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Artisan Weekly Edition 74

Edition №74

Published
Week ending February 27, 2026
Items
10 featured · 4 notable
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Editor's
Note

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

By
Daniel Newns

Top 10 Links

Featured · Edition 74
01
Blog Post phpunit.expert

From Events to Insights

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.

Sebastian Bergmann
02
Blog Post Laravel tnakov.dev

The God Object That Knew Too Much: Refactoring a 478-Line Class Into Clean Architecture

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.

Trajche Nakov
03
Course Filament laracasts.com

Filament 5 In-Depth

A 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.

Kevin McKee
04
YouTube Video Blade youtube.com

Laravel Worldwide Meetup - Blaze Demo + Launch Party

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.

Margo Tavares · Dan Soppelsa · Caleb Porzio
06
Blog Post AI / ML laravel.com

Your AI Agent Can Now Deploy to Laravel Cloud (and Write This Blog)

Laravel 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.

Laravel
07
GitHub Repository github.com

100-million-row challenge

We 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.

Brent Roose
08
Blog Post AI / ML delaneyindustries.co.uk

Running Laravel AI SDK in Production: The Complete Guide

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.

Delaney Wright

Also Notable

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Blog Post laravel-news.com

Filament through the years

Its 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.

Alex Six
Filament
Blog Post freek.dev

A clean API for reading PHP attributes

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.

Freek Van der Herten
PHP
Blog Post spatie.be

Rethinking our frontend future at Spatie

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.

Freek Van der Herten
Blog Post
Blog Post notesonlaravel.com

Why Laravel Is Perfect for Non-Traditional Software Developers

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.

Stuart Brameld
Blog Post