Laravel
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The Laravel 12 stack I default to for SaaS in 2026
Filament, Cashier, Reverb, Pulse, Inertia. The opinionated default I reach for and where it pays off.
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Cursor vs Claude Code vs Windsurf for backend work — 90 days in
Same backend feature set, three editors, three months. What changed about how I work.
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Built a multi-tenant agency portal in Laravel + Filament in 6 weeks
Replaced a sprawl of Google Sheets and Notion docs with a single Filament-based portal. 6 weeks to v1, 32 hours/week of manual ops gone.
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Claude Code for backend work: 90-day verdict
90 days using Claude Code daily for backend work. Disciplined, accurate on multi-file refactors. 9/10 — the productivity ceiling moved.