Laravel News Podcast Pirates, Argonauts, and framework reminders
May 15, 2025
Jake and Michael dive into the latest Laravel updates, including new features in versions 12.11 and 12.13. They celebrate the 30-year journey of PHP and discuss the launch of Laravel Nightwatch, an observability tool. Key packages like Argonaut DTO and email validation tools are showcased for enhancing workflows. The episode highlights essential Laravel enhancements such as job tracking, database seeding, and improved testing capabilities, making development smoother and more secure.
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40th Birthday Hearse Joke
- Jake Bennett shares an anecdote about a joke involving a hearse for someone's 40th birthday. - He reflects on its humor but questions if it's appropriate to repeat.
Framework Reflects Product Needs
- Taylor Otwell customizes Laravel to better support his products like Nightwatch. - Framework improvements often hint at future ecosystem capabilities from core maintainers.
Name Your Queued Closures
- Use Laravel 12.13's named queued closures to manage and identify queue jobs easily. - Pass a name to queued closures for better job monitoring and error handling.