Useful Laravel links to read/watch for this week of May 21, 2026.
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Upsert 1M Rows to Laravel DB: 5 Ways on MySQL / SQLite / PostgreSQL (Benchmarks)
In this 20-minute video for Premium members, I'm comparing the speed of FIVE different approaches to UPSERT 1M records into existing "products" DB table with 1M records in it, testing MySQL / SQLite / PostgreSQL, also comparing local MacBook Pro vs cheapest Laravel Forge $6 server.
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I've Tried NEW Passkeys in Laravel Starter Kits
This week, Laravel team released Passkeys functionality in the starter kits and Fortify.
How to Find Best Laravel Packages in 2026 (Don't Ask ChatGPT)
Presenting you my updated vision on how Laravel package database/search should look like.
Filament: No-Border Background, Logo, and Sidebar User "Card"
3-in-1 quick example, trying to mimic the screenshot from a startup Mockin 2.
From Laravel Community
Taylor on X: Huge updates coming soon to Laravel Cloud over the next few weeks.
x.com
A new $5/month plan. We want Cloud to be accessible to every Laravel developer. Simple as that. Spend caps. Set a spend cap on your account and we'll either alert you...
Pascal on X: Today we're shipping new polling features to @inertiajs!
x.com
usePoll() now accepts a mode option to control the behavior between requests.
We just added a new starter-kit-upgrade skill to Laravel Agent Skills that helps you safely upgrade while preserving your app customisations. If this is a problem you’ve been facing, give
Lerd - Local PHP development for Linux
geodro.github.io
Open-source local PHP development environment built for Linux. Nginx + PHP on rootless Podman, with automatic .test domains, HTTPS, and a built-in Web UI. First-class on Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian; also runs on macOS via Homebrew.
Ship AI with Laravel: Real-Time Streaming Chat UI with Livewire - Laravel News
laravel-news.com
The agent's been talking to us through JSON. In this episode we build a real-time chat widget with Livewire, Alpine, and server-sent events so responses stream in word by word as the agent generates them. Same agent, same tools, just live.
GitHub Action for PHP (shivammathur/setup-php) v2.37.1 released
reddit.com
Includes security fixes for input handling (CVE-2026-46420) and Composer GitHub auth (CVE-2026-45793). ...
What My Livewire Honeypot Caught in Its First 60 Hours
helgesver.re
Trial run of a Livewire honeypot I built earlier this month. About 60 hours after deploy, an Indonesian operator ran Livepyre against it. The dropper pointed at xantibot[.]pw — an undocumented C2 that has been operating since February 2026.
We just released spatie/piper, a pipe operator-first utility library for #PHP.
x.com
It ports many of Laravel's array helpers as standalone functions, designed to flow through the new | operator in PHP 8.5.
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Utilizing Claude Skills in client projects
spatie.be
How I use AI skills in a real client project to speed up repetitive Laravel development. From Saloon request classes and DTOs to Livewire components and custom registrations.
Recently, I discovered a Laravel package that supports most of these features out of the box, which can help fast-track development.
Interactive starter kit installer hooks by benbjurstrom · Pull Request #523 · laravel/installer
github.com
This adds a post-create-project hook so starter kits can run their own setup commands after the Laravel app has been created. Unlike composer scripts, these are executed in interactive mode so star...
mahmoudmohamedramadan/custom-fresh
github.com
A Laravel package to specify the tables that you do not want to drop while refreshing the database.
jkudish/plume
github.com
X (Twitter) API v2 client for Laravel — facades, typed DTOs, test fakes, and user-scoped operations.
mbs047/model-mind
github.com
ModelMind: secure model-aware AI chat assistant package for Laravel
cyberwizard-dev/laravel-ftp-deployer
github.com
A professional tool for managing Laravel applications on restricted hosting environments by executing Artisan commands and synchronizing files via an FTP-to-HTTP bridge.
All enabled by default. That's what the recent "hooks" commit on GitHub was about. Likely more features to come in the future.
mr-rijal/laravel-sms
github.com
A unified, extensible SMS gateway for Laravel.
The Art Of Keeping Laravel Business Logic Honest
juststeveking.com
Use state machines and workflow engines in Laravel to keep business rules explicit, auditable, and resilient across async processes.
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