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AI Coding Tips for Laravel Developers

If you haven’t tried AI tools in your Laravel development, here are our AI coding tips to ease you into it.

Laravel as a Lifeline: The Artisan of the Day Is Dana Mirafzal.

For Dana Mirafzal, Laravel has been a steady companion through school, work, and big life changes.

From Liège to Laravel: The Artisan of the Day Is Adrien Leloup.

Belgian developer Adrien Leloup builds with Laravel at Whitecube, co-leads PHP×Brussels, and is launching Hiker.dev in early access.

Crafting Code and the Community: The Artisan of the Day Is Harris Raftopoulos.

Read what Harris is building as a Laravel developer, writing as a staff member of Laravel News, and how he's helping organize Laravel Community events.

Ambitious Projects Are the Framework for Success. The Artisan of the Day Is Will King.

Will King built a playable game in two days with Laravel, a framework he'd never used in production. His talk proves Laravel is the framework for ambitious projects.

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Longhorn PHP 2025

Longhorn PHP is back for 2025 - and our schedule and speakers list is now live! The conference will be held in Austin, Texas, and will start with an optional tutorial day on Thursday, October 23, followed by two days full of talks and keynotes plus open spaces and more, on Friday and Saturday, October 24-25. Longhorn PHP is a regional community run conference, designed to help PHP developers level up their craft and connect with the larger PHP community. . Our full schedule is available now

Git Interactive Rebase Is a Superpower. The Artisan of the Day Is Rissa Jackson.

Rissa Jackson shares her approach to understanding and leveraging Git's most powerful features.

Beyond Vibe Coding: The Artisan of the Day Is Colin DeCarlo.

Navigate the hype around AI development tools and vibe coding with Colin DeCarlo.

Next.js 15.5

Next.js 15.5 includes Turbopack builds in beta, stable Node.js middleware, TypeScript improvements, `next lint` deprecation, and deprecation warnings for Next.js 16.

Livewire 4 Is Here! The Artisan of the Day Is Caleb Porzio.

Caleb Porzio walks through the new Livewire 4 and a fourth new way to make components.

GitLab Patch Release: 18.2.4

On August 18, 2025, we released versions 18.2.4 for GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. These versions resolve a number of regressions and bugs. This patch release does not include any security fixes. GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition 18.2.4 Build with Go 1.24.5 Update golang-fips/go Update gitlab-shell to v14.44.0 Backport “Use projectRootPath to compose breadcrumb links” Backport “Add custom encoding for repository path for commit data” Backport ‘Fixes reviewer drawer not opening when installed under relative URL’ Backport-Invalid search request resets the project…

Interoperability in 2025: beyond the Erlang VM

We explore the mechanisms for interoperability and portability between Elixir, other programming languages, and runtimes.

Building Laravel's Future. The Artisan of the Day Is Tom Crary.

Laravel's President and COO shares his story on Laravel's funding, how to build a global team, and the company's future.

Five Steps to Interfaces That Connect. The Artisan of the Day Is Leah Thompson.

Laravel team member Leah Thompson shares her advice on making frontend development less intimidating and more systematic.

Migrating to Laravel with Lenny the Larva. The Artisan of the Day Is Dave Kiss.

Dave Kiss shows that switching frameworks doesn't have to be scary, and walks through a Next.js to Laravel migration in the company of Lenny the larva.

GitLab Patch Release: 17.11.7

On August 15, 2025, we released version 17.11.7 for GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. These versions resolve a number of regressions and bugs. This patch release does not include any security fixes. GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition 17.11.7 Backport ‘Replace test-on-gdk with test-on-cng in backport mr pipelines’ Quarantine failing DORA Metrics dashboard tests (target single context) Backport of “Ensure docs hugo_build CI job uses docs-gitlab-com stable branches” Backport of ‘Make sure cache is clear to prevent failure during upgrade from 17.11’ Update dependency c…

Node.js 24.6.0 (Current)

Writing Resilient Code That Bounces Back. The Artisan of the Day Is Zuzana Kunckova.

The Larabelles founder shares her advice on writing resilent code.

PHP 8.5.0 Beta 1 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the first beta release of PHP 8.5.0, Beta 1. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the . PHP Wiki For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 Beta 1 please visit the . download page Please carefully test this version and report any issues found . on GitHub Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version. For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the file, or the file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive. NEWS…

Why AI Will Not Replace You. The Artisan of the Day Is Dave Hicking.

Dave Hicking explains why AI won't replace you and shares his advice on how to work with it.

Announcing Laravel Boost

Ship Laravel features faster with Boost, a Composer package that accelerates AI-assisted Laravel development by providing the essential context and structure that AI needs to generate high-quality, Laravel-specific code.

Taming JavaScript Complexity: The Artisan of the Day Is Evan You

Meet Evan You, the creator of Vue.js and Vite, two essential pieces of the modern JavaScript ecosystem.

Krill 0.15.0 ‘But I Digress’ Released

We are pleased to announce the release of Krill, versions 0.15.0 ‘But I Digress.’ Krill is a daemon for running delegated RPKI, featuring a Certificate Authority and a publication server that allows you to create and publish signed statements about routing intent. This release primarily contains a lot …

Turbocharge Your Laravel Workflow with Tmux. The Artisan of the Day Is Alex Six.

Alex Six will help you boost Laravel productivity with Tmux: learn how to organize terminals, keep processes alive, and streamline your workflow.

Building Laravel Cloud: The Web Application

How we built Laravel Cloud’s web app: from the RILT stack and action pattern to testing, local fakes, and following Laravel conventions to stay fast and flexible.

Bun v1.2.20

Fixes 141 issues (addressing 429 👍). Reduced idle CPU usage. Improved `bun:test` diffing. Automatic `ETag` and `If-None-Match` in static routes for `Bun.serve`. 40x faster `AbortSignal.timeout`. Windows long path support. `WebAssembly.compileStreaming` and `WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming`. Many, many reliability improvements.

PHP Tek 2026

Join us for the 18th Annual Web Developer Conference, PHP Tek 2026, May 19-21 2026. PHP Tek combines leadership, expertise, and networking in one event. A relaxing atmosphere for tech leaders and developers to share, learn and grow professionally while also providing you with the knowledge to solve your everyday problems. We are the longest-running web developer conference in the United States, focusing on the PHP programming language. The event is broken up into multiple days. The main conference happens over the course of 3 days (May 19-21) and includes keynotes, talks, and networking optio…

Building High Trust: The Artisan of the Day Is John Drexler

If your biggest problems at work aren't technical, you're not alone. The good news is that John Drexler has the solutions.

Under Laravel Eloquent’s Hood: The Artisan of the Day Is Chris Morrell.

Chris Morrell believes Eloquent relations are just PHP code, like everything else in the Laravel framework.

ConFoo Montreal 2026: Call for Papers

ConFoo is a multi-technology conference specifically crafted for tech professionals. Whether you’re a developer, architect or a CTO, this conference wishes to bring an outstanding diversity of content to expand your knowledge, increase your productivity and boost your development skills. With over 170 presentations, offered by local and international speakers, you’re sure to level up your skills and more! You’re a leader in your field and wish to share your wisdom? Want to be part of our 2026 lineup? Want to demonstrate how human intelligence is changing our industry? The team at ConFoo is lo…

You Should Reinvent the Wheel. The Artisan of the Day Is Thiery Laverdure.

When Thiery Laverdure saw Laravel Echo's JavaScript codebase, he saw the potential for a Laravel-style, swappable driver system to expand developer choice.

Design Patterns Are Everywhere in Laravel. The Artisan of the Day Is Mary Perry.

When it comes to finding the poetry hidden in Laravel's architecture, Mary Perry sees what others miss.

Prism Makes AI Feel Laravel Native. The Artisan of the Day Is TJ Miller.

When it comes to bridging the gap between Laravel and AI's challenges, TJ Miller is leading the charge.

Testing Can Be Joyful with Pest 4! The Artisan of the Day Is Nuno Maduro.

If it starts with “P” and makes your life as a PHP developer easier, odds are Nuno Maduro built it.

Take part in the Global Elixir Meetups week

We are launching Global Elixir Meetups - a week where the Elixir community organizes meetups around the world to meet, learn from each other, and discuss everything related to Elixir and the Erlang VM.

You Can Just Do Things! The Artisan of the Day Is Aaron Francis.

Aaron Francis has been a familiar name in the Laravel community for years. But before all that, Aaron was a CPA at a Big Four accounting firm. His journey from spreadsheets to PHP is exactly the kind of leap we love in this community: bold and unconventional, yet pragmatic. When he pivoted into software development, he found a home in Laravel and hasn’t looked back.

PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 4 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the third testing release of PHP 8.5.0, Alpha 4. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the . PHP Wiki For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 4 please visit the . download page Please carefully test this version and report any issues found . on GitHub Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version. For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the file, or the file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.…

PHP 8.4.11 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.11. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.4.11 please visit our , Windows source and binaries can be found on . The list of changes is recorded in the . downloads page windows.php.net/download/ ChangeLog

Node.js 22.18.0 (LTS)

Node.js 24.5.0 (Current)

PHP 8.3.24 Released!

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.3.24. This is a bug fix release. All PHP 8.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For source downloads of PHP 8.3.24 please visit our , Windows source and binaries can be found on . The list of changes is recorded in the . downloads page windows.php.net/download/ ChangeLog

Pyh.conf’25: a new PHP conference for the Russian-speaking community

Pyh.conf is a fresh PHP conference that brings together the Russian-speaking PHP community — whether you work with Bitrix, WordPress, Symfony, Laravel, Yii, AMPHP, Swoole, or anything else. Projects differ, approaches vary, but the language is one: PHP. It’s a space to share experience, connect with others, and talk about designing, developing, and maintaining all kinds of PHP backends. The program features 28 powerful talks, an open mic, a fail meetup, and a partner expo. September 19 Moscow + Online Schedule Get your ticket

Everything We Announced at Laracon US 2025

All the highlights from Laracon 2025, including Laravel Cloud autoscaling, Forge upgrades, framework changes, and Nightwatch pricing.

One Minute or Less: How We Built Laravel Cloud’s Architecture

A trip behind the scenes of Laravel Cloud's architecture: how we built a scalable, multi-tenant platform using Kubernetes, Cloudflare, and custom operators.

Finding 402 Errors Within Hours of Installing Laravel Nightwatch

Dev shop Tighten used Laravel Nightwatch to uncover 402 errors, slow routes, and user issues within hours of installation.

Bun v1.2.19

Fixes 163 issues (addressing 1,043 👍). Introduces `bun install --linker=isolated` for pnpm-style isolated node_modules, `bun why` for dependency tree understanding, `bun pm pkg` commands for package.json management, enhanced `node:fs.glob()` with array patterns and exclude options, `node:module.SourceMap` class and `findSourceMap()`, smarter `@types/bun` with automatic Node.js compatibility detection, plus numerous Node.js compatibility improvements, runtime bugfixes, bundler enhancements, and bun install optimizations.

PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 2 available for testing

The PHP team is pleased to announce the second testing release of PHP 8.5.0, Alpha 2. This continues the PHP 8.5 release cycle, the rough outline of which is specified in the . PHP Wiki For source downloads of PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 2 please visit the . download page Please carefully test this version and report any issues found . on GitHub Please DO NOT use this version in production, it is an early test version. For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the file, or the file for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.…