#ai#laravel#php#tooling
Inspector.dev (Neuron), Laravel AI SDK, and Prism PHP: A Practical Comparison for Laravel Developers
The PHP and Laravel ecosystem has had a quiet revolution in the past year. Where once you had to...
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Raheel Shan9 min read
#php#laravel#cleancode#architecture
Your Laravel Queries Are Lying to You
How many times does Product::latest() appear in your codebase? If the answer is more than once,...
Raheel Shan1 min read
#webdev#programming#laravel#aqcdesignpattern
Stop Writing Queries Everywhere: The Atomic Habit Your Laravel Codebase Needs
You Have a Query Problem. You Just Haven’t Admitted It Yet. Let’s describe a normal...
Raheel Shan3 min read
#webdev#programming#laravel#aqcdesignpattern
The Reasoning Behind AQC Class Design Choices
The Atomic Query Construction (AQC) design pattern is all about precision, clarity, and...
Raheel Shan2 min read
#webdev#programming#aqcdesignpattern#laravel
Why Atomic Query Construction (AQC) Intentionally Uses Arrays Instead of DTOs
One question keeps appearing whenever someone looks at the Atomic Query Construction (AQC) pattern...
Raheel Shan3 min read
#webdev#programming#aqcdesignpattern#laravel
Atomic Query Construction (AQC) Design Pattern: A Practical CRUD Implementation Guide
When I first introduced the Atomic Query Construction (AQC) design pattern, the focus was on...
Raheel Shan4 min read
#webdev#programming#laravel#designpatterns
Laravel Blade Partial Api Pattern
Laravel Blade Partial API Pattern: Fetching Data — The Missing...
Raheel Shan1 min read
#webdev#programming#laravel#designpatterns
Write One Query Class Instead of Many: The AQC Design Pattern for Laravel
When I introduced the Atomic Query Construction (AQC) design pattern, a few people asked: "Is this...
Raheel Shan8 min read
#frontend#laravel#php#tutorial
Four Ways to Trigger Delete Row from a Table
Assume we have this route: Route::delete('/pages/{page}', [PageController::class,...
Raheel Shan4 min read
#webdev#programming#laravel#designpatterns
Laravel Blade Partial API Pattern: Fetching Data — The Missing Part
In the previous article, we built the foundation for what I called Laravel Blade Partial API Pattern....
Raheel Shan6 min read
#laravel#api#javascript#architecture
Laravel Blade Partial API Pattern with HTMX
We have seen splendid UIs in this latest era. All thanks to Javascript, which has snatched the...
Raheel Shan7 min read
#webdev#html#javascript#pwa
I’m SO Looking Forward to Not Needing a Build System Again
Have you been working on the frontend with Javascript? Have you ever noticed what used to be simple...
Raheel Shan5 min read
#webdev#laravel#programming#architecture
Livewire without Livewire, Inertia without Inertia, GraphQL without GraphQL. And all with plain Laravel
Every few years, the Laravel ecosystem forgets how powerful it actually is. We start believing we...
Raheel Shan7 min read
#frontend#javascript#tutorial
The Hidden Power of jQuery.on() — Handling Future Elements Like a Time Traveler
Have you ever worked with jQuery? Do you remember how we used to bind event handlers to elements? Did...
Raheel Shan4 min read
#laravel#webdev#graphql#programming
Laravel Doesn’t Need GraphQL Part 2: Use Components with Props for Exact Data
GraphQL often gets attention because of its ability to let the frontend decide what data it needs....
Raheel Shan4 min read
#laravel#programming#graphql#webdev
Laravel Doesn’t Need GraphQL Part 1: Use DTOs and AQC for Exact Data
GraphQL looks shiny, but behind that shine is a pile of extra rules, schemas, and resolvers. If...
Raheel Shan4 min read
Why AI Platforms Like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Others Are Unreliable
AI platforms are everywhere now — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, you name it. Everyone’s acting like...
Raheel Shan4 min read
#programming#mobile#reactnative#productivity
Develop React Native Apps Without Emulator or Simulator – Just Mirror!
If you’re a React Native developer on macOS and tired of booting up heavy simulators or Android...
Raheel Shan2 min read
#html#a11y#webdev#programming
Broken Forms and Vanishing Inputs - How HTML5 Fixes It
Over the years, I’ve run into this problem many times especially when working on larger forms, admin...
Raheel Shan5 min read
#laravel#eventdriven#programming#webdev
What You Really Need Is Event-Based Laravel
Many times while building Laravel applications, I ran into situations where a single process required...
Raheel Shan4 min read
#laravel#livewire#backend#fullstack
Laravel Livewire: Understanding How Livewire Works Under the Hood
Livewire has become a popular choice for developers who want to create PEMPA applications without...
Raheel Shan3 min read
#laravel#webperf#a11y#alpinejs
Skip Livewire? Why Laravel Blade + AQC + Alpine Might Be All You Need
Introduction Livewire is a popular choice in the Laravel ecosystem for building reactive...
Raheel Shan3 min read
#laravel#javascript#webdev#php
Skip JSON, Use Blade: A Simpler Way to Build Dynamic Laravel UIs Without JS Frameworks
Introduction In modern Laravel projects, developers are often nudged toward using...
Raheel Shan5 min read
#ajax#html#javascript#webdev
Web Transition: Part 4 of 4 — The Return to Simplicity
Introduction Let’s recap the web’s evolution so far: Part 1: The backend ruled — it...
Raheel Shan4 min read
#html#javascript#ui#webdev
Web Transition: Part 3 of 4—The SPA Takeover
Introduction In the previous article, we saw how AJAX and jQuery transformed the web from...
Raheel Shan4 min read
#html#jquery#ajax#webdev
Web Transition: Part 2 of 4—The AJAX & jQuery Awakening
Introduction In the first part of this series, we looked at the early web — a world of...
Raheel Shan3 min read
#http#html#javascript#css
Web Transition: Part 1 of 4 — The Original Web
Before SPAs, before frameworks — the web was simple, yet powerful. Let’s rewind. ...
Raheel Shan3 min read
#laravel#designpatterns#webdev#programming
A Complete Picture to Make Laravel Blade Files Alive
Stop Treating Your Blade Files Like Trash Bins. Give Them...
Raheel Shan1 min read
#laravel#designpatterns#webdev#programming
Don’t Pass Array or Variables to Laravel Blade Views Instead Do This
Are you a Laravel developer. Do you love Blade. It’s simple, expressive, and fits naturally with the...
Raheel Shan8 min read
#webdev#programming#laravel#learning
Laravel Blade, But Smarter: Autocomplete and DTO Discipline with ViewModels and Strict Access
In the last three articles of this series, we explored how to bring discipline and type safety into...
Raheel Shan6 min read