Laravel, AI & Product Development Insights

How I built Postavel with Laravel, platform-specific publishing, AI-assisted content adaptation, reliable scheduled jobs, and an MCP interface for conversational workflows.

I recently moved Taskavel from Laravel Forge to Laravel Cloud, and this is the honest account — not the brochure. Why I made the switch, the inventory and cutover steps that matter, the env-variable headaches that cost me real time, and the one trap I walked straight into: an app that fires reminders every minute never actually sleeps, so the scale-to-zero savings I migrated for quietly vanished. Two promises I refuse to make, plus a straight look at the Forge-vs-Cloud tradeoffs.

A practical, no-hype guide to moving a Bolt, Lovable, v0, or Cursor-built Laravel prototype into production: audit, security, data, tests, deployment, and timelines.

A year ago, there was no active Laravel community in Serbia. Just an idea, a lot of enthusiasm, and the quiet fear that maybe no one would show up. At first, almost no one did. Here’s how we grew from 0 to +100 members, what I learned along the way, and why I keep building.

Feeling shy or like an imposter at a big tech conference? You’re not alone. At Laracon US, one kind gesture changed a developer’s whole experience – proving how powerful a simple introduction can be. In this post, I share that story, how we can make conferences more welcoming, and why I’ve started calling myself the Laravel Social API.

On May 10th, 2025, Laravel.rs officially launched its first-ever meetup in Temerin, bringing together developers from across Serbia for a night of lightning talks, community networking, and a shared love for Laravel. With inspiring talks, open discussions, and future plans for workshops and hackathons, this kickoff event marked the beginning of a vibrant new chapter for Laravel in Serbia. 🚀🇷🇸

For years, I ignored the signs of burnout—long hours, constant stress, and the fear of failure. It caught up with me. I landed in the emergency room. This is my story of hitting rock bottom and rebuilding my health, mindset, and career.

Make sure that all and everything you want to run before the pushing code to production, works as you expect. Simply use git hooks.

Meta SEO tags are one of the essential things on the website to make our website noticeable by the search engines. However, having all meta tags for SEO using Livewire 3 appears to be not that easy. Documentation on Livewire 3 talks only about the title tag. This article will show how we handled metatags dynamic creation at Coding Wisely.