"More powerful" means that it has a deeper understanding of builder/collection classes and usually correctly calculates the type in complex cases. We are thinking about adding an option to generate part of the helper code inside the model classes. Do you need it for static analysis?

If you don't see them, please check Settings > Editor > Inlay Hints > Code Vision. There are many other great features!

The position will be configurable, and the default view will be "above"

What do you mean? These inlay hints will allow to go to the route file, and maybe some other actions. Also, we will probably turn off these line indicators by default...

Laravel Idea is written in Kotlin! So, we're just adding more Kotlin to your timeline! ;-)

Nice suggestion. We will try to implement.

Hi. It's possible. Any recommendations? Or just choose the provider?

We are considering something like "Create Form Request From Validation Call". Does it look like what you want?