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Tutorials, tips, and updates on building forms with Laravel and Filament.

Insights

The Quiet Cost of Rebuilding Forms on Every Project

Every Laravel agency I know has built 'the form thing' four times. Same admin table, same submissions viewer, same notifications. Here's the math on what that actually costs.

Use Cases

Waitlist Forms That Build Anticipation (and Tell You Who's Serious)

A 1,000-signup waitlist with 5% conversion is mostly noise. One extra question sorts the serious 50 from the curious 950. Here's the field.

Tutorials

Signature Fields in Laravel Forms: When You Need a Real Signature, Not a Checkbox

Checkbox-as-signature doesn't fly for NDAs, waivers, or parental consent. DocuSign is $40/user. Here's how the signature field in FilaForms works — and when it's enough.

Integrations

HubSpot + Laravel Forms: Sending Leads Where Sales Lives

Demo form fills out. Sales lives in HubSpot. Closing the gap with the HubSpot API and a queued listener — and the API choice that determines half the work.

Use Cases

NPS Surveys in Laravel: A 90-Second Form That Captures the Right Thing

Delighted starts at $224/month. For most teams, that's overkill for one number and a follow-up question. Here's the NPS form template that gets filled.

Integrations

Airtable for Form Submissions: Two-Way Sync with Laravel

Most form integrations are one-way. This one runs both directions — submissions to Airtable, status changes back. The full loop in a Laravel app.

Tutorials

Using AI to Classify Form Submissions in Laravel

Your support form gets 100 messages a week. Two are urgent. The 98 "how do I reset my password" messages bury them. Here's a Laravel listener that classifies submissions in under a second — and what it costs.

Comparisons

FilaForms vs Google Forms for Laravel Teams

Google Forms is free and fast — until you need it on your domain, behind your auth, with your data in your DB. The honest comparison for Laravel teams.

Use Cases

Job Application Forms in Laravel: Resumes, Cover Letters, and ATS-Friendly Exports

Greenhouse runs low five figures a year. For a 30-person company hiring four roles, that's thousands per hire. Here's the Laravel form that replaces it.

Integrations

Send Form Submissions to Discord (For When Slack Is Overkill)

For solo devs and small teams, Slack pricing isn't worth it just to know someone signed up. Discord's free webhook does the job — here's the listener.

Tutorials

Accessibility for Laravel Forms: WCAG 2.2 in Practice

Procurement just asked if your form is WCAG 2.2 AA. Here's the practical checklist — what's automatic, what needs care, and where most Laravel forms quietly fail.

Use Cases

Event Registration Forms in Laravel: From RSVP to Stripe Checkout

Eventbrite takes $253 on a $20 workshop with 100 seats. Here's a Laravel registration form that handles RSVP, payment, capacity, and confirmations instead.

Integrations

Notion as a CRM for Form Submissions: A Laravel Workflow

Sales lives in Notion. Submissions live in MySQL. Bridging the two without paying Zapier — a queued listener, the Notion API, and one mapping table.

Insights

What I've Learned Shipping FilaForms (90 Days In)

Ninety days ago I shipped FilaForms. Here's what's worked, what hasn't, the number I underestimated, and the launch tactic I'd skip if I did it again.

Tutorials

GDPR-Compliant Forms in Laravel: A Practical Checklist

GDPR compliance isn't a feature you buy — it's a set of habits. Here's the checklist we follow when building forms that collect data from EU users.