Laravel 11 to 12 / 13 upgrade planning
Laravel 11 is past security support. How to plan a staged Laravel 12 or 13 upgrade without turning a framework bump into an uncontrolled rewrite.
Read note →Short, practical notes for agencies, SaaS owners, and operators dealing with old PHP, WordPress, Laravel, and Linux systems.
Laravel 11 is past security support. How to plan a staged Laravel 12 or 13 upgrade without turning a framework bump into an uncontrolled rewrite.
Read note →An annotated walkthrough of the StackRefit sample audit report — what every section means, why it's there, and how to read the risk register.
Read note →The honest version of the rewrite question. When refactoring is a delusion, when rewriting is a delusion, and how to tell which one you're in.
Read note →Day-by-day plan for the first two weeks after taking on a system you didn't build. Read-only first, write access second, opinions last.
Read note →The system still works. The person who knew it doesn't. A founder's first 30 days when the only developer leaves a revenue system behind.
Read note →MySQL 8.0 moved to Oracle Sustaining Support in April 2026. A checklist for planning a careful MySQL 8.4 LTS migration without surprising production.
Read note →MySQL 5.7 is past EOL. The upgrade isn't only a version bump — collation, JSON behavior, and replication assumptions all shift. A practical checklist.
Read note →Ubuntu 20.04 is out of standard support. A VPS migration checklist for moving legacy PHP, WordPress, Laravel, and MySQL systems to Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04.
Read note →Ubuntu 18.04 is past EOL; 20.04 standard security maintenance ran through May 2025. Plan the OS migration before the apt repos go cold and the kernel CVEs stack up.
Read note →PHP 8.1 is EOL and PHP 8.2 is security-only. A practical checklist for moving revenue-critical PHP, WordPress, Laravel, or custom systems to a supported baseline.
Read note →A sequenced playbook for upgrading PHP on a system you can't take down. Staging parity, smoke tests, gradual rollout, rollback discipline.
Read note →A WooCommerce-focused PHP upgrade checklist for agencies and store owners: checkout, payment gateways, plugins, subscriptions, staging, rollback, and order integrity.
Read note →A practical audit plan for agencies inheriting WordPress or WooCommerce client sites: access, plugins, PHP, hosting, backups, handover gaps, and quoteable next steps.
Read note →What agencies should capture before taking responsibility for an inherited PHP, WordPress, Laravel, or Linux-based client system.
Read note →A compact checklist for teams preparing to deal with unsupported PHP versions without breaking a revenue-critical system.
Read note →A practical field guide to spotting when an old PHP, Laravel, WordPress, or custom web system needs stabilization before it needs a rewrite.
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