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Our spatie/crawler. package is one of the first one I created. It allows you to crawl a website with PHP. It is used extensively in Oh Dear and our laravel-sitemap package.
Throughout the years, the API had accumulated some rough edges. With v9, we cleaned all of that up and added a bunch of features we've wanted for a long time.
Let me walk you through all of it!
Nick wrote about how native browser features like the dialog element, the Popover API, and anchor positioning could eventually replace much of what we use shadcn and Radix for at Spatie today. A thoughtful look Read more…
On March 19, OpenAI announced that it would acquire Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty. The Astral team, led by founder Charlie Marsh, will join OpenAI’s Codex team. The deal is subject to Read more…
Chris Mellor wrote a practical guide on setting up Zed as a Laravel IDE, covering PHP extensions, Pint formatting, Blade support, and how it compares to PHPStorm. Read more
A thorough walkthrough of building a RAG system in Laravel using the new AI SDK, Postgres for vector storage, and Livewire 4 for a streaming chat UI. Covers everything from what RAG is and how Read more…
Posted by Matthew Forsythe, Director Product Management, Android App Safety Android proves you don’t have to choose between an open ecosystem and a secure one. Since announcing updated verification requirements, we’ve worked with the community to ensure these Read more…
Daniel Coulbourne walks through building an MCP server with the official laravel/mcp package. He built one for his blog in about 20 minutes, then used it to write and publish the post you’re reading. Read Read more…
A practical look at why you should populate essential data from migrations instead of seeders. Once your app is live, manually running seeders becomes a deployment risk. Migrations are deterministic, automatic, and roll back cleanly. Read more…
Christoph Rumpel reflects on how AI tools are changing the way developers work. The core message: take the shortcuts that cut out mechanical work, but don’t outsource the parts that make your work yours. Read Read more…
Textual is a great Python user interface package. Textual lets you create a GUI-like interface in your terminal. You can use many different widgets in Textual. However, the widget you will be focusing on in Read more…