Kath Young

Code mistress. Mother. Wife. Passionate devotee of all things geek.

[Taylor Otwell @taylorotwell]

The gap between having an idea and putting it in front of real users keeps getting smaller.

If there's a side project you've been sitting on, build it.

If you've never tried Laravel and want to give it a shot, we made a prompt for you to paste into your agent. It tells the agent how to get started with Laravel, and even how to install PHP if necessary: https://t.co/VvqEH7MOYa

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@sifrious So thrilled for you my friend!

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@sifrious Laraprom?

[Povilas Korop | Laravel Courses Creator & Youtuber @PovilasKorop]

Laravel "hot take": over-engineering may be a real problem

Not everything needs an Action class, a DTO, and an Event.

If your store method is 3 lines, LEAVE IT in the Controller.
Over-engineering hurts readability more than "fat controllers."

[Michael Dyrynda @michaeldyrynda]

Some great submissions for @LaraconAU so far 🙌

I'd love to see more talks in a few areas:

- beginner-friendly / tools-focused
- deeper technical dives (45 min)
- architecture and system design
- product and real-world decision-making

Submit your talk👇https://t.co/OVetxqedwp

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@mattstauffer Huge congratulations!

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@sifrious Remember, you can do whatever you want, forever.

[Laracon AU @LaraconAU]

We've had a number of submissions for #LaraconAU so far - but we know there are more great talks out there.

If you're thinking about submitting, here's what we’re looking for 👇

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

The value that Shift provides is honestly _insane_ even in these new days of LLMs.

If you've never done a Laravel upgrade with Shift, you owe it to yourself to checkout @gonedark's amazing tool.

[Jason McCreary @gonedark]

Promoting Shift has always been a challenge. It became more of a challenge yesterday.

The truth is you can always upgrade yourself. I know Shift does more - cheaper, faster, thorough. If you've used Shift, you know this too. If you haven't, I hope you still give it a try.

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@sifrious Yesss queen!

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@michaeldyrynda Who....does this? 😮😭

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@abigailotwell Oh my word that is stunning!!

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@sifrious Yes please let's be friends!

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@ninjaparade Are you ok mate? Slightly concerning 😟

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@ninjaparade @sifrious If by "paid" you mean "invited me to speak at a conference where I got to witness your talents first hand"...then @michaeldyrynda

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@sifrious @DCoulbourne YES. Hold my beer indeed

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@michaeldyrynda I am now amused and terrified to try this myself

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@LeahTCodes The struggle is real 😂

[Kath Young @MidgetK]

@simonswiss Hey, just checking you got my telegram message?