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IssueNº 83
Dated8 May 2026
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Artisan Weekly Edition 78

Edition №78

Published
Week ending April 3, 2026
Items
9 featured · 4 notable
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Editor's
Note

Well this weeks edition is now complete and I'll admit it's got some fun things in it this week and I don't just mean its full of April Fools Jokes as I dont think there is a single one in there. But we do have a fun video of what happens when you take 150 engineers to a golf course and let them loose on it and some great news coming out of the PHP Foundation with a brand new member added to the board one that we all know and we all appreciate the work that he puts in to the community. So grab a cup of tea or coffee whichever you prefer and checkout this weeks Artisan Weekly Edition

By
Daniel Newns

Top 10 Links

Featured · Edition 78
01
YouTube Video youtube.com

Kings of open source or fools on the golf course?

Time for a bit of Fun. At Laracon US in 2025 the Laravel team organised a little bit of fun for day 0 of Laracon. They took 150 engineers to a golf course to play 9 holes of golf with a twist. check out the video to find out more!

Laravel
03
Blog Post ryangjchandler.co.uk

Overcoming AI anxiety

A thoughtful reflection on the evolving role of developers in an AI-assisted world, exploring how tools like AI code completion change our relationship with coding from construction to curation. Ryan shares insights on finding value as a software engineer when AI handles much of the code generation, emphasizing that our worth lies in understanding intent, context, and making architectural decisions rather than writing every line of code.

Ryan Chandler
04
YouTube Video AI / ML youtube.com

Introducing PAO: Agent-Optimized Output for PHP Testing Tools

At first you could be mistaken for thinking is this video an April Fools thanks to the day it was released on but no, Nuno has done it again. He's created a nice package that you can install that helps bring down your AI Token usage when running your test suite. Just think of all those extra tokens you can now use!

Nuno Maduro
05
Blog Post laravel.com

Cutting Laravel Cloud Load Times by 60% with Nightwatch

A detailed case study showing how the Laravel team used Nightwatch to identify and fix performance bottlenecks in Laravel Cloud's environment dashboard, reducing response times by 60% and database queries by 38%. The post walks through the debugging process and specific optimisations made to improve user experience on one of the platform's most-visited pages.

Mateus Guimarães · Jason Beggs
07
Blog Post d3creative.uk

Statamic 6: What's New and Why It Matters

A comprehensive overview of Statamic 6's major release featuring a completely redesigned control panel, built-in security features, and modern development tools. This update includes over 1,000 improvements and represents the biggest release in Statamic's history.

Stephen Meehan
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Blog Post Security ghostable.dev

Axios Was Compromised: What Laravel Developers Should Check

A comprehensive security alert explaining how the Axios npm package compromise on March 31, 2026 could affect Laravel applications using modern frontend tooling. The post provides practical steps to check if your Laravel projects were impacted and includes specific commands to search lockfiles for the malicious package versions.

Ghostable
09
Blog Post laravel.com

Meet Maestro: How We Manage 21 Laravel Starter Kit Variants

Laravel introduces Maestro, an orchestrator tool that streamlines the maintenance of 21 starter kit variants by centralizing changes in a single repository instead of manually updating multiple repositories. This tool transforms the contributor workflow by letting developers work on built kit variants while automatically syncing changes back to the correct source layers.

Wendell Adriel

Also Notable

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Blog Post masteringlaravel.io

Why I still review every line Claude writes

A thoughtful reflection on why human code review remains essential even for AI-generated code that works correctly. The author shares a real example of working with Claude AI on a Livewire component, highlighting how context and programmer taste still matter for code quality and maintainability.

Joel Clermont
Blog Post
Podcast Episode talkingstatamic.com

Talking with Michael Aerni

A podcast episode featuring Michael Aerni discussing Statamic development and his work in the community. Host Michael LaRoy interviews fellow developer Aerni about his contributions to the Statamic ecosystem and web development insights.

Michael LaRoy · Michael Aerni
Podcast Episode
Blog Post laravel.com

Laravel AI SDK: Building Database Tools for Agents

Learn how to build production-safe database tools for AI agents using the Laravel AI SDK, including individual query tools and vector search capabilities. This comprehensive guide shows how to connect AI agents to your database while maintaining security and performance through proper scoping and read-only connections.

Pushpak Chhajed
Blog Post