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Things I've been writing.

Laravel features we've all been sleeping on, testing patterns, and the odd honest look back.

Articles: 25 articles, page 1 of 3

  4. Inertia.js Once Props: Stop Sending the Same Data Over and Over Again

    We've been long time fans of Inertia.js here at Jump24 and honestly, it's become our go-to for building modern Laravel applications without the faff of maintaining a separate API layer. Between deferred props, prefetching, and partial reloads, the Inertia team has been absolutely smashing it with performance features lately.

  5. Laravel's New Factory insert() Method

    Laravel 12.37 quietly shipped with a new factory method that might seem minor when you first look at it – Factory::insert(). You might actually be thinking wait a minute the insert method has been around for a while and you've already been using it in your code already, I mean I know we have.

  6. Speed Up Your Laravel Test Suite: The Cache Testing Traits You've Been Waiting For

    Right, let's have a chat about test suite performance. You know that feeling when you push your code, then go make a brew while waiting for the CI pipeline to finish? Yeah, we've been there too. Laravel 12.38 just dropped two new testing traits that might just save you enough time to actually drink that tea while it's still hot.

  8. Laravel's HTTP::batch(): Parallel Requests Done Right (Finally!)

    You know that feeling when you need to fetch data from multiple APIs, and you're sitting there watching your application make request... after request... after request... while your users are staring at a loading spinner that's been going for so long it's practically become a screensaver?