Introduction Most Docker setups for Laravel applications are… fine. They work locally, they run php artisan serve , and that’s about it. But when you start building real-world Laravel & Filament applications used in production, those setups quickly become a liability: slow builds bloated images security issues poor separation between development and production I’ve personally run into these issues multiple times before refining this setup. 👉 This article focuses on the core ideas and architecture. The full production-ready implementation (with complete Dockerfile, edge cases and CI/CD integration) is available on Filament Mastery . What This Article Covers In this article, I’ll walk through the key concepts behind a Docker setup I use in production for Laravel & Filament projects.…