Laravel Creator Spotlight

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Go behind the scenes with interviews from Laravel creators, maintainers, contributors, and community leaders. This podcast features conversations about Laravel development, open-source projects, startups, developer workflows, conference experiences, and lessons learned from building with PHP and Laravel. Hear insights from the people shaping the Laravel ecosystem and get inspired by real stories from the community.

  1. 2 ABR

    Matt Stauffer on Shaping the Future of PHP Through the Foundation

    Matt Stauffer discusses his recent appointment to the PHP Foundation board and provides insights into the foundation's purpose, structure, and impact on the Laravel community. He emphasizes the importance of community contribution and support for the PHP Foundation's initiatives, highlighting the potential for positive change and collaboration within the PHP ecosystem. Takeaways PHP Foundation's PurposeCommunity Contribution Chapters 00:00 Joining the PHP Foundation Board06:34 Board Responsibilities and Meetings12:00 Community Contribution and Support18:11 PHP Foundation's Role and Future

    20 min

  2. 6 FEB

    NativePHP After Laracon India: Mobile, Plugins, and AI Workflows

    The conversation covers experiences at Laracon India and preparations for Laracon EU, as well as announcements made at Laracon India regarding Native PHP version 3, technical limitations, open-source development, and showcasing Native PHP's apps and capabilities. The conversation delves into the power of Laravel plugins and their impact on empowering developers. It explores early plugin adoption and sponsorship, as well as the integration of a local ML model on a device. Additionally, it highlights the significance of the Cloud Code Plugin and its potential for developers. Takeaways Laracon India and Laracon EU eventsNative PHP version 3 and its featuresChallenges and opportunities in building mobile apps with Native PHP Local ML model on devicePower of Laravel plugins

    55 min

  3. 27 ENE

    Laravel, AI, and the Future of PHP (Live Chat with Jump24 Co-Founder Daniel Newns)

    In this live episode of the Laravel Creator Series, I’m joined by Dan Newns, co-founder of Jump24, a Laravel development studio with over a decade of real-world experience building Laravel applications across multiple industries. We talk candidly about: - How Jump24 uses Laravel in client and internal projects - Creating weekly “This Week in Laravel” style videos - AI tools in PHP and Laravel workflows - Planning vs one-shot prompting with AI - Skills, agents, and internal AI tooling - PHP’s evolution and where Laravel is headed next - The future of junior and senior developer roles - Middleware, architecture, and long-term maintainability - Conferences like Laracon EU and Laravel Live UK Show Links - Daniel Newns LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-newns/ - Daniel Newns X https://x.com/DanielNewns - Jump 24 - https://jump24.co.uk/ This was a relaxed, unscripted live conversation covering what it’s really like to build with Laravel in 2026 and how AI is starting to reshape the ecosystem without replacing experienced developers. If you’re working with Laravel, curious about AI-assisted development, or thinking about the future of PHP, this one’s for you.

    28 min

  4. 23/10/2025

    PHP Pie with James Titcumb

    PIE is a new installer for PHP extensions intended to eventually replace PECL. It is distributed as a PHAR, just like Composer, and works similarly to Composer. However, it installs PHP extensions (PHP Modules or Zend Extensions) to your PHP installation rather than pulling PHP packages into your project or library. 🔗 Show Links https://laravel-news.com/php-pie-with-james-titcumbhttps://github.com/php/piehttps://github.com/asgrim

    33 min
  5. Inside the New Laravel Forge with James Brooks

    01/10/2025

    Inside the New Laravel Forge with James Brooks

    In this episode, Eric Barnes sits down with James Brooks, team lead for Laravel’s core services team, to dive into the new Laravel Forge launch. James walks through the biggest updates to Forge, from organization support and zero-downtime deployments to the new command palette that makes managing servers and deployments easier than ever. We also explore how Forge compares with Envoyer and Laravel Cloud, the challenges of building on top of legacy infrastructure, and how community feedback continues to shape the future of Laravel’s server management tools. Whether you’re a hobbyist or running production workloads at scale, this conversation will help you understand how Forge empowers developers with flexibility and control. 🔑 Key Takeaways James Brooks leads Laravel’s core services, including Forge and Envoyer.The new Forge introduces organization support and zero-downtime deployments.The command palette is a major UX improvement for developers.Forge continues to provide maximum flexibility for custom server setups.Envoyer focuses on zero-downtime deployments across multiple servers.Laravel Cloud offers a fully managed, simplified deployment experience.User feedback is central to feature development and roadmap decisions.🔗 Resources Laravel ForgeLaravel Cloud

    25 min

  6. 21/08/2025

    Laravel Boost with Ashley Hindle

    Laravel Boost is your new AI coding starter kit, designed to make working with AI agents better. It does this by feeding them Laravel-specific data to help them write higher-quality code. Ashley Hindle described it as, "Boost helps guide the AI to do better". Some of the features of Boost include: Provides a Laravel-specific MCP ServerVersion-specific documentationLaravel maintained AI guidelinesShow Links https://laravel-news.com/laravel-boost https://x.com/ashleyhindle https://x.com/ericlbarnes

    44 min

  7. 30/05/2025

    PHPverse - Celebrating PHP's 30th Anniversary with Brent Roose

    Eric and Brent discuss the evolution of PHP, the importance of testing, and the introduction of Tempest, a new PHP framework. They delve into the challenges of code highlighting and the innovations that have emerged in the PHP community, including the exciting developments surrounding Franken-PHP. The discussion also touches on the future of PHP and upcoming events in the community. Show Links:  * https://stitcher.io * https://www.youtube.com/@phpannotated * https://laravel-news.com/tempest-highlight Chapters 00:00 Celebrating 30 Years of PHP: The PHPverse 20:41 The Evolution of PHP: Features and Community Feedback 25:26 Exciting New Features: The Pipe Operator in PHP 8.5 34:31 The Importance of Testing in PHP Development 38:08 Introducing Tempest: A New PHP Framework 45:58 The Evolution of Code Highlighting in PHP 52:54 Exciting Developments in the PHP Community Takeaways * PHP is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the PHPverse event. * The PHP community has evolved significantly over the years. * JetBrains is hosting a live-streamed event to celebrate PHP's milestone. * The pipe operator is a new feature in PHP 8.5 that enhances code readability. * Community feedback is crucial in the evolution of PHP features. * The PHP core team consists of a diverse group of contributors. * The acceptance of new features often faces initial resistance from the community. * The importance of community in shaping the future of PHP is emphasized. * Type properties introduced in PHP 7.4 have greatly improved code quality. * The evolution of PHP has made it a more robust and user-friendly language. Testing is crucial for PHP development. * Many developers still do not write tests. * Innovation in PHP frameworks like Laravel is essential. * Tempest is a new PHP framework that aims to simplify development. * Code highlighting has evolved significantly in PHP. * Brent created a highlighter package to address modern PHP needs. * The highlighter package is extensible and user-friendly. * Franken-PHP is a new runtime for PHP that simplifies deployment. * The PHP community is thriving with new projects and events. * Consistency in content creation is key to success.

    51 min

  8. 15/04/2025

    Whisp, a Pure PHP SSH server, with Ashley Hindle

    WhispPHP is a Pure PHP SSH server created by Ashley Hindle. It is the simplest way to build PHP SSH apps and allows you to run your Laravel Prompts apps through SSH with ridiculous simplicity. Show Links:  - Whisp Docs - https://whispphp.com - Whisp Demos - https://whispphp.com/docs/1.0.0/whisp-demos - Ashley’s site - https://ashleyhindle.com - FancyOG - https://fancyog.com - Croft - https://github.com/ashleyhindle/croft - Cursor AI IDE - https://www.cursor.com/ - Sam Carre’s ssh-php - https://github.com/Sammyjo20/ssh-php - Terminal.shop - https://www.terminal.shop/ - Joe Tannenbaum’s CLI experiments - https://laracasts.com/series/cli-experiments - Joe Tannenbaum’s hacking prompts for fun and profit - https://blog.joe.codes/hacking-laravel-prompts-for-fun-and-profit

    29 min
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Go behind the scenes with interviews from Laravel creators, maintainers, contributors, and community leaders. This podcast features conversations about Laravel development, open-source projects, startups, developer workflows, conference experiences, and lessons learned from building with PHP and Laravel. Hear insights from the people shaping the Laravel ecosystem and get inspired by real stories from the community.

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