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+Laravel Cloud was an attempt to build a "Forge Pro" for applications that needed more robust load balancing and scaling features.
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+This was eventually replaced by Laravel Vapor; however, I am open sourcing the code for review purposes since it is the only significant Laravel application I have written that I am able to open source.
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+Again, this code is only for review. This code may not be used or deployed for any purpose without my consent.