Expert Capstone: Production-Ready Laravel API Platform

This capstone is designed as a production-ready API platform blueprint.

    ## Core modules
    - Auth with Sanctum
    - Role-based permissions
    - CRUD resources
    - Transactions and locking
    - Caching with invalidation
    - Queues with retries + Horizon
    - Logging and health checks
    - Rate limiting and security headers
    
    ## Architecture
    
    ```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      A[Frontend / Mobile] --> B[Laravel API]
      B --> C[(MySQL)]
      B --> D[(Redis Cache + Queue)]
      B --> E[Worker Fleet]
      B --> F[Monitoring]
    ```
    
    ## Practical build order
    1) Auth + policies  
    2) Core CRUD + API resources  
    3) Transactions + locking for critical flows  
    4) Cache and invalidation  
    5) Queue jobs + retries + Horizon  
    6) Logging + health checks  
    7) Deployment strategy  
    
    Completing this project gives you strong confidence to build and maintain Laravel systems at a professional level.