fix: limit articles shown at homepage to published articles only

This also improves the published_at generation logic for articles
within the ArticleFactory.

database/factories/ArticleFactory.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Database\Factories;
 
 use App\Models\Author;
 use App\Models\Article;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class ArticleFactory extends Factory
             'author_id' => static::$author->id ??= Author::factory()->create()->id,
             'subtitle' => fake()->sentence(),
             'body' => '', // We'll update it after making using the on-Model method
-            'published_at' => fake()->date('Y-m-d H:m:s', now()->addDays(rand(0,20))),
+            'published_at' => $this->generateRandomPublishDate(),
             'header_image_url' => fake()->imageUrl(),
             'markdown_body' => $this->generateMarkdown(),
             'processed_at' => fake()->date('Y-m-d H:m:s'),
@@ -87,4 +88,14 @@ class ArticleFactory extends Factory
 
         return $markdown_result;
     }
+
+    private function generateRandomPublishDate(): Carbon
+    {
+        $isOlder = rand(0,1);
+        if($isOlder) {
+            return now()->subDays(rand(1,800));
+        } else {
+            return now()->addDays(rand(0,50));
+        }
+    }
 }

routes/web.php

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 */
 
 Route::get('/', function () {
-    $articles = Article::latest()->limit(10)->get();
+    $articles = Article::where('published_at', '<', now())->latest()->limit(10)->get();
     return view('guest.home', ['articles' => $articles]);
 });