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Laravel 12.29-31, Laravel MCP, How to Use AI Without Becoming Stupid, What kills motivation, Why The Future Of SaaS Is Eat Or Be Eaten & more

Ahmad
September 28, 2025

Hey Makers 👋

Laravel keeps charging ahead with three fresh releases: 12.29, 12.30, and 12.31, bringing handy new features and improvements for developers. 🚀

On our side, SaaSykit just leveled up with support for one-time password (OTP) logins. Alongside traditional and social login options, you can now enable OTP authentication with a simple switch from the admin panel. 🎉

With the latest tools in your hands, there’s no better moment to start building. If your SaaS idea has been waiting in the wings, SaaSykit makes it easier than ever to bring it to life.

Let’s dive into the updates! 👇

Laravel 12.29-31 updates

New Local Debug Page
Laravel 12.29 introduces a redesigned local exception page, which automatically switches between light/dark mode based on system preferences.

Cache Session Driver
A new cache-backed session driver has been added. This allows advanced use cases like sticky database connections across requests.

class StickyConnection
{
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        // If session is available, check sticky expiry
        $expiry = $request->session()?->cache()->get('sticky_until');

        if ($expiry?->isFuture()) {
            DB::connection('pgsql')->useWriteConnectionWhenReading();
            Context::addHidden('sticky_until', $expiry);
        }

        $response = $next($request);

        // If something was modified, keep the connection sticky for 10s
        if (DB::connection('pgsql')->hasModifiedRecords()) {
            $request->session()->cache()->remember('sticky_until', 10);
        }

        return $response;
    }
}

UseResource & UseResourceCollection Attributes
You can now attach resource classes directly on models using PHP attributes.

// before
$user->toResource(UserResource::class);
$users->toResourceCollection(UserCollection::class);

// after
#[UseResource(UserResource::class)]
#[UseResourceCollection(UserCollection::class)]
class User extends Model {}

$user->toResource();  
$users->toResourceCollection();

schedule:list JSON Output
The php artisan schedule:list command now supports a --json flag, making it easier to integrate with monitoring tools.

php artisan schedule:list --json | jq '.[] | select(.command | contains("backup"))'

Sample JSON output:

{
  "expression": "0 0 * * *",
  "command": "php artisan backup:run",
  "description": "Daily backup",
  "next_due_date": "2025-09-15 00:00:00 +00:00",
  "timezone": "UTC"
}

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Laravel MCP Beta is Released

The Laravel team launched a public beta of Laravel MCP, a package to rapidly build Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for your Laravel applications. Laravel MCP joins Laravel Boost as a first-party tool that makes working with AI in Laravel a joy build.

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