I am relatively new to Laravel and my project is expanding, I need to separate it into different packages to have a structure similar to that of django's apps.

I created a package to be responsible for data such as repositories, models and interfaces so that I can re-use them in the other packages such as an API package and admin package.

Should I be autoloading my models and repository classes or should I reference them explicitly when needed from another class in another package through the namespace ?

Is there a guide or resource that explains the best practices and steps to take when implementing such a structure for an application ?

Thanks!