--- title: Best Laravel News posts — February 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Laravel News posts from February 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/ln/best-of/2024/02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/ln/best-of/2024/02 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Laravel News posts — February 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Laravel News posts from February 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Laravel News — February 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/five-ways-to-be-more-productive-with-git-3nl9wvfzr "Five Ways to Be More Productive with Git") Article Laravel News·3y Five Ways to Be More Productive with Git Discover ways to be more productive with Git, including useful Git aliases, configuring a Git commit template, using a password manager for SSH keys, and leveraging the GitHub CLI tool. 149 7 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/make-your-app-faster-with-php-8-3-b09yshxfw "Make your app faster with PHP 8.3") Article Laravel News·3y Make your app faster with PHP 8.3 PHP 8.3 introduces exciting new features and major improvements in performance, making your app faster. Direct performance enhancements include optimizations in the PHP engine and garbage collection. Indirect performance boosts come from syntax improvements and type safety. Upgrading to PHP 8.3 and leveraging new features can lead to significant performance improvements. Caching strategies and transitioning to HTTP/2 can further optimize your app's performance. 136 4 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/new-laravel-11-apps-include-a-health-check-endpoint-fxzze3q6t "New Laravel 11 Apps Include a Health Check Endpoint") Article Laravel News·3y New Laravel 11 Apps Include a Health Check Endpoint Laravel 11 includes a health check endpoint for new applications. The endpoint is configurable and returns an animated 'Application up' health page in the browser. 41 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/create-elegant-discord-bots-with-laracord-jxsjrnb3x "Create Elegant Discord Bots with Laracord") Article Laravel News·3y Create Elegant Discord Bots with Laracord Laracord is a micro-framework to build Discord bots with Laravel. It provides features for commands, slash commands, events, and more. It also offers optional HTTP server support for webhooks and API interaction. Get started with Laracord at laracord.com. 39 1 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/essential-plugins-for-phpstorm-users-ejpl4mse2 "Essential Plugins for PHPStorm Users") Article Laravel News·3y Essential Plugins for PHPStorm Users A collection of essential plugins for PhpStorm users, including the Nord Theme, Laravel Idea, and .env Files Support plugins. 35 [See all Laravel News archives](/sources/ln/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/ln/best-of/2024/02#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ln/best-of/2024/02","name":"Best Laravel News Posts — February 2024","description":"The most upvoted Laravel News posts from February 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/ln/best-of/2024/02#items","numberOfItems":5,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/five-ways-to-be-more-productive-with-git-3nl9wvfzr","name":"Five Ways to Be More Productive with Git"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/make-your-app-faster-with-php-8-3-b09yshxfw","name":"Make your app faster with PHP 8.3"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/new-laravel-11-apps-include-a-health-check-endpoint-fxzze3q6t","name":"New Laravel 11 Apps Include a Health Check Endpoint"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/create-elegant-discord-bots-with-laracord-jxsjrnb3x","name":"Create Elegant Discord Bots with Laracord"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/essential-plugins-for-phpstorm-users-ejpl4mse2","name":"Essential Plugins for PHPStorm Users"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Laravel News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ln"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ln/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"February 2024"}]}]} ```