Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Using Cloudflare's D1 database with Laravel turns out to be incredibly easy... and opens the door to a lot of interesting use cases.

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Cloudflare's developer week: https://cfl.re/3TShTmo
The L1 package: github.com/renoki-co/l1
My very good website: aaronfrancis.com
Our very good podcast: mostlytechnical.com

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro to Website Setup
00:10 - Using SQLite and Git for Deployment
00:27 - Cloudflare for Static Site Speeds
01:01 - Deploying with Cloudflare API
01:56 - Cloudflare Reaches Out About D1 Database
02:27 - Introduction to Cloudflare D1
02:55 - Laravel Speedrun with D1
03:35 - Setting Up D1 with Laravel
04:32 - Running Migrations on D1
05:00 - Accessing Data from Cloudflare Workers
05:52 - Use Cases for Laravel and Cloudflare Workers
06:35 - Insights: Tracking Database Queries
07:00 - Time Travel with Cloudflare D1