Roles vs Permissions

It is generally best to code your app around permissions only. That way you can always use the native Laravel @can and can() directives everywhere in your app.

Roles can still be used to group permissions for easy assignment, and you can still use the role-based helper methods if truly necessary. But most app-related logic can usually be best controlled using the can methods, which allows Laravel's Gate layer to do all the heavy lifting.

eg: users have roles, and roles have permissions, and your app always checks for permissions, not roles.