North Meets South Web Podcast

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss delicious cured mystery meats, faking Wordle as a form of code Kata, and using SMS as an interface to your applications.This episode is sponsored by Workvivo and Makeable.dk and was streamed live.Show links Wordle Jake's Wordle solution faker - use sensibly

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss Michael's new job, YAGNI, and approaches to working your way into a new codebase and a new industry.This episode is sponsored by Workvivo and Makeable.dk and was streamed live.Show links Laravel Transporter Saloon YAGNI ClickUp Allen Holub on building software better and building better software 

Jake and Michael are joined by No Plans To Merge's Caleb Porzio and Daniel Coulbourne, as well as TJ Miller (not the actor), and Chris Gmyr to look back at 2021, forward to 2022, and a very one-sided end of year game of Family Feud.This episode is sponsored by Makeable, WorkVivo, and for the first (and last) time, White Cheddar Cheez Its.This episode was streamed live.Show links David Hemphill Andrew Del Prete Caleb Porzio Daniel Coulbourne No Plans To Merge TJ Miller Chris Gmyr Curology Laravel Beyond CRUD

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss Michael's change in job (again), and when you might choose single table inheritance over polymorphism.This episode is sponsored by Workvivo and Makeable.dk and was streamed live.Show links No Compromises Laravel test generator Parental Pushing polymorphism to the database

In this episode, Jake and Michael are joined by Statamic's Jesse Leite to discuss some of the various content authoring strategies available in the flat-file content management system, Statamic.This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo and was streamed live.Show links Jesse Leite Statamic

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss a number of tools used for pair programming, approaches to statically generating sites in PHP, and show that despite Statamic existing in the Laravel community for many years, they have absolutely no idea how it actually works.This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo and was streamed live.Show links Sublive StreamYard Around Tuple CSS Tricks Chris Coyier Shop Talk Show Statamic Pagely WP Engine Statamic 3 Guide

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss the all the work to consider before introducing tests to a vanilla PHP app, trusting people over adding layers of process, and seeing data in your tests and migrations.This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo.Show links Abusing Laravel for fun and profit by David Hemphill at Laracon AU 2018 Oh Dear's migration to Spark Next Strangling legacy code The Bike Shed - Marketing Matters (on saying "no" to more process) Potato, Potahto

In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss some of the challenges faced when modernising deeply legacy PHP applications.This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo.

In this episode, Jake and Michael remember 9/11, talk about upcoming PHP 8.1 features, Data Transfer Objects, and approaches to optimising your database.This episode is sponsored by Makeable.dk and Workvivo and was streamed live.Show links Birds Aren't Real Data Transfer Objectsspatie/data-transfer-object MySQL slow query log EXPLAIN statements Notion's questionably heavy static marketing site

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.Show links What is AFL? Aussie rules explained Jack McDade catching a tarpon GitHub Actions Laravel SparkChecking 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.Show links 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.Show links 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.Show links 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.Show links 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

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.Show links 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.

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.

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.

In this episode, Jake speaks with the creator of Lasso, Sam Carré