Community Laravel Extension for Zed
Laravel for Zed is a community LSP extension that adds go-to-definition, hover cards, find references, rename, and Blade tooling to the Zed editor through static analysis of your project.
Writing on software design, company building, and the aerospace industry.
All of my long-form thoughts on programming, leadership, product design, and more, collected in chronological order.
Bulk Job Dispatching with Bus::bulk() in Laravel 13.13
Laravel 13.13 adds Bus::bulk() for dispatching many jobs at once, storage-backed notification attachments, PSR-18 HTTP client support, cache memoization, and more.
Laravel Cloud Adds Scale-to-Zero and Spending Limits
Laravel Cloud is rolling out Scale-to-Zero Flex compute that wakes the full stack in under 500ms, plus a new $5 Starter plan and hard monthly spending limits.
Detect and Resolve Laravel Schema Drift with MigrAlign
MigrAlign compares your Laravel migration files against the live database and applies schema changes with risk-aware safeguards for MySQL and MariaDB.
In-Memory Eloquent Models with Truffle
Truffle is a Laravel package that allows Eloquent models to be backed by an in-memory SQLite database, enabling developers to query static data with Eloquent.
Shift + AI = Fully Automated Laravel Upgrades
Introducing AI skills to fully automate the entire Shift workflow.
Advanced Eloquent Query Filtering with Filterable
Filterable is a Laravel package that provides multiple engines for advanced, scalable filtering of Eloquent models, including support for nested JSON and relationship filtering.
Audit Laravel Apps for Security Issues with Checkpoint
Checkpoint is a dev-only Artisan command that runs 26 static security checks against a Laravel application, covering dependency CVEs, hardcoded secrets, injection risks, and misconfigured application settings.
Parsel: Parse PDFs, Office Documents, and Images in PHP
Parsel is a PHP package that wraps the liteparse lit CLI to extract text, positioned items, and screenshots from PDFs, Office files, and images locally.
Laracon AU 2026 Announces Full Speaker Lineup, Schedule, and Workshops
Laracon AU has officially unveiled its full 2026 schedule, including all speakers, talks, and workshops for this year's event.