Abby Gilson on Laravel’s Events & Laracon US Boston

About this episode

Matt Stauffer interviews Abby Gilson about her journey in Laravel's community and her role in event management.

The Laravel Podcast is brought to you by Tighten, your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts. Check us out at tighten.com and also by other sponsors you will hear about later in the episode. In this episode, Matt Stauffer talks with Abby Gilson — Laravel's recently promoted field marketing manager, better known in the community as "Gen Z Abby" — about the winding path that took her from studying for the LSAT to running events for one of the web's most passionate developer communities. They get into what it's like to learn marketing and event management on the fly, why Laravel events deliberately don't feel like typical tech marketing, and how being a non-developer pushed her to actually start shipping apps on Laravel Cloud. Abby also previews Laracon US in Boston — including dodgeball, LaraProm, and the SoWa Power Station venue — before sharing how she went full-time digital nomad and landed in Milan. Matt Stauffer on X Abby’s Email - abby@laravel.com Abby on X Laravel on X Laravel Website Laracon US 2026 Community Events Tighten Website Suggestion Box ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten . Big thanks to the companies that support the show: Honeybadger Laravel…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Stauffer

Guest: Abby Gilson

Topics covered

• Laravel
• event management
• marketing
• digital nomad
• community events

Keywords

• Laravel
• events
• marketing
• digital nomad
• Laracon US
• community

Sponsors

Tighten

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Laravel, Honeybadger

Places: Boston, Milan

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