All of my long-form thoughts on programming, leadership, product design, and more, collected in chronological order.
Laravel v12.51.0 adds notification afterSending() callbacks, fluent whenFails() and whenPasses() methods on the Validator, a MySQL query builder timeout() method, and closure support in firstOrCreate and createOrFirst for lazy value evaluation, and more.
Learn the difference between offset and cursor pagination in Laravel with MongoDB. Explore performance trade-offs, implementation examples, and when to use skip/limit vs cursorPaginate() for large datasets.
Spatie's laravel-pdf v2 introduces a driver-based architecture for PDF generation, letting you choose between Browsershot, Cloudflare Browser Rendering, and others, along with queued PDF generation, PDF metadata support, and more.
Laravel Live UK, the official Laravel conference for the UK, is set for June 18-19, 2026 in London at the Shaw Theatre. Tickets are on sale now and the CFP is open.
Build related content links using vector embeddings and pgvector for Laravel
Your real-time dashboard updates, but every new order makes the whole page jump. In this episode, I show you how to combine Livewire's skipRender with Alpine.js to push live updates without a single re-render—smooth animations, no flicker, no page jumps.
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.