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When AI clicks, automation at home, and developer workflows Jake and Michael return for 2026 and talk about their evolving...

🎙️ Just published a new episode of North Meets South Web Podcast: When AI clicks, automation at home, and developer workflows. Have a listen:

Arbor Intro YouTube video by Michael Dyrynda

I used AI to build a (git) worktree management tool in Go!

See what it does and how it might prove useful in agentic workflows (at least until the tools build it all in for you!)

This was a fun exploration into steering tools with a new language, to see how far I could get.

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What can Helm’s Deep teach us about application security?

@valorin.bsky.social talk uses Lord of the Rings to explain defence in depth, backups, MFA, and monitoring in a way you will not forget.

Watch the full talk 👇

We're great at building solutions, but are we solving the right problems?

@jrmybtlr.com shares practical systems thinking tools to help teams escape the build trap and make better decisions. Watch the full talk 👇

Kate Kirwin from She Codes Australia shows how mentoring others can level up your own skills through the protégé effect, improving fundamentals, communication, empathy, and confidence, even if you feel like an imposter.

@leaht.codes from Laravel shares a simple, repeatable approach to front-end development, showing how spacing, typography, layering, and interaction turn basic layouts into polished experiences, backed by live demos from real Laravel sites.

Can you ship straight to production without staging?

James Mooring explains how Astalty does trunk-based dev, deploys on every merged PR, and relies on stable code, simple infra, empowered engineers, and lots of feature flags, including a live prod merge demo.

Hear from @jbrooks.uk how the Laravel team rebuilt Forge from the ground up to modernise its architecture and improve developer experience.

A great behind the scenes look at large scale Laravel engineering. 🎥👇

See how @mary.win unpacks how Socialite, the service container and Laravel’s session drivers showcase real world factory and abstract factory patterns.

See how design patterns are implemented by reading framework source code. 🎥👇

Watch as @jominney.bsky.social cuts through the confusion around software architecture and shows how small Laravel teams can make pragmatic, context driven decisions.

A practical guide to thinking across the whole stack without over engineering. 🎥👇

React fatigue is real.

@simonswiss.com shares how Laravel and Inertia finally gave him a full stack React workflow he could actually ship with.

For frontend devs wanting stability without losing React’s ergonomics. 🎥👇

Semantic HTML is not optional.

@charlieyalf.bsky.social shows how screen readers, voice control and browsers rely entirely on your markup, not your CSS.

A powerful walkthrough of how small HTML decisions make or break accessibility in Laravel apps. 🎥👇

@nirys.bsky.social's talk is a practical guide to writing tests that developers will actually run.

From speeding up suites, to prioritising meaningful coverage, and understanding different test types.

Watch the full talk if you want more confidence in your Laravel code 👇

Delivering a rapid tour of everything new in the ecosystem, @jessarcher.bsky.social shares a packed update on Laravel’s growth and the developer experience improvements shipping across the framework.

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Well at least it didn't open the driver-side door into the wall 😅

Watch as @mishmanners.tech breaks down how to ensure quality testing in an AI driven world, from the testing pyramid to practical AI assisted coding workflows.

A grounded look at hype vs reality and how developers can use AI without losing critical thinking. Watch the talk here 👇

See how Jason McCreary's Blueprint turns a small YAML file into full Laravel scaffolding - migrations, models, controllers, views + tests.

This gives you 100%-covered, conventional code fast, and pairing nicely with AI/Boost for the complex bits.

Watch the full Laracon AU talk 👇

Faster tests, vantage points, and cleaning assets YouTube video by Laravel News

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Thanks @jakebennett.bsky.social and @dyrynda.au for highlighting the release of Laravel for the Rest of Us! ✨

📸 @ninjaparade.bsky.social

If you weren't captured like this, did you really give a conference talk?

It’s ok, you’ve only got 12 months to figure it out

Hell yeah @thierylaverdure.com, that would be awesome. Can’t wait!

I haven’t been on here much over the last couple of weeks, but it has once again been my enormous honour, pleasure, and privilege to host you all in Brisbane for @laracon.au

May you all take small steps, make big shifts, and find that little extra as you #LevelUp

Safe travels!

Such a great nickname

Ten years! 👴

Love recording this show with our speakers each year.

So many of us in software spent at least some part of our younger years with music one way or another, and it's always fun to get insight into our speakers through the lens of their musical taste.

Definitely watched @aaronfrancis.com’s two hour video at 2x. Good grief, could you imagine?

Our last speaker has been practicing their Australianisms to introduce themselves.

Join Jason McCreary at this year's #LaraconAU where he'll share how you can ship your apps faster than a roo across the outback with Blueprint