Received THIS comment, aww. Video is from 2018. I didn't use a mic then. I was mumbling. No editing. But topic is still relevant. So if you want to understand polymorphic relations in Laravel, here's the link to that video: youtube.com/watch?v=rx1DQB…

🔥 New validation in Laravel 12.21 There's a new `in_array_keys` validation that ensures specific keys exist in your arrays. No more manual array_key_exists checks.

It's so cool to live in a green city like Vilnius, Lithuania, where I can get out of the office and have THIS view in 5 minutes. Touching the grass to wind down after intense 2-hour coding with AI. Information overload.

PHP/Laravel Tip 🚀 When you have two cases for Custom Exceptions related to the same Domain, instead of creating multiple Exception classes, you can use a single class with different methods! Cleaner and more organised codebase FTW! 💪🔥

Interested in a sneak peak under the hood of Laravel Cloud? ☁️ Perhaps some light reading for your trip to Laracon? ⛰️ Part one of three below 👇

If you have seen those words (too often), you know how accurate this image is :) Source: blog.florianherrengt.com/vibe-coder-car…

AI coding tip. If coding agent failed, you can ask it about the REASONS and you will know how to prevent the same things from happening in the future. As a result, improve your Rules file(s) and future prompts. Don't treat prompts as one-off things. Help the agent improve.

I've just realized how big Filament 🦒 is. Its forms package has been downloaded almost 14 million times. Wow.

Machines read info differently than humans. For example, did you know about the flag `git status --porcelain`?

Thought to maybe re-try PhpStorm Junie after a few months, maybe it got better? Went to read the ratings/reviews. Rrrrrright... Back to Claude Code / Cursor.

Happiness protip. Regularly remind yourself of how many people would be jealous to live the life you have.

I love the opinion in this article, so relatable. Nobody Knows How To Build With AI Yet worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/nobody-knows… With AI, everyone seems to be "winging it" in their own different way. And there's no ONE correct strategy. And tactics/tools keep changing weekly.

I've just spent 30 minutes discussing with Claude a new Laravel package/tool/business idea. Then googled on top. Got the "green light" to proceed at least with a draft version. Such market validation feels so futuristic and surreal.

Working on editing videos, while waiting for Laracon US flight in Frankfurt airport. Will launch this course "remotely" from US in a few days, probably :)

This Week in Laravel: NativePHP Mobile and AI Guidelines from Spatie laraveldaily.com/post/this-week… My tradition of re-publishing weekly newsletter issue as an article on the website. Inside, there's a link to subscribe, to actually get this digest every Thursday.

One reason to STILL use PhpStorm. When AI (Claude Code, in this case) hallucinates and comes up with some method name that doesn't exist, Storm will underline it right away, even before automatic/manual testing. BTW I'm still using all three: - Cursor - Claude Code - PhpStorm

Opinion. For roles in Laravel, there's nothing wrong with starting VERY simple. Enum column in the "users" table. Or just "users.is_admin" as 0/1, with default 0. When needed (if ever!), you can refactor to more complex structure.

Landed in Denver and immediately saw what Laravel Forge announcements is about. Yeah, it's huge indeed!

What motivates me to work. Level 1: motivational quote (weak) Level 2: inspirational video about someone working on great things (stronger) Level 9000: conversation with someone who would benefit from my work (omg give me computer and get out of my way)

Laravel tip. Use `whereColumn()` to compare two columns in the same row! Perfect for finding records where one field is greater than another, or checking for inconsistencies between related columns in your data. Link to the docs: laravel.com/docs/12.x/quer… #practicalLaravelDocs