The Road to Laracon

Michael speaks with Stephen Rees-Carter , Friendly Hacker at Valorin Security OneRepublic - I Lived Ed Sheeran - I See Fire The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Austin Carpenter , Founder at mk1 Studio Austin Carpenter is the founder of mk1 Studio, a Gold Coast-based development agency that builds Laravel applications for clients across Australia. He has worked with Laravel for more than eight years and is currently leading the development of a fraud detection platform built on Laravel Cloud. Austin has a particular interest in system...

Michael speaks with Rebecca Cole , Software Engineer at Westpac Rebecca Cole is a Software Engineer at Westpac who came to technology from a background in teaching, learning design, and media. Before moving into software engineering, she co-created Virtual Village at UQ, an online onboarding and mentoring platform that supported more than 50,000 students during COVID, and spent a decade leading CH...

Michael speaks with Mathias Hansen , CTO & Co-Founder at Geocodio Mathias Hansen is a Danish-American developer with 25 years of experience across full-stack development, DevOps, and systems administration. In 2014, he and his wife Michele bootstrapped Geocodio as a side project. Today, it processes more than 2 billion geocoding lookups each month, while still being run by a team small enough...

Michael speaks with Anaya Dodge , Junior Software Developer at Rio Tinto Anaya Dodge is a Software Developer at Rio Tinto, where she currently builds automated testing solutions for a data engineering platform. A late career changer who moved from working alongside developers to becoming one, Anaya is passionate about making technology more accessible and supporting others navigating their own pat...

Michael speaks with Sam Greenwood , Head of Engineering at LMG Asset Finance Sam Greenwood is a technology leader with more than 15 years of experience across software engineering, architecture, and executive leadership, built on a foundation of PHP, TypeScript, and AWS. For the past 12 years, he has led engineering teams in the telecommunications and fintech sectors, delivering scalable products...

Michael speaks with Matt Stauffer , CEO at Tighten Co. Matt Stauffer is the founder and CEO of Tighten, a web development consultancy specialising in Laravel. He is the author of Laravel: Up & Running (O'Reilly), hosts podcasts covering Laravel, business, and pragmatic AI, and writes regularly at mattstauffer.com. Matt speaks at conferences around the world on software development, leadership,...

Michael speaks with Sam Levy , Software Gadabout at Determined Development Sam Levy writes instructions directly to the CPU with a hammer and chisel. His work is painstakingly handcrafted and currently limited to HLT and NOP. Wesley Willis - Alanis Morissette Violent Soho - Covered in Chrome The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Jai Kora , CTO at Syncio Jai Kora is a Melbourne-based engineer and technology leader with more than a decade of experience building with Laravel and AWS. He is currently CTO at Syncio, a multi-tenant Shopify inventory synchronisation platform serving more than 1,400 merchants. There, he works at a scale where queue design, webhook reliability, and infrastructure decisions have...

Michael speaks with Joel Clermont , Owner at No Compromises Joel Clermont has been building software since discovering a love of computers as a kid and has worked professionally with PHP since the mid-1990s. Along the way, he has shipped production applications across multiple languages and ecosystems, including Elixir, Erlang, .NET, and Elm. Those experiences have given him a perspective that occ...

Michael speaks with Jaz MacDonald , Creator and host at Psych Attack Podcast Jaz MacDonald holds a PhD in psychology and specialises in making complex ideas accessible to a wider audience. She is the creator and host of the Psych Attack podcast, delivers workshops and conference presentations, and writes practical guides that help people build professional capability. A long-time friend of the Lar...

Michael speaks with Devon Garbalosa, Solutions Engineer at Laravel Atreyu - Becoming the Bull Usher feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Ashley Hindle , Founder at Fuel Ashley Hindle is a British software engineer and engineering leader with extensive experience in Laravel, agentic software development, and building high-performing engineering teams. Based in England, he lives with his wife, three children, and a foster dog. Eminem - My Name Is YUNGBLUD - Changes (Live from Villa Park) The Road to Laracon Apple...

Michael speaks with Marty Friedel , Head Code Monkey at Mity Digital Marty Friedel is a Laravel, Statamic, and Livewire developer with more than 25 years of experience building for the web. Based in Adelaide, he is Head Code Monkey at Mity Digital, where he helps Laravel and Statamic projects move smoothly from idea to launch. Away from the keyboard, he teaches Les Mills group fitness classes, enj...

Michael speaks with Greg Skerman , Director of Technology at iseekplant Greg Skerman is a veteran technical leader based in Brisbane who has spent more than a decade building with Laravel and leading teams that build with Laravel. He has a particular interest in team performance, developer workflows, and empowering individuals to do their best work. Tool - Stinkfist Nirvana - Lithium The Road to L...

Michael speaks with Mitchell Davis , CTO & Cofounder at SixSides Mitchell Davis is a software engineer based in Sydney who loves building great software. He is the founder of Atlas Software, a Laravel development agency, as well as SixSides, an event platform focused on helping attendees make meaningful connections, and RecruitKit, an employee onboarding SaaS. Mitchell also hosts Our B2B SaaS...

Michael speaks with his wife, Rhiannon Dyrynda Linkin Park - In The End The Whitlams - Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) DJ Snake, Rick Ross & Rich Brian - Run It The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Jess Archer , Engineering Manager, Head of Nightwatch at Laravel Placebo - Every You Every Me Tool - Stinkfist Slipknot - Wait and Bleed The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Jason McCreary , Founder at Shift Foo Fighters - Generator Nirvana - Come as you are Beastie Boys - Sabotage The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Simon Vrachliotis , Instructor at Laracasts Cut Killer - La Haine A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again Gang Starr - Full Clip The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with James Brooks , Engineering Team Lead, Forge at Laravel Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You Randy Newman - You've Got A Friend In Me Goldfinger - Superman The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Jo Minney , Digital Experience Lead at Devhouse Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket 4 Non Blondes - What's Up Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Michelle Duke , AI Founder at MishManners Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Destiny's Child - Say My Name Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Leah Thompson , Frontend Engineer at Laravel Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way Destiny's Child - Say My Name Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify

Michael speaks with Stephen Rees-Carter , Friendly Hacker at Valorin Security Savage Garden - Crash and Burn The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You (From "Friends") Royal Crown Revue - Hey Pachuco The Road to Laracon Apple Music Spotify