Jeffrey Way

Jeffrey Way, creator of Laracasts and a pivotal figure in the Laravel and PHP education community, shares intriguing insights in this chat. He discusses the pitfalls of social media for parenting, balancing family and technology. Jeffrey also dives into the evolution of Laracasts and the challenges of teaching developer tools like Laravel Mix amidst changing trends. The conversation highlights AI's growing role in education, with Jeffrey emphasizing it as a tool, not a replacement, in enhancing learning.

Jeffrey Way, web development expert, joins Ian & Aaron to discuss the ethics of retweeting compliments, finding the right people to hire, self-promotion dilemmas, and the declining interest in the Olympics. They also touch on B2B vs B2C marketing, challenges in building software, and the value of stay-at-home parents in remote work opportunities.

Jeffrey Way, a Laravel luminary known for his programming tutorials, joins the discussion about Laravel's latest features. They dive into the new fluent helpers in Laravel 11.2 for managing multi-dimensional arrays and improved database queries. Jeffrey shares insights on event sourcing with the Verbs package, and highlights his 2024 PhpStorm setup. The conversation also touches on optimizing PDFs and the Bartender package for user authentication using Laravel Socialite, offering listeners practical tools for enhancing their development process.