The Complete Laravel Developer Toolchain for 2026
Stop spending days configuring tools. Here is every tool in my Laravel stack for 2026, why I chose each one, and exactly how to set it up.
Skilled Software Engineer, Seasoned Technical Leader, and Passionate Golfer
I’m Steven, a software engineer and technical leader based in the west coast of Scotland. I’m the CTO at Digitonic, where we develop technologies for the investor relations and igaming industries.
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PHP 8.4 Property Hooks in Laravel Models
PHP 8.4 property hooks are a tidy language-level alternative to getters and setters — but before you reach for them in your Eloquent models, there's a catch worth understanding.
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