Forging Forge
Laracon AU 2025
The story of how we built and launched the next generation of Laravel Forge, shipping to production behind feature flags every step of the way.
Speaking & Events
From podcasts and meetups to a complete video series, here you can see everything I’ve done.
Conferences
Secrets of the Laravel Team
Laracon India 2024
In this talk we take a look at what it's like working at Laravel. We start by seeing the impressive statistics achieved by the framework and we meet the team responsible.
Secrets of the Laravel Team
Laracon EU 2024
In this talk we take a look at what it's like working at Laravel. We start by seeing the impressive statistics achieved by the framework and we meet the team responsible.
Documenting Laravel APIs
Laracon AU 2023
Writing a third-party integration would be impossible without API documentation and yet we continue to push it down our list of priorities or we create half-baked solutions that become immediately out of date.
Documenting Laravel APIs
Laravel Live 2023
Writing a third-party integration would be impossible without API documentation and yet we continue to push it down our list of priorities or we create half-baked solutions that become immediately out of date.
Documenting Laravel APIs
Laracon India 2023
Writing a third-party integration would be impossible without API documentation and yet we continue to push it down our list of priorities or we create half-baked solutions that become immediately out of date.
MC & Hosting
Laravel Live UK 2026
Host
Hosted both days solo – the only year I took the stage without my co-host, Joe Dixon.
Laravel Live UK 2024 & 2025
Co-host
Co-hosted both days alongside Joe Dixon, keeping the energy up and introducing the speakers.
PHP UK 2025 & 2026
Host
Hosted the UK's longest-running PHP conference, keeping the day moving and introducing the speakers.
Video Series
Learn Laravel Forge - 2022 Edition
Laracasts
I was asked by Laracasts to produce a complete series teaching you everything I know about Laravel Forge.
Meetups
Cachet & Building For Yourself (2015)
Staffs Web Meetup
My slides on Cachet (the open source status page system) and why you should build products and services for yourself.
Programming is Awesome (2014)
Staffs Web Meetup
For my first ever talk I decided to tackle a sensitive subject that I feel isn’t spoken enough about and that’s Depression & Anxiety.
Podcasts
Inside Forge 2.0 and Laravel VPS
The Laravel Podcast
I joined The Laravel Podcast to talk through the next generation of Laravel Forge and Laravel VPS – what we built, why, and how it all came together.
Laravel Internals
YouTube
Laravel Internals: a live YouTube podcast with Laravel Team members about Laravel, Forge, Vapor, Envoyer related news, and more.
Happy Dev
Happy Dev
An interview podcast discussing mental health in software development, with your host, James Brooks.