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On Tuesday, the 27th of June 2022, Laravel 9.19.0 with Vite support was released. Learn how to migrate a Laravel Inertia Vue app to Laravel Vite.

A short look at the powerful "macro" system provided by Laravel.

Sync remote database to a local database with a single command.

A short introduction to `sidecar-browsershot` package: How it works and for what it can be used for.

Linked lists are a linear data structure that provides quick insertion and deletion.

Learn how to compile multiple Tailwind CSS stylesheets with different configuration files.

Use the Stripe CLI with Laravel Valet to listen to webhooks locally.

Bypass Vapor's 2000 character .env limit by parsing secrets as dot env files.

A guide on how to mask/hide ids in URLs in Laravel

A guide on how to implement dynamic scheduling using Carbon and Laravel Scheduler

In an effort to reduce the bounce rate on my blog, I show how I added the "You might also enjoy..." section to the bottom of my blog posts.

Creating social images for your website is super simple using Browsershot and AWS Lambda.

How to implement external APIs in a maintainable and replaceable way

I share a common misstep when working with Laravel Facades so you don't have to make the same mistake.

What’s the best lossless image format? Comparing PNG, WebP, AVIF, and JPEG XL

Laravel doesn't come with a database driver for logging so I built one and packaged it up.

It can be unclear how to write Statamic tests. Here's a trait I wrote that makes it easy to test your Statamic implementation.

AWS Cloud is scary for newbies because of the complexity of deploying applications and pricing. Amazon Lightsail can be the best entry point. Deploying a Laravel app can be the best way to start.

Ever needed to work with an SDK and wished you could use `Http::fake()` in your Laravel tests? This blog post explains how you can achieve this for the Facebook Business SDK using the Adapter pattern.

This post describes what to do when a user returns from Paddle or Stripe but the web hook confirming the subscription hasn't run yet.