Laravel News Podcast New Pest, speaker bingo, and Laravel in Practice
Sep 4, 2025
The hosts dive into the latest Laravel updates, including exciting new features in version 12.27 and the official debut of Pest 4. They reveal tantalizing details about Laracon Australia 2025, inviting guesses for mysterious talk titles. Highlighting the Laravel Ownable package, they discuss managing ownership relationships effectively. PHP packages like Smart Cache and Notable are showcased, focusing on security and efficiency while revealing the benefits of automating forms and enhancing user experiences with Livewire. It's a treasure trove of insights for developers!
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Small Framework Changes Compound
- Laravel 12.26 adds small, developer-focused features like Wayfinder, lazy collection heartbeats, and pretty JSON across many types.
- These incremental improvements aim to streamline front-end integration and debugging for common workflows.
Use Heartbeats For Long Locks
- Use withHeartbeat on long-running lazy collection tasks to periodically extend short-lived locks and avoid indefinite locks.
- Reacquire a short lock at intervals (e.g., acquire 5 minutes, heartbeat at 4 minutes) to prevent overlap safely.
FairQ Support Unlocks SQS Features
- Laravel 12.27 extends SQS support to FIFO with message group IDs enabling Amazon Fair Queue usage.
- This unlocks ordering and fairness guarantees when using AWS SQS from Laravel applications.