Laravel News Podcast Improved skills, markdown for AI, and The Vibes
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Feb 26, 2026 They cover new Laravel framework features like afterSending callbacks, validator whenFails, and makeMany factory updates. Discussion includes in-browser API tooling, performance and security gains in FrankenPHP, and Laravel Cloud’s markdown-for-agents for AI workflows. They highlight a Svelte + Inertia starter, Tailwind color additions, Spatie tools for PDFs and screenshots, and community events like The Vibes.
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Notification After Sending Provides Channel Context
- Laravel 12.51 adds after sending callbacks on notifications to handle post-send logic per channel.
- The afterSending method receives the notifiable, channel name, and channel response so you can store provider IDs like AWS SES message IDs for bounce handling.
Use Fluent Validator Hooks Outside HTTP
- Use the validator's fluent whenFails and whenPasses methods outside HTTP to handle validation results without try/catch.
- These methods are handy in Artisan commands and queue jobs to avoid manual fails() checks and simplify flow control.
Set Per Query MySQL Timeouts
- Apply the new MySQL Query Builder timeout method to set per-query execution limits using the max execution time hint.
- You can also register it as a global scope to guard long-running queries without changing logic per call.