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Hey there, March has been a focused month for us. Most of our energy went into preparing Backpack v7 for release, and we’re nearly there. Still, there’s plenty to share — so here’s what we’ve been up to. Maintenance Backpack v6 ha...
3 weeks ago
Wow, another month - February truly is a short one, isn't it?! This month we've still focused on the next version of Backpack... but we've also spent quite a bit of time maintaining and improving the current version. Let's get int...
1 month ago
First month of 2025 has already come and gone - wow! We're working on a few big things, that haven't seen the light of day yet, so... w...
2 months ago
This was a slower month at Backpack HQ. We had burned out our tires last month with the Black Friday rush and security fixes, so it was...
3 months ago
Another busy month at Backpack HQ. This month was dominated by a security issue, our Black Friday promo and our work on Backpack v7. Le...
4 months ago
Are you on the fence on buying Backpack? Have you wanted to upgrade to a bigger plan... but it was too expensive for you? We've got GRE...
We have great news! But first, context: last month we launched our experimental AI in our docs. If you have purchased any premium Backp...
5 months ago
New month, new things to share! Hold onto your seats... this one has some very juicy announcements - new features, new add-ons, new bug...
Another month of progress here, at Backpack HQ. Most of the things we've been working on are under-the-hood, since our current goal is...
6 months ago
Another good month of progress here at Backpack HQ, despite the summer holidays and all. Again, our current goal is to solidify the cur...
7 months ago
Another good month of progress here at Backpack HQ. Our current goal is to solidify the current version. We're doing that by improving...
8 months ago
Another full month here at Backpack. Let's dig into it: Maintenance This month, Pedro has been working hard on Uploaders, which has an...
9 months ago
As I mentioned in my previous article, we're celebrating Backpack turning 8 years old... with a BANG! If you've been with us for a whil...
10 months ago
Another full month here at Backpack. Both Jorge and Antonio have been missing this month, but that doesn't mean we don't have anything...
Another full month here at Backpack. Let's dig into it: Support It's been a busy month for Jorge and Karan, but they've handled it like...
11 months ago
Another good month here at Backpack. Let's dig into it: Maintenance Pedro has been on 🔥 yet another month: All our packages now suppo...
1 year ago
2024 has started strong, and February proves it. Many new users this month, so a lot more issues came in, but Jorge and Karan have done...
Happy new year, everyone! This is our first report of 2024, and we can clearly say... this year has started at full speed. A lot more i...
Ho ho ho! 🎅 Hope you enjoyed your holidays, if you celebrate them! Most of us here do, so it's been an "light" month for tea...
We've been hard at work this month, fixing and polishing - our software, our processes and our services offering. Here's what's new, fr...
'Tis the season to be jolly! Wait, it's not Christmas yet. 👀 'Tis the season to be buying! That's more like it. If you've been with us...
Happy to report that we've launched two new features this month. Both features make it dead-simple to do stuff that is more complex, bu...
This will be a short one. Not because we haven't done much - we have, but because we've been more focused on actually finishing things....
Hey there! Context for those who don't know... we also offer web development and UX/UI services. Most of our clients are CTOs and found...
Do you have an audience that is interested in Laravel and/or admin panels? Then we're a great match, let's do business together! We'll...
We have great news if you have friends... who are still not using Backpack. You can now refer people to Backpack and get rewarded for i...
As we build features for ourselves and our clients, we try to release them to you too. Either as features in our existing products, or...
This was a very productive month for us. We've not only fixed bugs in our newest software, but we've also streamlined our support syste...
As part of Backpack v6, we've invented a new way of loading assets in Laravel. And we've done that as an open-source package - one that...
This was a crazy month for us. After having launched Backpack v6 at the beginning of the month (😱), we had a bit of calm... before the...
It's been a few weeks already since Backpack v6 has been not only launched, but the default version everybody uses. In the past 3 weeks...
We're happy to announce our Tabler theme is finally out of beta 🎉 We've been working with Tabler for a long time, and it is spectacula...
We have EXCELLENT news. Thanks to an all-team-effort for the past month, we are very happy with the state of Backpack v6 - our latest a...
This month our entire team has been working on Backpack v6. And for the first time ever... it felt like we were moving at incredible sp...
This was a stressful month for the Backpack team. We've been polishing the last big things we had to merge into v6, finding and fixing...
This was another good month for the Backpack team. We’ve been steadily working towards a stable v6, that you’ll be able to try pretty s...
We don't mean to brag... but March has been very good to us 😀 Work on Backpack v6 has been going very very well, so we have a lot to u...
2 years ago
We've been firing on all cylinders in February. We're working on two HUGE features that we will be launching next month in Backpack v5....
We've started this new year in full force. Not only have we been working on the next iteration of Backpack (which you'll have access to...
Did you know Backpack is partly "Made in Portugal"? Yes, that's were two of our team members live - Pedro and Antonio. So we...
It's been a crazy month here at Backpack. We've been working in more areas than ever (v5, v6, marketing, design, legal) but I won't bor...
It's been a busy month here at Backpack. We've started working on Backpack v6, organized a Black Friday AND managed to start and finish...
We’re celebrating Black Week, Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year with a HUGE discount: The first 100 people that use the BLACKFRID...
Since our last progress report, our team has put the final touches on quite a few difficult features. These have been multi-month effor...
Since our last progress report, on Aug 19th, our focus has been on improving overall Developer Experience and fixing papercuts. We've b...
Our last progress report was on July 19th, and our team has done A LOT since then. Maintenance 9 new patch releases for Backpack CRUD...
This will be a short one - since not everything we've been working on this month has also been launched. And we don't want to bother yo...
We regularly conduct private security audits of our software. Unlike most times, in March 2022 we’ve discovered a security issue that m...
If you haven't read our May 2022 Progress Report... we have BIG news for you. In fact it's so big, that it made us bump the version fro...
👏Clap your hands if you’ve seen our new Backpack logo 👏 We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. We do have big plans for this y...
Quite a few new features to announce here. I'm so happy we've started writing these monthly reports for you. They've really helped us f...
We have big BIG plans this year. In order to get those plans done… we need more people to join our team. Why? Because this year, we ha...
Good news! Now that Backpack v5 is launched, polished and stable, we can dedicate more time to finer details. To gradually improve ever...
For the past 8 months we've been working on a new version and now... we've finally launched it. We call it 🥁🥁🥁... Backpack v5. But f...
3 years ago
If you're been waiting for a discount to purchase Backpack - this is your moment 😀 We've decided to join the Laravel trend again this...
We're pleased to announce that we have added four new options to purchase Backpack, to fix some common worries and misconceptions when...
We’ve saved you hours, days or weeks when coding admin panels. Now let’s save you time when planning and designing admin panels. Think...
You know how every time you add a new entity to your project, you probably create a Migration, Model, CRUD, and maybe even a Seeder and...
Today, it hit us. We found out that... we've recently surpassed 1 million unique downloads... and we were... blown away. We wanted to...
Have you ever copy-pasted custom code, from one admin panel to another? It didn't feel right, did it? You knew there's a better way to...
4 years ago
This is the first security post we have to write, in the 5 years since we've been running Backpack. We're trying to be as direct and tr...
Hey there, It’s been more than 6 months since our last newsletter. As promised, we try not to bother you unless we have a lot to say. A...
Starting with November 1st 2020, we are bound by local & EU law to add 19% Value Added Tax to our invoices, in a few select cases....
We're happy to announce that starting today, we've added more ways for you to pay for your Backpack for Laravel license. Thanks to a ne...
Good news everyone! The new free upgrade to Backpack 4.0 is right around the corner. And I have to say... it is so so cool. I've never...
5 years ago
Laravel 5.8 has been launched on Feb 26th 2019. It provides a few new features, but what we find most important is the upgrade to Carbo...
6 years ago
3 months ago you told us what your biggest wishes are for Backpack improvements. I’m proud to say in August we've finished 2 of your to...
We have this habit of sending an email every month to our users, detailing what's happened in Backpack in the past month. It keep us ac...
If you’ve been dying to go to Laracon US 2018 and don’t have a ticket yet, well... it has been sold out for a while now. But we have go...
Starting today, we're using a bunch of Github Probots, to help with issue & PR management. Here's a list of all the the features we...
7 years ago
If you haven't had time to go through all Backpack features yet, we've just launched something you might like: a free 5-day email cours...
After a lot of work, Backpack\CRUD has finally reached the 3.3 milestone. There have been A LOT of changes, but we've managed to keep i...
After a lot of consideration, I’ve decided that instead of asking for donations, we should charge a small fee for commercial use. This...
8 years ago
