January 9, 2022
Creating a "what's hot" Reddit algorithm with Laravel
This is a small guide on how to implement a Reddit-style "what's hot" algorithm with Laravel Frameowrk. There are two primary benefits to using a "what's hot" algorithm. It gives newer posts a chance. The problem with many "most popular" pages is that...
ReadJuly 6, 2025
How to Use Bootable Traits in Laravel
Bootable traits are the stealth feature that lets you share event‑driven behavior across Eloquent models without littering every class with boot methods or external observers. Any...
July 5, 2025
Server-Side Geolocation Filtering in Laravel with the Haversine Formula
Distance-aware queries are a core feature for modern apps—whether you're matching riders and drivers, showing events around a user, or surfacing the nearest warehouses for same-day delivery. The...
ReadJuly 5, 2025
How to Stream Large File Uploads to AWS S3 in Laravel
Handling multi‑gigabyte uploads in a stateless app is painful: TCP throughput caps slow single‑request uploads, server disks fill, and Lambda containers vanish between requests. Modern teams...
ReadMarch 17, 2024
Discovering Laravel Latest Eloquent Methods: whereAll & whereAny
In the ever-evolving world of web development, Laravel continues to introduce features that simplify and enhance the coding experience. The recent Laravel 10.47 update has brought us two innovative...
ReadFebruary 28, 2024
Customize Reset Password Mail in Laravel
Recently at my job, we encountered a feature that queues the reset password email, and I decided to create this post to demonstrate how easy it is to implement this and, at the same time, customize...
ReadSeptember 7, 2021
Refactoring to whereRelation method
Previously in Laravel when you wanted to get a relation and include an extra complex condition you had to do it with the whereHas method in the following way:
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