Originally published at hafiz.dev PHP 8.5 shipped the pipe operator in November, and most Laravel developers shrugged. Why would we care about |> when collect()->filter()->map() has read top-to-bottom for a decade? Chained transformations are a solved problem in Laravel. Then Spatie released Piper last month: a library that ports Laravel's collection and string helpers to standalone functions built specifically for the pipe operator. When the team that maintains 300+ L...