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The Laravel Podcast

by Matt Stauffer · English · Tech & Science

The Laravel community podcast: conversations about the framework, the PHP ecosystem and the people building with Laravel.

New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 43 min
Latest: 13 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 24 minNew

Eric Barnes Lives a Dream Life, Launching PHP News

Matt Stauffer kicks off Season 8 of The Laravel Podcast with longtime friend Eric Barnes, creator of Laravel News, in a wide-ranging conversation that wanders well beyond code. They talk about how Eric learned sales on a motorcycle dealership floor, running a business with Profit First, and how Laravel News is changing now that AI has taken away search traffic. Eric argues that editorial curation still matters. They also announce their new project, PHPNews , and Matt makes the case that PHP is the best ecosystem for LLM-driven development. Along the way, they dig into building a low-stress…

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S7 · E33 · 29 Sep 2026 · 44 min
How a Non-Developer Builds and Ships Laravel Apps with AI Agents
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In the Season 7 finale, Matt Stauffer talks with Sam Sappenfield, senior field marketing manager and two-time Laravel team member, about her unlikely path from athlete to journalism grad to marketer to Laravel's first dedicated events hire. They get into why she left, why she came back, and how Laracon US talks on agentic programming turned her into a builder. Sam walks through shipping a Laracon photos…
S7 · E32 · 1 Sep 2026 · 56 min
A Laravel and Laracon Catch-Up With Michael Dyrynda and Jake Bennett
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer is joined by two of his oldest friends in the community — Michael Dyrynda and Jake Bennett, co-hosts of the Laravel News Podcast — for a Laracon-fueled catch-up that starts with golf, soccer, and adult swim lessons before turning to the framework. They dig into the Laracon US highlights that stuck with them: rediscovering the joy of building "silly software," using AI as an…
S7 · E31 · 18 Aug 2026 · 46 min
Laravel is a Multilingual Framework, with Taylor Otwell
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with Taylor Otwell for a post-Laracon debrief covering the biggest announcements across the Laravel framework, AI tooling, and Laravel Cloud. They walk through the new goodies — the LSP, Artisan Doctor, and CPX (think NPX for Composer) — before digging into how AI is reshaping the framework itself, from human-in-the-loop tooling in the AI SDK to treating AI as a…
S7 · E30 · 4 Aug 2026 · 51 min
Aaron Francis Is Laravel's New VP of Marketing & Community
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with Aaron Francis — just days before his first day — to explore his journey from programmer and entrepreneur to VP of Marketing and Community at Laravel. They trace his winding path from big-four CPA to developer, PlanetScale, and two and a half years of independence, then unpack the hard decision to "go to the mothership." Aaron lays out his strategic vision:…
S7 · E29 · 21 Jul 2026 · 52 min
Taylor Otwell on Why Laravel + AI Pair so Well, and the Future of Programming
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with Taylor Otwell, creator and CEO of Laravel, just days before Laracon in Boston, and gets into why Laravel has become such a natural fit for building with AI coding agents. They talk through Laravel Boost, the value of an opinionated, “batteries included” framework when agents are writing the code, and how “vibe-coding” platforms tend to hit a wall that Laravel…
S7 · E28 · 7 Jul 2026 · 40 min
Mastering Design Systems with Jeremy Butler
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with Jeremy Butler, product design lead at Laravel, to trace his path from building an app to sell advertisements to shaping the look and feel of Cloud, Nightwatch, and Forge. Jeremy shares how a copy of Laravel: Up & Running rescued a struggling NHS project, why he leans on systems thinking and design thinking over raw pixels, and how design finally became its…
S7 · E27 · 23 Jun 2026 · 44 min
Inside Laravel's Starter Kits with Wendell Adriel
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with Wendell Adriel, senior software engineer on the Laravel team, to trace his path from a small town in Brazil to working on open source full time. They dig into Maestro, the new orchestration system that makes Laravel's React, Vue, and Livewire starter kits buildable from a single layered source of truth, plus the new Vite font plugin that pulls Google and…
S7 · E26 · 9 Jun 2026 · 41 min
Abby Gilson on Laravel’s Events & Laracon US Boston
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer talks with Abby Gilson — Laravel's recently promoted field marketing manager, better known in the community as "Gen Z Abby" — about the winding path that took her from studying for the LSAT to running events for one of the web's most passionate developer communities. They get into what it's like to learn marketing and event management on the fly, why Laravel events…
S7 · E25 · 26 May 2026 · 50 min
Marketing Developer Tools with Cynthia McGillis, VP of Marketing
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer is joined by Cynthia McGillis to talk about her unlikely path from English major and nonprofit fundraiser to leading marketing at Laravel. They discuss what it’s like to market developer tools as a non-developer, how Cynthia helped launch Laravel Cloud, and why the Laravel community feels different from other dev tool ecosystems. The conversation dives into Laravel Cloud…
S7 · E24 · 12 May 2026 · 49 min
Building the Business Side of Laravel with Tom Crary
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer talks with Tom Crary, President and COO at Laravel, about the path that took him from a Big Four CPA firm to running the business side of one of the most loved frameworks in PHP. Tom walks through his years at Accel-backed startups, his time as CEO of Pond5 through the Shutterstock acquisition, and the surprisingly fast turnaround that ended with him signing his Laravel…
S7 · E23 · 28 Apr 2026 · 33 min
Design Engineering at Laravel: Jason Beggs on Building Laravel Cloud
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. Matt Stauffer talks with Jason Beggs, staff software engineer at Laravel and the design engineer behind the Laravel Cloud front end. Jason shares how he unexpectedly became “the Tailwind guy”—and how that path led him to helping build one of the most talked-about products in the PHP world. They get into what design engineering actually looks like at Laravel: working closely with designers, building in…
S7 · E22 · 14 Apr 2026 · 58 min
The Future of Laravel Partnerships with Dave Hicking
The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. Matt Stauffer sits down with Dave Hicking, Laravel's Agency Partnership Manager, to trace his winding path into the Laravel world — from a UConn IT library to Tighten (twice), Yale's rare books collection, Userscape, and finally Laravel HQ. They dig into the evolution of the Laravel partner program, including the newly restructured tiers, and what Dave is actively building to make "partner" mean…
S7 · E21 · 16 Dec 2025 · 31 min
A Laravel Conference in Japan with Ryuta Hamasaki
In this episode, Matt Stauffer interviews Ryuta Hamasaki, a senior software engineer at Laravel, who shares his journey from discovering Laravel to becoming a key player in the Laravel community. Ryuta discusses his experiences attending international conferences, his motivations for organizing Laravel Live Japan, and his day-to-day work at Laravel, particularly on the Nightwatch team. The conversation highlights the importance of community, collaboration, and the challenges of organizing tech events in Japan. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Ryuta Hamasaki (@avosalmon) on X Ryuta on GitHub Laravel…
S7 · E20 · 1 Dec 2025 · 45 min
From Tire Shop to Solutions Engineer with Devon Garbalosa
In this conversation, Devon Garbalosa shares his journey from working in a tire shop to discovering his passion for web development, highlighting a pivotal moment when he discovered Laravel. He discusses the ease of connecting to databases and implementing authentication, emphasizing how frameworks can significantly enhance development efficiency and effectiveness. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Devon Garbalosa on Twitter Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Suggestion Box ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten .
S7 · E19 · 17 Nov 2025 · 43 min
From Math Teacher to DevRel with Leah Thompson
In this episode, Matt Stauffer interviews Leah Thompson, a DevRel engineer at Laravel, who shares her unique journey into tech, transitioning from a mathematics background and teaching to web development. Leah discusses her experiences in the Laravel community, the importance of networking, and her role in building marketing websites. She emphasizes the value of public speaking, building in public, and engaging with the community through streaming. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Leah Thompson on Twitter Leah Thompson on Twitch Leah Thompson on GitHub Leah Thompson on Bluesky Design That Sticks |…
S7 · E18 · 3 Nov 2025 · 37 min
The Architecture Behind Laravel Cloud with Chris Fidao
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer chats with Chris Fidao, Team Lead of Laravel’s Infrastructure Cloud Team. They talk about Chris’s journey from his first experience with Laravel to creating educational content and eventually leading an engineering team. Chris shares what it takes to build and maintain Laravel’s Cloud infrastructure, his approach to leadership and team growth, and his perspective on topics like serverless architecture and foreign key constraints. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Chris Fidao on Twitter Laravel Learn Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten…
S7 · E17 · 20 Oct 2025 · 30 min
The Art of Teaching Laravel with Christoph Rumpel
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer speaks with Christoph Rumpel, a DevRel Engineer at Laravel. They discuss Christoph’s journey to joining the Laravel team, the evolution of Laravel’s learning resources, and the launch of Laravel’s new learning platform, Laravel Learn. Christoph shares what it’s like to shape educational content for developers, how he balances creativity and code in video production, and the ongoing art of teaching and learning in tech. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Christoph Rumpel on Twitter Christoph Rumpel Website Laravel Learn Laravel Twitter Laravel…
S7 · E16 · 22 Sep 2025 · 42 min
TypeScript, Wayfinder, and Ranger with Joe Tannenbaum
In this episode, Matt Stauffer chats with Joe Tannenbaum about Wayfinder , a tool that generates TypeScript for Laravel routes to improve type safety and developer experience. They dive into the advantages of TypeScript, the unique features of Wayfinder, and how static analysis can boost performance. Joe also shares tips for writing Laravel code that pairs seamlessly with Wayfinder and introduces Ranger , a new tool for app discovery. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Joe Tannenbaum on Twitter Joe Tannenbaum on Blue Sky Joe Tannenbaum on GitHub Season 7, Episode 3 Laravel Podcast with Joe Tannenbaum…
S7 · E15 · 8 Sep 2025 · 23 min
Inside Laravel Customer Support with Feri Bartha
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, Matt talks with Feri Bartha, Laravel’s Director of Customer Success and Support. They explore the role of customer success, the proactive side of support, and what it takes to build a support team from the ground up. Feri shares perspectives on team metrics, knowledge management, and how AI is shaping the future of support. The conversation also dives into personalized customer care and the creative support initiatives happening at Laravel. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Feri Bartha on LinkedIn Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Suggestion Box…
S7 · E14 · 25 Aug 2025 · 46 min
Inside Forge 2.0 and Laravel VPS with James Brooks
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, Matt Stauffer chats with James Brooks, engineering lead for Laravel Forge. James shares his path into Laravel, his early contributions, and the evolution of Forge, including a look ahead at Forge 2.0 and Laravel VPS. They dig into the technical challenges of building new features, the role of community, and the collaborative spirit that fuels the Laravel ecosystem. Matt Stauffer on Twitter James Brooks on Twitter James Brooks on GitHub James Brooks Website Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Laravel Envoyer Laravel Forge Suggestion Box…
S7 · E13 · 13 Aug 2025 · 40 min
Laravel & AI: Inside Boost with Ashley Hindle
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer sits down with Ashley Hindle, senior software engineer at Laravel, to explore his path to the team, the rise of AI in programming, and the launch of Laravel Boost, Laravel’s AI toolkit. They dive into Ashley’s experiences with coding assistants, the key features of Boost—from built-in guidelines to MCP server support—and practical tips for getting started with AI in development. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Ashley Hindle on Twitter Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Ashley Hindle Website Laravel Boost Keynote Laracon US 2025…
S7 · E12 · 5 Aug 2025 · 37 min
Live from Laracon US: Taylor Otwell Talks New Features, Forge & Cloud
Recorded live at Laracon US, Matt Stauffer sits down with Taylor Otwell to unpack the latest announcements and the exciting growth of Laravel. They explore the evolution of Laracon, new framework features designed to make the ecosystem even more accessible, and the cohesive design philosophy behind it all. The conversation also dives into the future of testing with Dusk and Pest, as well as innovations in products like Forge and Laravel Cloud. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Taylor Otwell on Twitter Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Laravel Forge Laravel Cloud Keynote Laracon US 2025…
S7 · E11 · 28 Jul 2025 · 43 min
From Standup to DevRel: How Josh Cirre Found Laravel
In this episode of the Laravel podcast, host Matt Stauffer talks with Josh Cirre, a DevRel at Laravel, about his journey into the Laravel community, his role in content creation, and the upcoming refreshed Laravel Bootcamp. They discuss the importance of community engagement, the tech stacks he uses, and the creative process behind video content. Matt Stauffer on Twitter Josh Cirre on Twitter Josh Cirre on YouTube Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Podcast Suggestions ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten .
S7 · E10 · 14 Jul 2025 · 40 min
Design at Laravel & Terminal with David Hill
In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with David Hill, the Head of Design at Laravel. David shares his journey from industrial design to digital product design, discussing the challenges and opportunities he encounters in his role. He highlights the importance of problem-solving in design, the need for adaptability, and the creative constraints that guide his work. David also reflects on his experiences with public speaking and offers advice for aspiring designers, emphasizing the value of hands-on practice and learning from the community. Matt Stauffer on Twitter David Hill on Twitter…
S7 · E9 · 23 Jun 2025 · 44 min
Leading Engineering Teams with Empathy
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, Matt Stauffer sits down with André Valentin, Director of Engineering at Laravel, to explore his unique journey from customer support to engineering leadership. André opens up about the challenges he’s faced, the lessons learned along the way, and how building strong relationships within a team has shaped his leadership style. They dive into Laravel’s balance between open source and commercial work, the importance of effective onboarding, and how team dynamics impact success. André also shares his approach to communication, project involvement, and the…
S7 · E8 · 9 Jun 2025 · 43 min
Marketing an Open Source Ecosystem with Hank Taylor
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, Matt Stauffer sits down with Hank Taylor, Laravel’s head of marketing, to unpack what it really looks like to market the ecosystem surrounding a major open-source framework. Hank shares his path into the world of Laravel, his deep roots in marketing (especially in open-source) and how he’s helping shape the future of community engagement. They dive into the revitalization of in-person meetups, Laravel’s evolving marketing strategy, and the cultural shift toward embracing PHP. The conversation also explores the challenges and opportunities of moving…
S7 · E7 · 26 May 2025 · 42 min
Co-Creation and Live Streaming Laravel with Nuno Maduro
In this episode, Matt Stauffer chats with Nuno Maduro, a prominent Software Engineer at Laravel, about his journey from a traditional developer role to becoming a key voice in the Laravel ecosystem. Nuno shares reflections from his early days, how simplicity has become a cornerstone of his coding philosophy, and what he's learned through co-creating in the open source world. They dive into the evolution of Laravel projects, the balance between building and maintaining software, and the tradeoffs between full stack development and specialized teams. Nuno also discusses the challenges of…
S7 · E6 · 12 May 2025 · 50 min
The Making of Laravel Cloud: Behind the Scenes with Joe Dixon
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer chats with Joe Dixon, Engineering Team Lead at Laravel. Joe shares his journey to Laravel, his experiences working on Vapor and Reverb, and the transition to Laravel Cloud. They explore his shift from writing code to managing teams, the unexpected challenges behind the Cloud build, and the complexity of billing, bandwidth monitoring, and system communication. Joe also dives into the importance of documentation, safety nets for customer traffic spikes, and the database strategies powering Laravel Cloud. The episode wraps with a…
S7 · E5 · 28 Apr 2025 · 38 min
Cloud Launch Reflections, Nightwatch, and the Future of Forge
In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer welcomes back the one and only Taylor Otwell to dive into the latest developments in the Laravel ecosystem. They unpack the launch of Laravel Cloud, share early user feedback, and discuss Taylor’s focus on educating users about pricing and usage. The conversation explores how Cloud fits into the broader Laravel stack and what’s on the horizon for Forge. Taylor also teases the upcoming launch of Nightwatch, a powerful monitoring tool built for integrated analytics and deeper performance insights. They touch on the value of performance…

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The Laravel community podcast: conversations about the framework, the PHP ecosystem and the people building with Laravel.

The Laravel Podcast is a English tech & science podcast from Matt Stauffer. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Matt Stauffer
Language: English
Category: Tech & Science
New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 43 min
Latest episode: 13 Oct 2026
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