Remove EncodeUTF8 infavour of using attribute casting only. The implementation of EncodeUTF8 was not correct, essentially removing any previous casting causing issues when saving a record.

app/Models/Domain.php

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
-use App\Casts\CompressedString;
+use App\Casts\CompressedStringOrNull;
 use App\Traits\{QueryCacheableConfig,ScopeActive};
 
 class Domain extends Model
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Domain extends Model
 	private const STATS_MONTHS = 6;
 
 	protected $casts = [
-		'homepage' => CompressedString::class,
+		'homepage' => CompressedStringOrNull::class,
 	];
 
 	/* SCOPES */