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Mohamed's Larabits

Here, you'll find Mohamed Said's personal collection of Larabits. If you're unfamiliar, Larabits are short, isolated lessons that focus on a single concept or technique. While a typical series may take hours to work your way through, Larabits are instead for when you have five or ten minutes to pick up a small bit of knowledge.

Please keep in mind that each of these lessons is self-contained and may be viewed in any order. Happy learning!

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Episodes
4
Run Time
36m
Difficulty
Intermediate
Last Updated
May 15, 2023
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    1. The Validation N+1 Gotcha

      In this Larabit, we'll discuss the N+1 problem, specifically as it relates to your validation. If you're not careful, you'll run into unnecessary SQL queries, potentially causing added latency.

    2. Important Redis Queue Considerations

      The Redis queue driver is the most powerful queue driver that Laravel provides. But with great power comes great gotchas. Let's explore some of these in this video.

    3. Tips for Handling Queue System Failures

      One of the challenges that we all face when working with a queue system is how to handle failures in such a way that allows our system to remain consistent at all times. In this video, we will review a few possible failure points and how to handle them.

    4. What Does Serverless Mean?

      Hosting a Laravel application requires a server with certain tooling installed. In this Larabit, we'll broadly discuss what it means to host a Laravel application serverlessly, and how you might do it for your own projects.

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