We explore everything from sports and the Alpine.js vs React debate to challenges with Laravel Vapor, HTTP testing, and API rate limits. We also dive into AI, the potential of NativePHP, and look ahead to tools like Juni, Laravel Cloud, and even Neovim.

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (03:04) - Sports. Yes Sports.
• (06:03) - Alpine.js vs React
• (10:59) - What is MCP?
• (11:35) - Stop using all AI tools in dev?
• (21:29) - Juni
• (25:33) - IDE: Andy wants to try Neovim
• (28:27) - HTTP Testing and API Integration
• (37:13) - 10 Requests a Minute
• (38:22) - The Limitations of Laravel Vapor
• (40:07) - Laravel Vapor
• (44:02) - NativePHP
• (53:20) - Laravel Cloud
• (56:11) - riverside_copy_of midwest artisan podcast _ apr 18, 2025

Andy and Dalton recap a minor league hockey game, share clever developer workflow tips like the gateway pattern and personal site automations, and reflect on how recent AI changes changing their coding habits.

• (00:00) - Hockey Game Adventures
• (08:24) - Gateway Pattern
• (18:09) - Migrating Legacy Systems
• (27:56) - Website Development and Automation
• (32:58) - Leveraging AI for Content Creation
• (34:47) - Automating Personal Websites
• (36:29) - AI in Personal Projects
• (42:08) - Andy tried Laravel Cloud again
• (45:56) - AI Workflows
• (52:35) - Cursor vs VSCode Agent Mode

In this episode, we discuss activities during morning standups like playing bomberman, we both tried Laravel Cloud for our personal sites, and some API Patterns for when to return 404s.

In this episode, Andy and Dalton discuss their recent job transitions, the challenges of navigating the job market, and the why the interview process is broken. We also briefly touch on Laravel Cloud and Laracon US.

• (00:00) - Introduction and New Beginnings
• (02:58) - Transitioning to New Jobs
• (05:46) - The Challenges of Job Searching
• (08:44) - Navigating the Job Market
• (11:25) - The Interview Process
• (13:05) - Insights on Job Applications
• (15:51) - Final Thoughts and Tips
• (28:02) - Flawed Recruitment Processes
• (31:15) - Job Market Realities for Developers
• (33:01) - Technical Interview Challenges
• (39:17) - The Importance of Cultural Fit
• (41:25) - Excitement for Laravel and Community Events
• (47:18) - Anticipation for Laravel Nightwatch and Cloud

Happy New Year! In this episode, we talk about our goals for the year, dive into the latest Laravel updates, and explore model-based migrations. We also chat about using Filament components outside the admin panel, the struggles of testing with Mockery, and why GitHub Wiki's never work out.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (04:25) - Laravel is poppin'
• (10:56) - Model-Based Migrations
• (17:38) - Challenges of Model-Based Migrations
• (20:31) - Undocumented Laravel Nuggets
• (23:37) - Using Filament on the Frontend
• (24:52) - Integrating Filament on Frontend and Backend
• (33:00) - Why is Mockery so hard?
• (39:35) - GitHub Wikis never work out

Happy Holidays! This week, we discuss tackling some queue serialization issues, debating migrations versus seeders, and discussing some new ideas for Laravel Core PRs. We also discuss PHP 8.4’s latest features, why down methods might be risky, and how custom stubs could make development smoother.

In this episode of Midwest Artisan, we discuss Laravel Nightwatch, Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion, DTOs, and practical AI features in Laravel apps.

Nightwatch QA with Matt Staufer: https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/laracon-au-update-nightwatch-q-a
Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion: https://travisnorthcutt.com/til/php-constructor-property-promotion/

• (00:00) - - Intro
• (00:05) - - Nightwatch
• (09:09) - - Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion
• (17:54) - - DTOs: Good? Bad? Ugly?
• (27:56) - - API Resources vs DTOs
• (33:53) - - Do you use Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor?
• (41:07) - - Dalton adding AI to Laravel projects
• (44:55) - - What’s a practical AI usage for clients?
• (56:30) - - Outro

This week we discuss the common occurrence of over-engineered abstractions, digging into post-request logic without losing our minds, analytics, and securing digital assets.

Show Links:
Mergeloop - https://mergeloop.dev/
Zendesk Breach - https://therecord.media/internet-archive-alleged-zendesk-account-breach
Heap Analytics - https://www.heap.io/