Catch N+1 Queries Early with Laravel's Strict Model Mode

Eloquent will happily hide an N+1 query until it hits production. Strict model mode turns those silent mistakes into loud exceptions during development.

A handful of Artisan optimization commands shave real milliseconds off every request in production. Here is what each one does and when to run it.

Receive third-party webhooks safely in Laravel: verify signatures, skip CSRF correctly, guarantee idempotency, and process the payload on a queue.

Laravel's first-party AI SDK gives you one framework-native API for text, embeddings, tool-calling agents, and more across multiple providers.

Factory states, relationships, and sequences let you express exactly the test data a scenario needs in a single readable line.

Import a huge CSV without timing out by streaming it with LazyCollection and processing chunks through a Laravel job batch with progress tracking.

Named rate limiters and the RateLimiter facade let you throttle routes and any arbitrary action with per-user, per-plan, or dynamic limits.

Service providers are where Laravel is assembled. Understanding the difference between register() and boot() explains a whole class of subtle bugs.

Laravel Herd's July 2026 Windows update brings Forge organization support, a herd php:update all command, and a migration to the Forge v2 API.