The Midwest Artisan

In this episode of the Midwest Artisan, we're talking about the complexities of writing simple and clean code, Laracon recaps, Filament 4, and Andy's super special announcement.

• (00:00) - Introductio…

We explore everything from sports and the Alpine.js vs React debate to challenges with Laravel Vapor, HTTP testing, and API rate limits. We also dive into AI, the potential of NativePHP, and look ahe…

Andy and Dalton recap a minor league hockey game, share clever developer workflow tips like the gateway pattern and personal site automations, and reflect on how recent AI changes changing their codi…

In this episode, Andy and Dalton discuss their recent job transitions, the challenges of navigating the job market, and the why the interview process is broken. We also briefly touch on Laravel Cloud…

Happy New Year! In this episode, we talk about our goals for the year, dive into the latest Laravel updates, and explore model-based migrations. We also chat about using Filament components outside t…

In this episode of Midwest Artisan, we discuss Laravel Nightwatch, Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion, DTOs, and practical AI features in Laravel apps.

Nightwatch QA with Matt St…

This week we discuss the common occurrence of over-engineered abstractions, digging into post-request logic without losing our minds,  analytics, and securing digital assets.

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This week, we’re excited to welcome Doug Sisk, the creator of WDW Passport, a Laravel-powered application designed to help users plan their Disney World trips. Doug shares his journey from developing…

This week, we follow up on last week’s local fakes discussion and explore what it would take for us to fully embrace Statamic. We also tackle the big question: Do clients even use a CMS after it’s bu…

In this episode, we cover the launch of Caleb’s Flux UI component library, and dive into the benefits of mocking APIs locally for faster development. We also highlight Aaron Francis’ new Postgres cou…

In this episode, Andy and Dalton dive into a wide array[] of topics, from Laravel's exciting $57 million funding to the buzz around FluxUI’s pricing drama and the much-anticipated features coming in …

This week, we're diving into all things post-Laracon! Andy shares his wild adventure just getting to Dallas with a few unexpected twists and turns along the way. We break down the highlights from Lar…

We dive into NullStar 2024, the ultimate basketball showdown between Team Laravel and the Terminal Boys. We share our admiration for Caleb Porzio (who’s definitely on Team Laravel!). Plus, we explore…

This week, we dive into A/B testing and the challenges that come with the jump from the highest non-enterprise plan to full enterprise. We also discuss some Laravel shop talk, sharing the tools we've…

A little about us, why we love Laravel, and what the heck is Laravel building?

Creators & Guests

• Andy Hinkle - Host
• Dalton McCleery - Host