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In this article we will look at creating beautiful QR codes in Laravel 10, using the simple-qrcode package. With various use-cases and examples.

Log Viewer V2 includes a front-end rewrite to Vue, removal of Livewire dependency, mobile-friendly UI, updated docs, HTTP API. Read more about the changes here.

Short URL v7.5.1 includes a bug fix for the date fields on the package's models in Laravel 10.

The complete guide to setting up TypeScript with Laravel and Vue 3.

Have you ever been using the Laravel Request class and found yourself creating single use variables just for type casting? What if I told you there's a better way...

Background images are key to a lot of compelling site designs, but can cause performance issues as they can't take advantage of native lazy loading. How can we get the benefit of using background images, but in a performant way?

You can upgrade your attributes by hand, or you can use a single Rector rule to do it for you.

Have you ever heard of a “kill switch”—a device meant to disable machinery if its owner is incapacitated? Turns out you can also build kill switches into your code. Tony shares four kill switch examples for Laravel applications.

Read about how you can use Vonage's "Messages API" to send WhatsApp messages from your Laravel application. The article also covers things to be aware of and how to send files, locations, audio, and video messages.

With a proper implementation of global scopes instead of local scopes, the code and security would be greatly improved. Let me illustrate this with a simple example.

Today is another step in improving the Splade ecosystem by releasing the Jetstream Starter Kit for Splade. The Starter Kit is mostly the same as the first-party variant. It's got all the authentication features like two-factor authentication and session management, as well as API support and team management.

Instead of writing image upload code for every model, just create 1 single service and use it across all the controllers dynamically !

A tutorial on how to configure Laravel Sail and Vite when combining those tools with Laravel Valet's proxy command.

Did you know it's possible to use Laravel's validation tools even when you're validating a part of your request that wasn't provided by the user? In our latest post, Andrew Morgan shares four approaches to validating the "other" bits of your requests.

Laravel Exchange Rates v6.1.0 adds support for the "exchangerate.host" API.

Laravel validation Rule using [OpenAI Moderation API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/moderation). Gives you a way to validate your form requests for inappropriate content.

Laravel Exchange Rates v6 now has support for multiple exchange rate APIs, improved types, and much more.

How to find and replace text in Statamic Bard using Statamic Bard Mutator addon

A guide on how to utilise the TALL stack with Model Broadcasting and Websockets to build a simple public chat room app.

One caveat in Livewire (version 1 and 2) is that only public properties remain state between Livewire interactions. This shouldn’t be a problem, at least not if you’re aware of how a potential hacker would abuse this.