Joe Tannenbaum

Joe Tannenbaum, Laravel’s Open Source Engineering Team Lead, shares his unconventional path from acting to web development. He discusses his work on the Laravel VS Code Extension and the exciting features coming in Inertia 2.0, including infinite scrolling and TypeScript support. The conversation dives into the complexities of managing open source projects, team dynamics that foster innovation, and the evolution of PHP. Joe also touches on security challenges in web development and the importance of community collaboration in enhancing open source tools.