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  • Long row of data storage racks inside a data centre with overhead cable trays

    Resource guideLaravel

    Laravel 13 production deployment checklist

    A practical checklist for deploying Laravel 13 to a Linux server with Nginx and PHP-FPM: PHP version, web root, environment and secrets, permissions, deployment commands, queue workers, the scheduler, health checks and security.

    By Cloudsoft Zone

  • World map coloured by time zone showing the offsets observed in each country

    JavaScript

    JavaScript Temporal in 2026: how to replace Date in browser code

    Temporal is now a Stage 4 standard shipping in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, but not yet in Safari. Learn which Temporal type to use, how it handles time zones and daylight saving time, and how to adopt it safely with a polyfill.

    By Cloudsoft Zone

  • Rows of server racks with blinking status lights inside a data centre aisle

    TutorialLaravel

    How to add rate limiting to a Laravel 13 API

    A step-by-step guide to protecting a Laravel 13 API with named rate limiters: per-user and per-IP limits, strict login limits, JSON 429 responses, Redis counters, limits on non-HTTP actions and feature tests.

    By Cloudsoft Zone

  • Blue plush elePHPant toy, the PHP community mascot, on a plain background

    Troubleshooting guideLaravel

    How to find and fix N+1 queries in Laravel Eloquent

    N+1 queries make Laravel pages slow as data grows. Learn to detect them with preventLazyLoading and query listeners, then fix them with eager loading, withCount and Laravel 13's automatic eager loading.

    By Cloudsoft Zone

  • Close-up of a monitor displaying HTML and PHP source code in a text editor

    Architecture guideCakePHP

    Dependency injection in CakePHP 5: services, providers and testing

    How the CakePHP 5 service container works: where CakePHP injects services, when a service is worth it, shared services, configuration injection, service providers, the optional 5.4 built-in container, and swapping services in tests.

    By Cloudsoft Zone

  • Open computer workstation showing a graphics card, memory slots and an air-cooled processor heat sink

    Resource guideAI and Automation

    How to cut LLM API costs with model choice, prompt caching and batching

    A practical guide to lowering Claude and OpenAI API bills: measure token usage, route tasks to cheaper models, cache repeated prompt prefixes, move non-urgent work to the 50%-off batch APIs, and avoid the mistakes that defeat caching.

    By Cloudsoft Zone

  • Software developer typing code on a laptop at a desk beside a large external monitor

    TutorialAI and Automation

    How to build a tool-use loop with the Claude API in Node.js

    A step-by-step Node.js tutorial for Claude tool use: define a strict tool schema, run the request and result loop, handle every stop reason, report tool errors, and avoid the forced-tool 400 error on the Claude 5.5 models.

    By Cloudsoft Zone

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