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This Week in Laravel: APIs, Filament Examples MCP, and My Biggest Achievement

April 24, 2026
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Hey hey, Another Thursday with the re-cap of Laravel tools, releases and tweets from the week.

But before that... main thing for me personally. My "bucket list" item and one of the top achievements of my Laravel career. This Summer, I will speak on stage of Laracon US!!! I will talk about Filament, showing advanced examples in action, after many years of using that tool. Will you join me in Boston in July, to say Hi?

Anyway, back "to Earth". On the ground, I'm still shipping videos, tutorials, and now.. new FilamentExamples MCP Server! All of that below, enjoy!


From my LaravelDaily.com

[Premium] Laravel API for RapidAPI: Upwork Job using Codex and Deploying to Laravel Forge

In this 24-minute video for Premium members, I'm showing how I polished a simple Laravel API to be able to deploy it to RapidAPI platform, which was a requirement of a real Upwork job.


From my YouTube Channel

NEW: Filament Examples MCP Server - "our version" of Laravel Boost
youtube.com

I'm proud to present a new way to find Filament code snippets and examples from our big and growing database.


NEW in Laravel 13.6: Debounced Queue Jobs
youtube.com

A new feature in this week's Laravel minor version: group multiple queue jobs into a set, where only the LAST one would be executed.


Laravel API for RapidAPI: Real Upwork Job using Codex CLI
youtube.com

This is an experiment to take a job from Upwork and deliver a real API to the RapidAPI marketplace platform.


How I Deployed Laravel API with Laravel Forge
youtube.com

A quick demo of Laravel Forge for those who haven't seen it in action.


Filament: Blur Widgets/Columns for Public Demos or Screensharing
youtube.com

An example that came from a real Upwork job requirement: hide/blur sensitive data with one-click.


From Laravel Community

MrPunyapal/laravel-attributes-list
github.com

List of All available PHP attributes in Laravel framework.


RBAC in Laravel: A Practical Deep Dive
wendelladriel.com

A deep dive into Role-Based Access Control, from the theory behind roles and permissions to a practical, team-aware Laravel implementation without external packages.


WendellAdriel/laravel-idempotency
github.com

New package: HTTP Idempotency Middleware for Laravel applications


Marcel Pociot on X: "One-click to install MySQL 9.7.0 LTS in Laravel Herd"
x.com


Joe Tannenbaum on X: "We gave the Laravel installer a bit of a glow up"
x.com

The output is now far more concise by using the new 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚔() helper from Laravel Prompts Still want the full output? Just add -𝚟 It's a good day to 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚠


Splitting Laravel Boost package guidelines across multiple files
laracraft.tech

If you ship AI guidelines with your Laravel package, Boost only reads a single core.blade.php per package and silently drops the rest. Here is the minimal pattern for package maintainers to split their guidelines into organized partials using a Blade view namespace.


How I Built an AI-Powered CRM with Laravel in a Week
laravel.com

Article on the official Laravel blog. How a senior freelance developer built a full Laravel MVP in under a week using Laravel Herd, Cloud, and the AI SDK to automate critical workflows.


CodeWithDennis on X: "I just open sourced one of my @filamentphp premium plugins!"
x.com

Filament Advanced Choice is now FREE for everyone. 8 beautiful form components: radio buttons and checkboxes styled as cards, tables, lists, and more. Enjoy.


An Opinionated Agent Skill for Building REST APIs in Laravel
laravel-news.com

An opinionated agent skill that encodes production-ready patterns for building REST APIs in Laravel 13+.


Introducing TypeScript Transformer 3
rubenvanassche.com

Three years in the making, TypeScript Transformer 3 is finally here!


Why a new FakerPHP ?
faker-php.xefi.com

An initial version of FakerPHP was created in 2011 and was very well received by the community. However, the maintainer “sunset” the project in 2020 for various reasons outlined here. We therefore decided to rebuild the package from scratch to better meet the needs of modern development and to ensure the package’s long-term maintenance.


Killed By Laravel
reddit.com

A clone of killedbygoogle.com for the Laravel ecosystem


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