Laravel 12 is the quietest major release I've shipped to production. Here's what actually changed, what didn't, and whether the upgrade is worth your Saturday.
I migrated two Laravel apps to Octane with FrankenPHP and watched p99 latency halve. Here's what broke, what I left on FPM, and the real…
I've shipped Laravel apps with Livewire, Inertia.js, and a separate React SPA. Here's how I actually choose between them, with code and a few regrets.
I moved my realtime features off Pusher to self-hosted Laravel Reverb. Here's the actual code diff, what got better, and the production gotchas that bit…
Why Filament PHP replaced my hand-rolled Laravel admin panels, the resource patterns I actually use, and where I still drop down to raw Blade.
Six weeks running Laravel Pulse in production. The recorders I turned off, the slow query that surprised me, and when I still reach for Telescope.
Six months of Laravel Volt in production: where single-file Livewire components actually pay off, where they don't, and the bits that tripped me up.
Six months running Laravel AI in production: the stack I actually reach for, the package I bailed on, and the parts that are still mostly…