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title: 'Use the something_at convention instead of is_something in your table definitions'
tweet_id: '1461703830240776197'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-46
author_username: alexjgarrett
images:
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created_at: 2021-11-19T14:32:04+00:00
slug: use-the-something-at-convention-instead-of-is-something-in-your-table-definitions
---
Using the 'something_at' convention instead of just a boolean in Laravel models gives you visibility into when a flag was changed – like when a product went live.