Over Engineered

Chris Morrell
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A podcast where we explore unimportant programming questions (mostly PHP/Laravel/JavaScript) in extreme detail.

  1. Storing Files in the Database w/ Bogdan Kharchenko and Skyler Katz

    10/15/2025

    Storing Files in the Database w/ Bogdan Kharchenko and Skyler Katz

    Sometimes you have files or other large chunks of data that you need to associate with a record in your database. It might be convenient to just store that as base64-encoded data or HTML in a "longtext" column, but that can eventually cause issues—especially as the table grows. What other options are there? In this episode of Over Engineered, we go back to the show's roots and try to find the absolute best solution to a problem we already have an acceptable solution for.

    1h 10m
  2. Kilopixel Retro w/ Ben Holmen + Joe Tannenbaum

    08/23/2025

    Kilopixel Retro w/ Ben Holmen + Joe Tannenbaum

    At the beginning of August, after six years of working on it on-and-off, Ben Holmen took his Kilopixel project live. It's a 1000 pixel display, where each pixel has to be manually toggled by a custom CNC rig, and it's whimsical and impractical and took the internet by storm. In today's episode, Chris chats with Ben and Joe about the whole project and what's next for the display. Links: KilopixelI spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel displayThe Kilopixel recapShow HNKilopixel on Side ProjectsBen Holmen on Over Engineered

    1h 11m
  3. (Actually good) browser testing w/ Nuno Maduro

    08/08/2025

    (Actually good) browser testing w/ Nuno Maduro

    Up until now, browser testing in Laravel has felt… bad. Dusk was a huge step over nothing, but it's been slow and flaky and just waiting to be replaced with something better. And with Pest 4, Nuno's cracked it! In today's episode of Over Engineered with dig into the technical details of what makes browser testing in Pest 4 both very fast and much more stable than Dusk and all the other browser testing approaches that came before it. Links: PestNuno Maduro (all his socials)PlaywrightNuno's livestream of this episode

    1h 54m
  4. Fostering Community w/ Alex Hillman

    06/26/2025

    Fostering Community w/ Alex Hillman

    Alex Hillman has been thinking about and actively supporting communities for decades. In this episode, Chris and Alex talk about lessons he's learned along the way that can help meetup organizers tend their local tech communities, and brainstorm about ways that we can organize together to support meetups in general. Links: tiny.mbastackingthebricks.comindyhall.org10k.cityphpx.world

    1h 42m
  5. Native PHP w/ Simon Hamp

    04/22/2025

    Native PHP w/ Simon Hamp

    Simon Hamp and Marcel Pociot have been working on NativePHP for a number of years, and Simon just surprised with world at Laracon EU with a NativePHP for Mobile announcement. In this episode, Simon and Chris get deep into the the NativePHP innards, explore sustainable open source, and generally just have a good time for > over two hours 😅 Links: NativePHPZephpyrdagger

    2h 19m
  6. The next era of Larabelles w/ Zuzana Kunckova

    04/11/2025

    The next era of Larabelles w/ Zuzana Kunckova

    Zuzana Kunckova started Larabelles five years ago, and over that time it has grown into an important part of the Laravel community. In today's episode, Zuzana and Chris talk about the future of Larabelles now that she has more time to dedicate to it. Links: LarabellesSponsor Larabelles on GitHubSponsor Larabelles on PatreonOther ways to support Larabelles

    1h 20m
  7. PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™

    04/07/2025 · BONUS

    PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™

    What happens when you get a bunch of Laravel podcasters + a bunch of mics in a room? Chaos, apparently. Recorded live after PHP × NYC with Ben Holmen, John Drexler, Daniel Coulbourne, Chris Morrell, Ian Landsman, Dave Hicking, and Joe Tannenbaum.

    1h 11m
  8. Running Small Teams w/ Dan Matthews & John Rudolph Drexler

    03/28/2025

    Running Small Teams w/ Dan Matthews & John Rudolph Drexler

    There's lots of advice out there for running software teams, but much of it comes from large organizations with dozens or hundreds of developers. Smaller teams have different needs. On today's episode, we pick up from a question Dan asked on Bluesky and talk about how best to approach running a small development team. Links: Dan's Bluesky PostThunk

    1h 35m
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A podcast where we explore unimportant programming questions (mostly PHP/Laravel/JavaScript) in extreme detail.

Information

  • Creator
    Chris Morrell
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023-2025 Chris Morrell
  • Show Website
    Over Engineered