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Eric L. Barnes

Eric is the creator of Laravel News and has been covering Laravel since 2012.

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RedBerry to Host Georgia's First Laravel Meetup in Tbilisi

The Laravel community continues to expand globally, and now it’s reaching the South Caucasus. On May 14th, the first official Laravel meetup in Tbilis...

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A Free Shift to Check If Your App is Ready for Laravel Cloud

One of the biggest questions developers ask before migrating to Laravel Cloud is a simple one: will my app just work? Until recently, the only way to...

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Polyscope for Windows is Now Available

Polyscope is now available for Windows, bringing the same app and architecture as the macOS version to Windows users.

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Laravel API Starter Kits Are Coming Soon!

Laravel API starter kits are officially on the way.

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Composer 2.9.6 Fixes Two Perforce Command Injection Vulnerabilities

Composer 2.9.6 and 2.2.27 LTS fix two Perforce VCS driver command injection vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary command execution. Update imm...

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Debugging production Laravel apps without losing your mind

Laritor is a production observability tool built specifically around how Laravel applications are structured. Not adapted. Built.

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Laravel Cloud Adds Path Blocking to Prevent Bots From Waking Hibernated Apps image

Laravel Cloud Adds Path Blocking to Prevent Bots From Waking Hibernated Apps

Laravel Cloud now supports path blocking, letting you stop bot requests to common paths and file types from waking hibernated applications.

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Laracon US 2026 Announced

Laracon US 2026 is heading to Boston, Massachusetts on July 28–29, 2026. Tickets are now available with speakers including Taylor Otwell, Aaron Franci...

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JSON Alexander Gives Developers a Simpler, More Trustworthy Way to View JSON in the Browser

Wes Bos has released JSON Alexander, a new browser extension for viewing JSON files with tree, formatted, and raw modes after concerns surfaced around...

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Matt Stauffer Joins the PHP Foundation Board — What It Means for Laravel

Matt Stauffer joins Eric Barnes to talk about his brand-new seat on the PHP Foundation board — what the foundation actually does, how it relates to PH...

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Manage Laravel Cloud from the Terminal with the New Cloud CLI

Laravel has released the open source Cloud CLI, a Laravel Zero-powered command line tool for deploying and managing Laravel Cloud applications, enviro...

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PhpStorm 2026.1 Released

PhpStorm 2026.1 ships with Laravel 13 support, an expanded MCP server for third-party agents, PHP 8.5 pipe operator quick-fixes, and git worktree supp...

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