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Building Modern Laravel APIs

I have built a lot of Laravel APIs. This series is how I do it now - PHP 8.5, Laravel 13, opinionated architecture, and patterns that hold up under real production load. We will work through a complete application together, but every decision along the way is one you can take to your own projects.

Laravel 12 min read

Building Modern Laravel APIs: Authentication with JWT

Add JWT auth to a Laravel API with register, login, refresh, and logout flows using Form Request DTOs, Action classes, and auth:api middleware.

Laravel 11 min read

Building Modern Laravel APIs: Foundations and Project Structure

Start the Modern Laravel APIs series by structuring Pulse-Link for production with clear layers, ULIDs, action classes, DTO requests, and versioning.

Laravel 12 min read

Building Modern Laravel APIs: Ingesting Leads

Implement lead ingestion in Laravel with Form Request validation, typed DTO payloads, Action classes, and JSON:API responses for POST /v1/leads.

Laravel 10 min read

Building Modern Laravel APIs: Routing, Versioning, and API Contracts

Learn how to version Laravel API routes, signal deprecations with Sunset headers, and keep API contracts aligned with your implementation.