We’ve all been there: you fill out a form, hit submit, wait a few seconds… and boom — an error message. It’s frustrating for users and embarrassing for developers. Laravel’s answer? Precognition.A feature that lets you validate forms before they’re submitted, eliminating the dreaded “wait,… Read More »Laravel Precognition: Validate Forms Before Submit (No More “Wait, Error!”)
Performance is the silent killer of SaaS products. You can have the cleanest UI, the smartest features, and the slickest marketing — but if your app feels sluggish, users will bounce. Laravel has always been developer-friendly, but performance monitoring often required external tools or complex… Read More »Laravel Pulse Slow Outliers: Find & Fix Your App’s Hidden Performance Killers
Single Page Applications (SPAs) are everywhere. They deliver smooth, app-like experiences on the web, but they also come with challenges: data fetching, performance bottlenecks, and redundant requests. If you’re building with Laravel + Inertia.js, you already know the joy of combining Laravel’s backend power with… Read More »Laravel + Inertia Once Props: Shared Data Magic for Faster SPAs (Taylor’s Favorite)
Authentication is the backbone of every SaaS product. It’s the gatekeeper that ensures only the right users get access to the right resources. Yet, for many developers, authentication is also one of the most painful and expensive parts of building a SaaS. Third-party services like… Read More »Laravel Bastion OAuth2 Package: Self-Hosted Auth for Your SaaS (No Auth0 Needed)
For decades, developers have relied on cron jobs to automate repetitive tasks — from sending emails to cleaning up logs. While cron is powerful, it comes with drawbacks: tasks live outside your application, are hard to version control, and require server‑level access. Laravel solves this… Read More »Laravel Smart Scheduler & Cron Alternatives
Every December, developers around the world look forward to Advent Calendars — not just the chocolate ones, but the ones filled with code, tools, and surprises. In 2025, Laravel launched something truly festive: the Laravel OSS Advent Calendar, a microsite that reveals a new open-source… Read More »Laravel OSS Advent Calendar 2025: Daily Reveals for Developers
PHP 8.5, released in alpha in mid‑2025, is shaping up to be one of the most developer‑friendly updates yet. Alongside features like the pipe operator and DOM API improvements, the standout addition is Property Hooks3. For Laravel developers, this is a big deal. Property Hooks… Read More »PHP 8.5 Alpha + Laravel: Property Hooks & Upgrade Guides
->value CallsEnums have become a cornerstone of modern PHP development since their introduction in PHP 8.1. They provide type safety, eliminate “magic strings,” and make code more expressive. Laravel quickly embraced enums, allowing them in model casts, validation rules, and factories. But one area remained awkward:… Read More »Laravel 12.42 Enums in Translations: Cleaner Code Without ->value Calls
OAuth is everywhere. Whether you’re building a SaaS platform, a developer tool, or an ecommerce site, chances are you’ll need to let users log in with Google, GitHub, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Laravel Socialite has long been the go‑to package for handling these integrations, offering a… Read More »Laravel Socialite v5.24 Fakes: Easier OAuth Testing Without Mocks
Database migrations are one of Laravel’s most beloved features. They allow developers to evolve schemas safely, version control database changes, and keep environments in sync. But migrations involving indexes have historically been fragile. Imagine deploying a migration that tries to drop an index which doesn’t… Read More »Laravel 12.42 Migration Magic: Index Helpers That Save Your Deployments