adding a bucket full of packages that I might find useful

src/composer.json

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 {
+    //...
+    "require": {
+        //..
+
+        // Laravel provided stuff
+        "laravel/cashier": "", // fluent interface to Stripe
+        "laravel/horizon": "", // dashboard and configuration for Laravel queues
+        "laravel/telescope": "", // debugging tool from Laravel for Laravel
+
+        "laravel/scout": "", // full-text search to Eloquent models
+        "meilisearch/meilisearch-php": "", // use Meilisearch for Scout funtionality
+        "http-interop/http-factory-guzzle": "", // use Meilisearch for Scout funtionality
+
+        // Roles / Permissions
+        "spatie/laravel-permission": "",
+        "zizaco/entrust": "",
+
+        // SDKs
+        "aws/aws-sdk-php-laravel": "", // interact with S3 or S3-compatible storage
+        "propaganistas/laravel-phone": "", // uses Google's libphonenumber API to (try to) sanely handle phone numbers
+        "vladimir-yuldashev/laravel-queue-rabbitmq": "", // Interface with RabbitMQ servers
+        "grimzy/laravel-mysql-spatial": "", // Adds Geo-spatial column support for MySQL
+        "irazasyed/telegram-bot-sdk": "", // unofficial Telegram Bot API/SDK
+        "torann/geoip": "", // support for multiple GeoIP services
+
+        // Media (image/video/audio) Management
+        "intervention/image": "", // image manipulation
+        "intervention/imagecache": "", // caching for intervention/image
+        "spatie/laravel-medialibrary": "", // manage a small or large amount of media smartly
+        "spatie/laravel-image-optimizer": "", // optimize png, jpg, svg, and gif
+        "unisharp/laravel-filemanager": "", // File manager (including uploads)
+        "pbmedia/laravel-ffmpeg": "", // Integration with FFMpeg
+
+        // Localization
+        "mcamara/laravel-localization": "", // localization that also handles route translations
+        "barryvdh/laravel-translation-manager": "", // self-evident
+
+        // Geo-spatial
+        "brick/geo": "", // GIS geometry library
+        "stevebauman/location": "", // retrieve a user's location by their IP address
+
+        // Websockets
+        "beyondcode/laravel-websockets": "", // use websockets in the same laravel application
+
+        // Helpers/Generators
+        "infyomlabs/laravel-calendar-events": "", // help with handling future dates without having to store records in the database
+        "lab404/laravel-impersonate": "", // Impersonate other users in your application
+        "kitloong/laravel-migrations-generator": "", // create migrations based on your existing database
+        "spatie/laravel-sitemap": "", // generate site maps
+        "artesaos/seotools": "", // automatic SEO tools
+
+        // Others/uncategorized
+        "appstract/laravel-opcache": "", // provides artisan commands to interact with opcache (not sure if site-specific)
+        "brick/math": "", // arbitrary-precision arithmetic library
+        "brick/money": "", // money and currency library
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        //..
+        "itsgoingd/clockwork": "",
+        "phpstan/phpstan": "",
+        "psalm/plugin-laravel": "",
+        "vimeo/psalm": "",
+    },
     //...
     "autoload": {
         //...,