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SaaSykit Reaches 500+ Customers, How to Build a SaaS with SaaSykit Video Tutorial & more

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Ahmad
March 30, 2025

Hey Makers,

We’ve hit a major milestone!

SaaSykit now has over 500 customers building and launching their SaaS products with it! 🎉 It’s incredible to see so many developers using SaaSykit to bring their ideas to life, and I couldn’t be more grateful for this growing community.

And to help even more makers get started, I’ve created a video tutorial on how to build a SaaS using SaaSykit.

Laravel also pushed two new releases, 12.3 & 12.4 which come with some nice features and enhancements. Here is a summary of those 👇

  • New JSON Unicode Cast Type
    A new json:unicode cast type allows JSON encoding without escaping Unicode characters. 

protected $casts = [
    'data' => 'json:unicode',
];

  • Native JSON and JSONB Support in SQLite
    SQLite now supports JSON and JSONB column types when enabled in the configuration. 

'sqlite' => [
    'use_native_json' => true,
    'use_native_jsonb' => true,
],

  • PostgreSQL Unique Nulls Not Distinct Support
    PostgreSQL (15+) now supports nullsNotDistinct() for unique indexes, which ensures NULL values are treated as distinct when defining unique constraints.

  • Storage Link Status in Artisan About Command
    The php artisan about command now displays the status of configured storage links. 

Storage
public/image ...................................... NOT LINKED
public/storage ........................................ LINKED

New At SaaSykit

f you're reading this article, kudos to you! 🎉

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As your Laravel application grows, so does your test suite. Running tests sequentially can become time-consuming, slowing down your development workflow. Fortunately, Laravel allows running tests in parallel, significantly reducing execution time. In this article, we'll explore how to run Laravel tests in parallel and what considerations to keep in mind.

From the Community

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All about SaaS

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I’m increasingly convinced that the ability to build applications is being democratized in front of our eyes. Factors like creativity, data or taste – not necessarily technical skills or a massive budget – will become the deciding forces behind the next hit products.

So while AI for coding and software engineering has seen some of the most explosive start-ups, from Codeium to Loveable to Poolside to Claude and OpenAi’s own releases here and more, just as big if quieter has been the change to contact center and support.

AI has ripped through the contact center and every leader from Talkdesk to Dialpad to Zendesk to Gorgias have adopted AI as core to their platform.  And in many cases, also seen the number of human customer success reps already reduced by -20% to -30%.  Already.


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