Hafiz Riaz

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Practical Laravel articles on what I'm building and learning.

Laravel API Development Eloquent

Laravel's Built-In JSON:API Resources vs timacdonald/json-api vs laravel-json-api: Which One Your API Needs

I built the same JSON:API three ways on Laravel 13.38. One question decides which you need, and the built-in has an N+1...

Oct 29, 2026 10 min read

Laravel MySQL Database

Your Users Save and Still See Old Data: Laravel 13.38 Fixes Read Replica Lag, Except in 3 Places

I put the new stale-read middleware in front of a MySQL replica held 5 seconds behind. The setup from the docs still ser...

Oct 26, 2026 13 min read

Laravel PHPStan Larastan

I Ran Larastan at Every Level on Agent-Written Laravel Code: 4 Real Bugs, 3 Kinds of Noise

Larastan from level 0 to 10 on a production Laravel app written mostly by an agent. Where the real bugs were, and what t...

Oct 22, 2026 11 min read

DevOps Laravel Laravel Cloud

Going Cloud-Only With Laravel: What 7 Weeks on a €5 Dev Box Taught Me

Taylor Otwell wants to skip local dev tools. I moved my Laravel work onto a €5 box seven weeks ago. What it costs, and w...

Oct 19, 2026 12 min read

Laravel Security DevOps

Stop Sharing .env Files in Slack: Laravel's Built-In env:encrypt Workflow

Laravel can encrypt .env files so they live in git, readable only with the key. The workflow, the new diff-friendly mode...

Oct 15, 2026 11 min read

Filament Laravel Livewire

Filament 5.10 Security Fixes: The Livewire Scope Gap Your Upgrade Doesn't Close

Filament fixed four security advisories in 5.10. Upgrading closes most of them, but one root cause sits in Livewire and...

Oct 12, 2026 12 min read

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Full-stack web applications built with Laravel and Vue, SaaS platforms, Filament admin panels, and AI agent workflows.

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Some of the SaaS products and client projects I've built over the years.

StudyLab.app

AI-based quiz and flashcards generator from PDFs

Laravel OpenAI Stripe

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Prompt Optimizer

Free AI-powered prompt enhancement tool for better AI results

Laravel Vue.js OpenAI

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carburantioggi.it

Live fuel-price map for Italy: petrol, diesel, LPG, and methane at 23,800+ stations, updated daily from government open data. Full-bleed map, 462 city and 20 region pages, 12 months of price history. No ads, no cookies.

Laravel MapLibre SQLite

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Trova il Fresco

Live map of 183,000+ free places to cool off across Italy: public fountains, libraries, shaded parks, official cooling shelters. Geolocated, filtered to what's open right now, no app or signup. Built in a day during a heat wave.

MapLibre OpenStreetMap JavaScript

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