Despite the hype around AI coding tools, which are indeed very helpful, we still need a solid understanding of fundamentals such as relationships, queues and jobs, DDD, TDD, REST APIs, models, broadcasting, and more. We are in charge of AI, not the other way around. That’s why we still need to learn and truly understand programming concepts, languages, and paradigms, and in this particular case, the Laravel ecosystem. For this reason, platforms like Laracasts remain extremely valuable.