Aug 6, 2025Host

Laracon US Recap

Laracon US Recap
Show notes

Ian and Aaron recap everything that happened during Laracon US 2025 - the Mostly Technical parties, highlights from the conference, the "longest night in a decade", and so much more.  Oh, and Aaron also MC'd another conference?!

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(00:00) - Where Is Ian?

(02:59) - Travel Issues + Golf

(10:11) - MT Parties!

(20:28) - The Hot Take Game

(36:11) - Future Laracon Ideas

(40:03) - Aaron On Stage

(56:04) - Laracon Highlights

(01:08:41) - The Longest Night In A Decade

(01:27:02) - Big Sky Dev Con

Links:Laracon US - https://laracon.us Eric Barnes on Twitter - https://x.com/ericlbarnes/ Sam Lewis on Twitter - https://x.com/saml_dev Luke Towers on Twitter - https://x.com/TheLukeTowers Marcus Moore on Bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/marcusmoore.bsky.social Josh Cirre on Twitter - https://x.com/joshcirre Taylor Desseyn (Torc) on Twitter - https://x.com/tdesseyn Laracon AU - https://laracon.au Hot Take Arena - https://hottakearena.com Hank Taylor on Twitter - https://x.com/theHankTaylor Samantha Sappenfield on Twitter - https://x.com/samsappenfield1 Abby Gilson on Twitter - https://x.com/abbygilson28 Aaron's talk notes - https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/1952402499752636542 Aaron & Ian closing out Laracon - https://x.com/MostlyTechPod/status/1950835931176665194 Mary Perry on Twitter - https://x.com/sifrious Thiery Laverdure on Bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/thierylaverdure.com Chris Sev on Twitter - https://x.com/chris__sev John O'Nolan on Twitter - https://x.com/JohnONolan Keith Damiani on Twitter - https://x.com/keithdamiani Pete Heslop on Bsky - https://bsky.app/profile/pwheslop.bsky.social Big Sky Dev Con - https://bigskydevcon.com HTMX on Twitter - https://x.com/htmx_org community.laravel.com - https://community.laravel.com

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