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The Hidden Parts of Laravel
Laravel's documentation is excellent, but it doesn't cover everything. Tucked away in the framework's source code are features that are either briefly mentioned or entirely undocumented. This series explores those hidden capabilities, how they work, and how you can use them in your own projects.
Building An Eloquent Identity Map
A two-part series walking through the implementation of an identity map for Laravel Eloquent. The first article introduces the pattern, explains what it achieves, and builds a minimal implementation using a custom base model class. The second article follows up on the memory implications of that implementation, covering how to manage and prevent memory leaks, particularly in long-lived processes such as those powered by Laravel Octane.