Hey hey, Useful Laravel links to read/watch for this week of January 15, 2026.
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Livewire 4 Official Release
Everything new in Livewire 4
laravel-news.com
Announcement on Laravel News.
Is this actually PHP? (Livewire 4 is finally here)
youtube.com
YouTube video by Caleb Porzio himself.
Livewire 4 Upgrade Guide
livewire.laravel.com
The official upgrade guide from the documentation.
Everything New in Livewire 4
laracasts.com
Laracasts course by Caleb himself.
From my YouTube Channel
NEW Laravel Simplifier for Claude Code by Taylor Otwell
youtube.com
I've tried a Claude Code plugin called Laravel Simplifier, let me show you what it does.
Laravel Controllers: How Many Lines are "Too Long"?
youtube.com
I've been reviewing a Laravel project code and noticed the pattern in Controllers and decided to discuss with you.
Laravel Recap of 2025: YOUR Opinions (Survey Results)
youtube.com
The result of a survey about Laravel ecosystem new releases: starter kits, Cloud, Nightwatch, Forge, Boost, and Wayfinder.
Laravel Pipelines Example: Multiple Steps to Process Data
youtube.com
I saw an interesting use-case of pipelines in the code I was reviewing, and decided to show it to you guys.
Laravel Notify Package: Toast Notifications with Simple Configuration
youtube.com
A quick demo of easy-to-add package called Laravel Notify, with a few configuration options and styling.
From Laravel Community
Laravel performance benchmarks — PHP 8.2 vs 8.3 vs 8.4 vs 8.5
sevalla.com
See how different PHP versions impact Laravel performance with our comprehensive benchmarks.
Generating PDF contracts in Laravel: DomPDF vs Spatie/Browsershot? : r/laravel
reddit.com
I’m building a small app in Laravel to generate and sign contracts. For the PDF version of those contracts I’ve always used...
PHP in 2026
stitcher.io
Article by Brent. It's 2026, and I'm excited about PHP! Why? Let me tell you.
Flowforge V3 - Drag-and-drop Kanban boards for Laravel : r/laravel
reddit.com
Released V3.0 of Flowforge - adds Kanban boards to Laravel apps. This release rewrites the positioning system. The previous string-based...
Laravel Introduces Official AI Documentation - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
Laravel introduces official AI Assisted Development documentation, detailing how to use AI tools and Laravel Boost to build smarter, context-aware Laravel applications.
What's new in Filament v4.5? - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
We're excited to announce the release of Filament v4.5! This update is full of incredible quality-of-life improvements for the rich text editor, file uploads, and more!
Cache Without Overlapping in Laravel 12.47.0 - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
Laravel 12.47.0 was released on January 13, 2026, introducing several developer-experience improvements including a new @includeIsolated Blade directive for isolated template includes, a convenient Cache::withoutOverlapping() method for lock-based operations, and more.
Easy Stripe webhook testing with Laravel
ryangjchandler.co.uk
Testing webhooks locally normally means using the Stripe CLI and that involves a couple of options to make sure it's configured correctly for your Laravel application and also proxying those webhooks to the correct endpoint.
Simplifying Inertia Forms (with the Inertia Form Component)
youtube.com
In the age of AI, simplifying how things are implemented across your codebase becomes even more important. That's why the Inertia Form Component becomes THAT...
Livewire 4 Deep Dive: Components, Performance & New Directives
youtube.com
Livewire 4 introduces powerful new features that make building Laravel applications even better. In this tutorial, I'll walk you through.
Taylor Otwell: "This is why Laravel + AI agents just works"
x.com
The opinionated structure means agents know where to put things and write clean, organized, human-readable code. It scales to large apps even when vibe coding.
mischasigtermans/laravel-altitude
github.com
Claude Code agents for the TALL stack, powered by Laravel Boost.
Taylor Otwell is Immortal and Costs $200/month — Building Products
mischa.sigtermans.me
I built a Claude Code agent that channels Taylor Otwell's Laravel philosophy. Here's how it catches over-engineering and teaches me to write better code.
Experiment: Using Pest 4 as a Standalone Browser Testing Suite for Legacy Applications
jump24.co.uk
Here's a scenario we encounter regularly at Jump24: a client has a legacy application - perhaps built in CakePHP, CodeIgniter, or even a custom framework - and they want to add automated browser testing.
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