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

This episode is sponsored by CodeRabbit; Smart CLI Reviews act as quality gates for Codex, Claude, Gemini, and you.

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• Blade @hasStack Directive Added in Laravel 12.39 
• Time Interval Helpers in Laravel 12.40 
• Pause a Queue for a Given Number of Seconds in Laravel 12 
• PHP 8.5 is released with the pipe operator, URI extension, new array functions, and more 
• Introducing Mailviews Early Access 
• Prevent Disposable Email Registrations with Email Utilities for Laravel 
• A DynamoDB Driver for the Laravel Auditing Package 
• Build Production-ready APIs in Laravel with Tyro 

Tutorials

• Separate your Cloudflare page cache with a middleware group 
• PostgreSQL vs. MongoDB for Laravel: Choosing the Right Database 
• Modernizing Code with Rector - Laravel In Practice EP12 
• Static Analysis Secrets - Laravel In Practice EP13 

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

This episode is sponsored by CodeRabbit; Smart CLI Reviews act as quality gates for Codex, Claude, Gemini, and you.

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• Background Queue Connection in Laravel 12.37 
• Cache Routes and Config During Testing in Laravel 12.38 
• New Book: Laravel for the Rest of Us launches November 18, 2025 
• CodeRabbit raised $60M and celebrated with a hilarious short film 
• All Talks for Wire:Live are Available on YouTube 
• Early Bird Tickets are out for Laracon EU - Secure Your Spot by Nov 22! 
• Supabase Package for Laravel 
• Track, Manage, and Monitor Queue Jobs with Vantage 
• Asset Cleaner Package for Laravel 
• HydePHP v2 
• Laravel Livewire Async Select 
• Define LLM JSON Schemas in Laravel With Forerunner 
• TikAPI SDK is PHP and Laravel Package for the TikAPI 

Tutorials

• Laravel Fluent isEmpty and isNotEmpty Methods
• Authentication With Laravel and MongoDB
• Cloudflare Turnstile versus CSRF tokens
• The Practical Guide to Laravel + Nova on OpenAI Codex Web
• MongoDB Transactions in Laravel
• Cache Smart Invalidation - Laravel In Practice EP10
• Cache Pre-warming Explained - Laravel In Practice EP11
• Modernizing Code with Rector - Laravel In Practice EP12

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

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• Http Client Batch Method in Laravel 12.32 
• Improved HTTP Client URL Parameter Merging in Laravel 12.33 
• The New Laravel Forge Is Here: With Laravel VPS, Zero-Downtime Deployments, and a Fresh UI 
• Infinite Scroll in Inertia v2.2 
• Craft is moving to Laravel 
• Laracon AU 2025 schedule published 
• Setup Command Added to Laravel's Composer File 
• Modern Laravel Starter Kits by Ship Fast Labs 
• Who Changed That? Tracking User Modifications in Models with Userstamps 
• Metrics: Simple, Elegant Metric Tracking for Laravel 
• Manage AI Prompts in Your Laravel App with Markdown and Blade 
• Image Manipulation in Laravel With Glide 
• Detect Packages & Approaches in use within a project with Laravel Roster 

Tutorials

• Laravel whereValueBetween for Column Range Queries
• Controlling Factory Relationship Expansion in Laravel
• Laravel Uri toStringable Method
• Laravel Strict Validation for Type Checking
• Find Feature Tests Creating Database Records without Refreshing the Database in Laravel
• Querying Data in MongoDB With Laravel: From Basics to Advanced Techniques
• Profiling Laravel: How to Find Hidden Performance Killers
• Fixing Queries & Adding Indexes: From 400 Queries to 4 - Laravel In Practice EP6

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

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• A New Local Error Page in Laravel 12.29 
• Infinite Scroll in Inertia v2.2 
• Laravel MCP Beta is Released 
• Filament v4.1 is here! 
• PrettyPHP is an opinionated code formatter for PHP 
• Meet LaraUtilX: A Utility Toolkit Every Laravel Developer Needs 
• Powerful Debugging for PHP & Laravel with LaraDumps 
• Laravel Starter Kit by Nuno Maduro 
• A Laravel Package to Integrate with Google Gemini 
• Build Terminal UIs in PHP With ANSI Kit 

Tutorials

• Debugging and Logging in Laravel Applications
• Introduction to MongoDB & Laravel-MongoDB Setup
• The Hidden Cost of MySQL Defaults in Laravel Apps
• Livewire Session Properties for Persistent Component State
• Livewire wire:click.prevent for Form Handling
• Testing Your Reporting System with Laravel Factories and Assertions
• Profiling Laravel: How to Find Hidden Performance Killers
• Laravel Collection Pluck Method Gains Closure Transformation Power
• Laravel Configuration Arrays Made Simpler with Config::collection()
• Laravel Custom Validation Rules for Enhanced Data Integrity

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.

Show links

• 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.

Show links

• 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.

Show links

• 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