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The Laravel PodcastThe Architecture Behind Laravel Cloud with Chris FidaoIn this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer chats with Chris Fidao, Team Lead of Laravel’s Infrastructure Cloud Team. They talk about Chris’s journey from his first experience with Laravel to creating educational content and eventually leading an engineering team. Chris shares what it takes to build and maintain Laravel’s Cloud infrastructure, his approach to leadership and team growth, and his perspective on topics like serverless architecture and foreign key constraints.Matt Stauffer on TwitterChris Fidao on TwitterLaravel LearnLaravel TwitterLaravel WebsiteTighten WebsiteSuggestion Box----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.
2025-11-0337 min
Mostly Technical60: The To-Done ListIan and Aaron discuss feedback on ads for the podcast, what the heck Ian does every day, updates on the Try Hard empire, & so much more.Sponsored by Mailtrap, LaraJobs, & Screencasting.com.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Vibes From The People
(09:03) - What Does Ian Even Do
(23:59) - Fitting In Side Projects
(34:11) - Sales Update
(38:04) - Bootstrapper Syndrome
(41:14) - Extra Heaviness
(46:51) - Guest Instructor
(58:57) - Laravel Cloud
(01:05:54) - UserScape & Sons
Links:Brian Casel on BlueskyLaraJobs Affiliate ProgramTinyMCEDay OneDependabotTogglOwl.soChris Fidao on B...
2024-11-261h 16
The Laravel PodcastLaravel 11 Release, Context, New Hires, & Open-Source SustainabilityWelcome back to another episode of the Laravel podcast! In this episode, we dive into the exciting release of Laravel 11 and discuss its impact since it has been out in the wild. Taylor also shares his insights on the release and other recent developments in the Laravel ecosystem, including the launch of Herd Pro. Additionally, we discuss the new hires at Laravel, including Andre Valentin, Chris Fadao, Mohammed Said, and Alyssa Mazzina and touch on the topic of open-source sustainability.Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellMatt Stauffer’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/st...
2024-04-0933 min
The Laravel PodcastCashier vs. Spark, Pest vs. PHPUnit, and How We Manage Remote TeamsIn this episode of the Laravel Podcast we are packing it in! We're diving into the freshest drops, like FrankenPHP, Cashier Quickstarts, and the buzz about the upcoming Laravel Worldwide Meetup. We'll also weigh Cashier against Spark, discuss boot service providers for all your apps, pit Pest versus PHPUnit for testing, and get into the details of how we manage our teams.Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellMatt Stauffer’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermattLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/Taylor and Ramus Tw...
2024-01-1641 min
Pushing BouldersMarie Poulin - Making a business from Notion MasteryMarie Poulin drops by to talk about notionmastery.com - a topic whose demand dragged her along to create a business around teaching Notion at a premium level! Marie and her husband are killing it - listen to hear how!Marie Poulin(Twitter)Notion MasterChris Fidao (Twitter)Chipper CI - Chris's thing
2022-05-1650 minPushing BouldersI Quit (ft. Aaron Francis)Chris is leaving UserScape after 8 years, and working as a "Laravel Specialist" at Fly (fly.io). Aaron offered to interview me to talk about it!Aaron Francis (Twitter)Refine - Aaron's thingHelpSpot (UserScape)Fly.ioChris Fidao (Twitter)Chipper CI - Chris's thingCloudCasts - Chris's one-thing-too-many (that may pivot to being specific to Laravel/PHP)
2022-05-0919 minPushing BouldersAdam Elmore - Consulting in AWS and Public.devThis week I talked to Adam Elmore about his career - from funded startups, to high-paying freelance gigs for startups using AWS. Adam has EVERY certification AWS offers and has done a ton of freelancing in the AWS (serverless) space. He knows stuff about things!Links!Adam Elmore (Twitter)Public.devAWS IQChris Fidao (Twitter)Chipper CI - Chris's thingCloudCasts - Chris's one-thing-too-many (that may pivot to being specific to Laravel/PHP)
2022-05-0251 minPushing BouldersAaron Francis round 2 - Hammerstone changes, Refine, and finalized Chipper pricingUnofficial co-host Aaron Francis comes by again! We take turns talking about our stuff. I talk about Chipper & the final pricing decision I made (sorry Dan!), and Aaron talks about changes made in Hammerstone, and how they're pushing forward to start selling the things!Aaron Francis (Twitter)Colleen Schnettler (Twitter)Refine - Hammerstone's main thingTorchlight - Aaron's (amazing) syntax highlighter thingSidecar - Aaron's serverless wizardry for Laravel thingChris Fidao (Twitter)Chipper CI - Chris's thingCloudCasts - Chris's one-thing-too-many (that may pivot to being specific to Laravel/PHP)
2022-04-2549 minPushing BouldersAlex DeBrie - Info Products and Personal Finance as a CreatorAlex DeBrie stops by and we talk about his business - consulting, writing books, teaching, and so much more! We also talk a bit about Chipper CI, running a SaaS, and of course, personal finance!Alex DeBrie (twitter)DynamoDB Book (I highly recommend this!)DynamoDB GuideChipper CIChris Fidao (Twitter)CloudCasts
2022-04-1850 minPushing BouldersBrian Casel - ZipMessageBrian Casel comes by and we talk about his latest product zipmessage.com - how it's grown, what he's doing for marketing, becoming a backend developer himself, podcasting, and more!Links!CasJam (Twitter)ZipMessageOpen Threads (Brian's new podcast)Chipper CIChris Fidao (Twitter)
2022-04-111h 01Pushing BouldersJason McCreary (Jmac) - Laravel Shift & growing a side hustle to full timeJason McCreary joins the show to talk about how Laravel Shift works, and how Jason thinks about his business. Shift started as a side project to help developers update their Laravel applications, and has grown to provide his full time income. In particular, the pricing model and features available (Shifts, Bench, etc) are very interesting!At the end of the episode, we talk a little bit about personal finance and how we invest!Links!JMac (Twitter)Laravel ShiftChipper CIChris Fidao (Twitter)
2022-04-0457 minPushing BouldersMatt Wensing - SummitWe start talking about Mat's company Summit. Matt (and Summit) was part of the first batch of the TinySeed accelerator. Chris knows about Matt (and Peter, from the last episode) through the Out of Beta podcast (which you should check out)!Summit can help you model a process, giving you the abilities to simulate your business (or...anything) over time.Chris and Matt then dive into Chipper CI, talking freemium and pricing strategy. Matt's very politely schools Chris in some business metrics he should have available to him to help make decisions.Links!
2022-03-2847 minPushing BouldersPeter Suhm - Reform and freemiumPeter talks about pricing plans and freemium for reform.app. The main idea is that people using the product for free are actually paying by spreading brand awareness of Reform (the forms are branded)! Chris talks about expanding Chipper CI usage by supporting open source, including giving unlimited builds to open source projects. We also discuss if it makes sense to have a lower pricing tier for Chipper.Links!Reform - Clean forms, on brandPeter Suhm (Twitter)Chipper CIChris Fidao (Twitter)
2022-03-2146 minPushing BouldersAaron Francis - Refine, Sidecar, Laravel, and ServerlessChris talks about owning all of Chipper CI, and how he's moving forward with plans to grow that business.Aaron talks about Hammerstone, and the company's main product (Refine), along with his work in the Laravel community. This includes the popular projects Torchlight and Sidecar.Links!Aaron Francis (Twitter)Refine - Aaron's main thingTorchlight - Aaron's (amazing, in Chris's opinion) syntax highlighter thingSidecar - Aaron's serverless wizardry thing for LaravelChris Fidao (Twitter)Chipper CI - Chris's thingCloudCasts - Chris's one-thing-too-many
2022-03-1455 minPushing BouldersA Quick IntroI'll be interviewing founders and interesting people who run (or help run) businesses to see what their daily life is like, what their struggles are, and, hopefully, gain some ideas and insights on my own businesses (primarily the saas that I run).My businesses:Chipper CI - Continuous Integration for LaravelCloudCasts - Courses on AWS for busy developersYou can find me on Twitter @fideloper.
2022-02-1801 min
The Laravel PodcastDeploying & Servers, with Chris FidaoOne of the most common questions that the Laravel docs just can't answer for you is "How and where do I deploy my Laravel app?" There are a ton of options, but a few recommended options, and Chris Fidao, creator of Servers for Hackers, knows all of them and takes this episode to walk us through the most common setups and important tips to remember and gotchas to avoid.Chris Fidao, Twitter: https://twitter.com/fideloperServers For Hackers: https://serversforhackers.com/UserScape: https://userscape.com/HelpSpot Cloud: https://www.helpspot.com/cloud-infrastructureForge: https://forge.laravel.com/Laravel Docs...
2021-03-1600 min
PHP Town HallEpisode 78: Into The WoodchipperMatt and Ben are joined by Chris Fidao (who watched with horror as Matt butchered his last name). The conversation takes a deep dive into how Chris and Dave Hemphill built ChipperCI include the why, the how and what were some of the fun challenges to building a CI service. We talked briefly about how Chris found good use cases for Golang, but Chris still loves PHP.
Links:
https://twitter.com/fideloper - Chris Fidao on Twitter
https://twitter.com/davidhemphill - David Hemphill on Twitter
https://chipperci.com
https://serversforhackers.com
2020-11-1153 min
PHP Town HallEpisode 78: Into The WoodchipperMatt and Ben are joined by Chris Fidao (who watched with horror as Matt butchered his last name). The conversation takes a deep dive into how Chris and Dave Hemphill built ChipperCI include the why, the how and what were some of the fun challenges to building a CI service. We talked briefly about how Chris found good use cases for Golang, but Chris still loves PHP.
Links:
https://twitter.com/fideloper - Chris Fidao on Twitter
https://twitter.com/davidhemphill - David Hemphill on Twitter
https://chipperci.com
https://serversforhackers.com
2020-11-1153 min
Has Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 18: Building a Laravel CI AppChris and Daniel discuss seeing Hamilton, the end of Game of Thrones, and side project updates.
2019-05-2900 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 17: We backChris and Daniel return after a few month hiatus with updates and more opinions!
2019-05-1700 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 16: 2018 Wrap Up and 2019 GoalsIn the last episode of 2018 Chris and Daniel talk about how 2018 went and some goals for 2019.
2018-12-2400 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 15: Project Updates!Today Chris and Daniel give some updates on their projects buildszn.com and backops.app.
2018-12-0700 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 14: Holidays for DevelopersToday Chris and Daniel talk about what it's like around the holidays when you're a developer.
2018-11-2200 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 13: How do you choose what to project to work on?Today Chris and Daniel talk about how to choose which product idea to work on next.
2018-11-1100 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 12: Building Houses and Businesses. #BUILDSZN is now!SEX IN THE POOL?
Now that I have your attention: Today Chris and Daniel talk about more home stuff. Chris shares about the MySQL learning goodness he's preparing at mysqlbackups.tv and Daniel announces buildszn.com.
2018-11-0200 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 11: Should you go to that tech conference?Today Chris and Daniel talk about tech conferences and our opinions about them.
2018-10-1900 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 10: Andrey Butov from Bootstrapped.fmToday Chris and Daniel chat with Andrey Butov from bootstrapped.fm!
2018-10-1200 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 9: Hardware BonanzaToday Chris and Daniel give updates on the week and talk about the hardware we use to do our remote jobs.
2018-10-0400 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 8: College Degree vs Coding BootcampToday Chris and Daniel talk about building a closet recording studio, a do nothing weekend, and an example of a Computer Science Degree vs a coding bootcamp.
2018-09-2700 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 7: Deep Work and Kid Free TripsToday Chris and Daniel talk about kid free trips with our spouses and the book Deep Work.
2018-09-2000 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 6: Health care and self-employmentToday Chris and Daniel talk about health care in the USA as a self-employed person.
2018-09-1300 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 5: Vacation is Productive, Tesla is your babysitterToday Chris and Daniel talk about the importance of take time off from your job and side project.
2018-09-0600 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 4: Side Hustles & How Cars Affect Your WealthToday Chris and Daniel give updates on their side businesses and share their opinions about what a terrible financial decision cars can be.
2018-08-3000 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 3: Laracon, Side Projects, Dadops, and Social MediaToday Chris and Daniel talk about Laracon 2018, our side projects, #dadops, and how social media sucks.
2018-08-2200 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions: 2 Time, Money, and FreedomToday Chris and Daniel talk about Time, Money, and Freedom.
2018-07-1900 minHas Opinions PodcastHas Opinions 1: WoW againOur first episode of the Has Opinions podcast where we discuss starting to play World of Warcraft after a many year hiatus.
2018-07-0200 min
Laravel News PodcastScaling Laravel, testing Vue components, and model eventsJoin Jake and Michael as they discuss the latest Laravel releases, Scaling Laravel, testing Vue components, and more.
Thanks to our episode sponsor, Larastream.
Show links
Laravel 5.6.11 is released
Make Carbon not overflow globally
The Scaling Laravel course by Chris Fidao is now live
Testing Vue components with Laravel Dusk
Testing Vue.js components with Edd Yerburgh
Getting started with Laravel model events
LetsEncrypt wildcard SSL certificates are here
How to use Font Awesome 5 SVGs with Laravel Blade
implode.io
2018-03-2038 min
Laravel News PodcastLaravel releases, Laracon Online, and soft edgesJake and Michael return for 2018 and catch up on several framework releases from the break, discuss the upcoming Laracon Online, and community projects from Chris Fidao and Steve Schoger.
Show links
Laravel 5.5.23 released
Collection::firstWhere()
Laravel 5.5.25 released
Added support for Flysystem caching (Caching example from Jason Varga)
Added support for year data type
Added support for setting Whoops debug editor
Open files in an editor
Laravel 5.5.27 released
Support passing collections to Collection::except (5.5.26)
Made Command class macroable (5.5.26)
Allow chaining of Request::merge() calls (5.5.27)
Performance improvements of Model::getTable() reverted (5.5.27)
Laravel 5.5.28 released
Added AnonymousNotifiable::notifyNow...
2018-01-0946 min
Laravel News PodcastLaravel 5.5 releases, dynamic templates, and community surveysIn episode 46 of the Laravel News Podcast, Jake and Michael discuss several new Laravel 5.5 minor releases, dynamic templates, and community surveys.
You can read the full episode transcript which includes time markers and links.
Show Links
Laravel 5.5 now includes TrustedProxy
Servers for Hackers by Chris Fidao
Laravel 5.5.3 released
Geo Spatial blueprint methods
Calculating distance using MySQL
Laravel 5.5.5 released with a new route fallback to help customize your 404 views
Laravel 5.5.11 released with a security fix
Laravel 5.6 will remove the Artisan optimize command
Dynamic templates in Laravel Blade with view::first
Take the Laravel 2017...
2017-09-2621 min
Laravel News PodcastLaracon Sessions with Laura ElizabethJake and Michael are joined by designer, product maker, and Laravel community newcomer Laura Elizabeth as we get ever-closer to Laracon 2017, in addition to your regular dose of Laravel framework and community news.
You can read the full episode transcript which includes time markers and links.
Guest Starring: Laura Elizabeth
Show links
Design Academy
Client Portal
Laravel 5.4.25
Laravel 5.4.26
Laravel 5.4.27
Laravel package auto-discovery
Take a deep dive into the Laravel core
Diving Laravel by Mohamed Said
Learn how to improve the performance of your Laravel app with Performant Laravel
Performant Laravel...
2017-06-2048 min
North Meets South Web PodcastMince pies, Laravel 5.4 updates, and Vue server-side renderingMichael and Jake managed to record this week whilst Michael's family was visiting to talk about mince pies, changes coming in Laravel 5.4, new versions of Homestead and Valet, and Vue JS server-side rendering.
Show Links
Mince pies
Valet 2.0
Homestead 4.0
Homestead using 62TB of traffic a month
Shipping Docker by Chris Fidao
Changes coming to the Laravel release cycle
Route improvements in Laravel 5.4
Blade components and slots
Vuex
Vue.js devtools
Simple state management in Vue
Vue server-side rendering
2016-12-1141 min
Laravel News PodcastThe Laracon US 2016 Special With Taylor Otwell, Evan You, Chris Fidao, and Adam WathanA special "Laracon" edition of the podcast.
In this episode, we chat with Taylor Otwell, Evan You, Adam Wathan, and Chris Fidao about their talks at Laracon, projects they're working on, getting the most out of the conference and more. There's great stuff here, even if you're not attending!
Show Links:
Laracon.us
Forge
Spark
Envoyer
Adam's refactoring book
Vue.js
Support Evan You on Patreon
Chris's Servers For Hackers book
2016-07-251h 13
/dev/hellEpisode 61: Double Vision
Two Chrises? God help us. Our guest this episode is Chris Fidao, creator of the ultra-successful and awesome Servers For Hackers web site and e-book. We talk about info products (because Chris has to talk about his money making schemes all the time), what devs should know about devops, Nginx vs. Apache vs. Your Mom, and old tech that keeps on keeping on. Also an update of Gary Hockin’s ongoing embezzlement campaign.
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2015-05-2300 min
Full Stack Radio6: Chris Fidao - Servers for HackersThey talk about things every web developer should know about server administration, platform-as-a-service vs. self-hosting, Ansible, Docker, and more.Servers for Hackers NewsletterServers for Hackers BookChris' blogAnsibleDockerForge"Scaling PHP Applications" by Steve CoronaJames Turnbull's Books
2015-01-0542 min
Bootstrapped#43: The Userscape DevelopersIn this episode, we sit down with the developers of Userscape; Eric Barnes, Chris Fidao, and Taylor Otwell, to talk about weird dreams, Eric’s, Chris’ and Taylor’s backgrounds and how they got started at Userscape, supporting open source, Forge, newsletters, servers, building Scribbleton for Linux, content-based products, deploying desktop apps, and TV shows
Userscape – About Us
Snappy
Eric Barnes – blog, Wardrobe CMS, Laravel News
Chris Fidao – Servers for Hackers
Taylor Otwell – Laravel, Forge
Video of Ian’s talk from Laracon: Open Source & Your Business
Scribbleton
This episode is sponsored by Linode.
Discuss this...
2014-07-011h 15
Bootstrapped#29: There’s always one more yearWe talk about school lunches, fast food, Ludum Dare, game development, Minecraft, Userscape’s new employee, taking a vacation, 2013 year in review, amount of revenue to have before hiring full-time, the first two years of running a software consultancy, being too open about your employee information, Laracon 2014, and running an online retail shop.Gavin Bowman of Retro DreamerWhat Now PodcastBootstrapped.fm episode on movies for programmersLudum DareNotch live-coding for Ludum Dare 28, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.The Story of Minecraft – documentaryChris Fidao (@fideloper)2013 year in review – forum threadLessons Learned: The First Two Years of Running a ConsultancyOpen salaries at Buffer...
2013-12-301h 00