Laravel, AI & Product Development Insights

A practical handover checklist for an existing Laravel application: ownership, critical workflows, safe staging, dependencies, background jobs and tested recovery before feature work.

Moving my apps to Laravel Cloud exposed a problem: checking for reminders every minute could keep them awake. Here is why I built Wakeavel, who it helps, and what Meetavel’s compute usage currently shows.

At Laravel Serbia Meetup #8 in Novi Sad, I shared how I use Laravel and AI through Orkestar: bounded agents, deliberate permissions, economical model choice, and proof before acceptance.

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. 🚀🇷🇸