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I've Tried NEW Passkeys in Laravel Starter Kits
The video demonstrates that Laravel starter kits now include passkeys by default and guides how to enable, test, and understand the underlying Fortify integration, including how to enable HTTPS and how to implement passkeys in existing projects. It also explains the front-end and back-end components, new packages, and alternative approaches for adding passkeys to non-starter-kit projects.

Laravel Upsert 1M Rows into MySQL from CSV: 5 Ways with Benchmarks
The video benchmarks five upsert strategies for handling large CSV imports into a MySQL database, comparing update-or-create, query builder upsert, eloquent upsert, insert-on-duplicate, and a PHP driven smart split approach across multiple CSV scenarios to determine speed, reliability, and resource usage.

My Laravel Package Idea for "Data Stress": I Need Advice
The video presents a proof of concept for a Laravel stress testing package focused on loading data locally to measure performance, with questions on configuration, data relationships, and user experience before release.

How to Find Best Laravel Packages in 2026 (Don't Ask ChatGPT)
The video presents an updated Laravel Daily packages page, highlighting new features, curation practices, and how to use AI to pick and review packages, with a vision to make it a central hub similar to Product Hunt for Laravel releases.

Insert 1M Rows to MySQL Laravel DB: 6 Ways (Benchmarks)
The video benchmarks five seeding strategies for inserting a million rows into MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite, compares performance across tools (Eloquent, factories, query builder, and bulk inserts), and discusses memory usage with streaming. It concludes with guidance on when to use streaming to limit RAM and notes premium content for deeper cross-database comparisons.

Laravel Forum Package: (Still) Need Discussions on Your Website?
The video reviews an old Laravel forum package, demonstrates installing and styling it with AI help to modernize the front end, and discusses the trade offs and costs of using AI for frontend redesign.

Dev Salaries in my Home Lithuania: Survey Results (Market Research)
The video presents a 11-year Lithuanian developer salary survey, analyzes after-tax euros by experience level, compares with national averages, and dives into how AI and market trends are reshaping salaries, job demand, and career paths.

New "AI-Friendly" Laravel Installer: Two Reasons NOT To Use It
The video critiques an AI prompted Laravel project creation flow, showing that while the feature can run quickly, it often misses essential steps and non-deterministically changes behavior. The creator argues for a manual setup first, then using AI prompts to augment development rather than replace core setup.

NEW Package Laravel Brain: Visualize your Codebase to Understand It Better
The video review demonstrates how to use the Laravel Brain package to quickly understand a new Laravel codebase by running brain scans on different projects and exploring the generated diagrams and AI features.

I Spent a Month on Upwork. My Conclusions and Advice for Devs.
The video analyzes an experimental foray into Upwork in 2026, focusing on Laravel work, pricing dynamics, and whether the platform is viable for earning real money. It ends with practical takeaways and alternatives for freelancers.

Next.js Fundamentals for Laravel Developers (New Course!)
The video walks through adding Next.js to a Laravel workflow, launching a beginner friendly course, and progressively building a small Next.js app that consumes a Laravel API, all while demonstrating component reuse, AI-assisted coding, and code organization.

New Package: Laravel Fluent Validation - Performance Demo (Before/After)
The video introduces the Laravel Fluent Validation package, demonstrates its syntax and performance benefits on large arrays, and compares it with regular Laravel validation through practical benchmarks and examples, ending with a discussion and viewer questions.
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