Week ending February 27, 2026
Another fantastic week when it comes to the world of Laravel, It was the first Laravel Manchester event on wednesday and the turn out was great I can see that event having a great future. Also its just 3 more days now until LaraconEU where Im hopefully going to be able to meet you all
Sebastian Bergmann explores how to test event-driven systems effectively, moving from traditional state-based testing to event-based testing using Domain-Driven Design principles. The article demonstrates how Event Storming methodology can bridge the gap between requirements, code, and documentation in event sourcing architectures, and how it differs from testing normal applications that don't use event-driven systems.
We've all been there right? Built a small class that does something, then over time it just grows and grows and grows and before you know it you have this crazy big God Object Class thats just doing too much. In this post Trajche details how to refactor a massive 478-line Laravel class that violated the Single Responsibility Principle by handling status calculation, authorisation, PDF generation, and more. Learn how to identify God Objects in your codebase and break them down into clean, maintainable architecture using real-world examples from a compliance platform.
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Kevin McKeeA comprehensive Laracasts series diving deep into the recently released Filament 5. Perfect for developers looking to master the latest features and best practices in Filament. So if your a fan of Filament and haven't had a chance to play around round with V5 as of yet I suggest watching this course to find out all about it.
On the latest Laravel WorldWide Meetup Caleb demos Blaze, a new package he's been working on that massively speeds up your Laravel applications by making your blade components super fast. We're always looking for ways to improve this speed of our applications and Blaze looks to be a great option to speed up your Blade rendering.
With AI moving so fast it's almost like every week something new is released or a new way of doing something is shown its just crazy. In this video Freek shows us how by using the Flare CLI and its skill he's able to resolve production bugs without leaving the CLI.
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LaravelLaravel Cloud now offers programmatic API access that enables AI agents to manage your entire cloud infrastructure through natural conversation. A new skill for OpenClaw allows developers to deploy to production, run Artisan commands, and manage environments simply by chatting with their AI agent.
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Brent RooseWe all read the original blog post by Brent well now he's turned it into a challenge and its a great one. See how quickly you can parse 100 million CSV rows of page visit data into optimised JSON format as quickly as possible. The two-week competition offers prizes from PhpStorm and Tideways for the fastest solutions, encouraging developers to explore high-performance PHP techniques.
A guide covering the essential production considerations for the Laravel AI SDK, including agent architecture, queues, timeouts, streaming, and operational best practices. Learn how to properly deploy AI-powered Laravel applications that can handle real-world load and complexity.
A comprehensive guide exploring Laravel 12's latest features including nestedWhere() queries, UUID/ULID primary keys, prunable models, and modern architecture patterns. Covers advanced practices for building cleaner, more maintainable Laravel applications with DTOs, service layers, and performance optimizations.
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Marian PopA comprehensive guide to handling failed queue jobs in Laravel applications, covering retry strategies, dead letter queues, and monitoring systems. Essential reading for Laravel developers who want to build robust queue processing systems with proper error handling and alerting.
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Alex SixIts Filaments 5th Birthday and with the birthday comes a new branding which looks great! I can't believe its been 5 years I just wished I'd started using it earlier it's been a great tool for us at Jump24 and one we've used on so many projects now. In this post Alex talks through the history of filament showing the changes through out its years. If you're a Filament fan then enjoy the read.
Freek introduces spatie/php-attribute-reader, a package that dramatically simplifies reading PHP 8.0 attributes by turning verbose reflection boilerplate into clean one-liners. The package provides intuitive methods for reading attributes from classes, methods, properties, and parameters, making attribute handling much more developer-friendly.
Spatie explores moving away from shadcn/ui and Radix components toward native browser features like the dialog element, popovers, and anchor positioning. They discuss how modern browsers are catching up to solve problems that previously required heavy JavaScript libraries, potentially allowing for lighter, more accessible components that work across frameworks.
A compelling perspective from a non-developer building a SaaS product with Laravel, explaining how the framework's conventions, curated ecosystem, and tools like Livewire make it uniquely accessible to those without traditional coding backgrounds. The author shares real commit examples and insights into why Laravel's opinionated structure eliminates decision fatigue for builders who want to focus on their product rather than technical choices.