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Hey @CurseForge, why when the internet connection drops, does your launcher lose the ability to read from disc? I’ve got no mod packs installed, apparently, even though I very much do.

Today, we shipped Teams support for all Starter Kits in Laravel! 🚀 Update the installer to the latest version, and you can already start a new project with Teams out of the box! 🫶

I'm looking at starting a Monthly meetup for Laravel developers in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. To do so, I need to identify some interest! Is there a need or want for a meetup in the Gloucestershire and surrounding areas? I have access to a venue that can handle 100 or so standing, 50 or so sitting. 👀

What an incredible week for the Laravel community! With Laravel Manchester's second event buzzing with energy and Laravel Wales announcing their debut gathering, the community spirit is absolutely electric right now. In 🥇 place this week, @dgarbs51_ delivers an absolute masterclass in performance testing with their comprehensive load test of Laravel Cloud's autoscaling capabilities. This real-world analysis shows Laravel Cloud handling an incredible 17,000 requests per second and nearly 40 million total requests, proving the platform can sustain over a million requests per minute through the full middleware stack with minimal failures - essential reading for anyone considering the move to Laravel Cloud. t.ly/FOtxb In 🥈 place this week, @LeahTCodes sits down with Josh Cirre to explore Instruckt, his innovative tool that enables UI feedback for AI agents. This fascinating conversation dives into how developers can create more intuitive interactions between users and AI systems, showcasing the cutting-edge intersection of Laravel development and artificial intelligence. t.ly/rM2Dm In 🥉 place this week, the @PHPUKConference team has delivered a fantastic gift to the PHP community by releasing the complete video collection from their 2026 conference schedule. If you missed out on attending this year's event, now's your chance to catch up on all the incredible talks and insights from some of the brightest minds in PHP development. t.ly/7zWWT 🥇 @dgarbs51_ - K6 Load Testing on Laravel Cloud - t.ly/FOtxb 🥈 @LeahTCodes - Instruckt: UI Feedback for AI Agents w/ Josh Cirre - t.ly/rM2Dm 🥉 @PHPUKConference - PHP UK Conference 2026 - t.ly/7zWWT 4️⃣ @jwmcpeak - The Batteries Included AI Toolkit - t.ly/vm97o 5️⃣ @christophrumpel - What's New in Laravel 13: Vector Search, PHP Attributes, JSON:API Resources & More - t.ly/wYWxy 6️⃣ @ollieread - Composer Run Dev and Laravel Sail - t.ly/5GhUz 7️⃣ Chris Morrell - Laravel Matrix Generator - t.ly/tbYiW 8️⃣ @aschmelyun - Liminal - t.ly/9I0VQ 9️⃣ @harrisrafto - Ship AI with Laravel: Building Your First Agent with Laravel 13's AI SDK - t.ly/Tapxb 🔟 @christophrumpel - Why These Companies Switched to Laravel Cloud and Saved Big - t.ly/6shyU That's it for this week, hopefully there was something there for you to read and enjoy and don't forget there is now a Artisan Weekly Newsletter so head on over to artisanweekly.com and sign up, and while your there you can catch up on all the previous Artisan Weekly's You can follow me on x - x.com/DanielNewns Linkedin - lnkd.in/ebxS2SHN Youtube - lnkd.in/eVZkryy8

I've just done the first pass of the dependency injection container for @gamepaneldev, and I quite like it. It's a different way of doing things, and that's without even mentioning named and qualified bindings, ghosts or liminal instances.

It's Wednesday so you know what that means Hump Day. We're Halfway through the week and it feels like it's flown by, sadly the weather has turned a bit today and it's really windy out there I guess no ⛳ for me today . I've been heads down on a few things but one that's got me properly excited right now is the Artisan Weekly. It's shaping up really nicely. If you're into Laravel, PHP, and everything around building software the right way - it's going to be worth your time. We're talking community finds, things the team have been working through, tools and packages worth knowing about, and the occasional opinion or two from me. If you want to be first to get it in your inbox, drop a comment or hit the link artisanweekly.com and sign up to the new newsletter - I'd love to have you along for the ride. What's keeping you busy this midweek? 👇

@aarondfrancis I'm not really seeing a distinction. The main difference seems to be that "agentic engineering" is used by people that know how to code, and "vibe coding" is used by those who don't. Besides that, I honestly can't see the difference.

@ollieread You're in luck youtu.be/wvTPDeU0B7k

Do any of you that are vibe coding (or "agentic engineering" for those that lie to themselves), do you ever review the code beyond just the diffs presented by the AIs? I think I know why people are having more success than me.

If your content could be written by anyone, it will be used by no one.

@aarondfrancis The only descriptions I’ve seen of it seem to be the same. What would you say the distinction between the two is?

@ollieread hmm I don't think its the same thing at all

@aarondfrancis I’ve seen the term used a lot but it seems to be a distinction without a difference. Though in saying that, I see it used by people who actually know how to code, but ultimately it’s the same thing.

@ollieread > or "agentic engineering" for those that lie to themselves 😬

🤣🤣🤣

@assertchris I'm noticing that lots of the people who are having real success with having the AIs do the heavy lifting aren't actually doing a fraction of this. Do you not find that this takes longer than you just doing it yourself? Or requires more effort?

@ollieread Large and small changes, but all against a reviewed phased feature doc that I open for every branch. Paused between each phase for deep manual review, pre-commit checks etc.

@assertchris Do you have the AI making large changes? Or is it smaller changes with you constantly reviewing the codebase as a whole?

@ollieread I do. i doubt you'd call what I do vibe coding, though. I do not automatically permit write actions.

In February, #Pterodactyl introduced a bug to every installation that updates. Attempting to transfer a server will cause that server to sit as "transferring" indefinitely, and it has been ignored. We need something better. Hence, this!

Here it is: ollieread.com/articles/compo…

I've got a new article up, the first in a while. It's all about making the 'composer run dev' command work with Laravel Sail! (Link in next post) #laravel #sail

@jackbayliss1996 The aim being something like this mockup

@ollieread Lovely stuff!

I'm spending some time fully documenting the changes in Laravel version 13, 13.1 and 13.1.1 as a proof of concept. Ultimately, I'd like to provide detailed information about what is actually happening for each version. #laravel #opensource

@jackbayliss1996 I’ve got a few little bits in articles that aim to target that specific thing. They’re here in the “Hidden Parts of Laravel” series. ollieread.com/series For this though, I’m thinking of putting together a platform that gives you breakdowns. Like a super changelog.

@ollieread Dope idea btw, lots of cool stuff gets looked over cause it's deep in the framework and not really talked about. Appreciate the grind. Surely thats worthy of a talk at Laravel Live UK? 👀 "The best things you never knew existed"