Joe Dixon

Joe Dixon, Engineering Team Lead at Laravel Cloud, shares his fascinating journey from coding to managing teams. He unveils the challenges of building Laravel Cloud, including billing complexities and handling traffic spikes. With insights on safety mechanisms, he emphasizes the critical role of Cloudflare in DDoS protection. Joe also explores innovative architecture involving gRPC and job queues, and wraps up with a memorable highlight from Laracon featuring an impressive drone demo, showcasing the innovative spirit within the Laravel community.