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Should I upgrade Laravel before rewriting?
A Laravel upgrade and a rewrite solve different problems. Start by finding out which problem you actually have.
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Short, practical answers about understanding and changing messy web systems.
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Taking over an undocumented Laravel application
Taking responsibility for an unfamiliar Laravel application starts with reconstructing how it behaves, not with writing a large technical report.
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Where business rules hide in Laravel applications
Important business rules rarely live in one Laravel model. They are distributed across code, data, operations, integrations, and human workarounds.