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For eight months, every <head> tag on my 104k page Laravel directory ran through a homegrown Blade component. At the start of August I replaced all of it with the new laravel/head package. Here's the full migration, and how I verified Google never noticed
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LaraPlugins rolled out security advisory scanning for Laravel packages , then found a 2-month sync gap. Here's what broke, what we fixed, and how to add a health badge to your plugin README.
An 8 GB VPS at 90% memory, 50,000 Cloudflare purge jobs in one cycle, and 12 Horizon supervisors running wild. Here is how I brought LaraPlugins.io back under control, with real numbers.
Replace ugly S3 bucket URLs with clean, cacheable paths through a Laravel proxy. Just 20 lines of controller code, 24-hour CDN caching, and your private bucket stays private.
A forgotten side project with an outdated Livewire package got me hacked. 50k spam emails, a 3 AM panic, and a lesson about Docker.
Presented by LaraPlugins. I surveyed 200 Laravel developers on package discovery. 96% prefer existing packages, but 70% struggle with poor docs and abandoned tools. Here's what the community wants, and why finding reliable Laravel packages is harder than it should be
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I'm Daniel — a freelance developer specializing in Laravel, Docker, and DevOps. I write about building scalable web applications, deployment automation, and the freelance life.
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