The Laravel Podcast

Hiring at Laravel, Laracons & Laravel Lives, and Typesense

Feb 6, 2024

Discussion on the new head of engineering at Laravel and its impact. Excitement for upcoming conferences and events including Laracon EU, US, and India. Introduction to Typesense as an alternative search engine. Building UI first and use of Tailwind CSS. Travel goals of the hosts and upcoming podcast topics.

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Laravel is hiring a head of engineering to scale the development team and manage day-to-day operations, aiming to tackle ambitious projects and handle increasing workload.

Laravel's upcoming conferences and events such as Laraccon EU, Laraccon US, Laraccon India, and Laravel Live UK serve as platforms to make important announcements, introduce new packages, and provide unique networking opportunities.

Deep dives

Building the Dev Team at Laravel

Laravel is looking to scale its development team and is hiring a head of engineering. This role will focus on managing the team, guiding technical decisions, and coordinating sub-teams working on different segments of applications. The head of engineering will also be responsible for formalizing the onboarding process, fielding questions from developers, and managing day-to-day operations to ensure smooth functioning. With the growth of the team, Laravel aims to tackle ambitious projects and requires additional hands to manage the increasing workload.

Introduction

4min

Laravel Conferences and Upcoming Announcements at Laracon EU

12min

Laravel Scout: Searchable eloquent models & Laravel Vapor's early UI

5min

Building UI First, Tailwind CSS, and Travel Goals

4min

Travel Goals, Stopovers, and Anticipating a Delayed Podcast Episode

5min

In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, we talk about the recent announcement of hiring a new head of engineering at Laravel and the impact it will have on the future of Laravel. We also dive into the upcoming conferences and events, including Laracon EU, Laracon US, and Laracon India. Additionally, we talk about Typesense, a potential alternative to Meilisearch and Algolia for self-hosted search functionality.

Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwell
Matt Stauffer’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermatt
Laravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphp
Laravel Website - https://laravel.com/
Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/
VP/Head of Engineering at Laravel - https://frequent-pick-a8d.notion.site/VP-Head-of-Engineering-at-Laravel-149b566a670841f7a74b3e904e261693
Laracon EU - https://laracon.eu/
Laracon US - https://laracon.us/
Laravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/
Laravel 11 - https://laravel.com/docs/master/releases
Laravel Live Denmark -https://laravellive.dk/
Laravel Live UK - https://laravellive.uk/
Laracon India - https://laracon.in/
Caleb Porzio Twitter - https://twitter.com/calebporzio
Livewire: https://laravel-livewire.com/
ThePrimeagen Twitter - https://twitter.com/ThePrimeagen
The Factory - https://www.thefactoryindeepellum.com/
Eric Barnes Twitter - https://twitter.com/ericlbarnes
Joe Dixon Twitter - https://twitter.com/_joedixon
James Brooks - https://twitter.com/jbrooksuk
Freek VAn der Herten Twitter - https://twitter.com/freekmurze?lang=en
Peter Suhm Twitter - https://twitter.com/petersuhm
Michele Hansen Twitter - https://twitter.com/mjwhansen
Laracon AU Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaraconAU
Laravel Scout - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/scout
Typesense - https://typesense.org/
Algolia -https://algolia.com/
Meilisearch - https://www.meilisearch.com/
Elasticsearch - https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch
Laravel Sail - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/sail
Laravel Vapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/
Early Vapor Tweet - https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/1748782542663131442?s=20
Tailwind CSS - https://tailwindcss.com/

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Hiring at Laravel, Laracons & Laravel Lives, and Typesense

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Building the Dev Team at Laravel

Laravel Conferences and Events

Scout Driver Updates in Laravel Vapor

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