What Webplo is, and how it works
Webplo is the operating business of Krodox Holdings. It builds, hosts and maintains websites for local businesses — the restaurant, the clinic, the studio, the trades company. This…
Writing
Notes on the software we build and the tools we build it with.
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Alpine.js is usually enough
Most marketing and content sites need three things from JavaScript: something that opens, something that closes, and something that remembers a preference. That is not a framework'…
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Livewire 4: single-file components, islands, and the migration tax
Livewire 4 is the biggest change to the library since v3, and unlike Laravel 13 it is not a quiet upgrade. There is genuinely new capability here, and a migration list long enough…
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Upgrading to Statamic 6: what actually breaks
Statamic 6 requires PHP 8.3 and Laravel 12 or 13. We upgraded this site from Statamic 5 recently, and this is what the process actually involved rather than what the changelog prom…
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What Laravel 13 changes, and what it costs to get there
Laravel 13 landed on 17 March 2026. It requires PHP 8.3 and supports up to 8.5, receives bug fixes into Q3 2027 and security fixes until March 2028. The headline is unusual for a m…
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Sponsoring the Miami Soccer Lay Kids Academy
Since October 2025, Krodox Holdings has sponsored the Miami Soccer Lay Kids Academy through Webplo. The sponsorship covers kit and gear for the squads, and Webplo built and hosts t…
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PHP 8.5 released
PHP 8.5 arrived on 20 November 2025. Where PHP 8.4 was mostly about removing boilerplate around properties, 8.5 is about expressions: chaining them, cloning them, and catching the…
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Tailwindcss 4 Released
Last night in Miami, the launch of Tailwind CSS 4 brought together developers, designers, and tech enthusiasts from across the globe for an electrifying event. The atmosphere buzze…
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PHP 8.4 released
PHP 8.4 is the version most Laravel applications are running today, and it is the one that finally removed a great deal of getter-and-setter boilerplate from PHP. Here are the feat…
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Understanding the Difference Between Repository and Service in Laravel
In Laravel, the concepts of "Repository" and "Service" are often used to organize code in a way that promotes separation of concerns and clean architecture. This article will walk…
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Actions vs Repositories in Laravel
In Laravel, there are different approaches to organizing code when interacting with models and business logic. Two common patterns are Actions and Repositories. Here’s a breakdown…
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You May Not Need a Database. Use Statamic.
Statamic is a powerful and flexible Content Management System (CMS) designed to simplify the process of building and managing websites. One of the most unique aspects of Statamic i…