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composer September 7th, 2026

Find the Composer Packages Your Laravel App Doesn't Actually Use

Every long-lived Laravel app carries packages nobody uses and packages nobody declared. Here is how to find both, survive the false-positive wall, and gate the check in CI.

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pint August 7th, 2026

Share One Laravel Pint Config Across Every Project

Every repo ends up with a slightly different pint.json, and formatting drifts until code review is nothing but style nits. Here is how I ship one canonical Pint config as a Composer package and point every project at it.

9 min read →
github-actions July 12th, 2026

Cache Composer and NPM in GitHub Actions to Speed Up Laravel CI

Cache Composer's download directory and the npm cache in GitHub Actions, keyed on your lockfiles, so composer install and the asset build finish in seconds.

7 min read →
php March 13th, 2026

How to audit PHP dependencies (practical guide)

How to audit PHP Composer dependencies for security, license and maintenance issues, with tools and a small script you can run today.

5 min read →
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