North Meets South Web Podcast

Jacob Bennett and Michael Dyrynda

Jake Bennett and Michael Dyrynda conquer a 14.5 hour time difference to talk about life as web developers read less

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North Meets South meets Slightly Caffeinated meets David Hemphill Christmas Extravaganza

North Meets South meets Slightly Caffeinated meets David Hemphill Christmas Extravaganza

Join Jake, Michael, David, TJ, and Chris for a merry chat about tech, holiday antics, and the entertaining Wheel of Fortune game!## LinksEngineering Management for the rest of us## SocialXhttps://x.com/northsouthaudiohttps://x.com/JacobBennett https://x.com/michaeldyryndahttps://x.com/davidhemphillhttps://x.com/heytjmillerhttps://x.com/cmgmyrBlueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/northmeetssouth.audiohttps://bsky.app/profile/dyrynda.auhttps://bsky.app/profile/jakebennett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.dev (00:00) - Introductions (00:30) - Holiday Humor (02:28) - Brain Fog Chat (05:25) - Favorite Christmas Movies (08:26) - Significant 2024 Events (15:32) - Wheel of Fortune Game (59:14) - Wrapping Up

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North Meets South meets Slightly Caffeinated meets David Hemphill Christmas Extravaganza

North Meets South meets Slightly Caffeinated meets David Hemphill Christmas Extravaganza

Join Jake, Michael, David, TJ, and Chris for a merry chat about tech, holiday antics, and the entertaining Wheel of Fortune game!## LinksEngineering Management for the rest of us## SocialXhttps://x.com/northsouthaudiohttps://x.com/JacobBennett https://x.com/michaeldyryndahttps://x.com/davidhemphillhttps://x.com/heytjmillerhttps://x.com/cmgmyrBlueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/northmeetssouth.audiohttps://bsky.app/profile/dyrynda.auhttps://bsky.app/profile/jakebennett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.dev (00:00) - Introductions (00:30) - Holiday Humor (02:28) - Brain Fog Chat (05:25) - Favorite Christmas Movies (08:26) - Significant 2024 Events (15:32) - Wheel of Fortune Game (59:14) - Wrapping Up

Loud coffee machines, Prezet, recursion, and staging environments

Loud coffee machines, Prezet, recursion, and staging environments

Join Michael and Jake as they explore noisy coffee machines, dive into documentation challenges with Prezet, and discuss the nuances of sandbox environments. (00:00) - Introduction (01:14) - Noisy Coffee Machines (03:06) - Basketball Recap (03:48) - Documentation with Prezet (07:31) - Carrier Documentation Permissions (10:07) - Code Rendering Issues (12:28) - Developer World Update (20:21) - Sandbox Environment Strategy (27:48) - Next Steps (28:16) - Conclusion

Laracon AU retro, coffee machines, and dynamic directories

Laracon AU retro, coffee machines, and dynamic directories

Join Michael and Jake as they dive into Laracon AU highlights, reveal new coffee adventures, and discuss dynamic directories and tenant file storage.

Large file uploads, scrambled spotlights, and preparing for Laracon AU

Large file uploads, scrambled spotlights, and preparing for Laracon AU

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss large file uploads without double-handling them, generating API documentation for your app, and the mad rush of the last two weeks before this year's Laracon AUShow linksRodecaster DuoMichael's tattooStoplightScrambleVitepressLaracon AU

Dynamic images, Livewire slots, and API-based file uploads

Dynamic images, Livewire slots, and API-based file uploads

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss (clever?) ways to generate dynamic images for OpenGraph purposes, how a missing slot variable sent Michael mad, Jake's adventures with API-based file uploads, and some more details about Laracon AU.

Fake drivers with Jason Beggs

Fake drivers with Jason Beggs

In this episode, Jake and Michael are joined by Jason Beggs from the Laravel team to discuss the approaches they're taking to fake interaction with third-party services during development of their upcoming product, Laravel Cloud.Show linksJason BeggsLaravel CloudUsing fake providers in developmentDatabase fake

Tenanted files, testing batch jobs, and enhanced enumerations

Tenanted files, testing batch jobs, and enhanced enumerations

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss potential security considerations around segmenting file uploads per tenant, approaches to testing batch jobs in Laravel, and perhaps the untold power of using enums in PHP.Show linksTrailer for Mastering PostgresAaron's podcast with Glauber CostaExtending enums with attributesLaracon AU

Remote pairing around rounding errors with a pint

Remote pairing around rounding errors with a pint

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss (inadvertently) bathing keyboards, pairing with remote colleagues and friends, using rational numbers to deal with rounding errors (sort of), and running code style fixers in CI or as a pre-commit hook. Show linksTupleLaramatesAroundbrick/mathbrick/moneyPintRunning Pint on GitHub ActionsHuskyWhisky

The one with environment config

The one with environment config

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss different approaches to configuring a Laravel app, for consistency, security, and shareability among a team and across environments.Show linksAustralian men on the phone to each otherGo ahead, delete your .env.example file

The one with bubbly water

The one with bubbly water

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss the line between soda and bubbly water, Laracon AU, two-way SMS conversations, and the implications of not knowing maths as a programmer.

The one with feature flags

The one with feature flags

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss feature flags, particularly the freshly-released before hook, and the perils of incorrect eager loading as your application scales.Show linksFool's mateTim MacDonaldIntroduce 'before' hook

JSON vs Polymorphism and editable index pages

JSON vs Polymorphism and editable index pages

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss whether you should push polymorphism to the database or settle for a simple JSON field, and we discuss options for rendering multiple edit fields on an index page.Show linksMy User GuideLiquid Death

Music, feature flags, and making the new one do what the old one did

Music, feature flags, and making the new one do what the old one did

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss music we're into at the moment, using Pennant for feature flags in Laravel, and the age old set of requirements: "it needs to do everything the old one did"Show linksAudio ReignLouis ColeVulfpeckBurn the JukeboxLaracon AU

The one about onboarding junior developers

The one about onboarding junior developers

Jake and Michael discuss bowling, onboarding new junior developers right out of college, and the mindset required to be able to teach people the very basics of programming (and reading).

Laravel 11 learnings, nested validation, and the simplicity of Laravel

Laravel 11 learnings, nested validation, and the simplicity of Laravel

Jake and Michael discuss some of the gotchas upgrading from a previous version of Laravel to 11.x, integrating a React frontend built in parallel to its backend, nested validation, and the simplicity of using a batteries-included framework like Laravel.Show linksLaravel BootcampLaracastsLaravel Up and RunningOnramp to LaravelLaravel Shift

Verbs, stolen chargers, and Laravel 11

Verbs, stolen chargers, and Laravel 11

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss Verbs, a take on event sourcing that strives to be simpler and more obvious to grok, children stealing device chargers, and some things to remember when upgrading to Laravel 11.Show linksVerbsLaravel Shift

Handling error state, reviewing code, and request data objects

Handling error state, reviewing code, and request data objects

Jake and Michael discuss using state machines to handle accurately and predictably handling error state, reviewing code and having your code reviewed, and converting request objects to data objectsShow links- XState- Jake's State Machine's talk from Laracon US- Spatie's Laravel Data

The one with Ripples, Forge previews, and Laracon

The one with Ripples, Forge previews, and Laracon

Jake and Michael discuss another of Michael's podcasts, Ripples, setting up review sites on Laravel Forge with Ryan Chandler's Forge Previewer, and speaking and attending Laracon(s).Show linksRipplesRyan ChandlerForge PreviewerLaracon USPHPTekHere’s why you should attend Laracon

The one about sending email

The one about sending email

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss the differences between transactional and campaign email and some approaches to sending them. We also touch on Jake speaking on PHP[TEK] 2024 on the topic of state machines.Show linksStatechartsXState Visualizerxstate-vizMermaid[PHP]TEK 2024List-Unsubscribe headerGoogle email sender guidelinesSendStackMailCoachConvertKit

The one with the keyboards and Filament

The one with the keyboards and Filament

Jake and Michael discuss their new keyboards, as well as Jake's somewhat secret usage of Filament for building out some of the user-facing aspects of his main work application.Show linksKeychron K11 ProFilamentKind of annoyed at React