Welcome 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/taylorotwell
• Matt Stauffer’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermatt
• Laravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphp
• Laravel Website - https://laravel.com/
• Tighten Website - https://tighten.com/
• Laravel 11 - https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/releases
• Laravel Careers - https://laravel.com/careers
• Laravel Reverb - https://laravel.com/docs/master/reverb
• Laravel Herd - https://herd.laravel.com/
• Laravel Herd for Windows - https://herd.laravel.com/windows
• Laravel Valet - https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/valet
• Christoph Rumpel Forge Productivity Tweet: https://x.com/christophrumpel/status/1773738874264600608?s=20
• Andre Valentin Twitter - @‌theandreval Laravel Director of Engineering
• Chris Fidao Twitter - @‌fideloper Laravel Infrastructure Engineer
• Mohammed Said Twitter - @‌themsaid
• Alyssa Mazzina Twitter - @‌alyssamazzina
• Laragon - https://laragon.org/
• Django - https://www.djangoproject.com/
• Spatie - https://spatie.be/
• Laracon US - https://laracon.us/

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