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latest · MySQL · 3h ago · 4 min readThe Vendor Meeting That Saved Us 10XA former CTO explains how a monthly meeting with database vendor SingleStore cut some jobs from days to minutes at MonitorBase. He covers what made the meetings useful, including bringing real problems, hard numbers, and engineers from both sides, and why vendors belong in how a manager thinks about their job.via guywarner.dev
Laravel · 10h ago · 1 min readPhpStorm 2026.3 Adds an Agent Workspace and PHP 8.6 SupportPhpStorm 2026.3 brings PHP 8.6 support, new Laravel inspections, and a Processes tab for monitoring queue workers. It also introduces Air, a workspace designed for coding agents. This excerpt covers the main additions in the release.via Laravel NewsPHP · 10h ago · 2 min readPHP 8.6 RC5 Is Out: Test Your Apps Before November 19PHP 8.6.0 RC5 is out for testing ahead of the planned November 19, 2026 release. The post explains how to add RC5 to your CI, check dependency version constraints, report bugs on GitHub Issues, and download the source tarballs, git tag, or Windows binaries.via PHP News
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Insert Middleware Before or After Existing Laravel MiddlewareLearn how Laravel 13.40 lets you add custom middleware directly before or after built-in middleware such as TrustProxies and StartSession, using the new insertBefore() and insertAfter() methods. This avoids having to redefine the entire middleware stack.Laravel · via Laravel News · 21h ago1 minThe PHP Podcast 2026.11.05The PHP Architect hosts return after two months with a leaked AWS key that led to a Bitcoin-mining attack, a look at the developer-only social network /dev/null, and the PHP2Shell CVE response. They also cover the PHP Tek 2027 speaker review process.AWS · via phparch.com · 1d ago7 minWhat’s new in PHP 8.6A look at what PHP 8.6 brings so far, including explicit endianness for pack() and unpack(), stream error handling via contexts, writes to object properties referenced by constants, a stream filter chain limit, and #[\Override] for class constants. Details may still change before the November 2026 release.PHP · via amitmerchant.com · 1d ago7 minLeading the Team That Rebuilt the EngineA former CTO explains how his team replaced a credit monitoring platform's slow engine, moving predictive jobs from 24 to 48 hours down to 15 minutes. He covers how the database was chosen through team-run tests, the rule that credit data was never cached, and the lessons he took from leading the migration.AWS · via guywarner.dev · 1d ago4 minWhat’s New in PhpStorm 2026.3PhpStorm 2026.3 adds Air, a workspace for running and reviewing coding agents, plus PHP 8.6 support with new inspections and quick-fixes. It also covers Laravel checks, Git worktree improvements, GitLab OAuth sign-in, a new Home window, sound cues for accessibility, and a libghostty-based terminal.Laravel · via PhpStorm Blog · 1d ago9 minLaravel Herd 2: Coding Agents, Workspaces, and Cloud DeploysLaravel Herd 2.0 introduces Herd Studio for running coding agents against local sites, git workspaces that let you work on several changes in parallel, and deploys to Laravel Cloud. This overview covers what each feature does and how they fit into the local development workflow.Laravel · via Laravel News · 1d ago1 minDependencies Are Over. The Risk Is Not.The author argues that AI makes it cheap to rewrite small dependencies, but the security risk does not disappear: a private rewrite loses public patches, scrutiny, and provenance clarity. He suggests rewriting only trivial utilities while keeping cryptography, compression, parsers, and authentication as maintained libraries, pinned and patched on a schedule.APIs · via guywarner.dev · 1d ago3 minStrict Request Input Casting in LaravelLearn how the new strict flag in Laravel 13.40 changes the request integer(), boolean(), float(), and string() helpers. Invalid input now returns your default value instead of being silently cast to 0 or raising an error.Laravel · via Laravel News · 2d ago1 minLaravel's Service Container Is Spring With Different AccentsThe author, a longtime Laravel developer, argues that Laravel's service container and Spring's dependency injection solve the same problem with different vocabulary and ceremony. He compares how each handles bindings and configuration, notes Laravel's convenience versus Spring's explicitness, and offers advice for moving between the two.Laravel · via guywarner.dev · 2d ago4 min
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