Laravel releases, Laracon Online, and soft edges

Jake and Michael return for 2018 and catch up on several framework releases from the break, discuss the upcoming Laracon Online, and community projects from Chris Fidao and Steve Schoger.

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• Laravel 5.5.23 released
  • Collection::firstWhere()
• Laravel 5.5.25 released
  • Added support for Flysystem caching (Caching example from Jason Varga)
  • Added support for year data type
  • Added support for setting Whoops debug editor
    • Open files in an editor
• Laravel 5.5.27 released
  • Support passing collections to Collection::except (5.5.26)
  • Made Command class macroable (5.5.26)
  • Allow chaining of Request::merge() calls (5.5.27)
  • Performance improvements of Model::getTable() reverted (5.5.27)
• Laravel 5.5.28 released
  • Added AnonymousNotifiable::notifyNow() method
  • Added EventFake::assertDispatchedTimes() method
• Chrome 63 now forces .dev domains to HTTPS
• Laracon Online
• Bootstrap 4 final beta released
• Bootstrap 4 Laravel preset for Laravel 5.5
• Free Video Course: Scaling your Laravel applications on Forge
• Scaling Forge
• Introducing Heroicons UI - be notified when more icons are added
• Disneyland Adventures