Laravel News Podcast
Eric L. Barnes
The Laravel News Podcast brings you all the latest news and events related to the Laravel PHP Framework.
- 58 minutes 13 secondsLaravel 13, Native PHP 3.1, and ingesting data
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.
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- Laravel 13 Released: PHP 8.3, Attributes, Laravel AI, and a Smoother Upgrade Path
- Laravel Prompts v0.3.15 Adds Streaming, Tasks, Autocomplete, and More
- Inertia.js v3.0.0 Is Here with Optimistic Updates, useHttp, and More
- New Expressive Model Attributes in Laravel 13.2.0
- Debugbar releases v4.2.0 and add a new Boost skill
- NativePHP v3.1: The Biggest Performance Leap Yet
- Prompt Deck: Manage AI Prompts as Versioned Files in Laravel
- Laracon AU Returns to Brisbane - Call for Speakers Now Open
- Liminal: A Browser-Based IDE for Laravel Powered by WebAssembly
- Laravel Boost v2.4.0 Adds Security Audits and a Laravel Best Practices Skill
- Lens for Laravel Brings WCAG Auditing to Your Local Dev Workflow
- SlideWire: Build Presentations with Livewire and Blade
- Circuit Breaker for Laravel
- Take the Pain Out of Data Imports with Laravel Ingest
- Prism Workers AI — A Cloudflare Workers AI Provider for Prism PHP
- OG Kit: Generate Dynamic Open Graph Images with HTML and CSS
- Laravel USPS: A Modern Wrapper for the USPS API
Tutorials
2 April 2026, 2:00 pm - 44 minutes 4 secondsBlazing fast components, agent orchestration, and security scanning
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.
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- Cache Concurrency Limiting in Laravel 12.53.0
- Boost Guidelines & Skills Added in Inertia v2.3.16
- Livewire v4.2.0 Released with Security Hardening and Laravel 13 Support
- Filament v5.3.0 Released with Deferred Tab Badges and Column Manager Improvements
- Chief: Run Claude Code on Large Projects with Task-Based Workflows
- Blaze: An Optimized Blade Template Compiler for Laravel
- Stop Failing APIs from Killing Your Queue — Fuse for Laravel
- Filament turns five in style!
- Laravel Launches an Open Directory of AI Agent Skills for Laravel and PHP
- Filament through the years
- Ward: A Security Scanner for Laravel
- Polyscope Is an Ai-First Dev Environment for Orchestrating Agents
- The Inertia v3 Beta is Here
- Kit: An Opinionated API Starter Kit for Laravel
- Serve Markdown Versions of Your Laravel Pages to AI Agents
12 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 48 minutes 10 secondsImproved skills, markdown for AI, and The Vibes
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.
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- Laravel 12.51.0 Adds afterSending Callbacks, Validator whenFails, and MySQL Timeout
- Factory makeMany() Method in Laravel 12.52.0
- Improved Skill and Guideline Detection in Laravel Boost v2.2.0
- Nimbus: An In-Browser API Testing Playground for Laravel
- FrankenPHP v1.11.2 Released With 30% Faster CGO, 40% Faster GC, and Security Patches
- Laravel Live Denmark Returns to Copenhagen in August 2026
- Laravel Releases Nightwatch MCP Server for Claude Code and AI Agents
- Laravel Cloud Adds “Markdown for Agents” to Serve AI-Friendly Content
- Laravel Adds an Official Svelte + Inertia Starter Kit
- New Colors Added in Tailwind CSS v4.2
- What We Know About Laravel 13
- "The Vibes" — NativePHP Hosts a Day 3 after Laracon US
- Driver-Based Architecture in Spatie's Laravel PDF v2
- Capture Web Page Screenshots in Laravel with Spatie's Laravel Screenshot
- Generate Secure, Memorable Passphrases in PHP with PHP Passphrase
- Single Table Inheritance for Eloquent Models Using Parental
- Laravel OpenAPI CLI: Generate Artisan Commands from Your API Spec
Tutorials
26 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 49 minutes 35 secondsCollecting methods, AI Boost, and Statamic 6
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.
Show links- hasSole() Collection Method in Laravel 12.49.0
- hasMany() Collection Method in Laravel 12.50.0
- Filament v5.2.0 Adds a Callout Component
- Clawdbot Rebrands to Moltbot After Trademark Request From Anthropic
- Install Laravel Package Guidelines and Skills in Boost
- Fuse for Laravel: A Circuit Breaker Package for Queue Jobs
- NativePHP for Mobile Is Now Free
- Manage PostgreSQL Databases Directly in VS Code with Microsoft's Extension
- Livewire 4 and Blade Improvements in Laravel VS Code Extension v1.5.0
- Statamic 6 Is Officially Released
- Laravel Announces Official AI SDK for Building AI-Powered Apps
- Claude Opus 4.6 adds adaptive thinking, 128K output, compaction API, and more
- OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3-Codex, a New Codex Model for Agent-Style Development
- Laravel Live UK returns to London on June 18-19, 2026
- Bagisto Visual: Theme Framework with Visual Editor for Laravel E-commerce
- Generate Complete Application Modules with a Single Command using Laravel TurboMaker
- Encrypt Files in Laravel with AES-256-GCM and Memory-Efficient Streaming
- Mask Sensitive Eloquent Attributes on Retrieval in Laravel
- Laravel Related Content: Semantic Relationships Using pgvector
12 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 49 minutes 22 secondsBoost skills, Statamic 6, and Livewire 4
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.
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- Laravel Boost v1.8.10 Released With New AI Prompts and Livewire v4 Support
- Async Request Cancellation Updates in Inertia v2.3.10
- Docker Support in Laravel VS Code Extension v1.4.2
- Query Builder Expression Aliases in Laravel 12.48
- Livewire 4 Support in Laravel VS Code Extension v1.4.3
- Laravel Boost v2.0 Released with Skills Support
- Everything new in Livewire 4
- Statamic 6 Beta Now Available
- Filament v5 Released With Livewire v4 Support and a New Blueprint Tool
- Laravel News Is the Live Stream Partner for Laracon EU 2026
- Migrating Laravel News from Laravel Forge to Cloud
- Laravel Debugbar v4.0.0 is released
- Automate Laravel Herd Worktrees with This Claude Code Skill
- FluentVox: AI Text-to-Speech for Laravel with Voice Cloning and GPU Acceleration
- Laravel Deadlock: Manage Technical Debt with Expiring Code Markers
- Laravel Invite Only Adds a Full User Invitation System with Tokens, Events, and Reminders
- Restrict User Actions with Time-Based Sanctions Using Laravel Prohibitions
- Radiance: Generate Deterministic Mesh Gradient Avatars in PHP
- Fair Queue Distribution with Laravel Balanced Queue
Tutorials
29 January 2026, 3:00 pm - 1 hour 35 secondsWayfinder, Livewire 4, and Laravel with AI
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.
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- Laravel 12.44 Adds HTTP Client afterResponse() Callbacks
- JSON:API Resource in Laravel 12.45
- Laravel 12.45.1, 12.45.2, and 12.46.0 Released
- Cache Without Overlapping in Laravel 12.47.0
- Handle Nested Data Structures in PHP with the Data Block Package
- Ben Bjurstrom: Laravel is the best Vibecoding stack for 2026
- A new beta of Laravel Wayfinder just dropped
- Laravel News Partners With Laracon India
- Fast Laravel Course Launch
- "Don't Remember" Form Helper Added in Inertia.js 2.3.7
- Livewire 4 Is Dropping Next Week, and wire:transition Makes Animations Effortless
- Run Artisan Make Commands in Laravel VS Code Extension
- Pest Adds withHost for Browser Testing Subdomains in Laravel
- Laravel Boost Update Adds Support for the New MCP Protocol
- Laravel Gets a Claude Code Simplifier Plugin
- Laravel Introduces Official AI Documentation
- What's new in Filament v4.5?
- PHP DebugBar v3 is released
- Detect and Clean Up Unchanged Vendor Files with Laravel Vendor Cleanup
- Laravel Altitude - Opinionated Claude Code agents and commands for TALL stack development
- Manage Waitlists in Laravel with Laravel Waitlist
- The Neuron AI Framework for PHP and Laravel
Tutorials
15 January 2026, 3:00 pm - 28 minutes 51 secondsPaused queues, PHP 8.5, and time intervals
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
4 December 2025, 3:00 pm - 43 minutes 58 secondsFaster tests, vantage points, and cleaning assets
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
20 November 2025, 3:00 pm - 37 minutes 58 secondsNew Forge, Composer Setup, and Simple Metrics
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
16 October 2025, 2:00 pm - 34 minutes 58 secondsLocal errors, pretty PHP, and terminal UIs
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
2 October 2025, 2:00 pm - 35 minutes 4 secondsBifrost, Beam, and Feeds
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
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