The Laravel Podcast

Exploring the future of PHP, embracing Laravel's impact, and the challenges of delegation in business. Insights from an open-source discussion panel in San Francisco, promoting Laravel over JavaScript, and the importance of community contributions in shaping the PHP ecosystem. Tips on delegating tasks, managing email inboxes, and establishing efficient business systems for growth.

New hires at Laravel, Andre Valentin, Chris Fadao, Mohammed Said, and Alyssa Mazzina, discuss the exciting release of Laravel 11, open-source sustainability, Laravel Herd Pro, and navigating Laravel 11's source code. They delve into the challenges of sustaining open-source projects and share insights on recent updates, new features, and the evolution of Laravel framework perspectives.

(Posted in the middle of Season Six, to take advantage of new features in our podcast hosting platform)

In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, we are diving into the highlights of Laracon EU including the unveiling of Laravel 11 and the introduction of Laravel Reverb. Taylor Otwell shares insights on the streamlined application structure and new features in Laravel 11. We also discuss the launch of Laravel Herd for Windows and Herd Pro, offering power user features for local development, and provide some exciting updates about the upcoming Laracon US.Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellMatt Stauffer’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermattLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/Tighten Website - https://tighten.com/Laracon EU Photo Gallery Tweet - https://x.com/LaraconEU/status/1755957896209113444?s=20Laravel Reverb - https://laravel.com/docs/master/reverbLaravel 11 - https://laravel.com/docs/master/releasesThiery Laverdure's Project - https://github.com/tlaverdure/laravel-echo-serverPusher - https://pusher.com/Ably - https://ably.com/Laravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/Adam Wathan Twitter - https://twitter.com/adamwathanJess Archer Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessarchercodesLuke Twitter Downing Twitter - https://twitter.com/lukedowning19Daniel Coulbourne Twitter - https://twitter.com/DCoulbourneJoe Dixon Twitter - https://twitter.com/_joedixonPhilo Hermans Twitter - https://twitter.com/Philo01?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorLaracon US - https://laracon.us/Laracon CFP Talk Submission Form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlyTDvqeKNB3r-wVNmDBlE23oHKEL4m8lzL5nci0YPH_5WYA/viewform-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.

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.

The hosts of the Laravel Podcast share their experience meeting Rasmus, the founder of PHP, and discuss the evolution of PHP. They introduce Frank and PHP, a tool for simplifying PHP applications. They talk about API platforms, the worldwide meetup relaunch, and the Laravel Cashier quickstart docs. They discuss the evolution of billing platforms and the challenges of managing billing with Laravel tools Cashier and Spark. They also discuss the 'strict mode' feature in Laravel's eloquent and share their recent music discoveries and recommendations.

Entrepreneur and Laravel creator, Taylor Otwell, shares insights on product ideation, audience building, and balancing perfection in software development. Topics include SaaS revenue, creating products to solve personal needs, recurring billing strategies, and the importance of setting project completion criteria. The discussion also touches on individual coding habits and movie preferences.

Taylor, Creator of Laravel and Laravel Pulse, discusses the origins and functionality of Laravel Pulse, as well as Laravel first party packages. The conversation also delves into the future of Laravel and strategies for injecting innovation into the ecosystem.

The podcast discusses preferred tech stacks for new Laravel apps, text editors and fonts for coding, color schemes and packages, third-party services in Laravel tech stack, and setting up local environments and creating cedars.

Taylor Otwell, Founder of Laravel, discusses a typical day at Laravel, remote team management, productivity secrets, regrets, and marriage. The hosts also explore the Ultimate Universe, balancing involvement in day-to-day operations with delegating responsibilities, the success of Laravel, trusting your gut, and the value of attending in-person Laravel conferences.