Tag: Laravel
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New Poll: What Laravel Package Would Be Most Beneficial?
Hi Everyone, I’ve just launched a brand-new poll on BuyMeACoffee, and I’d love to get your input:Vote here This poll is aimed at figuring out which Laravel package would bring the most value – whether you’re a developer, product manager, or business owner. Your votes (and comments!) will help guide what gets built next. The…
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From Code to Craft: The Art of Modern Web Development
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In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, the line between engineer and artist continues to blur. We’re no longer just building pages, we’re crafting immersive experiences, defining how people interact with the digital world. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or a curious newcomer, here’s a reflection on the current state of web development, and why…
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Building Scalable and Elegant Web Applications with Laravel: A Developer’s Deep Dive
Laravel has transformed the way developers build modern web applications with PHP. What once was a landscape dominated by bloated legacy codebases and spaghetti logic is now populated with clean, expressive, and powerful applications—thanks in no small part to Laravel’s elegance, tooling, and vibrant ecosystem. In this post, I’ll break down why Laravel continues to…
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Laravel 12
Laravel 12, released on February 24, 2025, continues the framework’s tradition of enhancing developer productivity and application performance. Building upon the robust foundation of Laravel 11, this latest version introduces several noteworthy updates and refinements. Key Updates in Laravel 12 1. Enhanced Performance and Scalability Laravel 12 introduces asynchronous caching mechanisms, allowing cache operations to…
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New Packages
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been busy working and publishing on a few new Laravel packages, which can be found here and here. There first being a logger package, and the second being one to stop destructive commands. The logger package has a migration and a model that would save logs to the…
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Laravel Development
Laravel has become one of the most beloved PHP frameworks, renowned for its elegant syntax, robust features, and active community. It simplifies common tasks in web development, enabling developers to focus on crafting seamless applications. In this blog post, we’ll delve into Laravel’s key features, advantages, and how you can leverage it to build high-quality…
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The Importance of Stopping Destructive Commands
One of the main differences between a local environment and a production one, is the ability to run the majority, if not all, of the Artisan commands via the terminal. However, you might not want to allow this to happen in a production environment. One of the easiest ways to stop this would be to…
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Best Practices
It’s easy as a developer to get stuck in ways of coding and doing enough of a job to a point of where if it works, it works; even if it’s not the best way to do it or using best practices. I’ve created a new repository on Github here (that will be continuously worked…
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Testing, 1…2…
Whether you love it or hate it, testing is an essential part of development; whether it’s writing Unit Tests or Feature Tests, or if its QA Testing, ensuring that code you have written not only does what is intended, but works with the wider code base and product. Laravel has gained a reputation for being…
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Hello, World!
Welcome to the website. This is the first post. A bit of an introduction to me, I’m Matt and a web developer based in the West Midlands, specialising in Laravel, PHP, React, Vue, and MySQL. Currently, I’m working on a HRMS project that’s on Github (here), and have recently created a new Laravel package for…