The Road to Laracon

Michael speaks with Stephen Rees-Carter, Friendly Hacker at Valorin SecurityOneRepublic - I LivedEd Sheeran - I See FireThe Road to LaraconApple MusicSpotify

Michael speaks with Austin Carpenter, Founder at mk1 StudioAustin Carpenter is the founder of mk1 Studio, a Gold Coast-based development agency that builds Laravel applications for clients across Australia.He has worked with Laravel for more than eight years and is currently leading the development of a fraud detection platform built on Laravel Cloud.Austin has a particular interest in system architecture, multi-tenancy, the relationship between business logic and framework concerns, and the practical application of AI in production software.Michael Bublé - Feeling GoodFrank Sinatra - My WayThe Road to LaraconApple MusicSpotify

Michael speaks with Rebecca Cole, Software Engineer at WestpacRebecca Cole is a Software Engineer at Westpac who came to technology from a background in teaching, learning design, and media.Before moving into software engineering, she co-created Virtual Village at UQ, an online onboarding and mentoring platform that supported more than 50,000 students during COVID, and spent a decade leading CHYFM, where she trained hundreds of young broadcasters and led programs recognised at local, regional, and national levels.Her experience in education continues to shape the way she approaches software engineering, with a focus on making complex ideas accessible, fostering curiosity, and creating experiences that help people learn with confidence.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy SeatKings of Leon - Sex on FireThe Road to LaraconApple MusicSpotify

Michael speaks with Mathias Hansen, CTO & Co-Founder at GeocodioMathias Hansen is a Danish-American developer with 25 years of experience across full-stack development, DevOps, and systems administration.In 2014, he and his wife Michele bootstrapped Geocodio as a side project. Today, it processes more than 2 billion geocoding lookups each month, while still being run by a team small enough to fit around a kitchen table.Mathias has spoken at php[world] and Laracon US, serves on the board of Laravel Denmark, and co-organises Laravel Live Denmark.He lives in rural Denmark, building software for the US market from a shed in his backyard, where business hours have always been a flexible concept.AC/DC - Highway to HellGloryhammer - The Legend of the Astral HammerThe Road to LaraconApple MusicSpotify

Michael speaks with Anaya Dodge, Junior Software Developer at Rio TintoAnaya Dodge is a Software Developer at Rio Tinto, where she currently builds automated testing solutions for a data engineering platform.A late career changer who moved from working alongside developers to becoming one, Anaya is passionate about making technology more accessible and supporting others navigating their own path in to tech. She mentors aspiring developers, teaches Django to She Codes students, and speaks on community panels.Anaya is currently learning PHP and Laravel while sharing her journey live with the developer community.Doja Cat - Boss BitchUPSAHL - I LIKE IT!The Road to LaraconApple MusicSpotify