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Matt Stauffer on Shaping the Future of PHP Through the Foundation
Matt discusses joining the PHP Foundation board and the potential impact for Laravel and the broader PHP ecosystem. He explains the Foundation’s role in funding, guidance, and bridging gaps between PHP internals, Laravel, and the wider community, as well as questions around executive director duties, board structure, and how contributors can engage or support the Foundation.
Deploy a Laravel App in Under 5 Minutes (Laravel Cloud CLI)
The video shows deploying a brand new Laravel project to Laravel Cloud in under five minutes, using an automated flow from project setup to live site launch and a quick tour of the accompanying docs.
Laravel 13, Native PHP 3.1, and ingesting data
This episode covers Laravel 13’s release and its key features, including PHP 8.3 requirements, new Eloquent attributes, first‑party AI tooling, and the Laravel AI SDK. It also highlights updates like Inertia 3, Prompt Deck, new packaging (Lens, Liinal, Ogit), and upcoming events such as Laracon AU with talk submissions.
Smart Ticket Triage with Structured Output - Ship AI with Laravel EP2
The video demonstrates building an AI-powered ticket classifier that outputs structured data (category, priority, sentiment, and summary) instead of free-form text. It covers defining a strict schema, configuring prompts and model settings for predictable results, wiring up a Laravel-based flow (routes, controller, and test cases), and validating end-to-end classification with example customer messages.
Your First AI Agent with Laravel 13 - Ship AI with Laravel EP1
Harris demonstrates installing and configuring the Laravel AI SDK to create a capable support agent that can classify tickets, search a knowledge base, converse with users, and stream responses. The video walks through scaffolding an agent, defining prompts and parameters (tokens, temperature), wiring up API providers (OpenAI and others), and testing via a simple route to show provider-agnostic behavior.
Automatically Generate Open Graph Images in Laravel (OG Kit)
The video promotes OG Kit, a tool that dynamically generates open graph images using your HTML/CSS and Laravel setup, saving the hassle of creating OG images for every page. It also demonstrates a quick AI-assisted workflow to generate and integrate a site, then tests rendering the OG images locally.
How Larabelles Sends Developers to Laracon for Free
The conversation centers on Susanna and the Larabell/Larabels community: its purpose as a nonprofit, inclusive space for developers who don’t identify as men, and how it supports members through conferences, mentorship, and a strong peer network. It also covers how the group operates without products or membership fees, relies on sponsors, and uses channels like Discord and social media to connect, share opportunities, and fund travel to events.
PGVector, Optimistic UX & OG Kit with Peter Suhm
Peter Sum (Tailwind Labs) summarizes his talk about unblocking users with AI in Laravel apps, emphasizing how AI can reduce activation energy for new software and make users’ workflow easier. He outlines a three-point framework for where users get stuck, discusses practical uses of embeddings (PG Vector) and semantic search, touches on the evolving Tailwind ecosystem and Laravel community adoption, and ends by describing an Open Graph image tool (OG Kit) and related workflows. He also notes the growing AI-driven tooling landscape and reflects on the collaborative path that led to Tailwind’s popularity and his ongoing projects like OG Kit and Reform.
Marcel Pociot on Tinkerwell, Herd & Running AI Agents in Parallel
Marcel introduces himself as the CTO of Beyond Code and shares his hands-on approach to building developer tools like Tinkerwell. He traces the origin of Herd, discusses its features (local dev tooling, server provisioning, UI dashboards, and AI-assisted workflows), and explains his current AI-enabled development workflow using Claude, Codex, and Opus. He also teases his upcoming talk on parallel AI agents and the broader vision of AI orchestration in the Laravel ecosystem, while expressing appreciation for the community.
How Composer Changed PHP Forever: Origin Story & What's Next
The discussion centers on Composer, the PHP package manager, and how it evolved from a practical tool for their own projects to a broader ecosystem feature. The speakers cover the distinction between public packages and private offerings, the early days of PHP tooling, the rise of versioning and breaking changes, and the newer ideas like security monitoring, update reviews, and Conductor as an improved solution for PHP project maintenance.
Rescue Projects, AI & Shipping Faster at Jump Twenty Four
Dan from Jump 24 (a Birmingham-based Laravel partner) introduces his agency, explaining their focus on Laravel-led greenfield builds, rescue projects, and team augmentation to help clients fix or grow existing teams. The conversation touches AI’s growing impact on development, the shift toward more personalized software, future plans for the program, and a light detour into golf and community engagement (including Dan’s weekly top Laravel posts).
Why Inertia V3 Changes How You Build Laravel Apps with Pascal Baljet
The talk announces Inertia v3, highlighting it as smarter, simpler, and slimmer by removing unnecessary dependencies, introducing a built‑in HTTP client, and simplifying setup. It covers SSR improvements, automatic SSR configuration in development, optimistic updates, instant visits, and a clearer origin story of Inertia from a community project, plus what’s new for developers and the community.
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