Another reason I like fillable instead of guarded

The fillable vs guarded debate has been going on for years, and most of the arguments are well-known by now. But here is one you might not have heard before. Using guarded triggers a hidden database query every time you create or update a model.

In this video, I dig into the framework source code to show you exactly where this query comes from, why Laravel needs it, and how fillable avoids it entirely.

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Joel

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