All of my long-form thoughts on programming, leadership, product design, and more, collected in chronological order.
OpenAI introduced GPT‑5.3‑Codex, a Codex model focused on agent-style development workflows where the model can use tools, operate a computer, and complete longer tasks end-to-end.
Filament v5.2.0 ships five new features, including a Callout component for highlighting important information in forms, stacked table rows for better mobile readability, and stacked action modals that keep parent modals visible.
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 with adaptive thinking, doubled output tokens (128K), a new Compaction API for long conversations, and data residency controls.
Laravel has announced a new first-party AI SDK, providing a unified, Laravel-native API for integrating AI features across multiple providers.
Laravel v12.50.0 introduces a new `hasMany()` collection method for checking if a collection contains multiple matching items, along with support for unique queued listeners, typed cache getters, and more.
The Laravel Attribute Mask package by Fazle Rabbi automatically masks sensitive Eloquent model attributes when they are retrieved.
Laravel File Encryption processes files in configurable chunks using AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption, allowing you to encrypt files of any size without memory constraints.
Statamic 6 has been released with a redesigned control panel, Vue 3 and Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS v4 support, and new security features for Laravel developers.
PostgreSQL for Visual Studio Code is the essential extension for working with PostgreSQL databases - locally or in the cloud.
Laravel VS Code Extension v1.5.0 introduces enhanced support for Livewire 4 and Blade components. This release brings improved parsing, autocompletion, and intellisense for modern Livewire and Blade development workflows.