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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 04/10/2026

🔥 Fuse for Laravel v0.11.0 is out! What happens to a job when Fuse's own cache has a bad minute? Until now, a cache error while Fuse checked the circuit counted against the job. With the recommended $maxExceptions = 3, three of them could fail it for good while Stripe was up the whole time.

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 24/08/2026

🔥 Fuse for Laravel v0.10.0 is out! After my talk at Laravel Live Denmark, three different people asked me the same: when a half-open circuit runs its test job and it fails, does that job keep its place in the queue? It doesn't. release() sends it to the back, behind jobs that were queued after it.

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 21/08/2026

Yesterday I gave my Advanced Circuit Breakers for Laravel talk here at @laravellive.dk and the response has been amazing! Thank you to everyone who found me to chat about Fuse for Laravel afterwards. Day 2 is underway, come say hi if we haven’t met yet!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 03/03/2026

Tokyo, here I come! Honestly can’t believe I get to speak at Laravel Live Japan 2026. From running meetups in Athens to taking the stage in Tokyo.. this one hits different. Such a great lineup to be part of and I’m so pumped to meet the Japanese Laravel community. See you all in May! laravellive.jp

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 12/02/2026

This year I'm going all in on becoming a better storyteller 📚 Picked up "Made to Stick" and "Storyworthy", two books that I know will level up both my content and my public speaking. Time to put in the work 🔥

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 01/02/2026

Just hit 1,000 subscribers on YouTube! 🎉 When I started making videos, I had no idea if anyone would actually watch. Turns out some of you do, and that’s pretty cool. If you’re not already, follow @laravelnews and subscribe to my channel. More Laravel goodness coming soon 🚀

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 30/01/2026

Tomorrow I’m open sourcing Laravel Fuse 🔥 Your queue workers deserve better protection when external services let you down. All will be revealed at Laravel India 🇮🇳

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 26/01/2026

🚀 Just open-sourced my first Claude Code skill! If you use Laravel + Herd and hate context-switching between branches... this one's for you. /laravel-herd-worktree - automated git worktrees with full Herd integration. 🔗 github.com/harris21/laravel-herd-worktree 🧵 Here's what it does...

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 10/01/2026

3 weeks until Laracon India 🇮🇳 Laravel Fuse 💥 might be ready by then. Your queue workers will thank you when external APIs fail. That's all I'll say for now 👀

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 31/12/2025

Laracon India is less than a month away! 🇮🇳 My first Laracon talk! Working on the final bits of the demo and slides. Laravel Fuse 💥 is also coming together, might have something to share there if it's ready by then. Can't believe January is right around the corner!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 08/12/2025

Last week I was traveling to the Laravel meetups in Vienna and Slovenia, so no •Laravel In Practice• video. Don’t worry! New video drops tomorrow! We’ll use Laravel Livewire to show data in a simple, better way.

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 21/10/2025

You know that moment when your cached dashboard is flying... until the cache expires and someone gets stuck with the slow rebuild? 😅 Episode 8 of Laravel In Practice drops in a bit! We'll go over Laravel 12's flexible caching that keeps everyone happy with instant responses, even with stale data! 🚀

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 04/10/2025

Just wrapped up recording more videos for Laravel In Practice! 🎬 Really excited about what we're building next, diving deep into performance optimization, real-time dashboards, and some seriously cool Laravel patterns.

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 14/09/2025

Had an amazing time yesterday at the Laravel Serbia Meetup @laravelsrbija in Novi Sad 🎉 I shared a talk on Queues, Jobs & Workers in Laravel and got to meet such a warm and passionate community ❤️ Huge thanks to @CodingWisely for the incredible hospitality 🙌 Thank you for everything !

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 10/09/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Clean Fluent content validation with new methods! No more manual inspection needed! ✨

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 09/09/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Stop type juggling bugs with strict validation! You can get the exact types only! 🎯

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 08/09/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Skip the Str::of() wrapper and go straight from URI to Stringable! Fluent URI building meets string manipulation! ⚡

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 05/09/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Stop factories from creating unnecessary relationships with dontExpandRelationshipsByDefault() ! Cleaner tests, faster execution! ⚡

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 04/09/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 The new whereValueBetween() method lets you check if a value sits between two columns with clean syntax! No more messy whereRaw() queries! 🎉

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 30/08/2025

🎬 Just finished recording my new Laravel series for Laravel News! We cover custom collections, query scopes, service layers, and testing with Pest. By the end, you'll have a complete system that's properly tested and the controllers are much cleaner.

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 18/08/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 New closure support in pluck() method, so no more verbose mapWithKeys for simple transformations!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 15/08/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Config::collection() method for cleaner config processing, perming one call instead of two nested ones!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 14/08/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Fluent objects are iterable in Laravel 12.20! Small change, big impact!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 13/08/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 failWhen() method for ThrottlesExceptions middleware, great for jobs fails + stops chains vs deleteWhen() which just removes them!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 12/08/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 New string methods for cleaner negative checks and no more double negatives!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 11/08/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Context::remember() eliminates verbose conditional patterns and implements smarter Context caching!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 10/08/2025

Started a little side quest today: exploring @nativephp.com by building a mobile app for Laravel Meetups 📱. Imagine meetup.com… but only for Laravel events worldwide. You’ll be able to discover meetups, connect with fellow devs, and RSVP in a tap.

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 10/08/2025

Weekend project :) Let's see how this goes... I'll be documenting the full thing! Stay tuned!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 09/08/2025

New angle, new lighting.. working on something cool! ifykyk

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 28/07/2025

Rocking some @jetbrains.com swag over the Rocky Mountains 🏔️ Ready for LaraconUS week 🤘

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 25/07/2025

Just landed in Denver for LaraconUS🛬 it took a while 🤣

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 25/07/2025

First leg of the journey competed! 👌 Waiting for a few hours in Munich now and then heading over to Denver!

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 23/07/2025

Just gave my first-ever talk at Laravel Worldwide Meetup yesterday 🎉 I shared some thoughts on Queues, Jobs, and Workers in Laravel and how to make background processing more reliable. Huge thanks to everyone who joined live and special thanks to the awesome hosts @margarettavares and @dansoppelsa

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 11/07/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 With UseEloquentBuilder attribute you can achieve clean custom builders! #laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 10/07/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 New RequestException truncation controls for better debugging! #laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 09/07/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Use the UsePolicy attribute for explicit policy control! #laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 08/07/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 New --batched flag for make:job saves time and prevents mistakes! #laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 07/07/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 New encrypt()/decrypt() methods for fluent strings! No more pipe() workarounds! #laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 19/06/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Test redirects by controller action, not brittle URLs! The new assertRedirectToAction() method keeps tests clean and maintainable. #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 18/06/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Use Context to share data between seeders cleanly! No more static properties or re-querying the database. #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 17/06/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 The new toUri() method converts strings to URI objects with fluent chaining for dynamic URL building! #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 16/06/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 The new Rule::contains() method brings fluent validation to arrays - no more manual string building! #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 13/06/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 The new in_array_keys validation rule checks if an array has at least one of the specified keys - perfect for flexible configs! #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 30/05/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Handle enums with defaults cleanly! No more null coalescing when retrieving enum values from requests. #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 29/05/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Parse localized numbers easily with the Number class! Handle different locale formats automatically. #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 28/05/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Filter context data safely with the new except() methods! Exclude sensitive keys while keeping everything else. #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 27/05/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Extract arrays universally with the new Arr::from() method! Handle collections, objects, and other types consistently. #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 26/05/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Validate collections precisely with enhanced containsOneItem()! Check that exactly one item meets your custom conditions. #Laravel

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · 23/05/2025

Hey Laravel devs, here's a gem for you! 💎 Check nested relationships easily with enhanced relationLoaded()! Verify deep eager loading states with dot notation. #Laravel

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