Inside Forge 2.0 and Laravel VPS with James Brooks

About this episode

Matt Stauffer chats with James Brooks about the evolution of Laravel Forge and the upcoming Forge 2.0 and Laravel VPS.

In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, Matt Stauffer chats with James Brooks, engineering lead for Laravel Forge. James shares his path into Laravel, his early contributions, and the evolution of Forge, including a look ahead at Forge 2.0 and Laravel VPS. They dig into the technical challenges of building new features, the role of community, and the collaborative spirit that fuels the Laravel ecosystem. Matt Stauffer on Twitter James Brooks on Twitter James Brooks on GitHub James Brooks Website Laravel Twitter Laravel Website Tighten Website Laravel Envoyer Laravel Forge Suggestion Box ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten .

People in this episode

Host: Matt Stauffer

Guest: James Brooks

Topics covered

• Laravel Forge
• software engineering
• community collaboration
• technical challenges
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Laravel
• Forge 2.0
• VPS
• software development
• community
• engineering challenges
• entrepreneurship

Sponsors

Tighten

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Laravel, Laravel Forge, Laravel Envoyer, Laravel VPS, Laravel Twitter, Laravel Website, James Brooks on Twitter, James Brooks on GitHub, James Brooks Website

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