Anne Koepcke

We're moving on to Section 2 of "So You Want to Build an Agent." First up is a review of compacting. What do we do if the conversation becomes too large? We'll create a PHP attribute that - when applied to a class - triggers automatic summarizing.

📍 I made a new drawing about Context Windows. About “lost in the middle”, how RAG affects it, tokenizers and more. Understanding context windows help you debug and leverage LLMs most effectively. You see why people like Boris from Claude refresh the entire window at times.

German version 💀

What if the EU built GitHub?

Our latest video with @simonswiss is up! In this video we take a look at Motion's powerful gesture system, including its easy while- props to animate into and out of gesture. youtu.be/nu-ND32hOKA

the new CSS border-shape API makes this possible!

I've spent most of this week focusing on performance, getting memory and CPU down. Turns out the big wins basically boil down to: don't do stupid things. The fastest code is code that doesn't run at all

If you're still on the fence, there's a few days left to get your submission in. If you've got a 45 minute advanced technical talk or a 30 minute product talk for everyone up your sleeve, we'd love to see it!

A JAPANESE DEV BUILT AN APP THAT SHOWS A FAT CAT ON THE SCREEN AND FORCES YOU TO TAKE A BREAK.

As a deaf developer, my first @nativephp is my voice — built for inclusion and from the heart to make accessibility real. Today I’m proud to share my first mobile app: LSFBGO 🎉 LSFBGO is an app designed to learn and practice sign language (LSFB) in an interactive and accessible way. It includes learning content, videos of signs, and exercises to help users improve communication and connect better with the deaf community. Sign language is a visual language, and digital tools like this can help make learning more accessible anytime, anywhere 📱 A special thanks to @simonhamp and @ShaneDRosenthal for their support and guidance along the way. My first Android app is now live, and the iOS version is in progress. It takes time, but I stay motivated 💪 👉 Try it here: play.google.com/store/apps/det… This is more than just an app — it’s a step toward accessibility, inclusion, and equal communication for everyone. #NativePHP #Laravel #Accessibility #Inclusion #DeafDeveloper #SignLanguage #MobileApp 🚀

The whole point of shadcn/ui is I don't decide for you. New: when you create a new project, look for the switch to turn on cursor: pointer for buttons. Also available via the cli. npx shadcn init --pointer

Unpopular opinion: "AI makes everyone a developer" is true the same way "cameras makes everyone a photographer"

OK! My first YouTube video in 2 years! I made 5 videos for the 5 posts in our "Pragmatic Look at AI in Software Dev" series. In each I simply read the post out loud. I have *no idea* if people will like this. LMK what you think! Dropping 1 each day. youtube.com/watch?v=bk3S6A…

🚀 Here's another new package: Laravel Mobile Pass. 🎫 It can generate Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes from your Laravel app. Boarding passes, tickets, coupons, store cards, loyalty cards, all through a fluent builder.

You ever need a place for your agents to collaborate on some markdown? Tell it to write a scratchpad. You get full deeplinks, agents can read it, humans can read it. Make a giant plan, stash it, let multiple agents coordinate off of it.

Your terminal now has an MCP Agents can spawn agents • Codex → Claude • Claude → Amp • Amp → Gemini Whatever you want! They can chat back and forth, dispatch tasks, monitor, do research, read output, and set durable wakeup timers.

I'm still interviewing people for the L2 Technical Support Engineering role at @laravelphp! Got a desire to help others and a good technical knowledge of our Framework, alongside our products like Forge and Cloud? I want to hear from you! wrkbl.ink/fRxOcF2 #newChallenges

@PovilasKorop is next to take the Laracon stage. Founder and educator at Laravel Daily, Povilas is talking about all things Filament. Join us July 28–29 in Boston. laracon.us

"Blaze Deep-Dive" from @calebporzio launches on Laracasts... Thursday! An advanced and fascinating deep-dive into the inner workings of Blade performance.

Time is running out to get your submission in to speak at this year's @LaraconAU The best talks aren't the most polished - they're the most real. This is what we're looking for this year 👇