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Alpine.js v3.15.9 through v3.15.12 quietly reworked x-anchor with .fixed positioning, .noflip, dynamic refs, and fixed a Livewire teleport memory leak.

Livewire 4.3 added a declarative #[Authorize] attribute for actions, closing a common gap. How it works, the fixes since, and where it still falls short.

Laravel LSP brings route, config, and Blade autocomplete to any editor that speaks LSP. Here is how to install it and wire it into Neovim.

MySQL 9.7 LTS brings the Hypergraph Optimizer and JSON Duality View writes to Community Edition, plus a repo bug that quietly upgrades production servers.

NativePHP for Mobile v4 introduces SuperNative, rendering native SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose screens from Blade with no web view involved.

The PHP Foundation's first quarterly report covers ext/uri Builder classes, raw AF_PACKET sockets, a zval size experiment, PIE 1.5, and 100+ security fixes.

PHP 8.6 flips three insecure session defaults, use_strict_mode, cookie_httponly, and cookie_samesite, closing gaps OWASP has flagged for years.

Laravel 13.13 adds Bus::bulk() for high-volume job dispatch. How it groups jobs by queue and connection, and when to prefer it over batch() or dispatch().

NativePHP Desktop 2.2 adds Nightwatch integration and window polish, then 2.2.1 patches a real issue where the Electron API server could bind past localhost.

Laravel 13.x adds a @fonts Blade directive backed by a Vite font runtime, turning self-hosted Google, Bunny, and Fontsource fonts into one line of markup.