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title: 'This won''t fit into one tweet but there''s so much cool stuff you can do with Eloquent'
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author_username: samuelstancl
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created_at: 2020-09-21T20:00:49+00:00
slug: this-wont-fit-into-one-tweet-but-theres-so-much-cool-stuff-you-can-do-with-eloquent
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You DON'T have to go raw SQL when you hit a performance issue with Eloquent. There's so many "secret" techniques.

Example: You can create scopes to add specific selects to your queries.