What caching strategies are commonly used in Laravel applications, and how does the Cache facade simplify working with different cache backends?

Laravel provides a unified Cache facade that lets you store, retrieve, and manage cached data using a consistent, simple syntax regardless of which underlying cache driver, such as file, Redis, or Memcached, is actually configured, along with convenient helper methods like remember, which automatically retrieves a cached value or computes and stores it if not already cached, significantly simplifying common caching patterns compared to manually checking and setting cache values yourself.

$products = Cache::remember('top_products', 3600, function () {
    return Product::orderBy('sales', 'desc')->take(10)->get();
});