The Making of Laravel Cloud: Behind the Scenes with Joe Dixon

The Laravel Podcast

In this episode of the Laravel Podcast, host Matt Stauffer chats with Joe Dixon, Engineering Team Lead at Laravel. Joe shares his journey to Laravel, his experiences working on Vapor and Reverb, and the transition to Laravel Cloud. They explore his shift from writing code to managing teams, the unexpected challenges behind the Cloud build, and the complexity of billing, bandwidth monitoring, and system communication. Joe also dives into the importance of documentation, safety nets for customer traffic spikes, and the database strategies powering Laravel Cloud. The episode wraps with a Laracon highlight: Joe’s live drone demo, an unforgettable display of innovation in action.

• Matt Stauffer on Twitter
• Joe Dixon on Twitter
• Joe Dixon Laracon Reverb Talk
• Laravel Twitter
• Laravel Website
• Tighten Website
• Laravel Reverb
• Laravel Cloud
• Laravel Nightwatch
• Laravel Forge
• Podcast Suggestions

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Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.