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Tim MacDonald
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Doggos, hypermedia, and core team @laravel.com

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✍️ New post: Sticky database connections across requests with Laravel 🍯

Support Laravel's `sticky` option for read write database replicas across different requests.

tim.macdonald.au/sticky-datab...
Sticky database connections across requests with Laravel
Support Laravel's `sticky` option for read write database replicas across different requests
tim.macdonald.au
September 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
Laravel Cloud is SOC 2 Type II certified.

Forge & Nightwatch are next.
September 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
Laravel is the best php framework
August 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
At Laracon we previewed the next generation of Laravel Forge.

A redesigned experience + Laravel VPS servers which provision in seconds. Zero downtime deployments, health checks, and more built right into Forge.

Sign up for early access today. 📨

forge.laravel.com/waitlist
Laravel Forge Waitlist
Join our waitlist to be the first to know when we launch.
forge.laravel.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
Inertia now has a
component as a drop-in replacement for the HTML tag, removing tons of boilerplate when building your application's forms.

inertiajs.com/forms#form-c...
inertiajs.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
Major updates coming across the board at Laracon.

This is only the beginning.

laracon.us
Laracon 2025
The flagship Laravel conference.
laracon.us
July 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
What will you see with Nightwatch?

lrvl.co/nightwatch
June 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
A couple of weeks ago we launched a small prototype of our useStream React and Vue hooks.

And this week we shipped a lot more to useStream. These new features allow you to easily build ChatGPT style streaming response experiences with Laravel and React or Vue.

laravel.com/docs/12.x/re...
HTTP Responses - Laravel 12.x - The PHP Framework For Web Artisans
Laravel is a PHP web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.
laravel.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
Laracon early bird pricing ends May 31.

Get your travel approved and secure your ticket!

lrvl.co/laracon-tick...
Laracon 2025
The Flagship Laravel Conference
lrvl.co
May 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
And, based on your feedback, here's a guide on 5 tools to help predict and manage your Cloud usage:

blog.laravel.com/5-tools-to-e...
5 Tools to Estimate Your Laravel Cloud Bill - The Laravel Blog
Discover 5 essential tools to estimate and manage your Laravel Cloud costs: Interactive Pricing Calculator, Live Invoice Preview, Detailed Usage Dashboard, Clear Pricing Documentation, and upcoming Us...
blog.laravel.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Tim MacDonald
For the Laravel Podcast, @jessarcher.bsky.social gave @mattstauffer.com early access and the insights were instant:

"Within minutes of setting up Nightwatch, I learned things about our user base, codebase, and application that I never would have on my own."

laravelpodcast.com/episodes/how...
The Laravel Podcast | How We Built Nightwatch, with Jess Archer
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer sits down with Jess Archer, Engineering Team Lead at Laravel, to explore her journey to the team and her work on key projects—most notably...
laravelpodcast.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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laravel new bluesky
April 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM