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What's New in Livewire v4

Livewire v4.0.0 was published on Jan 14, 2026. The 4.x docs position the upgrade as a smooth path from v3, with the biggest changes around configuration, component organization, fu...

6 mins · Jul 4, 2026

What's New in Laravel 13

Laravel 13 was released on Mar 17, 2026. The official release notes list PHP 8.3 through 8.5 support, bug fixes until Q3 2027, and security fixes until Mar 17, 2028. This is not a...

6 mins · Jul 4, 2026

Filament v4: 3 Clean Ways to Generate a Slug from a Title (No Packages)

Filament v4 shipped as a stable release on Aug 12, 2025, and the slug recipe in the v4 docs is still the right starting point: keep the title field reactive, use afterStateUpdated(...

5 mins · Apr 27, 2026

What's New in PHP 8.5

PHP 8.5.0 was released on Nov 20, 2025. By the Apr 15, 2026 crawl date, PHP 8.5 was already a stable production target. The headline features are practical rather than cosmetic: a...

5 mins · Apr 15, 2026

NativePHP for Mobile v2: Real Native Components

NativePHP Mobile v2 was released on Nov 29, 2025. By the Apr 14, 2026 crawl date, it was a real release, not just a conference teaser, but the native component story was still earl...

8 mins · Apr 14, 2026

What's New in Pest v4 for Laravel 12: A Practical Developer-First Guide

Pest v4.0.0 was published on Aug 21, 2025. By the Apr 14, 2026 crawl date, Pest 4.6.0 had also shipped, so the practical focus is Pest 4 as it was being used in real Laravel 12 pro...

5 mins · Apr 14, 2026

Advanced Filament Authentication with Auth UI Enhancer

The Auth UI Enhancer plugin is the layout piece of an advanced Filament authentication setup. It turns the plain Filament auth shell into a split screen with a form panel and an em...

7 mins · Apr 12, 2026

Turbocharge Your Laravel Apps with Octane

Laravel Octane is not a magic speed switch. It is a different runtime model. The official Laravel 13 documentation describes Octane as serving the application with high-powered ser...

5 mins · Apr 11, 2026

What's New in Filament v4 and How to Use It in Your Laravel Projects

Filament v4.0.0 was released on Aug 12, 2025, and the official feature overview was published the same day. By the Apr 10, 2026 crawl date, teams were no longer just reading launch...

6 mins · Apr 10, 2026