Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

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• The Bifrost is About to Open
• Laravel launches Laravel Learn with two free mini-courses
• Lightweight Access Control Management for Laravel with Porter
• Customizable reference numbers for your models with Referenceable
• Simple XML Converter Package for PHP
• Beam: Feature Flags for the Frontend with Laravel Pennant
• Redact Model Data with the Redactable Models Package for Laravel
• Export Large Amounts of Data into Feeds with the Feeds Package for Laravel
• GeoGenius Package for Laravel
• Simplifying Form Validation with Laravel Livewire's #[Validate] Attribute
• Creating Responsive Component Networks with Laravel Livewire's #[On] Event System
• Real-time Form Updates with Laravel Livewire's wire:model.live
• In-depth guide on documenting API responses with Scramble
• Laravel's Enhanced Fluent Objects: Direct Iteration Support
• Preventing Race Conditions with Laravel's Atomic Cache Locks
• Stop Repeating Query Logic: Laravel Query Scopes Make Your Code Readable
• Building a Flexible Reporting System with Laravel Collections and Scopes

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

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• Heartbeat Collection Method in Laravel 12.26; Wayfinder Now in React and Vue Starter Kits
• Use Amazon's new Fair Queue Feature With SQS in Laravel 12.27
• Pest 4 is Released
• Laracon AU 2025 Talk Titles Revealed
• Handle ownership relationships between Eloquent models with Laravel Ownable
• A Fluent Path Builder for PHP and Laravel
• Smart Cache Package for Laravel
• Password Strength Estimator Validation in Laravel
• Log Outgoing HTTP Requests with the Laravel Spy Package
• Add Notes Functionality to Eloquent Models With the Notable Package
• Quickly Generate Forms based on your Eloquent Models with Laravel Formello
• Adding Autocomplete to Your Laravel Applications
• Implementing User Confirmation Dialogs in Laravel Livewire with wire:confirm
• Optimizing Laravel Livewire Performance with Computed Properties
• Using SQLite in production with Laravel
• Stop Writing Bad Controllers: Laravel Custom Collections Transform Your Code

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

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• Laravel Boost is released 
• Supercharge Your Laravel Projects: Real AI Coding with Laravel Boost! 
• Inertia Releases a New Form Component 
• Filament v4 is Stable! 
• Send Notifications in Laravel with Firebase Cloud Messaging and Notifire 
• Record and Replay Requests With Laravel ChronoTrace 
• Switch Between Personas in Laravel With the MultiPersona Package 
• Generate Postman Collections from Laravel Routes 
• Building MCP Servers in PHP 
• Generate Secure Temporary Share Links for Files in Laravel 
• Laravel Devtoolbox: Your Swiss Army Knife Artisan CLI 
• Building a Multi-Step Form With Laravel, Livewire, and MongoDB 
• Harris is building a new video series - Advanced Eloquent Mastery
• Laravel Worldwide Meetup
• Laracon EU CFP is open

Tutorials

• Simplified Batch Job Creation with Laravel's Enhanced Artisan Command
• Fluent Object Operations with Laravel's Enhanced Helper Utilities
• Advanced Application Architecture through Laravel's Service Container Management
• Establishing Consistent Data Foundations with Laravel's Database Population System
• Laravel's UsePolicy Attribute: Explicit Authorization Control
• Laravel Global Scopes: Automatic Query Filtering
• Controlling Execution Flow with Laravel's Sleep Helper
• Maintaining Data Consistency with Laravel Database Transactions
• Efficient Context Management with Laravel's Remember Functions
  
  

In this special live episode, Jake and Michael sit down face to face (for the first time ever!) at Laracon US 2025 in Denver to bring you a recap of the conference atmosphere, and highlights from the talks right from the floor of the venue.

You'll hear about:

• The buzz around new Laravel features and packages
• Conference talk highlights and surprise crowd favourites
• What made this Laracon feel unique compared to previous years

Whether you were in the room or following from afar, this episode captures the vibe, voices, and fun of Laracon US 2025.

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

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• Conditionally Fail Queue Jobs While Throttling Exceptions in Laravel 12.20
• JetBrains PHPverse 2025: Videos are now live!
• Laravel in the First Half of 2025
• Run Laravel Pint Faster in Parallel Mode
• NativePHP for Mobile v1.1: Smaller, Smarter, and Ready to Scale
• Set up an AI-powered Laravel Development Environment with Claude Code and MCP Servers
• Native array_first() and array_last() Functions in PHP 8.5
• The Pipe Operator is Coming to PHP 8.5
• PHP 8.5 Introduces an INI Diff Option
• PHP Fatal Error Backtraces in PHP 8.5
• Laravel Performance Testing With Volt-Test PHP
• Intelligent Parsing and Formatting of Names in PHP Applications
• Laravel AI Chat Starter Kit

Tutorials

• Simplifying Stream Handling with Laravel's resource Method
• Dependency Injection in Laravel Closure Commands
• Laravel's in_array_keys Rule: Validating Partial Array Keys
• Content Negotiation with Laravel's prefers Method
• Laravel Request Content Type Inspection Methods
• Blade Authorization Directives for View Security
• Enhancing JSON Responses with Laravel Model Appends
• Enhanced Enum Processing with Laravel's Default Parameter Support
• Custom Object Casting in Laravel Models
• Laravel's Rule::contains() for Fluent Array Validation

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

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• Laravel 12.19 Adds a useEloquentBuilder Attribute, a FailOnException Queue Middleware, and More 
• Larallow is a Permissions Package With Support for Scopes 
• Manipulate Image URLs in Laravel with the Image Transform Package 
• Lightning Fast Schedule Management for Laravel 
• PayHere for Laravel 
• Generate Eloquent Models from Database Markup Language Files 
• Generate awesome open graph images with Open Graphy 
• Translate Your App to Other Languages With Laravel Gemini Translator 
• Analyze Laravel Codebases with the Laravel Introspect Package 
• Laravel Virtual Wallet 

Tutorials

• Building a Task Reminder With Laravel and MongoDB
• Defining a Dedicated Query Builder in Laravel 12 With PHP Attributes
• Test Deferred Operations Easily with Laravel's withoutDefer Helper
• Handle Nested Arrays Elegantly with Laravel's fluent() Helper
• Reset Rate Limits Dynamically with Laravel's clear Method
• Dividing Collections with Laravel's splitIn Helper
• Tracking Cache Activity with Laravel Events
• Retrieving Command Parameters in Laravel Artisan
• Accepting Multiple Parameters in Laravel Commands
• Enhanced Enum Processing with Laravel's Default Parameter Support

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

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• Encrypt and Decrypt String Helpers in Laravel 12.18 
• Laravel Nightwatch - Deep monitoring & insights, no matter where you deploy. 
• Nightwatch AMA with Jess Archer
• Filament v4 Beta - Feature Overview 
• Better defaults for your Laravel applications with Essentials 
• Manage Taxonomies, Categories, and Tags in Laravel 
• AnyCable Laravel Broadcaster 
• Laravel OpenRouter 
• Fathom Analytics Events for Laravel Livewire 
• GuacPanel 
• Laravel Audit Log 

Tutorials

• Laravel Migration With Schema Validation in MongoDB
• Repeat Strings Efficiently with Laravel's Str::repeat Method
• Extract Arrays from Any Data Type with Laravel's Arr::from Method
• Parse Localized Numbers with Laravel's Number Class
• Test Job Failures Precisely with Laravel's assertFailedWith Method
• Enable Flexible Pattern Matching with Laravel's Case-Insensitive Str::is Method
• Replace String Prefixes Precisely with Laravel's replaceStart Method
• Remove Collection Items Directly with Laravel's forget Method
• Convert Any Value to Collections with Laravel's Collection::wrap Method
• Convert Special Characters to ASCII with Laravel's Str::transliterate Method
• Clean Up Your Code with the whenHas Method
• Simplify API Responses with Fluent Methods
• Perfect Pagination: Unlock UI Control with onEachSide
• Keep Your Place: Enhancing User Experience with Fragment Method

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

This episode is sponsored by CodeRabbit - cut code review time and bugs in half with AI-driven, contextual feedback.

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• Arr::from() Method in Laravel 12.14 
• "In Array Keys" Validation Rule Added in Laravel 12.16 
• Cast Model Properties to a Uri Instance in 12.17 
• Improved Installation and Frontend Hooks in Laravel Echo 2.1 
• PHPVerse with Brent Roose 
• Filament Is Now Running Natively on Mobile 
• Laravel Seeder Generator 
• Use Passkeys in Your Laravel App 
• Auto-translate Application Strings with Laratext 
• Deployer 
• Validate Controller Requests with the Laravel Data Package 
• ElasticLens: Eloquent-Powered Elasticsearch for Laravel 
• A Blade-Only Starter Kit for Laravel 12 Projects 
• Prism Relay 
• Efficiently remove expired cache data with Laravel Cache Evict 
• Customize URL Handling with Laravel's Macroable URI Class 
• Streamline API Resources with Laravel's Fluent Methods
• Filter Model Attributes with Laravel's New except() Method 
• Simplify Factory Associations with Laravel's UseFactory Attribute 
• Transform JSON into Typed Collections with Laravel's AsCollection::of() 
• Validate URLs Effectively with Laravel's Str::isUrl Method 
• Compare Collection Keys with Laravel's diffKeys Method 
• Verify Nested Relations Efficiently with Laravel's Enhanced relationLoaded Method 
• Enhance Collection Validation with containsOneItem() Closure Support 
• Test Job Failures Precisely with Laravel's assertFailedWith Method 
• Simplify Negative Relation Queries with Laravel's whereDoesntHaveRelation Methods 

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

This episode is sponsored by CodeRabbit - cut code review time and bugs in half with AI-driven, contextual feedback.

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• Typed Arr Getters Added in Laravel 12.11
• Name Queued Closures in Laravel 12.13
• All About the Filament v4 Beta Release
• Celebrate 30 years of PHP at PHPverse
• A first look at Laravel Nightwatch
• NativePHP Hit $100K — And We're Just Getting Started 🚀
• Track Job Progress and Status in Laravel with the Laravel Job Status Package
• Disposable Email Detection in Laravel
• Argonaut DTO Package for Laravel
• Populate is a Supercharged Seeder for Laravel
• Managing Encrypted Environment Variables In Laravel With Veil
• Improve HTTP Error Testing with Laravel's requestException() Method
• Centralize HTTP Client Configuration with Laravel's globalOptions Method
• Precise Number Formatting with Laravel's Enhanced Number::spell Method
• Implement Conditional Migrations in Laravel with the New shouldRun() Method
• Streamline Mass Insertions with Laravel's fillAndInsert() Method
• Simplify Password Requirement Displays with Laravel's appliedRules() Method
• URI Path Components Using Laravel's pathSegments() Method
• Accelerate API Testing with Laravel's ddBody() Method
• Simplify HasManyThrough Relationships with Laravel's CanBeOneOfMany Support
• Track Metrics Effortlessly with Laravel's Context Increment and Decrement Methods
• Using Database Comments to Track Columns With Sensitive Data
• Build a Smart AI Task Manager with Laravel, Livewire & PrismPHP

Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.

This episode is sponsored by CodeRabbit - cut code review time and bugs in half with AI-driven, contextual feedback.

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• Memoized Cache Driver in Laravel 12.9 
• Map Eloquent Attributes into an Object Using the Collection Cast in Laravel 12.10 
• PhpStorm 2025.1 is Here 
• NativePHP for Mobile v1 — Launching May 2 
• Laracon US tickets are on sale 
• Laravel Cookie Consent 
• Laravel Simple RabbitMQ Package 
• Laravel Toaster Magic 
• Firebase Cloud Notifications for Laravel 
• Safely Retry API calls in Laravel 
• Generate HTTP Fixtures from Live API Calls in Laravel 
• Navigating Dates Elegantly with Carbon in Laravel 
• Optimizing Actions with Laravel's Fluent Class 
• Streamlining Context Validation in Laravel 
• Verifying Exception Reporting in Laravel with assertReported 
• Converting Array Values to Enum Instances with Laravel's mapInto Method 
• Laravel's AsHtmlString Cast for Elegant HTML Attribute Management 
• Confidently Extract Single Array Items with Laravel's Arr::sole() Method 
• Enhance Validation Testing Precision with Laravel's assertOnlyJsonValidationErrors