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What we learn shipping software that has to earn its keep: SaaS platforms, AI that answers the phone, kiosks that take payment, and the Laravel underneath it all.
Is Your Laravel Version Still Supported? Support Dates for Every Release
Only Laravel 12 and 13 get security fixes, and 12 loses them on 24 February 2027. Here are the bug-fix and security-fix end dates for every release since 5.5, how to check yours, and what running past them looks like.
Automating Customer Support with AI Without Annoying Your Customers
Seven steps for putting AI on your support inbox and chat while keeping a person one click away, from the handoff rules to the numbers worth tracking.
Why Apps Get Removed from the App Store (and How to Keep Yours Listed)
Apple took 166,899 apps off the App Store in 2025. Most were fraud or old apps nobody updated. Here is what triggers a removal, how much warning you get, and how to stay off the list.
What Does AI Automation Cost for a Small Business? A Practical Budget Guide
The build is the big number and the model bill is the small one. A budget for one automated workflow, line by line, with the token maths, the server, the review queue and the month it pays back.
How to Transfer an App to Your Own Google Play and Apple Developer Accounts
Both stores move an app between developer accounts without users noticing. Who clicks what, what the receiving accounts cost, what carries over, what stays behind and what blocks a transfer.
How to Automate Email Triage and Order Processing with AI, Step by Step
One illustrative order email followed through all six steps, from the inbox notification to the logged order, with the checks, the review queue and the cost per email.
Google Play Rejected Your App: What the Policy Email Means and What to Do Next
A Google Play rejection email can mean one of four outcomes, and only one of them puts your developer account at risk. Here is how to read it, which declaration to check, and when an appeal is worth sending.
AI Automation vs Zapier: When Off-the-Shelf Tools Stop Being Enough
Zapier bills every action, so the bill grows with orders times steps. This is the volume where that stops being cheap, worked through one five-step order flow.
PHP 8.2 Reaches End of Life in December 2026: What Laravel Site Owners Need to Do
PHP 8.2 stops getting security fixes on 31 December 2026. Laravel 10, 11 and 12 can move to a newer PHP on their own. Laravel 9 can't, and that changes the plan.
12 Business Processes You Can Automate with AI This Quarter (Real Examples)
Twelve business processes a small team can hand to automation, each with its input, its output and the way it tends to go wrong. Two of them don't need AI at all.
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