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Harris Raftopoulos
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Senior Software Engineer
Staff Writer @ Laravel News
PHP, Laravel, Livewire, TailwindCSS, VueJS & InertiaJS
Co-organizer @ Laravel Greece Meetup
Sharing PHP insights to elevate developers’ skills

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Harris Raftopoulos @harrisrafto.eu · Jan 11
💡 Hey Laravel friends!

I’m thrilled to share that we’ve started a new series of bite-sized Laravel tips over at @laravelnews.com These quick, actionable videos are perfect for leveling up your skills in just a few minutes.

Check them out and let us know what you think!

#Laravel
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Just published the episode 11 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We go through cache warming techniques.
Video's here: youtu.be/Rfx3xZK4sAs

Let me know what you think!
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
harrisrafto.eu
Just published the episode 11 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We go through cache warming techniques.
Video's here: youtu.be/Rfx3xZK4sAs

Let me know what you think!
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Laravel Fluent isEmpty and isNotEmpty Methods posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/fluent-isemp
Laravel Fluent isEmpty and isNotEmpty Methods - Laravel News
Laravel's Fluent class now provides isEmpty and isNotEmpty methods for direct boolean checks on whether instances contain data, removing the need for array conversion or property inspection workarounds.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Just published the episode 10 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We work on smart cache invalidation!
Video's here: youtu.be/-MChE-igkQE

Let me know what you think!
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
harrisrafto.eu
Just published the episode 10 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We work on smart cache invalidation!
Video's here: youtu.be/-MChE-igkQE

Let me know what you think!
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Optimizing Queries with Memoization - Laravel In Practice EP9 posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/optimizing-q...
Optimizing Queries with Memoization - Laravel In Practice EP9 - Laravel News
Three identical cache calls is 24ms wasted. Cache::memo() stores results in memory during requests, turning repeated 8ms hits into instant lookups. Eliminate duplicate cache access with just a few lines.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Just published the episode 9 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We avoid Cache duplicate calls using memo!
Video's here: youtu.be/A8VfDbbIQxU

Let me know what you think!
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Just published the episode 8 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We cache our results using Cache flexible!
Video's here: youtu.be/Z4TRAvRmLrk

Let me know what you think!
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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You know that moment when your cached dashboard is flying... until the cache expires and someone gets stuck with the slow rebuild? 😅
Episode 8 of Laravel In Practice drops in a bit! We'll go over Laravel 12's flexible caching that keeps everyone happy with instant responses, even with stale data! 🚀
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
harrisrafto.eu
Just published the episode 8 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We cache our results using Cache flexible!
Video's here: youtu.be/Z4TRAvRmLrk

Let me know what you think!
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
harrisrafto.eu
You know that moment when your cached dashboard is flying... until the cache expires and someone gets stuck with the slow rebuild? 😅
Episode 8 of Laravel In Practice drops in a bit! We'll go over Laravel 12's flexible caching that keeps everyone happy with instant responses, even with stale data! 🚀
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🎯 Next week on October 23rd! Join us for Laravel Greece Meetup for "Harnessing Laravel Pipelines: A Real-World Integration Between LearnWorlds & HubSpot." Learn how to decouple logic, handle complex data flows, and write cleaner, more maintainable code.Doors open 18:30!

Register: luma.com/hg80oyhi
Laravel Greece - October 2025 (Athens) · Luma
Laravel Greece - October 2025 (Athens) Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter (https://laravel.gr/s/subscribe) to receive updates about news, meetups, and…
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October 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Elevating SQL Efficiency - Laravel In Practice EP7 posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/elevating-sq...
Elevating SQL Efficiency - Laravel In Practice EP7 - Laravel News
our PHP is doing database work. Loading 10,000 orders into memory to sum them up is like using Excel to count grains of rice. Move those calculations to SQL where they belong - let SUM() and COUNT() do the heavy lifting in milliseconds, not megabytes. This episode shows you how to transform memory-hungry collection methods into lightning-fast SQL aggregations.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Just published the episode 7 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We go ahead and utilize SQL more efficient!
Video's here: youtu.be/gZMdYHQQaLQ

Let me know what you think!
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Laravel Strict Validation for Type Checking posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/strict-valid...
Laravel Strict Validation for Type Checking - Laravel News
Laravel's strict validation parameters for numeric, boolean, and integer rules enforce exact type matching rather than allowing PHP's type coercion, preventing string values from passing as proper types during validation.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Laravel Uri toStringable Method posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/uri-tostring...
Laravel Uri toStringable Method - Laravel News
Laravel's toStringable method converts URI objects into Stringable instances, enabling direct string manipulation through method chaining without requiring intermediate Str::of() helper wrapping.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Just published the episode 6 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We fix the number of queries and N+1 issue we unmasked from the previous episode!
Video's here: youtu.be/tMXKDzajxjY

Let me know what you think!
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Fixing Queries & Adding Indexes: From 400 Queries to 4 - Laravel In Practice EP6 posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/fixing-queri...
Fixing Queries & Adding Indexes: From 400 Queries to 4 - Laravel In Practice EP6 - Laravel News
Transform your Laravel dashboard from 400+ queries to just 4 with strategic eager loading and database indexes. Learn how loadMissing() eliminates N+1 queries, composite indexes turn full table scans into lightning-fast lookups, and EXPLAIN commands prove your optimizations work. Real-world fixes that cut response times from 187ms to 53ms without touching your architecture.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Just wrapped up recording more videos for Laravel In Practice! 🎬 
Really excited about what we're building next, diving deep into performance optimization, real-time dashboards, and some seriously cool Laravel patterns.
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
harrisrafto.eu
Just wrapped up recording more videos for Laravel In Practice! 🎬 
Really excited about what we're building next, diving deep into performance optimization, real-time dashboards, and some seriously cool Laravel patterns.
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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laravelnews.com
Laravel whereValueBetween for Column Range Queries posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/wherevaluebe...
Laravel whereValueBetween for Column Range Queries - Laravel News
Laravel's whereValueBetween method checks if a value falls between two database columns through the query builder, replacing raw SQL and chained conditions with a single expressive method call for column range queries.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Controlling Factory Relationship Expansion in Laravel posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/dont-expand-...
Controlling Factory Relationship Expansion in Laravel - Laravel News
Laravel's dontExpandRelationshipsByDefault method prevents factories from automatically creating parent relationships, reducing database overhead and enabling focused tests that generate only the specific model instances needed for assertions.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Profiling Laravel: How to Find Hidden Performance Killers posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/profiling-la...
Profiling Laravel: How to Find Hidden Performance Killers - Laravel News
Your dashboard loads in 150ms with more than 400 database queries - but you'd never know without proper profiling. Learn how to use Laravel Telescope to uncover N+1 queries, identify bottlenecks, and see exactly what your application is doing behind the scenes. This episode reveals the shocking truth about seemingly innocent code and sets the stage for dramatic performance improvements.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Just published the episode 5 of Laravel In Practice 🎉

We identify performance improvements that and unmask N+1 Queries!
Video's here: youtu.be/KI8_ip2z8to

Let me know what you think!
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Livewire wire:click.prevent for Form Handling posted by @harrisrafto.eu laravel-news.com/wire-click-p...
Livewire wire:click.prevent for Form Handling - Laravel News
The wire:click.prevent directive prevents default browser behavior while executing Livewire component methods, enabling interactive form handling and user interface updates without page reloads or custom JavaScript.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM