North Meets South Web Podcast

Feb 06 2025 172 ep. 47 mins 905
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Jake Bennett and Michael Dyrynda conquer a 14.5 hour time difference to talk about life as web developers

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Luka and AD, Laracon US, and pitching our Laracon talks

Feb 06 2025 37 mins  
In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss the blockbuster trade of Luka Dončić to the the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis, the just-announced Laracon US, and pitch our talks for the very same conference.

Old packages, Laravel upgrades, and breaking changes

Jan 16 2025 41 mins  
Jake and Michael recap their Christmas and New Year break, talk through lingering packages, Laravel 11 upgrades, and breaking changes in PHPUnit.

North Meets South meets Slightly Caffeinated meets David Hemphill Christmas Extravaganza

Dec 19 2024 61 mins  
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/northmee

Loud coffee machines, Prezet, recursion, and staging environments

Dec 05 2024 29 mins  
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

Laracon AU retro, coffee machines, and dynamic directories

Nov 21 2024 37 mins  
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

Oct 24 2024 26 mins  
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

Oct 10 2024 45 mins  
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

Sep 26 2024 51 mins  
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

Sep 12 2024 47 mins  
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

Aug 22 2024 52 mins  
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