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Ian and Aaron are joined by Taylor Otwell to discuss the Mostly Technical Party at Laracon, what exactly Taylor does on a day-to-day basis, how they all use AI, and so much more.Sponsored by Bento, WorkOS, Native PHP for Mobile, and Laracon US 2025Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Revenge of the Sith (09:18) - The Big Announcement (12:00) - Laracon US (14:57) - Taylor's Day-to-Day (21:57) - Forge Updates (28:00) - Starter Kits & WorkOS (36:35) - Using AI (55:11) - You Still Need Good Ideas (01:05:28) - Tina Fey & Amy Poehler (01:10:48) - Aaron's Climbing Wall Links:Mostly Technical Laracon Pre-Party! sponsored by DiagonalRevenge of the Sith re-releaseAndor Season 2KamalJason McCreary on TwitterYAGNIAaron's ChatGPT sidebarAaron's video about AIOpenAI's CodexTina Fey & Amy Poehler on tourAaron's tweet about his climbing wall
Taylor Otwell is the creator of the Laravel framework. Taylor has created numerous paid products that have generated millions, such as:Laravel Forge (server provisioning/management)Laravel Vapor (serverless Laravel hosting with AWS)Laravel Envoyer (zero downtime PHP deployments)Laravel Nova (Laravel admin panel)In this interview, Taylor shares why he is now building Laravel Cloud - an infrastructure platform for Laravel apps and why Laravel Cloud needed VC funding.We also cover:The different challenges of bootstrapped and VC funded startupsHow the Laravel ecosystem became so entrepreneurial Building products for the average joe developerThe role of taste and craft in developer toolsWhat Taylor and Adam Wathan learned from each other Fear and Taylor's comparison with Alex Honnold This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs. Links: Laravel Taylor Otwell Laravel Cloud Open jobs at Laravel Adam Wathan Chapters:00:00 The Journey of Laravel's Creator02:48 Transitioning from Bootstrap to VC Funding06:10 Building Laravel Cloud: A New Challenge09:04 The Shift in Company Structure and Culture11:50 Maintaining Quality and Usability in Development15:09 Community Impact and Collaboration17:56 Craftsmanship and Design Philosophy20:45 Navigating Growth and Market Needs23:54 Advice for Aspiring DevTool Founders26:48 Future Directions and Innovations in LaravelThank you to Michael Grinich for making this happen. Thank you to Ostap Brehin for introducing me to Laravel. Thank you to Hank Taylor for helping me prep.
In this episode of the Laravel podcast, host Matt Stauffer is joined by Taylor Otwell and Jess Archer at Laracon Australia to discuss the new Laravel Nightwatch product and answer listener questions about the Nightwatch announcement. They dive into the development timeline, team dynamics, and the integration of Nightwatch with existing Laravel tools like Pulse, Horizon, and Telescope. The conversation also covers the tech stack used for Nightwatch, the challenges faced during development, and future integrations and features planned for the product.Taylor Otwell's Twitter Matt Stauffer's TwitterJess Archer's Twitter Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Nightwatch Announcement Video from Laracon AUJess Archer's Talk at Laracon US ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, hosts Matt Stauffer and Taylor Otwell explore the latest updates in the Laravel ecosystem, highlighting new features, tools, and enhancements designed to improve the developer experience. They cover the introduction of php.new for simplified PHP installation, a new composer script for easier app setup, and the beta release of Inertia.js V2. The discussion also includes upcoming features in Laravel Cloud and the ongoing debate between popular development tools like Sublime Text and VS Code. Additionally, Taylor shares his process for writing documentation for Laravel. Taylor Otwell's TwitterMatt Stauffer's TwitterLaravel TwitterLaravel Website Tighten WebsiteInertia V2 Website----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Taylor Otwell, the creator of Laravel. Taylor shares insights on his journey from creating Laravel in his free time to building a strong community and user base. He discusses Laravel's growth, including the major features and tools that were developed over the years. Taylor also shares his outlook on the PHP ecosystem, productivity tips, and plans for Laravel Cloud, a new deployment platform for PHP and Laravel applications. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:29 Laracon 03:13 Laravel's inspiration and features Intertia Livewire 07:18 Why don't we have a “Laravel for JavaScript”? 09:02 What parts of Laravel came first? 10:07 The Laravel ecosystem Forge Vapor 12:29 Laravel Cloud 14:00 What parts of Laravel are Intertia and what parts are React? 15:57 How many people are using Laravel? 16:59 Taylor's productivity and development philosophy 24:43 Brought to you by Sentry.io 25:19 What makes a beautiful API? 29:33 Taylor's thoughts on typing PHP 30:41 Features Taylor would like to see in PHP 33:03 What people get wrong about modern PHP 34:22 PHP stacks and CMSs Nginx FrankenPHP Statamic 37:30 Taylor's thoughts on WordPress 38:14 Lambo memes 43:44 Taylor's coding setup Sublime Text Vs Code 45:36 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Taylor: Tiny Glade No Man's Sky Shameless Plugs Taylor: Laravel Cloud Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads
Scott Chacon writes up his insider take on GitHub's success, Sentry wants other companies to take the Open Source Pledge, Benj Edwards used AI to reproduce his late father's handwriting, Dave Kiss explains the current hype that PHP is getting & Taylor Otwell raises $57 million series A from Accel.
Scott Chacon writes up his insider take on GitHub's success, Sentry wants other companies to take the Open Source Pledge, Benj Edwards used AI to reproduce his late father's handwriting, Dave Kiss explains the current hype that PHP is getting & Taylor Otwell raises $57 million series A from Accel.
Scott Chacon writes up his insider take on GitHub's success, Sentry wants other companies to take the Open Source Pledge, Benj Edwards used AI to reproduce his late father's handwriting, Dave Kiss explains the current hype that PHP is getting & Taylor Otwell raises $57 million series A from Accel.
In this episode of the Laravel podcast, we address some listener-submitted questions regarding the recent investment in Laravel and the announcement of Laravel Cloud. We explore the motivation behind Taylor taking investment, the goals of Accel, and what the future holds for Laravel and its ecosystem. Plus, we cover the future of Laravel Forge and give you a glimpse of what migrating your projects from Forge to Laravel Cloud might look like.Taylor Otwell's Twitter Matt Stauffer's TwitterLaravel TwitterLaravel WebsiteTighten WebsiteSpecial Announcement - Accel invests $57M into Laravel Products & Open-Source Framework VideoLive Q&A re: $57M fundraise, Laravel Cloud, & the future of LaravelPodcast Suggestions Laravel Cloud-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
Links from the show:Exclusive: Laravel, an open source startup in Arkansas founded by Taylor Otwell, raises $57 million Series A from Accel | FortuneWhat's the big Idea? PHPStorm for Vim Users | php[architect]PHP[TEK] 2025 - May 20th to 22nd, 2025 PHP[TEK] 2025 PHP Projects: Pinkary | php[architect]GitHub - symfony/mailer: Helps sending emailsWorking on Sparkle - YouTubeBuggregator - The Ultimate Debugging Server for PHPTJ Miller - YouTubetime.fyi - timezonesThis episode of PHPUgly was sponsored by:Honeybadger.ioBuilt for Developers. Monitoring doesn't have to be so complicated. That's why we built the monitoring tool we always wanted: a tool that's there when you need it, and gets out of your. Everything you need to keep production happy so that you can keep shipping. Deploy with confidence and be your team's DevOps hero.https://www.honeybadger.io/php[architect]php[architect] magazine is the only technical journal dedicated exclusively to the world of PHP. We are committed to spreading knowledge of best practices in PHP. With that purpose, the brand has expanded into producing a full line of books, hosting online and in-person web training, as well as organizing multiple conferences per year.https://www.phparch.comPHPUgly streams the recording of this podcast live. Typically every Thursday. Come and join us, and subscribe to our Youtube Channel, Twitch, or Twitter. Also, be sure to check out our Patreon Page.Twitter Account https://twitter.com/phpuglyMastodon Account https://phparch.social/@phpuglyHost:Eric Van Johnson | Mastodon: @eric@phpartch.socialJohn Congdon | Mastodon: @john@phpartch.socialStreams:Youtube ChannelTwitchPowered by RestreamPatreon PagePHPUgly Anthem by Harry Mack / Harry Mack Youtube ChannelThanks to all of our Patreon Sponsors:***** PATREON SUPPORTS SPONSOR LEVEL **Honeybadger (https://honeybader.io)** Patreon Supports **ButteryCrumpetGregory BAnkush TFrank WDavid QRyan CShawnJesse RKen FTony LMarcusNo_WizardJeff KShelby CYasha NStuart FRodrigo CBillySyntaxSeedDarryl HCraig MKnut BDmitri GElgimboMikePageDevBlaž OKenrick BincredimikeKalen JMaciej PPeter AHolly SLuciano NClayton SRonny NBen RAlex BKevin YEnno RWaynet_var_sJeroen FAndy HSeviChris CTristan ISteve MRobert SEmily JJoe FAndrew WulrikJohn CEric MLaravel MEd GJackson WlilHermitChampJeffrey DChris BTore BJasonBek JDonald GPaul KRonny NDustin UMel SSeba RCoriNathan PLincoln M
Jake and Michael discuss all the latest Laravel releases, tutorials, and happenings in the community.This episode is sponsored by Sentry - code breaks, fix it faster. Don't just observe, take action today!Show linksAsset Prefetching Strategies with Vite in Laravel 11.21 The Laracon US 2024 Keynote by Taylor Otwell is Now Available Highlights from Taylor Otwell's Laracon US Keynote 2024 Introducing Laravel CloudEverything We Know about Pest 3 Introducing Pest 3.0 - Laracon USLCS #5 - Patricio: Mingle JS, PHP WASM, VoxPop Andrew Schmelyun: Publishing Video Courses, Virtual and Physical Worlds, LLM'sLaravel Developer SurveyLightweight Spreadsheets for Laravel Generate Entity-Relationship Diagrams with Laravel How to Build Your First PHP Package Laravel Model Tips Get your early bird tickets for Laracon AU
In this episode, recorded live at Laracon US, we talk about the current moment we're seeing in the Laravel world, reflecting on Laravel's evolution and where it stands today. We also dedicate time to answering your questions from Laracon US, mainly about Laravel Cloud, bringing insights directly from the heart of the Laravel community.Taylor Otwell's Twitter Matt Stauffer's TwitterLaravel TwitterLaravel WebsiteTighten WebsitePodcast Suggestions Laravel Cloud-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
After a short break, we're back and the countdown to Laracon US is on! Join us as we discuss the upcoming Laracon US and the journey from local meetups to bigger Laravel events. We also explore the future of Nova and Filament, two key admin panel tools in the Laravel ecosystem. Plus, we're answering more of your questions! We cover open-source projects by the Laravel team, coding styles within the Laravel community, the use of Livewire and Alpine for front-end development, testing practices, PWA support in Laravel, and database query optimization.Taylor Otwell's Twitter Matt Stauffer's TwitterLaravel TwitterLaravel WebsiteTighten WebsitePodcast Suggestions Built with Laravel-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this episode, we dive into listener-generated questions. Join us as we cover a wide range of topics, from hangups in new Laravel apps and best practices for bigger apps, to the impact of AI tools on our workflows. We'll discuss common mistakes when building your first Laravel application, tips for documenting APIs, Laravel's transformative impact on business, and what Inertia needs to become feature complete.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/Podcast Suggestions - https://suggest.gg/laravelpodcast/ideasMatt's talk on JSON:API: https://youtu.be/C01dvypo4O4?si=BDZKfz-bxeZK3AzvSpatie Query Package: https://github.com/spatie/laravel-query-builderBusiness of Laravel Podcast: https://businessoflaravel.com/-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this episode of the Laravel podcast, Matt and Taylor explore a variety of topics, including ones suggested by listeners! Taylor shares insights from his recent trip to San Francisco, where he participated in an open-source discussion panel hosted by the venture capital firm, Accel. They also discuss the current state of PHP, how it is perceived by other programmers, and what the Laravel community can do to keep PHP relevant and attractive. Additionally, they dive into the challenges and benefits of delegation in business, offering tips on delegating tasks, managing email inboxes, and the importance of creating systems that can operate without constant oversight.Taylor Otwell's Twitter - @taylorotwellMatt Stauffer's Twitter - @stauffermattLaravel Twitter - @laravelphpLaravel Website - Laravel - The PHP Framework For Web ArtisansTighten Website -Tighten | Software Development for Web + Mobile | Laravel + Vue.jsPodcast Suggestions - https://suggest.gg/laravelpodcast/ideasAccel Twitter - https://twitter.com/AccelOnramp to Laravel - onramp.devShawn Blanc Twitter - https://x.com/shawnblanc?lang=enThe E-Myth Revisited Book - https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
Ian and Aaron are joined this week by Taylor Otwell, founder & CEO of Laravel, to discuss the Laravel vs. JS Twitter wars, new stuff coming down the road from Laravel, writing off Lambos (just kidding), and more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Living In Peace Time (11:13) - The Last Big PHP Framework (22:20) - Best Way To Get Started (31:35) - New Stuff from Laravel (40:53) - I Love A New Laravel Product! (43:04) - New Hires (47:41) - Growing Laravel (54:56) - Just Make It Up! (01:02:35) - Laracon US Update (01:06:14) - Real Time Tracking (01:08:10) - Lambo Write Off (01:11:36) - I'm The Tastemaker Links:Taylor Otwell on TwitterLaracon US 2024
In our very first episode, Matt had the pleasure of speaking with Ian Landsman, affectionately known as the 'Godfather of Laravel,' where they discussed his long history with Laravel and his business journey. Ian shared insights into his primary venture, UserScape, and its flagship product, HelpSpot, a help desk application he started 20 years ago. They also talked about taking a bet on Taylor and Laravel early on, bootstrapped startups, and more!Matt Stauffer Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermattIan Landsman Twitter - https://twitter.com/ianlandsmanTighten Website - https://tighten.com/HelpSpot - https://www.helpspot.com/UserScape - https://userscape.com/LaraJobs - https://larajobs.com/The SaaS Playbook - https://saasplaybook.com/The Startups For the Rest of Us Podcast (Rob Walling) - https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/Gail Goodman's Talk - https://businessofsoftware.org/talk/how-to-negotiate-the-long-slow-saas-ramp-of-death/-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence join us to talk about whether "full stack" is a term worth using in 2024, how Laravel differs from Rails, why there isn't a real JavaScript community, what Taylor would like to see from the Remix community, and whether Laravel is like Canada. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.wip: terminalButcherBox: Meat Delivery SubscriptionCloud Monitoring as a Service | DatadogConnect, Protect and Build Everywhere | CloudflareAdam Wathan (@adamwathan) / XWhat is Amazon API Gateway? - Amazon API GatewayInertia.js - The Modern MonolithReason · Reason lets you write simple, fast and quality type safe code while leveraging both the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems.Topics:(00:00) - Filthy JavaScript developers (00:30) - What does full stack mean? (10:46) - How Laravel different from Rails? (16:17) - Is the frontend and backend team divide real? (18:47) - Why isn't there a JavaScript community? (36:32) - Are JavaScript frameworks in the best position to be the fullest stack? (46:18) - What about Blitz.js? (49:34) - What would Tayor like to see from the Remix community? (54:41) - Is Rails worse than building an app with Cloudflare? (56:38) - Is the top of funnel for web development JavaScript? (01:07:17) - Is Laravel like Canada?
The internet has been talking (yelling?) about full-stack javascript a lot lately. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about what it means to be "full stack" and whether there are really any truly full-stack javascript frameworks out there (spoiler: there are, but maybe not Next.js or Remix).Links:Sails.jsThe Boring Javascript StackAdonisJSNestJS
Taylor Otwell has been finding ways to improve Laravel for over a decade, but has only more recently set his sights on the front-end side of things. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about the current state of building UIs in Laravel, and what the future might hold.Links:Laravel VoltAire Form BuilderLaravel “Context” FeatureHooks PackageLaravel CareersBlade Parser
Welcome back to another episode of the Laravel podcast! In this episode, we dive into the exciting release of Laravel 11 and discuss its impact since it has been out in the wild. Taylor also shares his insights on the release and other recent developments in the Laravel ecosystem, including the launch of Herd Pro. Additionally, we discuss the new hires at Laravel, including Andre Valentin, Chris Fadao, Mohammed Said, and Alyssa Mazzina and touch on the topic of open-source sustainability.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/Laravel 11 - https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/releasesLaravel Careers - https://laravel.com/careersLaravel Reverb - https://laravel.com/docs/master/reverbLaravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/Laravel Herd for Windows - https://herd.laravel.com/windowsLaravel Valet - https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/valetChristoph Rumpel Forge Productivity Tweet: https://x.com/christophrumpel/status/1773738874264600608?s=20Andre Valentin Twitter - @theandreval Laravel Director of EngineeringChris Fidao Twitter - @fideloper Laravel Infrastructure EngineerMohammed Said Twitter - @themsaidAlyssa Mazzina Twitter - @alyssamazzinaLaragon - https://laragon.org/Django - https://www.djangoproject.com/Spatie - https://spatie.be/Laracon US - https://laracon.us/-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
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.
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/taylorotwellMatt Stauffer's Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermattLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel 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-149b566a670841f7a74b3e904e261693Laracon EU - https://laracon.eu/Laracon US - https://laracon.us/Laravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/Laravel 11 - https://laravel.com/docs/master/releasesLaravel Live Denmark -https://laravellive.dk/Laravel Live UK - https://laravellive.uk/Laracon India - https://laracon.in/Caleb Porzio Twitter - https://twitter.com/calebporzioLivewire: https://laravel-livewire.com/ThePrimeagen Twitter - https://twitter.com/ThePrimeagenThe Factory - https://www.thefactoryindeepellum.com/Eric Barnes Twitter - https://twitter.com/ericlbarnesJoe Dixon Twitter - https://twitter.com/_joedixonJames Brooks - https://twitter.com/jbrooksukFreek VAn der Herten Twitter - https://twitter.com/freekmurze?lang=enPeter Suhm Twitter - https://twitter.com/petersuhmMichele Hansen Twitter - https://twitter.com/mjwhansenLaracon AU Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaraconAULaravel Scout - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/scoutTypesense - https://typesense.org/Algolia -https://algolia.com/Meilisearch - https://www.meilisearch.com/Elasticsearch - https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearchLaravel Sail - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/sailLaravel Vapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/Early Vapor Tweet - https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/1748782542663131442?s=20Tailwind CSS - https://tailwindcss.com/-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this conversation, Ben interviews Taylor Otwell, the creator of Laravel. They discuss everything from the age-old argument of tabs vs. spaces to the origins of Laravel and how Taylor has turned it into a thriving, sustainable business.Links:Laravel, the framework Taylor createdTuple, used by the Laravel team to collaboratesTakeawaysCoding preferences and philosophies can vary among developers and programming ecosystems.Maintaining backwards compatibility is important for frameworks with a large user base.Clean code can be subjective and depends on the specific needs and goals of a project.Testing is crucial for shipping software with confidence. When starting a new project, consider writing documentation first to iron out any potential issues and ensure a user-centric perspective.Focus on high-level testing, such as feature-level or controller-level tests, to gain confidence in the functionality of your code.Challenge assumptions and ask questions to improve the quality of your code and avoid unnecessary complexity.Believe in the potential of your project and raise your ambitions to achieve greater success.Building a business around open source can be a sustainable model if you create commercial products that complement and support the open source project.Chapters(00:00) - Tabs or Spaces? (08:00) - Shells (10:46) - Minimalism in Coding (17:24) - Stripe and Their API (22:41) - Aesthetics (25:09) - A Coding Hill You Would Die On (28:09) - Clean Code (33:38) - Testing (40:30) - Personal Involvement With Code (45:00) - Notes and Manifestos (49:09) - Skill Over Time (51:49) - Ian Landsman and Laravel (55:49) - Businesses Based on Open Source
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast we are packing it in! We're diving into the freshest drops, like FrankenPHP, Cashier Quickstarts, and the buzz about the upcoming Laravel Worldwide Meetup. We'll also weigh Cashier against Spark, discuss boot service providers for all your apps, pit Pest versus PHPUnit for testing, and get into the details of how we manage our teams.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.co - https://tighten.com/Taylor and Ramus Tweet - https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/1732607829239116057?s=20Chris Fidao Frankenphp video - https://youtu.be/q6FQaaFZVy4?si=MU1AAi7-UNgLH-NiLaravel Worldwide Meetup - meetup.laravel.comColin DeCarlo Twitter - https://twitter.com/colindecarloVehikl Twitter - https://twitter.com/vehiklCashier Quick Start - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/billing#quickstartDries Vints Twitter - https://twitter.com/driesvintsIan Landsman Twitter - https://twitter.com/ianlandsmanIan Boot Service Tweet: https://x.com/ianlandsman/status/1744903740329443588?s=20Eric Barnes Twitter - https://twitter.com/ericlbarnesTaylor Test Runner Poll Tweet - https://x.com/taylorotwell/status/1744729110163988949?s=20Lambo - https://github.com/tighten/lamboMatt's video Pest as a Test Runner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3tfEtbMTEIRemote - https://basecamp.com/books/remoteLastlings - https://www.lastlings.com/Harry Styles - https://www.hstyles.co.uk/Don't Worry Darling - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10731256/Spider Man soundtracks - https://music.apple.com/us/album/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-soundtrack-from/1453876765 & https://music.apple.com/us/album/metro-boomin-presents-spider-man-across-the-spider/1690685331Jamila Woods - https://www.jamila-woods.com/-----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, we revisit a Laravel Snippet from 2019 in which Taylor talks about how he comes up with ideas for products.We also cover how to build your audience, how to balance perfection and just shipping, and how to finish what you've started.Whether you identify as a programmer or harbor aspirations of entrepreneurship, this episode promises to offer valuable insights and inspiration for the successful launch of your software products. 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 Website - https://tighten.com/ Laravel Snippet: https://blog.laravel.com/laravel-snippet-15 Forge - https://forge.laravel.com/ Pennant: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/pennant Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/ Vapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/ Envoyer: https://envoyer.io/ Nova: https://nova.laravel.com/ Spark: https://spark.laravel.com/ Digital Ocean: https://www.digitalocean.com/ Pusher: https://pusher.com/ How to Win Friends and Influence People Book: Amazon link Adam Wathan Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamwathan Steve Shoger Twitter: https://twitter.com/steveschoger Aaron Francis Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis Nova Packages: https://novapackages.com/ Built for Pulse: https://builtforpulse.com/ Justin Jackson Twitter: https://twitter.com/mijustin -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this episode, we're unwrapping the highlights from Laracon AU, with a special focus on Laravel Pulse leading our discussion. Taylor takes the reins to guide us through the origins and functionality of Laravel Pulse, a health monitoring tool for your Laravel applications.We then shift our discussion to Laravel first party packages. Taylor openly shares insights into his decision-making process—revealing how he selects packages to join the Laravel family and when it's time to bid them farewell.Our conversation doesn't end there though. We also look at the future of Laravel and examine the strategies used for continually injecting innovation and fresh ideas into the Laravel ecosystem. 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/ Laravel Pulse: https://pulse.laravel.com/ Laracon AU - https://laracon.au/ Bugsnag: https://www.bugsnag.com/ Cashier: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/billing Docker: https://www.docker.com Forge - https://forge.laravel.com/ Herd: https://herd.laravel.com/ Horizon: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/horizon Inertia - https://inertiajs.com/ Livewire: https://laravel-livewire.com/ Lumen: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/10.x Mix: https://laravel-mix.com/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Passport: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/passport Pennant: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/pennant Sentry: https://sentry.io/for/php/ Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/ Telescope: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/telescope Tony Messias Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonysmdev Valet: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/valet Vapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/ -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In this jam-packed episode, we dive deep into the world of app development, exploring the essential choices and tools that shape a successful project from start to finish. Join us as we share our preferred tech stacks for launching a brand new app, discuss the intricacies of hosting and deploying Laravel applications, and explore the myriad of options available.Whether you're a seasoned developer or just embarking on your coding journey, consider this episode your roadmap to cultivating a robust and efficient app development process. 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/ Laracon AU - https://laracon.au/ Forge - https://forge.laravel.com/ Livewire: https://laravel-livewire.com/ Inertia - https://inertiajs.com/ Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/ Blade - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/blade Breeze - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/starter-kits#laravel-breezeJetstream: Herd: https://herd.laravel.com/ Valet: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/valet Docker: https://www.docker.com DBngin: https://dbngin.com/ Homebrew: https://brew.sh/ Takeout: https://github.com/tighten/takeout VS code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ PHPstorm: https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/ Sublime Text: https://www.sublimetext.com/ Sarah Drasner Nightowl Theme: https://vscodethemes.com/e/sdras.night-owl/night-owl Bugsnag: https://www.bugsnag.com/ Sentry: https://sentry.io/for/php/ Pusher: https://pusher.com/docs/beams/reference/server-sdk-php/ Envoyer - https://envoyer.io/ Vapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/ Postmark: https://postmarkapp.com/send-email/php Github actions: https://github.com/features/actions Honeybadger: https://docs.honeybadger.io/lib/php/ Flare: https://flareapp.io/ Chipper CI: https://chipperci.com/ Algolia: https://www.algolia.com/ Oh Dear: https://ohdear.app/ Telescope: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/telescope Horizon: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/horizon Papertrail: https://www.papertrail.com -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
You asked, we answered! In this episode we are addressing your questions! Join us as we explore a typical day in Taylor's life at Laravel, share insights on remote team management, and inquire about Taylor's productivity secrets. We also share our regrets related to Laravel and Tighten, and engage in a candid conversation about marriage. 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/ Basecamp - https://basecamp.com/ Slab - https://slab.com/ Trello - https://trello.com/ Laracon AU - https://laracon.au/ Laracon EU - https://laracon.eu/ -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
Join us in this episode as we discuss the new Livewire + Volt Functional API stack for Breeze and its capabilities. We also demystify essential testing best practices to keep your code scandal-free and away from front-page mishaps. Uncover the art of crafting meaningful tests, evaluate the pros and cons of Pest vs. PHPUnit, venture into the realm of traits and inheritance, and determine the optimal number of tests for your project. Tune in for a jam-packed episode brimming with insights and strategies to elevate your testing game.• 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/• Livewire Volt - https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/volt• Laravel Folio - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/folio• PEST - https://pestphp.com/• Podcast: Pest, With Nuno Maduro: https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/pest-with-nuno-maduro• PHPUnit - https://phpunit.de/• Inertia - https://inertiajs.com/• Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/• Docker - https://www.docker.com/company/• Vala's Pumpkin Patch - https://www.valaspumpkinpatch.com/----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
New Laravel features are making deployment easier than ever! In our second episode of season six, we explore various topics, screencasting.com by Aaron Francis, the Livewire stack within Breeze, new features in Laravel Prompts, Laravel Pail, a range of hosting choices, and an exciting addition – the new Envoyer tab now accessible within Forge. Additionally, Taylor addresses one of the most frequently asked questions and guides us through the steps involved in reviewing and merging pull requests. Screencasting - https://screencasting.com/ Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwell Laravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphp Laravel Website - https://laravel.com/ Laravel Folio - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/folio Livewire Volt - https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/volt Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/ Laravel Pail - https://github.com/laravel/pail Docker - https://www.docker.com/company/ Jetstream - https://jetstream.laravel.com/ Breeze - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/starter-kits#laravel-breeze Blade - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/blade Prompts - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/prompts Forge - https://forge.laravel.com/ Envoyer - https://envoyer.io/ Vapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/ Ruby on Rails - https://rubyonrails.org/ Digital Ocean - https://www.digitalocean.com/ Fly.IO - https://fly.io/ -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
In our first episode of season six, we welcome back Taylor Otwell as a co-host and talk about all the exciting developments in the world of Laravel. In this episode, we dive into Laravel 11, Folio and Volt, final classes and types, and how PHP fits into the language ecosystem in today's world. Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwell Laravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphp Laravel Website - https://laravel.com/ Laravel Folio - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/folio Livewire Volt – https://livewire.laravel.com/docs/volt Caleb Porzio - https://calebporzio.com/ Caleb Porzio GitHub - https://github.com/calebporzio Laravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/ Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/ Laravel Sail - https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/sail Docker - https://www.docker.com/company/ Inertia - https://inertiajs.com/ Jonathan Reinink's Website - https://reinink.ca/ Jonathan Reinink's Twitter - https://twitter.com/reinink Jonathan Reinink's GitHub - https://github.com/reinink -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
On this episode of Remote Ruby, we have an awesome guest joining us. Today, we have Ken Collins, who's a Principal Engineer and Cloud Architect at Custom Ink, an active member in the Ruby community for over fifteen years, a Microsoft open source contributor, PC Gamer, and an AWS Serverless Hero. We have so much to discuss today, as Ken fills us in on Lamby, Custom Ink, how Lambda evolved, a gem called Lambdakiq, and if you're looking for cost optimization, why Lambda is the best compute service out there. We'll also learn how CloudFormation can help developers, how CloudWatch Events is used, and we'll hear about the different database options Amazon has such as Aurora Serverless, DynamoDB, and RDS. If you've never used Lambda, it's a good time to try it out. Andrew realized he's in the perfect place to try it since he recently built a proxy one. Download this episode to learn much more! [00:01:52] Ken tells us about himself and his background[00:04:47] Custom Ink makes some great products, and we'll learn how Lamby came to be, the stuff they build, the cool tech behind it, and the services, such as AWS Lambda.[00:08:16] How did Lambda evolve?[00:09:17] Ken details what the OCI format is, and how Lambda works compared to deploying to a traditional server. We hear about Lambda releasing Function URLs, a free API gateway, and what it does.[00:12:16] We hear the whole process from end-to-end, starting from a web request, what happens, how it gets to Rails, Dynos are running, the database gets affected, and how those containers can be used for other things like an event driven architectures.[00:16:03] Chris asks Ken how Kubernetes and Lambda compare. Also, we hear how background jobs and cron jobs fit in, and a gem that Ken wrote called, Lambdakiq.[00:20:30] How does Ken manage connections being made and the events being sent to the right place? Also, Chris wonders if CloudFormation is something you should learn as one of the starting points or you should later for it to be more useful, and Ken tells us about the AWS Cloud Development Kit and what it does.[00:24:10] Amazon has many different database options and Ken explains that you can use any database you want, wherever you want.[00:25:39] Ken explains the differences between Aurora Serverless, DynamoDB, and RDS. [00:30:23] We're going back to talking about Lambda now and Ken tells us about their website, a documentation website where they cover things, and a Quick Start Guide on how you can deploy a new Rails APP on Rails 3.2 to Lambda in 5 minutes.[00:33:02] Chris mentions how Taylor Otwell modified Laravel to run on Lambda, and Vapor is their tool for deploying to Lambda.[00:36:25] Are there any gotchas? Chris heard people were talking about Rails being slow to boot and issues with connecting to your Lambda to a VPC was slow. Ken tells us the VPC has been solved very well.[00:39:31] Ken and Chris chat about the hardest things are learning and change management, like setting up CI for the first time can be challenging, Heroku is amazing but has its limits, and using CloudWatch Logs which is a change for people. Also, Ken shares a hotspot with Lambda, and he tells us about Lambda Punch and New Relic. [00:42:47] Ken tells us to use CloudWatch Events for setting up Cronjobs that run on a schedule.[00:44:51] Chris wonders if there are concerns or ways you have to change things for assets, and Ken explains what they do with turning on the magic environment variable, but if you need something else, it goes into the CI/CD Pipeline creation.[00:48:30] Andrew is going to try Lambda now, and we hear Ken's thoughts on how different development is from production when you use Lambda. Find out why he loves Microsoft's Development Containers Specification, and Chris mentions DHH's MRSK project and what it's going to do.[00:56:06] Find out where to follow Ken, if you're interested in Custom Ink, check them out, and please try out Lambda because he could use some contributors to help write the guides.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Ken CollinsSponsor:HoneybadgerLinks:Jason Charnes TwitterChris Oliver TwitterAndrew Mason TwitterKen Collins TwitterKen Collins GitHubKen Collins (Dev.to)Lamby-GitHubCustom InkCustom Ink ProductsLambdakiqAmazon Aurora ServerlessAmazon DynamoDBAmazon RDSLambyFull Stack Radio Podcast-Episode 120-Taylor Otwell-Serverless Laravel with VaporLambda PunchNew Relic-GitHubAmazon CloudWatch EventsDevelopment ContainersRemote Ruby Podcast-Episode 165: GitHub Codespaces & Docker with Benjamin WoodMRSK: Deploy Web apps anywhereRuby Radar TwitterRuby for All Podcast
Along with returning guest host Luke Diebold, Steve talks with Laravel framework creator Taylor Otwell, They cover the history of Laravel, the Laravel ecosystem, how and why Taylor chose to integrate it with Vue, how Laravel and Vue are now used and distributed as part of Jetstream and InertiaJS, and even how Laravel got its name. Along the way, they cover topics such as Narnia, Star Trek, and end with great dad jokes. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links GitHub: taylorotwell Twitter: @taylorotwell Picks Luke- Building REST APIs with Laravel Orion Steve- We rebuilt our entire application Taylor- Star Trek: Lower Decks (Official Site) Watch on Paramount Plus
Jess Archer's Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessarchercodesJess Archer's GitHub - https://github.com/jessarcherJess Archer's GitHub dotfiles - https://github.com/jessarcher/dotfilesJess Archer's Website - https://jessarcher.comJess Archer's Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrk0VncCvtJUtAVEdwYIE-AHow to turn Vim into a powerful and beautiful IDE | Jess Archer, Vimconf 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=434tljD-5C8Airlume - https://airlume.app/Neovim - https://neovim.io/Neovim GitHub - https://github.com/neovimSponsor Neovim - https://github.com/sponsors/neovimVim - https://www.vim.org/vi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViVimtutor - https://web.archive.org/web/20100107121743/http://linuxcommand.gds.tuwien.ac.at/man_pages/vimtutor1.htmlVisual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/PhpStorm - https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/Markdown - https://www.markdownguide.org/Matt's Book - https://mattstauffer.com/laravel-up-and-running/GitHub dotfiles - https://github.com/topics/dotfilesVimConf - https://vimconf.org/Jeffrey Way's Twitter - https://twitter.com/jeffrey_way?lang=enJeffrey Way's GitHub - https://github.com/JeffreyWayKinesis Advantage2 - https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/Bram Moolenaar's Website - https://moolenaar.net/Lua - https://www.lua.org/Practical Vim - http://vimcasts.org/publications/Drew Neil - http://drewneil.com/Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellTaylor Otwell's GitHub - https://github.com/taylorotwellTailwind - https://tailwindcss.com/
Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/Laravel Socialite - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/socialiteSocialite Providers - https://socialiteproviders.com/Atymic - https://atymic.dev/Laravel Scout - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/scoutOAuth 2.0 - https://oauth.net/2/Elasticsearch - https://www.elastic.co/Algolia - https://www.algolia.com/doc/Meilisearch - https://www.meilisearch.com/Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/Laravel Sail - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/sailVirtualBox - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/homestead#provider-specific-virtualboxMindhive - https://mindhive.ro/en/home/Docker - https://www.docker.com/company/Docker Compose - https://docs.docker.com/compose/Homebrew - https://brew.sh/MySQL - https://www.mysql.com/Redis - https://redis.io/Takeout GitHub - https://github.com/tighten/takeoutTony Messias' Twitter - https://twitter.com/tonysmdev/Tony Messias' Blog - https://www.tonysm.com/Laravel Breeze GitHub - https://github.com/laravel/breezeLaravel Jetstream - https://jetstream.laravel.com/2.x/introduction.htmlLaravel Sanctum - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/sanctumLaravel Fortify - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/fortifyLaravel Cashier (Stripe) - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/billingLaravel Passport - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/passportLaravel Horizon - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/horizonLaravel Telescope -https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/telescopeLaravel Dusk - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/duskForge - https://forge.laravel.com/Laravel 9 - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/releases#laravel-9Laravel Homestead - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/homesteadLaravel Valet - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/valet
Sublime Feed now has a login and registration page and stuff that goes around it. Although I wanted to make this a one week challenge I decided to take it slow and get it right. At the end of the day I just want something that works well. Then I explore why I'm favouring Laravel over Ruby on Rails... perhaps it's just me though. Recorded May 13th, 2022 Links Sublime FeedSublime Feed Dev Blog #1Ruby on RailsLaravelTaylor OtwellLaracastsGoRailsChris OliverTailwindCSS
Sublime Feed now has a login and registration page and stuff that goes around it. Although I wanted to make this a one week challenge I decided to take it slow and get it right. At the end of the day I just want something that works well. Then I explore why I'm favouring Laravel over Ruby on Rails... perhaps it's just me though. Recorded May 13th, 2022 Links Sublime FeedSublime Feed Dev Blog #1Ruby on RailsLaravelTaylor OtwellLaracastsGoRailsChris OliverTailwindCSS
I'm planning a little code challenge, for Sublime Feed, but at the beginning of the next day... after recording this episode... I go completely against what I said here. Have a listen. Good for the record. But anyway, Sublime Feed, a week to build something... but a week is not enough... as I tell myself over and over again. More to come. PS. Not using Ruby on Rails 🤣 PPS. McDonald's breakfast screwed up my energy levels, so I was mostly knocked out 😔 Recorded May 9th, 2022. Links Sublime FeedSublime Feed Dev BlogRuby on RailsLaravelTaylor Otwell
I'm planning a little code challenge, for Sublime Feed, but at the beginning of the next day... after recording this episode... I go completely against what I said here. Have a listen. Good for the record. But anyway, Sublime Feed, a week to build something... but a week is not enough... as I tell myself over and over again. More to come. PS. Not using Ruby on Rails 🤣 PPS. McDonald's breakfast screwed up my energy levels, so I was mostly knocked out 😔 Recorded May 9th, 2022. Links Sublime FeedSublime Feed Dev BlogRuby on RailsLaravelTaylor Otwell
Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellLaravel, Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel, Website - https://laravel.com/Laravel Docs: Passport - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/passport#main-contentGitHub: Passport - https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport-githubLaravel Docs: Sanctum - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/sanctumGitHub: Sanctum - https://github.com/laravel/sanctumThe League of Extraordinary Packages - https://thephpleague.com/Laravel Docs: Tinker - https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/artisan#tinkerGitHub: Tinker - https://github.com/laravel/tinkerOAuth 1 - https://oauth.net/1/OAuth 2.0 - https://oauth.net/2/ Spark - https://spark.laravel.com/Forge - https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/Vapor - https://docs.vapor.codes/4.0/JWT - https://jwt.io/GitHub: node-fetch - https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetchAxios - https://axios-http.com/docs/intro
Taylor Otwell, is the founder of Laravel, a programming framework for PHP. But he's also one of the most successful indie SaaS operators I know. In this episode we discuss: 0:30 – Taylor is changing how he hires and manages people at Laravel 6:01 – How Taylor is finding new employees to work on Forge, Vapor, and his other products 7:34 – The Laravel ecosystem has incubated incredible talent: Miguel Piedrafita, Caleb Porzio, Adam Wathan, Aaron Francis, Jack Ellis... 10:03 – More and more indie SaaS apps are being built in Laravel 10:48 – When is the next Laracon conference? 13:11 – Taylor Otwell has the classic bootstrap success story 14:28 – Laravel has been running too lean 17:00 – What's it like to work as a developer at Laravel? (pair programming) 18:33 – How Taylor does product development 22:08 – "I haven't told anyone this yet, but I actually considered selling Laravel this past year." Here's why Taylor decided not to sell. 26:30 – How do you deal with internet fame, and being a "known person?" 28:59 – Dealing with haters on Twitter 31:50 – What is the future of web development, and the full-stack developer? What is the future of Ruby on Rails and Laravel? 35:53 – Building excitement around PHP and Laravel with young people. 42:13 – What inspires kids to get into programming? When it's fun, easy, accessible. This is why so many people started with Hypercard, Microsoft Access, PHP, Adobe Flash... What should we talk about next? Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @jsonpearl, and @helenryles Leave a review/comment on Podchaser; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts. Email us: support@transistor.fm Thanks to our monthly supporters: Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit.com.au Marcel Fahle, wearebold.af Alex Payne Bill Condo Anton Zorin from ProdCamp.com Mitch Harris Kenny, Intro CRM podcast Oleg Kulyk Ethan Gunderson Chris Willow Ward Sandler, Memberspace Russell Brown, Photivo.com Noah Prail Colin Gray Austin Loveless Michael Sitver Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis, Fathom Dan Buda Darby Frey Brad from Canada Adam DuVander Dave Giunta (JOOnta) Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com Want to start a podcast on Transistor? Justin has a special coupon for you: get 15% off your first year of hosting: transistor.fm/justin★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
[00:01:12] We start with Taylor explaining where Laravel came from. [00:03:32] Taylor tells us what Laravel 1.0 looks like and more about validations happening at the controller layer.[00:07:18] After version 1 comes out, Jason asks Taylor if he's still at the trucking company and what the reception was like in the community.[00:11:16] We learn how the transition went for Taylor from working at UserScape and making Laravel his full-time job. [00:13:44] Taylor explains how he split his time between working on Forge and working on the framework itself.[00:15:13] Jason asks how the whole Rails framework on Lambda came about and what some of the technical challenges were.[00:17:02] We find out how Taylor makes code so appealing. [00:18:47] Jason brings up how there are a lot of first party packages in Laravel and asks Taylor if this blossomed over the years or if he realized he wanted all these things just baked into the framework.[00:23:39] Chris likes how Forge came out Taylor building his own stuff, and Taylor explains how the Ruby and JavaScript communities have such a wider variety of talented programmers. [00:26:09] We find out about what led Taylor into building Forge, Envoyer, Laravel Spark, Laravel Cashier, and Laravel Nova.[00:28:21] Find out what Taylor's favorite Laravel package is.[00:30:11] Taylor gives us examples of how Rails has influenced Laravel. [00:32:04] Chris wonders is Taylor was familiar with a lot of stuff when he started Laravel or if there's was a lot of learning along the way.[00:36:45] Jason asks Taylor about Laravel Mix, a wrapper around Webpack, and he explains how front-end development in the Laravel world and Rails world is in a period of exploration.[00:42:57] Find out about the Laravel Documentary that just came out! [00:45:01] What's next for Laravel?[00:47:43] If you want to try Laravel, find out the easiest way to get started, and Taylor tells us how starting his own business has been and the challenges.[00:53:45] Find out where you can follow Taylor online.Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Taylor OtwellSponsor:Hook RelayLinks:Ruby Radar NewsletterRuby Radar TwitterTaylor Otwell TwitterTaylor Otwell LinkedInTaylor Otwell GitHubLaravelUserScapeLaraConGetting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson and Matthew LindermanLaravel MixVue.js Documentary (YouTube)Laravel SailLaravel Origins: The Documentary (OfferZen)
Taylor Otwell - https://twitter.com/taylorotwell Laravel, Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel, Website - https://laravel.com/Laravel Docs: Fortify - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/fortifyGitHub: Fortify - https://github.com/laravel/fortifyLaravel Docs: Breeze - https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/starter-kitsGitHub: Breeze - https://github.com/laravel/breezeJetstream - https://jetstream.laravel.com/2.x/introduction.htmlGitHub: Jetstream - https://github.com/laravel/jetstreamSpark - https://spark.laravel.com/GitHub: Spark - https://github.com/laravel/spark-installer
Taylor Otwell, CEO, and Creator of Laravel (a popular PHP framework) - gives tips on how to commercialize an open-source by sharing his winning recipe of a lean team, great UX/UI, time management, product management, and of course, commercial products. He also gives insight into the use of the various frameworks for full-stack engineering (SPOILER ALERT: Full-stack bootcamps should be teaching more than Javascript). Listen to find out:: - How to get to 6M$ ARR starting with an open-source project (HINT: It's not through sponsored repositories) - Why to build a SaaS with a single full-stack engineer
Taylor's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellLaravel - https://laravel.com/The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle - https://shop.eckharttolle.com/collections/books/products/the-power-of-nowHow To Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JLM24Q8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Past Interviews with TaylorThe Laravel Podcast, Season 4: The Ethos of Laravel - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/the-ethos-of-laravelThe Laravel Podcast, Season 3: OG Reunion #1 - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/4499283aThe Laravel Podcast, Season 3: Interview, Taylor Otwell, Creator of Laravel - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/c7807d42The Laravel Podcast, Season 2: Episode 23: New Beginnings, Envoyer, and Laravel 5.1 - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/beaf56ecThe Laravel Podcast, Season 2 - Taylor is a host of the podcast!
Taylor on season 3 of the podcastJiro dreams of sushiTaylor asking about obsession with “pretty” code on StackExchangeSymposiumThe Laravel Snippettaylorotwell on Twitter LaraconTranscription sponsored by LarajobsEditing sponsored by Tighten
Corey talks about how they are moving the needle with growth at Baremetrics, and he also breaks down a simple 2 step process for small teams and bootstrappers to think about marketing. 1. Talk to customers. Learn what they want and need to inform both product development and marketing materials. Use their language in your tweets, website copy, etc. 2. Build in public. Sell the dream, not just screenshots. Taylor Otwell is a good example. Corey also talks about how he uses mental models to inform his marketing efforts.
Taylor Otwell is the creator and maintainer of Laravel, a PHP framework for modern web applications. Taylor's also a fellow Arkansan! We talked a ton about running an Open Source project and the successful career Taylor has built around the Laravel project. You can find more about Taylor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylorotwell
The Season 2 crew reunites. Laracon Venue: The Museum of Science and Industry Evan You Ryan Holiday / Conspiracy Jocelyn K. Glei / Hurry Slowly / Unsubscribe Marvel.app Zeplin.io Laravel: Up and Running A Brief Introduction to Progressive Web Apps, or PWAs Marcus Aurelius book - Meditations The Daily Stoic AWS Lambda Esther Perel - sample TED talk: The secret to desire in a long-term relationship The Imposter's Handbook The Millionaire Next Door The Simple Path to Wealth Editing sponsored by Larajobs Transcription sponsored by GoTranscript.com [music] Matt Stauffer: Welcome back to a special edition of the Laravel Podcast season three. It's season three but it feels like season two. Stay tuned. [music] Matt Stauffer: Welcome back to a special edition of the Laravel Podcast. This is season three but I wouldn't hold it against you if you got surprised because I have two guests with me. Not only do I have two guests but I have the OG two guests. Can you guys say hello to the people? Jeffrey Way: Hey, everybody. I'm Jeffrey Way. Good to be back. Taylor Otwell: I'm Taylor Otwell. Matt Stauffer: You may have heard of Taylor. We got Jeffrey Way, the creator of Laracasts and bringer of many of us to Laravel and then Taylor Otwell, OG Laravel Podcast, OG Laravel. We figured it's time for a little bit of a breather in season three with all these episodes and just catch up and see how the crew is doing and catch up on things. Stuff we've got on our plate for today is definitely talking about how Laracon is looking for this year, what's going on with the development of Laravel and Laracasts and everything like that. I figure the easiest and most concrete thing for us to talk about is Laracon. What is going on? How is ticket sales? How is speaker lineups? How's the venue looking? How's Chicago looking? How's everything going for Laracon right now. Taylor Otwell: I think it's going pretty well. The venue is the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago which is a really large museum. On the South side of Chicago. We'll be in their auditorium and the ticket sales are going really good. We already sold out. That's about 850 attendees, about 50 of those attendees are going to be speakers and sponsors and then around 800 of them are going to be actual ticket purchasers from the community. This will definitely be the biggest US Laracon. It'll probably be the biggest Laracon yet so far. Although Laracon EU is usually a little bigger, so I wouldn't be surprised if they sold more tickets this year. I'm pretty excited about it. All the speakers are pretty much lined up. Some of the big name speakers that people may have heard of so far. Of course, I'll be there. Creator of Laravel, Evan You creator of Vue will be there. Uncle Bob Martin who's famous for writing some very popular programming books and just being a programming teacher will be there. Ryan Holiday, the author of several books that people may have heard of. His latest book is called Conspiracy but he also wrote The Daily Stoic, Perennial Seller, Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy. Some pretty popular books actually. Who else? Adam Wathan will be there. Several other community members will be there. I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a great talk. Right now, what I'm working on is just ironing out food, drinks, all those extra things you have to do for a conference. T-shirts, about to order those probably. Sponsors, we'll have 11 sponsor tables at the venue. We have quite a few sponsors again this year. It's going to be a packed house. Jeffrey Way: I always wonder how you keep track of everything. Matt Stauffer: Yes, me too. Jeffrey Way: Do you ever get close to the conference and think, "Oh, my god. I didn't even do that yet?" Taylor Otwell: One way I-- Matt Stauffer: Do you have a checklist? Taylor Otwell: One way I keep track is I have a spreadsheet from last year with every expense. That actually serves as a checklist. Like, "Hey, badges are on here as an expense. I should probably order those for this year." I just duplicate that every year and then I type in the new expenses and it also serves as a projection for profit and loss on the whole conference. It serves a dual purpose as a checklist and as a profit estimator for how the conference is looking to make sure I'm not way overspending. Especially, on speakers this year. We've spent probably $50,000 on speakers this year just because we several speakers that have a speaking fee and then we try to pay every speaker at least a few thousand dollars to make sure they're not just losing money coming to the conference which can happen. I don't know if you've spoken at conferences. As a listener, you may know that often it's a breakeven or maybe even a losing affair. Trying to make it somewhat worthwhile. Jeffrey Way: I've been to some where you don't get anything and that's just how it is. Look, you can come and speak but we're not giving you a penny. Taylor Otwell: [chuckles] I feel like I usually lose money. Matt Stauffer: That's most of them. Jeffrey Way: I used to go to a lot of WordPress conferences. What were they called back then? WordCamp? Taylor Otwell: Yes, WordCamp. Jeffrey Way: Maybe. With them is like they just don't have the money. They don't have the budget. You're doing that all on your own dime, if you want to go. Matt Stauffer: I'm looking through this list of speakers. There's quite a few people who I don't know of, but I've heard you guys talk about them. Jocelyn Glei, maybe? Ryan Holiday, you've mentioned him being an author. Then, there's one other person who I didn't know. Who do I not know? I guess it's just them. I think everyone else here is either, Jason Freed or Bob Martin or Evan Yu or people who are pretty reputable members of the Laravel community. Although we do have a few first-time speakers, TJ Miller, Caleb Porzio, Colin DiCarlo are all speakers-- Taylor Otwell: Collin DiCarlo is not. Matt Stauffer: He's not-- Geez, I thought he was-- Taylor Otwell: No. I think he's a 2016 Louisville speaker. Matt Stauffer: That was the year I was at home with the baby, so my bad. Caleb and TJ. Jocelyn, you mentioned Ryan. He's written a couple books. I need to go check those out. Can you tell us a little bit about Jocelyn? Taylor Otwell: Jocelyn runs a podcast called Hurry Slowly where she talks about work, productivity, burn-out, stuff like that. She's actually interviewed Jason Freed on the podcast. She also wrote a book called Unsubscribe which is on Amazon. You can check out. It's just about the overabundance of notifications and busy-ness that's prevalent in our tech world especially. I think she's going to talk about similar topics at the conference. I entirely forgot Jason Freed would be there. That's kind of a big deal. [laughter] I've been so busy with other stuff. Matt Stauffer: Let me ask you. Do you guys feel overwhelmed sometimes by all of the work you have to do? Do you feel that you can manage it fairly well day-to-day? [crosstalk] Jeffrey Way: I'm often overwhelmed by the work on my plate. My life is a constant battle of trying to figure out whether I'm overwhelmed because I don't have everything settled on my side or whether it's because we need to readjust the company a little bit. There's always a the, "Oh, Dave quit and he used to do all this high-level administration stuff so I took on all of his jobs for a while. We need to hire a new Dave." That was the thing for the longest time. "Oh, we've got four more developers than we did a year ago so there's a lot more management" or "This one client is requiring all these needs." Sometimes, it's process stuff. Sometimes, it's just I need to stop screwing around in my free time and actually, work through my email backlog, or I need to figure out how to handle my tasks better. Right now, I'm actually doing really good. It's because I've spent the last couple of weeks really putting in a concerted effort. We also have hired someone who is not joining us until mid-May, who's going to take probably a third of my job off my plate. It's funny because I was actually-- That whole thing, there was this guy, Dave, who managed all this. A lot of those responsibilities are going to be back off my plate soon, so I'm getting to that point. I usually can tell, "Do I finish my day with an empty email inbox and a task list with a couple items left on it and a clean desk? Do I finish my day with 70 emails still in my inbox, 20 things in my task list, a big pile of paper on my desk." Usually, those are the signs for me of, "Am I struggling to keep up, or am I actually on top of my life?" Matt Stauffer: What about you, Taylor? Taylor Otwell: I was just thinking I feel less overwhelmed by the work, and more overwhelmed by the expectations of everything. Because I don't really have that much I have to work on every single day, like Forge is going to run so I just have to answer the emails. It's a little different, I guess, because you probably want to crank out videos. I don't know what your schedule is and then, Matt probably has his daily tasks. For me, it's this expectation of somewhere out in the future, I have to do something impressive again. Matt Stauffer: Do something amazing. Taylor Otwell: I have to get up on stage and speak about it and it has to not fail. That's the pressure I feel really-- weighs on me every day, basically, because at Laracon, there has to be something cool to unveil, which, nobody panic, we are working on something but things can come up, or problems can arise. It could be buggy, it may not be finished in time, and that stuff's really overwhelming, more so than just the daily routine. Like Laracon itself could-- There's expectations there for it not to suck, for people to have a good time, for the food not to be terrible, for the speakers to do well, all that stuff is high expectation, too. Matt Stauffer: Had you guys seen the grid of urgent versus important? I'm trying to remember who it is, but somebody from a long time ago, basically, drew a grid and any given thing that's on your plate as a pressure should be doing can be urgent or not urgent, and important or not important. The really interesting thing is that you can put all the things that are pressing on you into that grid and figure out which of the quadrants they find themselves in. The things we're mostly like to do that are most wasteful is the urgent and not important. The things we're least likely to do that sounds like, really, what's on your plate a lot, Taylor, is the important and not urgent. It's the things that don't have that immediate time pressure but are the most important. It sounds like a lot of your life is important but not urgent which I know those are the hardest things to have the discipline, the focus on. Is that something where you have developed practices to make sure you're not just letting that stuff slip? Taylor Otwell: Past couple of years it's been trying to start really early on stuff like Horizon and then the thing I'm working on for this year's Laracon. I don't know. I do agree because Mohammad's going to take care of a lot of Forge stuff for me. I don't really spend a lot of time working on those features lately. I would say yes, you're right, it is important but not urgent. That is a challenging spot to be in. Jeffrey Way: Plus you have so many products. I wonder does it ever get to the point where you think "Well, I'd love to do another one but I just don't have the capacity to maintain yet another project" Taylor Otwell: Yes. There is a sense of when do you say "I did what I set out to do." This is what success is, basically. I should just maintain what I have and be happy that it got this far and not really try to overwhelm myself with a new impressive thing year after year because-- Most people will never reach the popularity of something like Laravel ever. I should just enjoy that maybe and not really try to stress out about creating the next big thing all over again, every single year. Which I think there's some merit to that as well but people don't really like that I guess [laughs]. Matt Stauffer: It's a little bit of the Apple thing, right? Is a WWDC where they don't completely blow your mind an acceptable WWDC? I would say "Yes man, I'm happy with what I've got. Just don't break it". Taylor Otwell: Yes. I remember Steve Jobs saying not to compare Laravel to Apple in any way really but he said something like most companies are lucky to ever invent one amazing product, They had invented the iPhone, the mac itself was amazing and then iPhone and iPod and all the stuff that came with it. I don't know. At some point, there's only so much you can do. I'm going to keep trying this year we'll see. Matt Stauffer: Jeffrey, what about you? Jeffrey Way: I'm okay right now but it's more of the anticipatory type of thing because my wife's pregnant so we're going to having a second child. We're not going to be having two children. Matt, I know you have more experience with that than me but it's stressing me out a little bit. Then, also this is the first year I've been working with a UI guy. I don't know what you call him, a designer or UX, I don't know what the terminology is anymore but he's doing really great work but every time he cranks out something new it ads to the backlog of stuff I have to implement, which I'm very thankful for but I'm kind of anticipating an insane amount of work in the next five months. I was just curious how you guys handle it. Then, there's also that thing where I worry sometimes when you feel stress and anxiety it's like to some extent you're creating it yourself and it's hard to determine, is this something I'm just doing myself and I am entirely in control of or are you not in control of it? That's something I think about a lot. Is there a way to turn that switch off when you need to? I don't know. Matt Stauffer: I know that you have at least some, like talking about that urgent versus not urgent thing. I know you have some urgency because there's this expectation of a certain timeline for delivering videos. Are there a lot of things on your plate, for work, that are in the longer terms? You mentioned one thing being the implementation in the UI. I know that you do visual refreshes occasionally, although in your latest podcast you talked about how a lot of that was early days and it probably will be a little bit less the case going on where you feel like you're getting more of a handle on things. Do you have a lot of things that are in the longer term bucket? Or are most things still locked in the immediate video production timeline? Jeffrey Way: Most is in the immediate. The UI work we're doing will probably be next year or at the end of this year. That's probably the most long-term work thing I'm doing. Most of it is immediate. It's very difficult to crank out content all of the time. Sometimes if I go even four days without something new I will get a tweet or somebody is complaining. It's like, you have to understand I've been doing this for three years, there's like thousands of videos. At some point, I'm going to have trouble thinking of new stuff to cover. I'm amazed every week I'm able to, I'm not complimenting myself, but I'm amazed th I'm able to think of something to publish every single week but that does wear on me a little bit to finding things to cover every week. Matt Stauffer: I hit episode 100 of the 5 Minute Geek Show and I just was like you know what I've talked for 10 to 15 minutes at a time for about 100 episodes and I don't have anything else stuff to say. People keep saying bring it back. I'm like-- Jeffrey Way: Yes and I think that's-- Have you close that down? Is it done? Matt Stauffer: It's not over. It's just on the hiatus. It's on hiatus until I come up with something else to say. You know what I mean? Jeffrey Way: Yes. Matt Stauffer: I'm not saying it's over because I'm sure that moment will come again, but right now, I'm just like, "I don't have anything else to say." If I felt that pressure like you do, to keep saying things, man-- granted, everytime the new tech comes out you can choose to go learn that tech and go to it. There's some things you can reach for, but still, I totally identify with what you're saying. It's just at some point, I just might not have anything else to teach right now. [laughs] One real quick, on ask for a pro tip, two kids. The big shift for two kids for me-- Taylor, I want to hear if you have the same perspective as-- With one kid, there's always the possibility for one parent to be taking care of the kid and the other parent being an adult. With two kids, there's now-- Even if one parent takes care of the kid, the other parent is taking care of another kid. All of a sudden, those rests that you get-- What I can imagine is, once you have three kids, it's even crazier. Because now, all of a sudden, there's never a one on one. That was the big shift that I noticed with the second kid was. Let's say, the other parent is feeding the baby or something like that, you're not cleaning up, you're taking care of a three-year-old or whatever else it ends up being. That's the biggest shift for me for a second kid. Jeffrey Way: Sounds stressful. Matt Stauffer: [laughs] It's not that bad. It's just a perspective shift, I think. Jeffrey Way: I have heard one bonus is that, like in your case, Matt, your oldest probably helps entertain your youngest quite a bit more, whether or not, depending upon you and your wife at all times for entertainment. Matt Stauffer: The older she gets, the more they play with each other and the more moments we get where they're playing together in the toy room for 45 minutes. We go, "Oh, my gosh." We sat down and had an adult conversation. That's definitely, definitely a boom. All right, that's what's going on with Laracon. You said the tickets are already sold out. Do you have a waiting list like you have previous years, Taylor? Taylor Otwell: There's not really an official waiting list right now. As people email me, I actually do put their name in a little file. I have sold a few tickets that way, but there hasn't been a lot of cancellations lately. There's not really any tickets to give out right now, anyway. Matt Stauffer: Got it, all right. I have a couple questions, but before we do that, let's talk Laracasts real quick. What kind of stuff have you-- let's say, anybody who hasn't been to Laracast for a little while, what have you been covering? What's your latest technologies that you've been looking at? Is there anything exciting you want to share with people? Jeffrey Way: Yes, sure. Let me take a look. Been doing a bunch of things lately. I finally covered Laravel Echo in full. Somehow, that was one of the things that I just missed a year ago. I went through that top to bottom. I think if you're intrigued by that, on how to communicate with the client, I think that would be really useful. It's a series called Get Real With Laravel Echo. Some things, I just have to refresh. That's one of the worst parts of my job is, even if it's from 2014 and it still works, it's like, there's just a few differences where you sort of have to record it all over again. That's the worst part of my job. Other than that, one of the things we're working on right now which I'm excited about, it's a series called How To Read Code. The whole point is not for me to write code, it's to work through the process of how you learn from the code that other people have written. There's that phrase about, "If you want to become better as a developer, you have to--" I can't remember what it is. You have to read a lot of code, you have to write a lot of code, and you have to learn, I guess. A lot of times, I think young people really get into the learning phase where they're reading the books and they're watching the videos, but they're not actually taking enough time to read code that other people have written. I notice that's sometimes a black box. People are afraid to dig behind the scenes and learn how these things are constructed, so they stay away from that. Then, also, they end up not writing as much code as they should, because they don't know what to build. This is the thing that comes up a lot. I learned this from students, is they don't know what to build. They haven't been hired yet, they're trying to think of projects they can flex their muscles on, and they have no idea where to start. With the How To Read Code, Taylor, we're actually going through the Laravel.com source code. I haven't told you about this. Taylor Otwell: Nice. Jeffrey Way: We're just pulling it up on GitHub, and we're figuring out every step, like, "Okay, if there's this repository for the markdown files, well, how is this project getting access to those markdown files and how is reading it and parsing it and replacing the URLs? How is versioning being handled?" What's fun about it is I don't have any experience with that codebase, so it's how I would exactly figure out how things are constructed. It seems like the feedback's been pretty good. Once again, I think, for so many, it's a black box. You're kind of scared to dig in because you don't know where to start. I encounter this a lot, so I hope it's useful. Then, other than that, I've been working with this UI guy. It's been fun because most of the time, I do things myself. That's a lot of coding in the browser, writing a lot of CSS and zeroing in on something that doesn't look horrible, which I'm not very good at. He is so much more systematized. He has me set up with this-- what is this app called? Marvel? Are you guys familiar with this? Marvelapp.com. It's new to me. It's amazing. He'll share a link with me and it's like an interactive website where he can swap things out, he can show me interactions and animations. Then, once I signed off on it, he sends me a link to this Mac app called Zeplin, zeplin.io. It's amazing because I'm so used to-- When extracting designs, I use Photoshop. If there's some SVG, I have to cut it out and save it as SVG. Very hard, creating new layers all the time. With this, everything is just clickable. If I need a particular icon, I click on it, and there's a button that says "Save as SVG." This is all new to me. I don't have any experience with tools like this. It's been a huge benefit to me in the last couple of months. I love it. Matt Stauffer: It's very cool. I'm going to try and go back through, listen to this, put all this in the show notes, everybody. Well, real quick going on with me. I'm updating Laravel, up and running for 5.5, so that's exciting. We finally got approval - actually, 5.5 or 5.6, I'm not sure I remember. I think we might be doing 5.6. I was going to do LTS and I think we've picked 5.6. Finally got my editors to sign off in doing that. I've got Wilbur Powery, who's doing some of the groundwork for me, and just reading through all the change logs, and making a list of all the things that are out of date, so that I don't have to do that work, so that he can just give me that list, and I'm going to sit down and write. The hope is for that to be some time in the fall for us to have edition two, so that's fun. I just left a project where I had been writing code, basically, for 20 to 30 hours a week on top of doing my normal job at Tighten just because we had a project that hit a point where no BLs was available. I felt that I just needed to fish it out. That's part of why I'm feeling so good right now because I'm going back to being a real boy again. [laughs] I'm not going to make any promises I keep making like, "I'm going to blog again. I'm gonna newsletter again." I'm actually feeling this possibility, especially when that new employee joins in May that I might actually start being a human again. I have said that at three or four times since my daughter was born two years ago and it hasn't happened yet. Who knows? Maybe that day will come. Jeffrey Way: That's great. It's great news. Matt Stauffer: Yes. That's very exciting. Okay, so I have a topic for us to talk about. I didn't prep you guys for this, so sorry about that. There's a couple of topics of conversation that have been coming up really recently at Tighten about - and if anybody listens to Twenty Percent Time podcast, you'll know at least a little bit about this. Talking about JavaScript versus PWAs versus straight Blade apps versus Blade apps that have some JavaScript components. First off the bat, before we go to the deeper conversation, I want to talk about PWAs. I want to see, have you guys dug into that at all? The iOS has just pushed out some of the core features that would make it so that you can actually write a PWA and have it work on iOS. This is the first day where you can actually even realistically consider building one that would work on the most modern devices. It's like when Flexbox first finally actually worked versus like, "This has been a thing for a while." We haven't written any production PWAs for anybody, but it's finally a point where we're like, "We can." Is that something you guys have dug into that you're even interested in or is it like, "Hey, it just became legitimate a week ago, so now, maybe, I'll put my brand on it"? Jeffrey Way: Yes. Beyond a blog post or two, I have no experience with that at all. Like you said, it's always tricky. Do I try and invest my time in this if I can't use it too much yet? It sounds like it's now becoming a possibility, but, for now, I have no experience at all. Taylor Otwell: Yes. Me either. Matt Stauffer: Okay. Well, I have no experience other than I did a whole bunch of research to write that blog post, November 9. Jeffrey Way: Right. It's one of the ones I read [chuckles]. Matt Stauffer: Yes. Nine months ago I did all that and then, basically, I said, "I'm going to go build some." Then, I discovered that it didn't even work on iOS, and I said, "Well, maybe I'll hit pause and all that until iOS supports it." They do, and I know that Keith, who works at Tighten, has been doing a lot more thinking about that than I have. I've been pushing him to-- with all his copious free time he's on at this point, he and Samantha are nearly as busy as I am - to see if he can do a part two write-up now that it's viable. I'll see if he can do that. Jeffrey Way: I'm curious to what extent it's viable. In the latest browsers, that's the idea? Matt Stauffer: Yes. Basically-- Jeffrey Way: What's the fallback look like? I wonder. Matt Stauffer: In theory, PWA should work on fallback browsers. In theory, it's not like it's not going to work, but it's more like it's just going to be a website with JavaScript versus the value that a PWA is going to provide. You don't want to really go hole-hogging to something, expecting it's going to be a PWA where people can use it offline, they can use it when their internet goes out, it's going to save stuff, stuff like that, and then have it not work on the major browsers. We're basically at a point where all the major mobile browsers are going to be little work with it. I don't know what the whole mobile Opera situation is like because I haven't dug into that. I know that we're at a point where literally all iPhone users couldn't even use PWAs up until a week ago. It was very non-viable up until a little bit ago. Now, your mobile Chrome, and your mobile Safari, and all those are all possible to use it. The biggest thing with the PWA is just it's a lot of work. It's a lot of work, and it's a lot of learning, and it's a lot of different ways of thinking about things because you're having to make things, basically, function regardless of whether or not the internet is there. It's that biggest shift in perspective over anything else. There's a lot of complexity in architecture that you need to introduce to make that happen. The good thing is, people are building tooling to make that easier, but it's something where you're not going to do it unless the client definitively needs it. I can imagine maybe you eventually building a Laracast PWA if you really wanted to so people could go on a Laracast, open up the PWA in their phone, in their iPad, and then tap the seven videos they want to download so they can watch them on a plane or something like that. That might be the possibility for it. But I still think the vast majority websites won't be PWAs because it's cost and you got to be sure that you're actually getting the benefit. Like you said, if most major browsers can't use it, then you're not going to get that benefit. We're now to the point where most major browsers could get the benefits so people should start learning about it. But again, it's just really early days right now. Jeffrey Way: Okay. Yes, I find in general, most of the apps I build are that combination you said. A little Blade, a little Vue, sometimes they're interconnected, that and something that the sort of apps I build. Although I find it gets tricky. I find that I do want to reach for something a little different. I do sometimes feel like, "If I just built this as an SPA entirely, this would be a lot cleaner." I think a lot of Laravel developers probably end up in the same boat where you're trying to do both at the same time. It gets tricky because you often end up reproducing the same logic in two different locations: one for the comments side and one for your back end. I think it's a common thing developers in our space are going through right now. Matt Stauffer: That's the second part of this conversation so I'm glad you transitioned to it. We're having this internal chat where Daniel Coborn is basically saying, "Look, most of the sites were hired to do or eventually are going to have some JavaScript so why don't you just go whole hog in the first place?" Caleb is saying, "I want to build Blade apps that have little widgets, and I'd rather explicitly do all the work in my controller and then pass it in these props to the Vue, which is when it comes up." I'm saying, "I want to do all Blade until I find a definitive need the JavaScript's going to happen. When that happens, then I'll modify it the way it should be. We have this kind of continue or whatever. We chose as a different side. I wanted to hear from you guys. If you were to start a new app today, are you in the world where you say, "You know what? I'm going to do Blade and then I'll modify it." Are you in the world where you're like, "You know what? I'm just going to do single-page app all the way." Or are you somewhere in between? Jeffrey just answered a little bit so I guess Taylor, what's your approach right now? Taylor Otwell: The latest thing I wrote which hasn't been unveiled yet, I did basically build it as a single-page app using Vue and Vue Router. Honestly, I really like it. I think Vue Router is pretty nice and easy to use. I think for this particular use case, it just solved the bunch of problems that we would have had trying to make it all Blade. I feel like my use cases, both times I've interacted with Vue Router, which is Horizon as a single-page app, basically, and the new thing. But then, there are unique situations where I wasn't having to duplicate a lot of rules on the front end. Either you authenticated to view the whole thing or you're not. There wasn't a bunch of other authorization that had to happen for various little features. That made it a little simpler, I feel like, to build it as a single-page app because I wasn't having to duplicate a bunch of junk. But if I was going to build something like Forge as a single-page app, I probably would have a little more duplication on various things. I don't know, man. I see Daniel's point to an extent that it does feel good to just go whole hog and embrace it because it feels nice to do it all in JavaScript if you go down that path. I don't know. I think Caleb's point, I feel that pain most often on authorization. I feel like than anything else. Jeffrey Way: Yes, absolutely. Matt, I'm curious about your point. Because I have seen a bit of a backlash to JavaScript in general, where people think, "Okay, you're getting some extra interactivity but the complexity you introduce to make all of these work is sometimes insane." Just the fact that Mix has to exist to make that build process somewhat easy to understand, shows how complicated this stuff can be. I understand exactly what Taylor's saying but I also get the angle of, "Let's put this off as far as we possibly can." Has your thinking on that changed in the last year? Matt Stauffer: Yes. I would say that I love Vue, I love React, I love single-page apps when they're appropriate. I think that knowing what a lot of projects Daniel has spanned recently, and that type of thing that I know Taylor is working on right now. I would pick SPA. I pick Vue Router SPA and I'd pick an API first in that context but I think that we can do that and we can then assume that that is always the right way to go forward. To me, that's not the case at all because of what you just said. I think testing is harder. I think debugging is harder. I think NPM and all the node modules issues breaks more. I think the entire complexity of this system is significantly higher. I think onboarding new developers in the system is more complicated and I want to make sure that it's not because I know PHP better than I know Javascript. I've been writing Javascript for as long as I've been writing PHP. Granted I haven't been writing React and Vue as long as I've been writing Laravel. I think I understand them relatively well and just the whole system everything is more complex than an all Javascript app. I am willing to make that statement and so to me- Taylor Otwell: The testing is definitely more complex. Jeffrey Way: Yes. Matt Stauffer: Yes. So to me, if I'm in a place where I can accomplish it with Blade then I'm not going to introduce any Javascript. If I can accomplish with Blade and the occasional Javascript widget then I'm going to use it with Blade and the occasional Javascript widget. That doesn't mean I don't believe that there are plenty of apps that are better as all Javascript or maybe even not using Vue Router or whatever but like a Javascript page that navigates to another Javascript page so you're doing your React containers or whatever else it ends up doing. I'm 100% on board with that possibility but I need to be convinced that that's the way to do it before I go there. Jeffrey Way: Taylor, for the SPAs you're building, when it comes to testing, are you doing endpoint testing for your backend code? In addition to that, how much client-side testing are you doing? Do you have tons of [crosstalk] Taylor Otwell: I wrote all of the endpoint test and there's hundreds of them for a new project and then we haven't even written the front end test yet, mainly because I'm working with other people on this. Of course, I have Steve, my designer, and then I have another person working on front-end stuff. It's also complicated by the fact that this is a package, it's not an app that Dusk is really easy to pull in to and so we haven't really toyed around with making Dusk work in a package environment yet. I don't know what Dusk's going to look like. We may end up using some kind of Javascript solution. There's just so many little subtle interactions on the front-end that are going to be one, important to test and two, hard to test I think. I don't know, we'll see I haven't gotten there yet. Jeffrey Way: Yes, I'm curious to see how you figure that out. Taylor Otwell: I would like to pull dusk in and just use it to test the package. Ideally kind of like the test bench for the back end which I used to write all my endpoint tests. Hopefully something similarly -- we can do something similar to that with Dusk, we'll see. Matt Stauffer: I hadn't thought about that because I was like, "Oh yes, Javascript just use Java--" but it's not, it's multiple pieces. We have found that once you put the work into the Javascript testing if that thing is full-on Javascript you can get it to be tenable? I feel like Javascript testing is, in our world, is probably the next great hurdle for us to make simple for people. Basic Laravel testing was one hurdle and then, what do you call it?, your package Jeffrey that was eventually pulled in the core like application testing that was the next hurdle. Gulp was a hurdle and Mix was a hurdle. These are hurdles where they're really complicated things that we look at and said, "You know what? People in the community are needing this to be simpler" and someone sat out usually one of the two of you sat out to make it a lot easier. I know that there's at least two people talking at Laracon about testing. Testing in Javascript and stuff like that. I'm super excited about the possibility that -- I thought there's two. I know that Samantha is at least. Her talk is about full-stack testing strategies. The reason for this is because at Tighten we're always asking this question of, what are our different ways of testing the whole way up and down the stack? Samantha's our resident React guru and we've had quite a few React developers at this point but she's the lead in thinking there and she's been asking this question a lot of like, "What does testing look like?" what I told her was like, "I'm going to wait until you give this talk to demand this of you of you but I want you to make it really easy for me and any app to write a Javascript test" I know Dusk and I know Laravel and PHPUnit but I want you to make it super easy for me. I'm hoping that that's what her talk is going to do for me and for everybody else. No pressure, Samantha. [laughs] Jeffrey Way: That would be great. I think so many times developers don't think about that. I think maybe they get too deep in the woods thinking, "okay, this is quite you have to do. You got to get this and this and this and this and this and then pull in these 8 dependencies then you're ready to go." They forget that to a newcomer that's horrible it's so frustrating. The view test utils library works great but just to get to the point where you can start writing your first test it's a lot of work. In many cases like this, it's not spotlighting them specifically but in so many cases like this you find situations where, "This could be significantly easier to get started" and it's not a badge of honor that you have to go through so many hurdles to write your first test, it should be easier. Matt Stauffer: I like that as a metric. I would like to have the ability to write a Reactor Vue test out of the gate. The same way that with a new Laravel app, I can write a test out of the gate without. I literally open up example test and just change some letters and I'm writing my test, that's brilliant. That was not what writing tests in PHP unit used to be like. It's not as if PHP unit is easy to bootstrap but Taylor and company did the work to make that easy, and you did the work to make it easy with application testing upon the core. I'm hopeful that we're we're moving in that direction. Alright. JavaScript, backends, Laracon , Laracasts, Laravel up and running. What are you guys learning these days? Are there any books you're reading? I know Taylor you've been talking about stoicism a lot. I started that one book, the really old one is it Marcus Aurelius or something like that? Taylor Otwell: Yes. Matt Stauffer: I started the book and I'm just moving really slowly through it. Could you could you give me the TLDR elevator pitch for stoicism? Is that is that possible? Jeffrey Way: What is stoicism? Matt Stauffer: Yes. What is stoicism, Taylor? Taylor Otwell: I think the one-sentence thing is this? It reminds me of that serenity prayer, I don't know if you ever heard that where stoicism is very focused on not worrying at all about the things that are out of your control. They define the things that are in your control as only your own boss, basically. Your health is not in your control, your job is not really, it's influenced by external factors. That was a little confusing to me at first because some things, say you're in a tennis match and you're facing someone, and whether you win or not is partly in your control, but it's partly not. I was always confused by that from a stoic perspective. There was one book that helped me resolve that situation, where it was like, You want to internalize your goals a little bit. To succeed at the tennis match is basically to give it your best so to speak. Whether you win or lose, is out of your control at that point, but you're still succeeding as long as you prepare and practice to give it your best shot. That's the main gist of Stoicism is not worrying about anything that's out of your control. Only worrying about the things you actually can control. Everything revolves around that. Matt Stauffer: I like that. Taylor Otwell: Basically Marcus Aurelius' book re-visits that theme a lot in various circumstances. One of the other popular stoic books, probably the other most popular Seneca's letters. He visits that topic on a variety of issues. Death and dying, sickness, what it means to be wealthy, and be a stoic because he was pretty wealthy. Of course, Marcus Aurelius was the Emperor so he was extremely privileged and wealthy. I think Marcus Aurelius' book is surprisingly relatable for a Roman Emperor that lived 2,000 years ago. [laughter] A lot of the things he mentions struggling with are very relatable. I was surprised at how modern it all came across really for someone that you would think would be very disconnected from our life experience. Matt Stauffer: Did I remember you saying something along the lines of Ryan Holiday, the guy who's speaking doing something about stoicism? Taylor Otwell: Yes, he wrote the Daily Stoic which is a really popular book. There's 365 little chapters, every day it's like a little daily reading. He expounds on it in a couple paragraphs. It's a pretty cool little book. Matt Stauffer: Cool. Taylor Otwell: On the tech side what I've been looking into a lot recently is containers, AWS, deployment, stuff like that. Serverless stuff like AWS Lambda. I feel there's gold in those hills somewhere. [laughter] I just feel like it's not really being presented and packaged up in a very approachable way right now. Because AWS feels very low level, it gives you all the tools you need to make things happen but you still have to tie them together in pretty complicated ways to build something useful. Probably the person that ties that kind of thing together the best is something like Heroku but just playing with some of those technologies. I think AWS Lambda is really cool. I really love the idea behind it, where basically you start out with just a function. By default, it's just like a JavaScript function that receives some arguments. You think of it like a little artisan command that receives a payload from the command line. You can invoke this function and pass it, little arguments. Then you can do whatever you want, you never really have to think about the underlying server. I think their concurrency limit is like 1000 concurrent tasks running at a time. It's pretty scalable for most situations, but you can actually do pretty interesting things like you can run a Laravel app on AWS Lambda which I actually did this week. I'm using some tutorials that people had written. It's a really interesting technology and like I said I feel like there's cool stuff there that just needs to be mined out, repackaged, and presented to people in this sort of digestible way. I've been trying to digest it myself and it's very complicated and there's actually a real lack of quality, like guides and documentation on how to do anything actually useful. There's lots of like, "Let's deploy a hello world" nginx page to elastic container service but how do I do zero downtime deployments reliably? How do I set up all my key workers reliably?" All that stuff is not there. Jeffry: You guys are making me feel bad. I'm trying to think of what I'm learning right now and the answer is nothing. I can't think of anything. Taylor Otwell: I've been playing Rocket League like an hour and a half a day. [laughs] Jeffrey Way: I think sometimes it's good to not always reach for something new but to get yourself in a habit of just a daily routine of every single day I'm going to chip away at this. There have been plenty of times where I'm really pushing my boundaries for a little bit trying to learn something new but I can't say that right now. I'm feeling horrible right now. Matt Stauffer: I can tell you, Jeffrey, I'm not learning anything about code right now so don't feel horrible. Jeffrey Way: Really? Matt Stauffer: I'm learning things. Let me tell you the things I'm learning and I bet you you'll have something related. I'm listening to this woman, Esther Perel, who's this relationship expert. I'm listening to her stuff nonstop. My wife and I are both listening to all her stuff. It's really good. It's like this progressive thinking about relationships but every time I've listened or read to people who are talking about this type of relationship stuff they're like, "By the way, you should just have open relationships and be married to 20 people and have sex with all of them. It's no big problem." I'm like, "That's not me so much." But she has progressive thinking that kind of throws of some of the old croft that we brought along with us but stills very much focused on, "Well you're married to this person, stay married to this person." It's helpful. It's like opening up my mind a little bit. The other thing I'm thinking about is money. I may have talked to you guys a little bit I've been- Jeffry: Yes, you're into that lately- Matt Stauffer: I'm so into it. I just got obsessed with how much I hate having a mortgage. It became this massive thing for me. I literally just looked at my mortgage statement and I think this is it, beginning balance, applied balance, and ending balance. I lived in my house for I feel like several years now. It's atleast one year and it might be two years. I'm paying thousands of dollars a month towards my mortgage and I've applied $5,000 to my balance because I'm paying everything to the interest this whole time. I just feel like I'm in this awful system. You guys know this but I've been listening to these audiobooks. One of them is the millionaire one, what's it called? The Millionaire Next Door and then the other one is The Simple Path To Wealth and just focusing on like really simple investment strategies, really simple decisions you can make. I'm not going to talk about -- I could talk to you guys your ear off in the next half hour but to me, the two things I've been learning about are simpler, healthier approaches to money and investment. Then relationship stuff where it's kind of like helping you understand what kind of garbage you're bringing into your marriage or your relationship but in a way that is for the focus of you staying there, to that person long-term versus a lot of the other alternative. You know, half ways to thinking about it. Jeffrey Way: I live everything you say on the finance stuff because you think the more you can simplify your financial situation the better it's going to improve your relationship as a result, too. I think it's the number one or the number two cause of fighting in relationships, is financial issues and of course, not everyone is in control of it. The more you can simplify your finances then and not buy a new car and instead buy an older car or something you can afford. The more you can simplify it, the better it's going to improve your relationship with your wife or your spouse and your kids. I see nothing but good things there. One thing I am doing, though -- This may interest you, Matt, when we had the Laravel podcast months ago I said, "Years ago I stopped playing guitar and the interest I had left" it's come back in the last couple of months. Matt Stauffer: That's awesome. Jeffrey Way: I know and I'm very happy about it. I went and bought a guitar and an amp. I've been playing lately. You can maybe see it in the back there and it's funny to see the parallels with code. I'm kind of getting in -- I'm approaching guitar from a more mature point of view, I guess. I'm getting more into this idea of like, "Okay, every single day I'm going to be working on this. I'm going to take a very fundamental approach to building up skills, whereas when I was a kid it was more, "I want to learn how to do this. Let's figure out how to do this as quickly as possible." Now, I take a very different approach to it, which I feel all of this parallels with code. It's very funny. I noticed on Twitter the other day a bunch of people were talking about how many coders have some interest in music or have some experience with music. It's interesting, the overlap there. Matt Stauffer: I just read the intro to this Imposters Handbook thing that I tweeted out. I wish I could remember the guy's name because he's a well-known software author but he's talking about being a saxophone player. I remembered having read a book by him in the past where he is making a lot of those parallels. Do you know who that is what is? Jeffrey Way: What is it? Hanselmann? Matt Stauffer: It wasn't Hanselmann. He wrote one but then it was the one after that. You guys would definitely know who this guy is but I just remember that he had studied saxophone. I remember him talking about that in his book that I read but yes, who knows who wrote that. Anyway, I'm only a chapter into this Imposters Handbook but I like that. Jeffrey Way: Very cool. Matt Stauffer: We are at 50 minutes, which is usually when we start ramping it down. Is there anything else going on with you guys, anything you've been thinking about or learning or exciting about that you want to get a chance to chat about? Taylor Otwell: Not for me that I haven't already discussed, I don't think. No, just what I already discussed but we're working on new Forge things, trying to make people's lives easier and Envoyer is getting redesigned, which it hasn't gotten since I originally wrote it in bootstrap, so that will be nice. Other than that, I think that's about it really on my end. Jeffrey Way: Matt, can you share any news about who's coming up on the podcast? Matt Stauffer: Oh man, I don't actually know who's next but let me go pull up my Trello board real quick. Basically what I'm trying to do is, I've been a little sneaky on this but I'm trying to mix up people who everybody knows, who everyone's been waiting for because every once in a while people are like, "Why has Adam not been in the podcast or whatever". I'm trying to mix up those people who I know that people are anxious about, for the people who they're not anxious about but I know that they're going to be really excited when they hear it. There's a couple of people who I know everybody want to hear and I'm trying to spread them out like every three or four guests and then be like, "Yes, but there's these other people that you don't know are super awesome." Some of my favorite responses have been people like, "I've never even heard that person's name before and now I want to be their best friend", I'm like, "Yes, I did my job well." Of course, the well-known names in Laravel are all going to get interviewed. I've got a list of dozens and dozens and dozens of people. I know that Adam's going to be coming up soon for sure and your Eric Barnes and your Chris Fidao's and them are going to be up in there, of course, as well and Freek and folks like that. One of the things I did also, was I didn't interview anybody from Tighten because I didn't want to seem like it was nepotism, but there's quite a few really interesting people at Tighten, so I think the Tightenites are going-- I'm going to start slipping in some Tightenites and some Vehikl and Spatie folks. I'm going to start slipping in some of those folks as well too. There's a huge list, I mean, you guys, I could do dozens and dozens and dozens of more just from the list I originally spit out before even touching any of the suggestions I got on Twitter. There's a lot of good ones coming. Jeffrey Way: I'm excited. It's been fun hearing from people that I'm not overly familiar with. I think that's a very wise choice you've made. Matt Stauffer: I'm happy to hear it, I had so much fun. Of course, I miss you guys which is why we're back here for today. I figured we can do this one, every dozen or something like that, keep that lines of communication going. Jeffrey Way: Yes. Cool. Matt Stauffer: All right guys, feeling good. Anything else? Jeffrey Way: That's it. Matt Stauffer: It was a ton of fun talking to you guys and I can't wait to see you in a couple months. Until then, thanks for hanging out and we'll see you all later. Taylor Otwell: Alright. See you. [music]
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