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IssueNº 97
Dated14 Aug 2026
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Artisan Weekly Edition 97!

Edition №97

Published
Week ending August 14, 2026
Items
10 featured · 2 notable
● Top 10 Video companion
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Editor's
Note

Hot Hot Hot laracon US videos released new testing double package and plenty more

By
Daniel Newns

Top 10 Links

Featured · Edition 97
02
Blog Post dyrynda.com.au

`exit()` may silently break your parallel tests

With the release of Pest 5 Michael went about upgrading his teams app to use Pest 5 and leverage the new Tia Engine, what should have been a simple and straight forward upgrade wasnt. Head over to the post to find out why using exit() in your code could cause issues with your tests.

Michael Dyrynda
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Blog Post helgesver.re

Hidden Gems in the PHP Source Code

Helge walks us through some of the quirky comments, easter eggs and other fun things that can be found inside the PHP source code. I mean did you know that there is an April Fools' ElePHPant Logo?

Helge Sverre
04
Blog Post shaungsimpson.com

Embrace the Framework: Break Order Processing Into Steps With Pipelines

This article demonstrates how to refactor a growing checkout service method into Laravel Pipelines, breaking order processing into focused, testable stages like address validation, stock reservation, and fraud checks. Each pipe handles a single responsibility whilst maintaining transaction safety through proper database locking.

Shaun Simpson
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Tool/Package testdoublephp.com

Introduction · Double

A modern PHP testing double library designed for developer experience with zero learning curve, human-readable failure messages, and a clean API. Features familiar grammar from popular testing libraries while streamlining the syntax with single-word methods and automatic behaviour adjustment based on your expectations.

Jason McCreary
07
Blog Post wilburpowery.dev

Building wt: instant Laravel worktrees with Herd

Git Worktrees are great we use them a lot at Jump24, but when working with Laravel Herd this can sometimes cause issues, In this post Wilbur walks us through building wt his new open source CLI tool that helps automate the Laravel worktree setup with Herd. Create fully isolated parallel environments - complete with their own branch, database, and URL - in one command, then clean up just as easily when you're done.

Wilbur Powery
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Blog Post cmorrell.com

Trim Laravel Cloud Build Time

A practical guide to reducing Laravel Cloud build times from 18 seconds to 11 seconds by parallelising Composer and npm tasks. Includes a detailed bash script that runs processes concurrently whilst maintaining proper error handling and logging.

Chris Morrell
09
Blog Post statamic.com

Sneak Peek: Forms 2.0

Statamic is launching Forms 2.0, a major upgrade featuring a three-panel builder, multi-page forms with conditional logic, enhanced integrations, and 'automagic' forms with dedicated URLs. The update makes form building more accessible to non-technical users whilst maintaining developer flexibility.

Jack McDade

Also Notable

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Blog Post builtbyberry.com

I'm Building a Laravel Product in the Open

Barry shares his journey of publicly building a Laravel product, documenting the development process and decisions along the way. A transparent look at the challenges and learnings of creating a Laravel-based SaaS.

Barry vd. Heuvel
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