Andy Croll

He's CTO at @coveragebook, Rubyist @onerubything, runs @brightonruby, Author, Speaker, Bootstrapper & Twin Dad.
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[Andrew Culver @andrewculver]

Hey all, I am excited to announce: I’ve joined Laravel! My job? Rails!

As a Rails developer, I have always admired Laravel from afar. Yes, Laravel was inspired by Rails, but I was in turn inspired by Laravel. There are many examples, but I’ll share a big one: Bullet Train, my SaaS starter kit for Ruby on Rails? It was directly inspired by Laravel Spark. I’ve always admired @taylorotwell’s dedication to developer experience, and his taste and sensibilities, whether it was in his open-source projects or his commercial offerings for artisans.

What I couldn't have imagined was that the launch and success of Laravel Cloud would create an opportunity to work together with Taylor and friends like @aarondfrancis on the future of application hosting! When Taylor announced that Laravel Cloud had set its sights on providing a next-generation, framework-aware hosting platform for Rails, I knew it was a mission I wanted to be a part of. For me, Rails developers had Heroku, and it was magical, and nothing since has recreated that experience. I’m excited to now be part of recreating that experience as it should exist in 2027 and beyond. Interested in helping? Please reach out!

Much more to come!

Laravel forever!

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

So, the Chicago Pope, smart dude about AI.
https://t.co/zOrnQWyySb

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

A world tour
https://t.co/8Wy0WfYapB

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

@d34ndev 2028

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

My first thought when I saw this in the Rails community survey.
"Holy crap."
https://t.co/XxXrYdpf3R

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

@d34ndev Mostly automated. But it’s admin headache. But I want it. But I dislike the distraction. 😉

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

Am thinking of shutting down the Ruby (and other) T-shirts store I’ve been running.

Is a fun experiment but can’t justify the running costs! Unless I can work out a way to at least make it revenue neutral.

https://t.co/gyQ6WQP51f

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

@GregMolnar I'm all about the peace and love.

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

@GregMolnar https://t.co/LNFmBUEGmK
This one?

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

Wrote a thing about last week's Rails World.
https://t.co/8rWcHrJ75g

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

@AmandaBPerino We seriously went with my pervert face one?

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

Holy shit. Robot taxis in Austin. Completely mind blowing.

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

The journey begins to Austin.
Not saying that coffee options are limited at 6:45AM on a Sunday in Brighton but, I’ve had better.

[Robby Russell @robbyrussell]

We’re just a few days away from Rails World in Austin.

Looking forward to catching up with old friends, meeting some new ones, and revisiting Austin. It’s been a few years.

I’ll be giving my keynote, “The Most Valuable Engineer Isn’t Shipping Features,” on Tuesday afternoon. I’ve been tinkering with this one for a while… looking forward to finally sharing it.

Keep an eye out for a number of my fellow @planetargon teammates, too. We’ll be wandering around and would love to talk shop… @rails, legacy apps, modernization, AI, or whatever you’re curious about these days.

Come find us. Let’s unpack a few things together. 🤠

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

https://t.co/tu4P26f4Pi

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

I think this one is underrated.

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

@StevenCahillHX 🫢

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

"Hi there, just giving you a call about your AWS usage at your business"
"That's weird, we don't use it"
"Azure?"
"Nope"
<stunned silence>

[Andy Croll @andycroll]

@lkr Asda on the Marina.
Lidl in Whitehawk.
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