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IssueNº 83
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Artisan Weekly Edition 79

Edition №79

Published
Week ending April 10, 2026
Items
10 featured · 3 notable
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Editor's
Note

After a nice long bank holiday weekend it was nice to get back into the rhythm of work. Some more excellent content in this weeks episode on top of that the first round of speakers has been announced for Laravel Live UK and its looking great. Also don't forget Laravel London is May the 13th so grab a ticket while you can -> https://luma.com/dvsvh9uj

By
Daniel Newns

Top 10 Links

Featured · Edition 79
01
Blog Post Open Source ddless.com

Technical Journey: Building a PHP Debugger

A detailed technical deep-dive into the development process and challenges of building a PHP debugger. Jefferson shares insights and lessons learned from creating debugging tools for PHP developers.

Jefferson silva
02
Blog Post Clean Code daryllegion.com

Validating Array Inputs in Laravel Without the N+1

Have you ever had to validate a request that has a large array of inputs that you don't necessarily know how many there might be? Daryl shows a neat trick to use some of the established Form Request methods to allow you to stop the dreaded N+1 when you have to validate in this exact scenario.

Daryl Legion
03
Blog Post Clean Code wendelladriel.com

Using the ADR (Action/Domain/Responder) Pattern in Laravel

Learn how to implement the Action/Domain/Responder pattern in Laravel to keep controllers thin, business logic reusable, and response handling separate. This architectural approach helps manage growing Laravel applications by clearly separating HTTP concerns from business rules and response formatting.

Wendell Adriel
04
Blog Post PHP stitcher.io

Dependency Hygiene

An insightful analysis of how PHP developers often include unnecessary polyfill dependencies in their projects, with a study showing 15% of scanned packages had unused compatibility libraries. The post explores ways to practice better dependency hygiene and includes practical tips for identifying and removing redundant packages using Composer's replace feature.

Brent Roose
05
Blog Post AI / ML redberry.international

Laravel AI SDK: A Practical Guide to Building AI Agents

A comprehensive deep dive into Laravel's new AI SDK, showing how to build practical multi-agent systems with structured output, tools, and real-world examples. The guide includes a complete dual-agent system that extracts job requirements from PDFs and matches candidates using AI-powered research agents.

Nini Sparsiashvili
07
Blog Post Clean Code developer.vonage.com

If You Can't Read Your PHP Code, Neither Can Your LLM

A practical guide to using PHP's Readalizer library to make your code more readable for both humans and AI tools. The article demonstrates how implementing code readability rules can improve AI-assisted development by ensuring consistent, understandable codebases.

James Seconde
08
Blog Post hafiz.dev

Scotty vs Laravel Envoy: Is Spatie's New Tool Worth It?

A detailed comparison of Spatie's new Scotty deployment tool against Laravel Envoy, exploring how Scotty uses plain bash syntax instead of Blade templates and provides better terminal output for server deployments. The article breaks down the key differences, migration strategies, and whether the upgrade is worthwhile for developers managing their own servers.

Hafiz Riaz
09
Blog Post dev.to

$fillable Has No Context: Why Mass Assignment Breaks Down at Scale

Do you use the $fillable attribute on your models, have you ever lost context in different parts of your code and always had to return back to the model to see what can be filled and what cant? have you ever wondered if it might be easier to just remove the mass assignment protection and handles things a little differently? Well in this post Ivan proposes using DTOs and explicit field mapping as a better alternative to maintain clarity and security in larger codebases.

Ivan Mykhavko

Also Notable

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YouTube Video youtube.com

I Built the Agentic Loop in Laravel from Scratch

Let’s build an agentic loop in Laravel from scratch with Christoph Rumpel of the Laravel Team. He walks us through adding tool calling, create custom tools, fetch the latest Laravel release from GitHub, and make the model work with multiple tool calls in one loop. Just like a real agent.

Christoph Rumpel
AI / ML
Blog Post hafiz.dev

Livewire 4 Single-File Components: Complete Tutorial

A comprehensive guide to Livewire 4's new single-file component format that combines PHP classes, Blade templates, and scoped CSS in one file. Learn how to build real components like live search with filtering while understanding the advantages over the traditional two-file pattern.

Hafiz Riaz
Blog Post
Blog Post stitcher.io

More dependency considerations

A follow-up discussion on managing project dependencies, addressing concerns from the Paragon team about removing sodium_compat dependencies and the potential security implications. The post explores the balance between reducing unnecessary dependencies and maintaining compatibility across different server environments.

Brent Roose
Blog Post