Laravel updates with working-developer context.
Laravel News Podcast is a regular briefing for developers working in and around the Laravel ecosystem. Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda move through framework releases, package updates, PHP changes, AI coding tools, conference talks, and the small debugging details that matter.
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Laravel News Podcast is a practical ecosystem briefing for developers who live close to Laravel, PHP, and the tools that orbit them. It is built around momentum. Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda move through release notes, package announcements, conference videos, framework features, and developer tooling with the cadence of people who have been tracking this community for years. The emphasis is specific. Recent episodes cover Laravel 13, Laravel 12.51, PHP changes, Livewire 4, Statamic 6, Wayfinder, AI Boost, Blaze, markdown tooling for agents, paused queues, faster tests, security scanning, and package-level improvements such as richer unique constraint exception details or scheduler timezone output. Small details get room. A variadic backoff attribute, a query builder timeout method, or a new URI extension can become the useful center of a segment because those are the changes that affect real applications. The show also follows the Laravel community around the code. Laracon AU, Wire Live, conference talks, YouTube releases, and developer articles all feed into the conversation. AI coding tools have become a recurring thread, especially where they touch Laravel documentation, generated show notes, task orchestration, review backlogs, and agent-friendly markdown. The register is friendly and lightly scrappy. Episodes often begin with ordinary life: allergies, daylight saving confusion, kids, late-night recording, conference laundry, audio mishaps, or music talk. Then the hosts get to work. That contrast keeps the show from feeling like a changelog read aloud. It is better understood as a developer desk check: what shipped, what seems promising, what might matter soon, and which links deserve a closer look after the episode ends. The best fit is a Laravel developer who wants enough context to decide what to try, upgrade, bookmark, or ignore.
Made for: Laravel and PHP developers who want a steady scan of framework releases, packages, language changes, AI tooling, and community material. It especially suits working developers who prefer practical commentary over polished keynote-style coverage.
What sets it apart: The show pairs release-note precision with casual, long-running co-host chemistry. It makes small implementation details feel worth tracking without losing the broader rhythm of the Laravel community.
The Laravel News Podcast brings you all the latest news and events related to the Laravel PHP Framework
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Laravel News Podcast turns framework updates and community tools into practical guidance for developers deciding what deserves attention.
Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda turn Laravel's constant motion into an informed working conversation. Their news-roundup format moves from framework releases and PHP packages to deployment tooling, AI coding agents, and security scanning, with enough implementation detail to…
Laravel release notes become a two-host debrief, with the useful bits rescued from changelog purgatory.
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Practical Laravel news with concrete framework updates and a useful demo.
Episode 255 of the Laravel News Podcast follows Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda through the Axios security bump, the coming Laravel 14 release, and a set of framework updates that map cleanly to real work.
A brisk Laravel roundup on Claude Code task tracking and Blade compilation.
Laravel News Podcast episode 254 is a practical roundup. It looks at Chief, which breaks Claude Code work into tracked tasks so a session can stop and resume without losing state.
Episode 250 returns with a practical Laravel update centered on AI, Data Block, and vibe coding.
Episode 250 comes back after a month off with a steady roundup of Laravel news, package work, and the AI activity now circling the framework. Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda keep the tone easy as they catch up on what Taylor and the Laravel team have been building, from AI SDKs…
A practical Laravel News look at PHP 8.5 features through an everyday Laravel lens.
Episode 249 has Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda returning after a couple of weeks away around Thanksgiving for a grounded pass through PHP 8.5 features, with the Laravel angle kept close to the surface.
A brisk Laravel news catch-up focused on AI review pressure, Wire Live, and Fast Laravel.
Laravel News Podcast episode 248 settles back in after a brief hiatus, with Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda easing into the week's Laravel news.
Forge's update and Inertia's infinite scroll get a clear, developer-first walkthrough.
Laravel News episode 247 reads as a practical builder update, with Jake Bennett and Michael Derenda moving from conference-season chatter into the pieces that matter most: automated SSL and domain management, Nuxt and NextJS integrations, stacked and queued deployments, Laravel…
A practical Laravel tooling discussion centered on local exceptions, editor grids, and small interface refinements.
Laravel News Podcast episode 246 keeps its attention on the small interface choices that shape day-to-day Laravel work. Jake Bennett and Michael DiRenda talk through a new local exception page from Ryuta Hamasaki and Jeremy Butler, including the kept copy-as-markdown button,…
Ruby talk with the edges left on.
Linux talk with hands-on scars.
Kubernetes changes, explained by the people who made them.
Jake and Michael catch up after conferences and run through recent Laravel updates in a rapid-fire format.
Jake Bennett and Michael Dorinda discuss Inertia.js v2, pledging to open source, and pans in episode 225 of the Laravel News Podcast.
Michael Derinda shows off a custom LED sign of Bruce, the Laracon AU mascot, and discusses the 'level up' branding theme.
Laravel News Podcast episode 255 covers Laravel 13, Prompts 0.3.15, Inertia 3, Native PHP 3.1, Prompt Deck, Laracon AU 2026, and Laravel Boost 2.4.
The hosts discuss daylight savings time and technical difficulties with lighting for their video stream.
Laravel News Podcast episode “Improved skills, markdown for AI, and The Vibes” covers Laravel 12.51, Laravel 12.52, and tools for AI agents.
Jake and Michael discuss Dream Theater concert, then cover Laravel news including collecting methods, AI Boost, and Statamic 6.
The hosts apologize for audio issues in the previous episode and preview upcoming topics including Statamic 6 and Livewire 4.
Laravel News Podcast episode 250 opens on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, after about a month off the air, with Jake Bennett and Michael Durenda noting the show has run for roughly eight years.
Laravel News Podcast episode 249 covers Laravel 12.39, 12.40, and 12.40.2, with Taylor Otwell, Yusef Qada, and Jamie York contributing time helpers, queue pausing, and file encoding validation.
Laravel 12.37 adds a background queue driver, factory insert support, JSON schema updates for backed enums, and a new `ucWords` string method.
Jake Bennett and Michael DiRenda cover Laravel 12.32 and 12.33 additions including an HTTP client batch method, a database after-rollback hook, and Tim McDonald's after-rate-limiting feature for cases like signup validation errors and 404 enumeration attacks.
Hosts Jake Bennett and Michael DiRenda run down Laravel 12.29's new local error page, a community-contributed cache session driver for sticky database connections, and a new Artisan JSON flag for scheduled tasks.
The Laravel News Podcast episode 220 discusses recent Laravel news, including Taylor Otwell's attendance at Laracon AU, and promotes Century's error tracking and monitoring services.