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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Nov 21

My talk at @laracon.au 2024 is now available on YouTube 🥳

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I cover problem solving vs. order taking, building great culture, psychological safety, and so much more...plus pics of my cute dog 🐶 and a shoutout to CT pizza 🍕 & UConn basketball 🏀

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Laracon AU @laracon.au · 6d

A champion of diversity and inclusion in the Laravel community - @zuzana-k.com, founder of @larabelles.com is speaking at #LaraconAU about writing resilient code!

🎟 Act fast <100 early bird tickets & personalised badge deadline Oct 16

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 6d

This week @ianlandsman.com and @aaronfrancis.com talk about Aaron's recent "Vision Quest", accidentally inventing transcendental meditation, realizing he's addicted to Twitter, and the reaction he got online. Plus Ian went to Philly to play poker & more.

Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 6d

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Mostly Technical: 102: Vision Quest. Have a listen:

102: Vision Quest

Ian and Aaron talk about Aaron's recent "Vision Quest, accidentally...

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · 10d

I love to see wonderful people get recognized 🙌

Sara Bine @sarasoda.bsky.social · 12d

I actually owe a lot of my career to RuneScape 🙃 laravel.com/blog/evolvin...

Evolving Legacy at Scale. The Artisan of the Day Is Sara Bine. - Laravel - The PHP Framework For Web Artisans

Sara Bine shares her journey from RuneScape IRC bots to leading BetterHelp’s Laravel migration, blending legacy expertise, mentorship, and smart architecture.

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Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 11d

show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic

DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com

DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.

jakelazaroff.com

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · 11d

This might be your worst take! I can't believe you didn't save this for the pod lol

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DigitalOcean @digitalocean.com · 12d

Congratulations Laravel on launching Laravel VPS! 🍾

Developers globally use Laravel to power over 1M websites, & we're proud to partner with them to empower that community to continue to build & scale web apps in a simple way. ✨ https://do.co/4nBSs5k

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Laravel @laravel.com · 12d

This is the biggest update to server management since 2014.

◆ Instant Laravel VPS servers
◆ Zero downtime deployments
◆ Team terminal sessions
◆ Free on-forge domains
◆ Health checks, Heartbeats, & real-time metrics

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · 16d

What a movie! You’re gonna love it.

Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · 17d

It's so freaking good. I'm using mine to go see One Battle After Another tonight 🙌

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 25d

This week @ianlandsman.com had a bombshell announcement for @aaronfrancis.com about Outro.fm - he Laravel New'd it!

Is this two steps forward, three steps back? Is this a "business dad" move or is Ian actually "developer dad"?

Is this the first time Aaron's ever been speechless?!

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Florian Beer @florian.beer · 28d

We crossed 1 million deployments on Laravel Cloud 🔥

blog.laravel.com/1m-deploys-o...

1M Deploys on Laravel Cloud: Billing, Admin & Integrations

Laravel Cloud hit 1M deployments since EA. Here’s how we built billing, admin tools, and integrations to support every deployment.

blog.laravel.com

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Sep 10

Look at this lineup of speakers 🔥

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Simon @simonhamp.me · Sep 9

Want to help the NativePHP cause? Please give a little upvote and share this with others

www.producthunt.com/products/nat...

Bifrost - Build for anything. From anywhere. With PHP | Product Hunt

Bifrost is the build tool for NativePHP apps. Compile your apps on our cloud and upload to the app stores in minutes. Develop wherever you prefer — Mac, Windows or Linux — and distribute native apps t...

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Matt Stauffer @mattstauffer.com · Sep 8

Ticket sales and more details are live now:

wire-live.com

Wire ⚡ Live - A Chill & AWESOME Livewire Community Event

Join us in Buffalo, NY on October 28-29, 2025 for Wire Live. Let's hang out and talk all things Livewire, Flux, Alpine, and Filament.

wire-live.com

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Matt Stauffer @mattstauffer.com · Sep 8

OK, so the Tighten logo isn't the only thing exciting (to me) about the Wire:Live web site. I'm also super excited to share I'll be speaking!

We love using Livewire as one of our primary frontend stacks at
@tighten.com, so I'm honored to be on stage for the inaugural conference!

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Sep 8

ICYMI: The first-ever Wire Live is coming to Buffalo on October 28th-29th!

Grab your tickets now at wire-live.com ⚡️

Wire ⚡ Live - A Chill & AWESOME Livewire Community Event

Join us in Buffalo, NY on October 28-29, 2025 for Wire Live. Let's hang out and talk all things Livewire, Flux, Alpine, and Filament.

wire-live.com

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Sep 8

Last week on Mostly Technical, @ianlandsman.com talked to @aaronfrancis.com about his plans for a Molly's Game situation. He wants to build a stable of horses!

For poker!

Trust us - it all makes sense.

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Laravel @laravel.com · Sep 5

Laravel Cloud is SOC 2 Type II certified.

Forge & Nightwatch are next.

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Aug 25

Ready to watch the full talk?

Head over to youtu.be/Y1tDTmWzC9k

AI Will Not Replace You | Dave Hicking Laracon US 2025

YouTube video by Laravel

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Aug 25

What happens when code is cheap to create?

Last month I spoke at Laracon US about this very question and why while we might see a flood of vibe coded apps, that doesn't mean this is the end of the line for traditional software development.

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Aug 15

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Aug 14

It's actually from the clean version! Pac used to rewrite his verses for the clean/video version. 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted, How Do U Want It, etc. all have this.

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Dave Hicking @davehicking.com · Aug 13

My talk from Laracon US is live 🥳

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1tD...

In 10 minutes & 66 (!) slides I cover everything from academic libraries📚 to Y2K-era dotcom puppets🐶 and why your taste & judgement will matter more than ever before.

AI Will Not Replace You | Dave Hicking Laracon US 2025

YouTube video by Laravel

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James Brooks @jbrooks.uk · Aug 8

Excited about the next generation of Laravel Forge? So are we! Sign up for the Early Access list at vps.laravel.com

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · Aug 6

On this week's show, @ianlandsman.com & @aaronfrancis.com recap the most important event that happened during Laracon:

The Hot Takes Game during the Mostly Technical Party.

And frankly? Ian's got a lot of problems with a lot of people.

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