dependency injection in Artisan commands, rather than __construct().

Let's take a look at how we can refresh our component when events occur using the new #[On] attribute.

Livewire's Session Properties is a simple yet powerful feature for enhancing user experience and maintaining state across page refreshes.

This package records all incoming requests with Laravel Pulse. They are categorised in 5 buckets according to their response's http status.

SQLite is getting all the hype lately, but can it really compete with MySQL and PostgreSQL for production web applications?

The repository pattern is a data source abstraction that behaves like a collection; containing domain (value) objects. In this post we'll be exploring what a repository is, and what it is _not_.

In this article we'll explain what a drip campaign is and how it can help your email marketing efforts.

I listen to a lot of podcasts, they keep me inspired, I've compiled a lost of the podcasts I listen to as a PHP developer.

In this post I explain the different between using yield includes and slots for layouts and components

A quick guide to setup Laravel Pulse's servers card to monitor resource usage of all the Fly Machines running a Laravel app in a production environment!

A small package that allows you to easily retrieve information associated with a VAT number. Verification of validity, company name, and address of the company is only one api call away.