Hey hey, Useful Laravel links to read/watch for this week of February 19, 2026.
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NEW: Laravel Svelte Starter Kit! (and more Laravel news)
youtube.com
This week Laravel team is cooking hard, with a lot of new releases, let's talk about them.
NEW Spatie/Laravel-PDF v2 with Cloudflare API Driver
youtube.com
You can now generate PDFs easily by just calling Cloudflare API. I've tried it out, here's how it works.
Alpine.js Example in Laravel: Master-Detail Form
youtube.com
I will show you the code of a recipe form with dynamic ingredients and instructions steps.
Filament Menu Builder Package: Demo Example
youtube.com
You can manage menus and items from Filament, and then show the menus on the front website with Blade components.
Filament Global Search "Inline" Actions: Copy to Clipboard or Update Record
youtube.com
I saw this behavior in Quick Search on Cloudflare and was wondering - is it possible in Filament? The answer is YES.
From Laravel Community
LaravelDaily/FilaCheck: v0.2 Release
github.com
New version of my package to review your Filament project for deprecated and inefficient code. Added 4 new rules to detect/fix, and working on more features in the Pro version now.
Laravel Releases Nightwatch MCP Server for Claude Code and AI Agents - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
Laravel Nightwatch MCP is now live, enabling developers to diagnose and resolve application issues using AI agents like Claude Code. Learn how to install and get started.
Laravel Cloud Adds “Markdown for Agents” to Serve AI-Friendly Content - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
Laravel Cloud introduces Markdown for Agents, allowing applications to serve Markdown instead of HTML when requested by AI tools, improving machine readability and future-proofing apps for agent traffic.
Freek Van der Herten on X: "Another new Spatie package has dropped: spatie/laravel-screenshot"
x.com
Take screenshots of web pages with a clean, fluent API. URLs or raw HTML, with beautiful defaults out of the box. Save as .png -- it will create a PNG, as .jpg -- it will create a JPEG.
**Freek Van der Herten on X: "Just released spatie/laravel-responsecache v8!" **
x.com
This package caches entire responses on the server. When the same page is requested again, the cached response is served without hitting your controller at all. Add the CacheResponse middleware, set a duration, done.
Freek Van der Herten on X: "We just released spatie/laravel-markdown-response"
x.com
Add .md to any URL on your Laravel app and get clean markdown instead of HTML. AI agents get this automatically when they visit your pages.
My current setup for Laravel, PHP and AI assisted development (2026 edition)
freek.dev
After posting a screenshot, I often get questions about which editor, font or tools I'm using. Instead of replying to those questions individually I've decided to just write down the settings and apps that I'm using.
How to set up PHP autoformatting in Zed using Pint and PHP CS Fixer
freek.dev
I only switched to Zed last week (you can see my full setup on my uses page), so I'm still learning the ropes. One thing I ran into is that its external formatter configuration is global.
Running Laravel AI SDK in Production: The Complete Guide
delaneyindustries.co.uk
How to build AI with Laravel and run the Laravel AI SDK in production. Agent architecture, queues, streaming, failover, cost control, middleware, tool security and testing.
Laravel AI SDK: I Built a D&D Terminal Game with AI as Dungeon Master
youtube.com
I used the new Laravel AI SDK to build a D&D-style dungeon escape game — right in the terminal. The AI acts as your Dungeon Master, generates ASCII art, trac...
Christoph Rumpel on X: "What is New in Laravel 12.52"
x.com
AI Experiment video
Build an MCP server with Laravel (and use it to publish this post)
thunk.dev
Every MCP server tutorial is in Python or TypeScript. Here's how to build one in Laravel — and use it to publish the post you're reading right now.
Full code editor, Artisan commands, Sqlite db, GitHub imports, 2-way file syncing, One-click sharable url. All isolated to your browser.
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