North Meets South Web Podcast

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss 2021's AFL finals series, cricket, reinvigorating deeply legacy code, and some approaches for testing Laravel Spark.

This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo.

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• What is AFL? Aussie rules explained
• Jack McDade catching a tarpon
• GitHub Actions
• Laravel Spark
  • Checking plan eligibility
• Laravel Dusk
• Supported PHP versions
• Laravel's StatefulGuard
• Laravel Forge environment variables
• Envoyer

In this episode, Jake speaks with Aaron Francis about his project Sidecar.

This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo.

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• Sidecar
• Torchlight
• Hammerstone

In this, our 100th episode, Jake and Michael reminisce over the past five years of the show, discuss having (and then not having) kids, testing form validation, testing around third-party boundaries, and solving scaling issues on thenping.me.

This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo.

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• Knights of the Flexbox Table
• Testing validation in Laravel by asserting a Form Request
• Building an app to scale on Laravel Vapor
• Hands-free scheduled task monitoring for Laravel - thenping.me

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss some different approaches (or lack thereof) and tools for managing development projects, hiring developers, and centralised knowledgebases.

This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk.

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• 3-day potty training
• The Oodie
• Basecamp
• Tara project management
• The new GitHub issues
• Confluence

In this episode, Jake and Michael are joined by Yaz Jallad as he embarks on the journey of becoming a full time freelancer.

This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and was streamed live.

In this episode, Jake and Michael dive into Michael's Vim and his attempts to #DispelTheMyth around how much work is required to make it a solid option for working with PHP.

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• PEBKAC, but it's Australian
• Vim
• coc.nvim
• phpactor
• Vim's autocompletion for PHP
• Michael's not trying to convince you to change what works for you
• vim-plug
• Make VS Code awesome
• Ben Orenstein on Vim
• Onramp to Vim
• Mastering Vim has never been easier
• Intelephense
• Laravel Idea
• laravel-ide-helper
• Vim Support Group on Discord

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss developing multi-step wizards using Alpine.js and Tailwind, the perils of supporting non-evergreen (Safari) browsers, and appropriate use of input modes and autocomplete.

This episode is sponsored by Workvivo - the employee communication platform to excite, engage and connect your entire company.

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• Leroy Jenkins
• Better form inputs for better mobile user experiences
• Is Safari the new IE11? (Syntax.fm)
• Alpine Day

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss that company policy take, developing code in isolation from the system it's being developed for, and the tradeoffs between using a blunt saw and taking the time to sharpen it.

This episode is sponsored by Workvivo - the employee communication platform to excite, engage and connect your entire company.

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• Understanding legacy code
• Torch
• 7 habits of highly effective people

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss the arduous task of moving an infant into their own room, how we're going to handle user-controlled task settings in thenping.me, and when to reach for more advanced tooling as you build out a Laravel application.

This episode is sponsored by Workvivo - the employee communication platform to excite, engage and connect your entire company - and was streamed live.

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• thenping.me
• Alpine.js
• Livewire
• Vue
• Tailwind UI

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss integrating with hosted phone systems, quickly scaffolding out applications with Tailwind UI, and dynamically updating Blade components with AlpineJS.

This episode is sponsored by Workvivo - the employee communication platform to excite, engage and connect your entire company - and was streamed live.