Eloquent Performance Patterns Course Needs an Update for Laravel 12/13
Hi everyone,
I just finished watching the Eloquent Performance Patterns course and I really enjoyed Jonathan Reinink’s teaching style and the content.
However, I noticed that the course is quite old now (last updated in early 2023). Laravel has changed a lot since then — especially with:
Laravel 12 & 13 improvements
New Eloquent features and query optimizations
Changes in database handling and performance tools
Newer packages and best practices (e.g. newer versions of Scout, Octane, etc.)
Many of the examples still work, but it would be amazing if this course could get a proper refresh with the latest Laravel version, updated code examples, and new performance techniques that are relevant in 2026.
This course is one of the most valuable ones on Laracasts for real-world applications. Updating it would help a lot of developers who want to write faster and more efficient Laravel apps with modern best practices.
What do you think?
Anyone else feeling the same?
This is one of my favourite course in Laracasts. I actually bought the course from Jonathan Reinink for around $100 a year before it was released on Laracasts.
My answer is nah. No, that course does not need updating. Eloquent got quite a few updates since then but most of the examples are still working. Maybe the use of hasOne gotta be more up-to-date but people will figure that out.
Plus, the point of that course is not really about Eloquent. It is about constructing about the underlying DB queries that will be a lot more performant. Eloquent could be evolving, but DB queries will mostly stay the same.
