About this episode

Michael and Jake celebrate ten years of podcasting by reflecting on their journey and discussing event ticketing and database access.

In this milestone 10-year anniversary episode of North Meets South, Michael and Jake reflect on a decade of podcasting, from their first awkward recordings and early Laravel community connections to the friendships, conferences, and recurring topics that have shaped the show over nearly 200 episodes. A large part of the episode focuses on Michael's work-in-progress event ticketing platform inspired by the challenges of running Laracon AU. He explains the limitations of existing conference ticketing systems, the difficulties of collecting attendee information for multiple conference-adjacent events, and his vision for a more attendee-centric system that manages profiles, dietary requirements, event registrations, and conference networks across multiple Laravel events. To wrap up, Michael and Jake discuss giving developers direct database access, the security implications of SSH access, database permissions, and Laravel filesystem configuration, including why enabling exception throwing for filesystem operations can help avoid silent failures. Show links Laracon AU Laracon US TicketTailor Transistor Laravel News Podcast No Plans to Merge Notes on Work Talking Businessly Larabelles…

Topics covered

• podcasting
• event ticketing
• Laravel community
• database access
• developer tools
• conference management

More episodes of North Meets South Web Podcast

• Wildfires, Fitness Tracking, and CCTV · July 17, 2026 · 47 min
• Better API docs, customer support lessons, and cannoli · July 2, 2026 · 45 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the North Meets South Web Podcast podcast page.