Laravel & PHP · 6 min read
PHP2Shell: Patch Today, or Upgrade First?
Two critical PHP flaws leaked before a fix. PHP 8.2 to 8.5 got patches on Oct 21, 8.1 and older did not. What to do in each case.
Costs, timelines and trade-offs for e‑learning platforms, SaaS products and Laravel apps, written from projects we run.
Laravel & PHP · 6 min read
Two critical PHP flaws leaked before a fix. PHP 8.2 to 8.5 got patches on Oct 21, 8.1 and older did not. What to do in each case.
Laravel & PHP · 6 min read
Laravel 10 and 11 no longer get security fixes. Here is what moves the price of an upgrade, how to keep it small, and how to get a free upgrade check.
Laravel & PHP · 8 min read
Your Laravel app runs the business, but every change is slow and risky. Here is how to refactor and upgrade it step by step, without stopping everything for a rewrite.

Laravel & PHP · 9 min read
Most frameworks give you a way to write code. Laravel gives you a way to build, deploy, monitor, and maintain an application — all from the same ecosystem.
Share your composer.lock and PHP version. We tell you which versions you cross, what blocks you and what drives the cost, before you commit to anything.