Just Realized Coolify (That Awesome Self-Hosted Deployment Tool) Is Built on Laravel

i've been messing around with coolify for a bit now on some of my deployments – it's this open-source heroku/netlify alternative that's super handy for self-hosting apps, dbs, and all that without the cloud lock-in. been loving how easy it makes things, but till date i straight up didn't realize it was built with php and esp laravel under the hood. like, how did i miss that?

anyway, wanted to share this lil discovery here cuz i figure some of you might wanna check it out or have thoughts on it. now that i know, i'm planning to dive deeper into their codebase – see how they handled stuff like the ui, api layers, or whatever deployment magic they're pulling off. hoping to pick up a thing or two on laravel best practices, scaling decisions, or just solid php patterns they might be following.

what do you all think? anyone else using coolify in prod? any red flags or cool hacks you've spotted if you've peeked at the source? would love to hear your takes while i geek out on this.

check it out here:

github: [https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify)
website: https://coolify.io/

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How often do you jump to another tool (IDE, CI, repo) just to fix one bug?

I was tracking my workflow the other day and realized a single bug fix can involve jumping between four or five different tools: the browser, my IDE, the terminal, GitHub, and sometimes Jira. The context switching is a real focus killer.

We've been trying to solve a piece of this by linking runtime errors from the browser directly to a fix in the IDE but we're looking for ideas on how to make this more helpful by understanding the developer mindset a little better.

How many different applications do you typically have to open to resolve one bug?

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SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025: From Runtime to Resilience: Scaling PHP
https://symfony.com/blog/symfonycon-amsterdam-2025-from-runtime-to-resilience-scaling-php?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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New in Symfony 7.4: Deprecated XML Configuration
https://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-7-4-deprecated-xml-configuration?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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Is everyone happy with the new Forge UI ?

The new Forge UI looks clean but everything has become extra clicks. They completely rearranged things which now requires multiple clicks. I really wish the PMs at least get some feedback from actual customers before building a new cool shiny UI.

Some examples of UX becoming much worse:

\- Oh you were able to click on a site URL before ? Now you have this weird "Visit Site" button all the way to the right of the screen

\- No more toggle for "Horizon". Instead you have to enter a deamon manually for "php artisan horizon" and ensure that you set the right forge directory manually.

\- The default server dashboard doesnt do anythying. The previous UI would actually let me get to do things immediately.

\- Want to add an SSL certificate ? Now you have to do it on an annoying popup where you have to first select the cert source and THEN it takes you to another page to enter the certifcate. Before it was all on one page. Now it takes more clicks.

\- When you do a new SSL certificate, the menu doesnt show "Activate" option right away. I think it may be an inertiaJS bug and I have to refresh the page to even see that menu option.

Am I the only one or are there others who feel the same ?




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Fixing CSRF Token Mismatch Between Subdomains in Laravel (Without Sanctum)
https://oguzhankrcb.medium.com/fixing-csrf-token-mismatch-between-subdomains-in-laravel-without-sanctum-c081463ea25b

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Surprisingly easy extension development in Rust
https://github.com/mortenscheel/php-ext-poker

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Is Laravel still a viable option for building Fullstack PHP Systems?

In the last couple of months everything seems to be geared towards paid subnoscriptions and using their own VPSs and recommended paid servcies such as WorkOS. The new Laravel Forge was a flop, we lost so much time and we still have so many unresolved issues. Support is robotic to say the least.

Symfony was never this way.

I'd like to hear all sides, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Disclaimer: I am a paying customer of Laravel products but serioulsy considering moving away - It feels like when NextJS went with Vercel (same when NuxtJS did) to be honest. I.e. a downfall.

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Generating documentation for a PHP library (API reference + articles)

I want to generate documentation for my library (which I've recently updated). Is there anything better than phpDocumentor for this? I haven't touched PHP in a decade, so I'm not up to date with the current tooling.

I want simple things:

Parsing PHP 7.0−8.4. Having documentation for all major versions of the library would be nice.
Switching between library versions. A dropdown or something.
Support for PHPStan syntax. This thing comes up first when googling for PHPDoc syntax, so I assume it's the standard now.
Extra non-API-reference articles next to API ref. Introductory articles, something beginner-friendly, which is too long for ReadMe.
Combining docs of multiple packages. If there're any addons to the main package, it'd be convenient to have everything in one place.
Pure static website with pure HTML. So that it can be put on GitHub Pages and be googlable and all.
Search would be nice. Without any backend, naturally.
Sensible syntax for templates and styles. If something needs adjusting, it shouldn't be too painful.
Links to sources of the library, links to official PHP documentation when built-in classes and functions are mentioned etc.
Bonus points for default templates looking nice, having dark theme, doing fast reloads with JS, all that fancy stuff.

Does a thing like this exist? What are the best options for generating documentation for PHP stuff in general? What are you using and why?

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Modern non-blocking driver for Nats

NATS is a modern, distributed, and reliable messaging platform. It supports pub-sub with at-most-once delivery guarantees, request-reply messaging, as well as persistent streams and durable queues powered by JetStream with at-least-once guarantees.

Our non-blocking driver implements all major capabilities of the platform:

pub/sub
request/reply
jetstream
key-value store
object store

And also includes recent updates:

Atomic counters based on CRDTs
Batch publishing
Message scheduling

We are also working on support for NATS Micro: using NATS as a transport layer for communication between microservices.

For more features, refer to the library's documentation. Feedback is welcome.

https://github.com/thesis-php/nats

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GitHub - ddddddO/ppaid: Tool that aids PHPUnit and PCOV
https://github.com/ddddddO/ppaid

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🏗️✨ Forerunner: Define LLM JSON Schemas Using Laravel's Migration Syntax

Hey r/laravel! I've been working with AI a lot over the past year, dipping in between various Laravel packages. One thing I was constantly using was structured outputs, and I never found a way I liked to write them.

Writing them in plain JSON is horrible IMO, and although there are some great packages that offer nice abstractions, I still didn't fully enjoy using them or like the syntax. I wanted to create something familiar and easy to implement, understand, and maintain.

I had some local classes I'd been copying and pasting into various projects and thought I'd package it up. Essentially, you define a structured output using a Laravel migration-style syntax. You can either use the facade or create a struct class.


What It Looks Like

Forerunner lets you define JSON schemas using familiar migration syntax:

https://preview.redd.it/0jw5ju4e1xvf1.png?width=3680&format=png&auto=webp&s=b6d72577a8d7c95ff17f0d715bd825d296f3a09a

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https://preview.redd.it/4chuku4e1xvf1.png?width=3680&format=png&auto=webp&s=d69f87f0ec29de1d2881775495ee36fce80cebd6

# Key Features

Migration-like API: If you know Laravel migrations, you already know Forerunner
Helper methods: email(), url(), uuid(), datetime(), etc.
Artisan command: `php artisan make:struct UserProfile` generates structure classes
Nested objects & arrays: Define complex schemas with nested builders
Strict mode: One-liner for OpenAI's structured output requirements
Type-safe: Full IDE autocomplete support

# What's Next

The next feature I'm planning is validation - so you can validate an LLM response against an existing schema.


This is still in pre-release (0.x), so I don't expect it to be 100% perfect. If you're interested, give it a try!

GitHub: https://github.com/Blaspsoft/forerunner

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

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Industry: a package for integrating factories with AI for text generation
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Pitch Your Project 🐘

In this monthly thread you can share whatever code or projects you're working on, ask for reviews, get people's input and general thoughts, … anything goes as long as it's PHP related.

Let's make this a place where people are encouraged to share their work, and where we can learn from each other 😁

Link to the previous edition: /u/brendt_gd should provide a link

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A Week of Symfony #981 (October 13–19, 2025)
https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-981-october-13-19-2025?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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The new, standards‑compliant URI/URL API in PHP 8.5
https://amitmerchant.com/the-new-standards-compliant-uri-url-api-in-php-85/

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Symfony UI Framwork for Javanoscript noob?

I have some intermediate know how with PHP and Synfony. I have no javanoscript experience. Handling the Symfony stuff (Controllers, Config, Docker, API Plattform, Doctrine ORM etc.) i get the hang of. But once Javanoscript is involved, it get's confusing. :-) I support in a project that uses VUE, and every time i know i have to touch or debug this, it's not my thing.

I am starting now with a small business app that needs a UI. Nothing fancy, only 5 guys from the customer itself use it, so it doesn't need to win a design award.

What would you recommand to learn in this case? VUE? UX Turbo? Something else? Do i have to bite the bullet and dive into javanoscript, or is there something else i should look at? It must not be reactive, it must not be super performance. I just need some UI elements which must work, but design and performance ist not an issue.

Any ideas?

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Weekly /r/Laravel Help Thread

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What steps have you taken so far?
What have you tried from the documentation?
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For more immediate support, you can ask in the official Laravel Discord.

Thanks and welcome to the r/Laravel community!

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POC: auto-escaping untrusted PHP strings in SQL queries
https://github.com/mnapoli/autoescape

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Ephemeral User Package

Of course while working on something else, I got sidetracked with a "why doesn't this exist already?" moment. Bottom line, I find myself sometimes reaching for a `new User()` to pass around a model without needing to persist it right away (or ever!). This felt a little more like the Laravel way of doing things, and was a relatively small lift considering.

https://github.com/kylearch/ephemeral-users

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Why is using DTOs such a pain?

I’ve been trying to add proper DTOs into a Laravel project, but it feels unnecessarily complicated. Looked at Spatie’s Data package, great idea, but way too heavy for simple use cases. Lots of boilerplate and magic that I don’t really need.

There's nested DTOs, some libraries handle
validation, and its like they try to do more stuff than necessary. Associative arrays seem like I'm gonna break something at some point.

Anyone here using a lightweight approach for DTOs in Laravel? Do you just roll your own PHP classes, use value objects, or rely on something simpler than Spatie’s package?

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