Episodes

  • Liquid glass, video thumbnails, and children growing up
    Jun 12 2025

    In this episode, Jake and Michael reflect on parenting, discuss Apple's new Liquid Glass UI, finding smarter ways to use video on the web, plus share thoughts on AI overload, Laracon prep, and why Wistia might be your next favourite video tool.

    In this episode:
    - Apple’s Liquid Glass UI
    - Kit.com and Wistia for video
    - Reflections on AI, tech bubbles, and accessibility
    - Laracon US and vox pop interviews
    - The emotional ride of watching your kids grow up

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    46 mins
  • Stealth grills, metric takeover, and selecting conference talks
    May 22 2025

    In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss Jake's new stealth grill, his eldest son's takeover of the state finals (and metric's takeover of measurement), and Michael goes through the process of refining over 150 talk submissions down to the final Laracon AU schedule.

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    41 mins
  • Constant interfaces, nested input, and array access
    May 8 2025

    In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss using interfaces as a dictionary of constants, working with and testing inputs passed down multiple layers of the application, and refactoring legacy code with PHP's ArrayAccess interface.

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    42 mins
  • Laracon AU, queued batches, and leveraging AI
    Apr 24 2025

    In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss the ramp up of Laracon AU planning, touch base on Jake's unorthodox usage of Laravel Horizon, and Michael finally coming around to using AI.

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    37 mins
  • New setups, Saloon SDKs, and configuring Horizon
    Apr 10 2025

    In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss Michael's new recording gear, building integrations with external APIs using Saloon, and configuring Laravel Horizon.

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    40 mins
  • Concentric circles, eloquent values, and application monitoring
    Mar 6 2025

    In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss circles of influence and information, eloquently handling return of single values from the database, and monitoring tools for your applications.

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    39 mins
  • Succession plans, unused features, and testing living systems
    Feb 20 2025

    Jake and Michael discuss those features you ship that nobody uses but everybody has feedback for, testing a system where the valid state can change based on user input, and compliance auditing and adherence.

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    32 mins
  • Luka and AD, Laracon US, and pitching our Laracon talks
    Feb 6 2025

    In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss the blockbuster trade of Luka Dončić to the the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis, the just-announced Laracon US, and pitch our talks for the very same conference.

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    37 mins