Artisan Weekly Edition 94!

Edition №94

Published

Week ending July 24, 2026

Items

9 featured · 3 notable

● Top 10 Video companion
on YouTube

Editor's
Note

What a week its been! More hot weather, more great content. Jump24 have started to release their new interview series that they did at Laravel Live UK so go look for those.

By
Daniel Newns

Top 10 Links

Featured · Edition 94

Blog Post tighten.com

Introducing Voxacon, the 2026 Tighten Laracon Puzzle

Tighten has built Voxacon, a multiplayer 3D voxel recreation of the Laracon US 2026 venue featuring eight puzzles, sponsor booths, world-building capabilities, and a virtual watch party for those unable to attend in person. The ambitious project transforms the traditional Laracon puzzle into an explorable digital twin of the SoWa Power Station that the community can enjoy before, during, and after the conference.

Matt Stauffer

Blog Post shocm.me

Top-N-Per-Group in MySQL: LATERAL Derived Tables for PHP Developers

A practical guide to solving the classic top-N-per-group problem in MySQL using LATERAL derived tables. Demonstrates how to fetch each author's three most recent articles in a single query, eliminating N+1 problems without the overhead of window functions.

Eric Van Johnson

Podcast Episode laravelpodcast.com

Taylor Otwell on Why Laravel + AI Pair so Well, and the Future of Programming

Matt Stauffer chats with Taylor Otwell about Laravel's natural fit for AI coding agents, the concept of "vibe-coding", and why the framework's opinionated, batteries-included approach makes it ideal when AI writes the code. They also discuss Laravel Boost and how the biggest shift in programming has already happened.

Matt Stauffer · Taylor Otwell

X Post x.com

Why Does the PHP JIT Lose Performance (array issue)?

An exploration of how PHP's JIT compiler handles array operations, examining why performance can degrade when processing arrays through the tracing JIT mechanism and its profiling behaviour.

YouTube Video youtube.com

Laravel Cloud or Private Cloud? What's the difference?

Devon Garbalosa and James Brooks talks us through the differences between laravel cloud and private cloud and why you should think about using Private cloud for your next build

James Brooks · Devon Garbalosa

Blog Post wendelladriel.com

PHP Attributes: What, Why, How and When

A deep dive into PHP attributes, exploring what they are, why they're useful, and when to use them. Wendell covers everything from basic attribute anatomy to practical implementation examples, including Laravel integration and best practices for metaprogramming in modern PHP.

Wendell Adriel

YouTube Video youtube.com

This Week In PHP Internals | July 22, 2026

It's time for another insight into the PHP Internals this week. Pipe Assignment, Strict Namespace and Serializable controllers are amongst this weeks RFC and discussion topics.

Len Woodward

Blog Post juststeveking.com

Building Bulletproof Laravel APIs using Schema-First Contract Validation

A comprehensive guide to implementing schema-first API design in Laravel, demonstrating how JSON Schema contracts can prevent common pitfalls like undocumented endpoints and mass assignment vulnerabilities by validating both incoming requests and outgoing responses against a single source of truth.

Steve McDougall

Blog Post laravelmagazine.com

Building a Secure Webhook Receiver in Laravel

Have you ever needed to build a webhook endpoint and thought to yourself ok where do I start how do I make this secure and how do I handle if the same request is sent multiple times. Well Eric has your back with this post.

Eric Van Johnson

Also Notable

+3 more

Blog Post dev.to

Laravel PostgreSQL Connection Pooling: Native PgBouncer Support Is Here

Laravel 13.17 introduces native PgBouncer support, eliminating the need for workarounds when using PostgreSQL connection pooling with Supabase, Neon, or self-hosted setups. The framework now handles emulated prepares, boolean binding, and migration routing automatically with a simple config flag.

Hafiz Riaz

Blog Post

Blog Post shocm.me

The HTTP QUERY Method Comes to Laravel 13.19

Laravel 13.19 introduces first-class support for the HTTP QUERY method, allowing developers to send complex search queries in the request body whilst maintaining GET-like caching behaviour. The release includes Http::query() client methods and corresponding testing helpers for building safer, more semantic API endpoints.

Eric Van Johnson · Shawn McCool

Blog Post

Blog Post hafiz.dev

Filament Billing: Stripe Admin Layer for Laravel

A commercial Filament plugin that adds operator-side billing management to your admin panel, providing plans, subscription management, and MRR tracking without leaving your Laravel app or opening the Stripe dashboard.

Hafiz Riaz

Blog Post