finished the upgrade to filament 4. completely revamped the frontend with codex, now it looks great!

app/Http/Middleware/HandleInertiaRequests.php

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
+use App\Settings\GeneralSettings;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Inertia\Middleware;
-use App\Models\Setting;
 
 class HandleInertiaRequests extends Middleware
 {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class HandleInertiaRequests extends Middleware
     /**
      * Determine the current asset version.
      */
-    public function version(Request $request): string|null
+    public function version(Request $request): ?string
     {
         return parent::version($request);
     }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class HandleInertiaRequests extends Middleware
                 'user' => $request->user(),
             ],
             'locale' => app()->getLocale(),
-            'settings' => Setting::all()->pluck('value', 'key'),
+            'settings' => app(GeneralSettings::class)->toArray(),
             'translations' => function () use ($request) {
                 $currentLocale = app()->getLocale(); // Store current locale
                 $requestedLocale = $request->input('locale', $currentLocale);
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class HandleInertiaRequests extends Middleware
                 ];
 
                 app()->setLocale($currentLocale); // Revert to original locale
+
                 return $lang;
             },
         ];