Microservices and GenAI in 2026: my Dear Architects conversation
Earlier this year I was a guest on Luca Mezzalira’s Dear Architects podcast. We talked about where microservices are in 2026 and what GenAI changes. My take is that the best…
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Articles I found worth reading, with a short note on each.
MKSine: A Filament CMS with Plugins, Themes, and Blocks
MKSine adds a CMS layer to Filament 4 and 5: a visual page builder, installable plugins and themes, menus, hooks, and a media library. The post MKSine: A Filament CMS with…
Compoships: Eloquent Relationships on Multiple Columns
Compoships adds multi-column Eloquent relationships to Laravel, plus composite primary key handling for save, delete, and refresh. The post Compoships: Eloquent Relationships on…
Laravel Starter Kits Now Ship with Vite+
Every Laravel starter kit now builds with Vite+, trading ESLint and Prettier for a single vp check across React, Vue, Svelte, and Livewire. The post Laravel Starter Kits Now Ship…
Pessimistic Locking in Laravel Eloquent with refreshForUpdate()
Laravel 13.27 adds refreshForUpdate() to Eloquent, reloading a model under lockForUpdate() so you can take a pessimistic lock without requerying by key. The post Pessimistic…
whereBinary(): Case-Sensitive MySQL Queries in Laravel
Laravel 13.27 adds whereBinary() to the query builder for byte-exact, case-sensitive comparisons on MySQL and MariaDB without dropping into whereRaw(). The post whereBinary()…
Compile PHP to Native Binaries with TypePHP
TypePHP is Swoole's open source AOT compiler that turns PHP source into native binaries, PHP extensions, or shared libraries. The post Compile PHP to Native Binaries with TypePHP…
Architecting for uncertainty - part 1: thriving in a VUCA world requires frequent deployment
This is the first in a series of articles based on my talk Architecting for Fast Flow: Thriving Amid Uncertainty. In this series, I define the term fast flow and explain why it…
Laravel Auditor Audits Your App With Your Own AI Agent
Laravel Auditor gives Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor a 75-rule audit methodology plus read-only MCP tools for security, performance, and schema checks. The post Laravel Auditor…
Speed limits, GenAI coding agents and Autobahns - part 2: raising the safe speed
Part 1 developed a driving metaphor for GenAI-based development: you are the driver, the coding agent and its harness are the car, and your code and delivery system are the road…
Laravel AI: Trace Agent Runs With Lifecycle Events
Laravel AI 0.11 gives every agent run one invocation ID plus step and tool events with wall timings, so you can trace, log, and time a run end to end. The post Laravel AI: Trace…
Debounced Queued Event Listeners in Laravel
Laravel's DebounceFor attribute now works on queued event listeners, collapsing bursts of the same event into one handler run with debounceId and maxWait. The post Debounced…