Hey hey, Useful Laravel links to read/watch for this week of December 18, 2025.
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From my YouTube Channel
Laravel DB Transaction with Try-Catch for Deadlocks
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An interesting solution I found in the code I've been reviewing.
Laravel "Global" Eloquent Observers: Interesting Code Example
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I want to show you the code that I've been reviewing, with pretty cool custom solution for Observers.
How to Win Freelance Clients: One AI-Based "Trick"
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My personal favorite how to pitch for client work. It worked for me 5-10 years ago, tried it again, still works.
This Code Example Gets You Rejected From Job Opportunities
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My personal opinion on something VERY important that SOLO devs tend to skip.
Coding Exam Project with AI: Part 1 - ChatGPT Plan, Laravel Boost, and Guidelines
youtube.com
I'm starting a series on the AI Coding channel - if it gets enough traction, will continue to the final product.
Will Developers Become "Vibe-Code-Fixers"?
youtube.com
I noticed a few jobs on Upwork that may look "alarming". Let's discuss.
From Laravel Community
Refine is Live Blade Editor for Laravel - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
Refine is a live Blade editor for Laravel that enables instant, in-browser editing of Blade templates.
Measure Lines of Code and PHP Features Used - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
Lines is a CLI tool by Tomas Votruba that measures lines of code and features used in PHP projects. It has zero dependencies, runs anywhere, and provides PHP-specific metrics.
I built a Laravel installer because shared hosting setup is still painfu : r/laravel
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Laravel is great, but the first 30 minutes still suck — especially on shared hosting.
What's your go-to approach for structuring large Laravel projects? : r/laravel
reddit.com
I’ve been working on some fairly large projects lately and I keep running into the same challenge: “How do I structure my Laravel apps so that they stay maintainable as they grow?”
Punyapal Shah on X: "This is a great set of AI guidelines for PHP/Laravel projects"
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This is a great set of AI guidelines for PHP/Laravel projects; you might want to take a look! Thanks to @jessarcher
Jason McCreary on X: "My new video course - Fast Laravel"
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30 videos chronicling my quest to optimize Laravel app response times using free services from Cloudflare
My thoughts on the “Action Pattern”
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Pretty casual video by Mateus Guimaraes. Just rambling.
Simon Vrachliotis - React, the Laravel way - Laracon AU 2025
youtube.com
Simon shares how Laravel and Inertia transformed his ability to ship full stack React projects after years of JavaScript ecosystem fatigue.He walks through t...
Building a Karaoke App with Laravel Boost and Copilot: One Week Progress - eheidi.dev
eheidi.dev
In this post I share my experience building an app with an impossible deadline, using Laravel Boost and Copilot
Building a Production-Ready Webhook System for Laravel
newlevel.hashnode.dev
A deep dive into security, reliability, and extensibility decisions.
Understanding Laravel queue internals: the job lifecycle
queuewatch.io
Most Laravel developers use queues daily without truly understanding what happens beneath the surface. You dispatch a job, it runs eventually, and life goes on. But when jobs fail silently...
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