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How to understand a legacy Laravel codebase in an afternoon
Inherited a big Laravel app with no docs and a deadline? Here's a calm, repeatable way to build an accurate mental model — without reading every file.
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Read your Laravel database schema straight from the code
Migrations record how your schema was built, not what it is today. Here's how to reconstruct the real picture — tables, columns and relationships.
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Trace a request end-to-end before you change it
Before you touch that controller, know everything it touches. A practical way to follow a request through middleware, services and models — and your best defence against surprise regressions.
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