Eat Your Customer's Pain

We’re joined by Aaron Francis who shares his experience after joining Laravel, Laravel's evolution, marketing strategies, and the future of cloud computing. How is Jev changing the cost and way we use LLMs. And what is the future of education and training on the web?

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

03:03 - Aaron's Laracon reveal and why he took the job

09:03 - Open source roots, cloud money, and VC-scale growth

14:58 - Who Laravel Cloud is actually built for

19:07 - Taylor's "best in category" tweet, unpacked

22:52 - Ambition and care beat chasing every feature

27:02 - Founders need a point of view, not just a new tool

31:46 - PHP's culture keep Laravel grounded

35:25 - Justin's Vegas Retreat

45:10 - Introducing Jev, and how it's different from an LLM