Josh

Creating @LaravelPHP applications. Currently crafting a SaaS.

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@PeterJThomson Did you reach out to the Laravel team? I’m sure they’d love to learn more and address @taylorotwell @joetannenbaum @aarondfrancis @jbrooksuk

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@OpenAI @thsottiaux this sounds like a reset is due? 😉

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Watching the Laracon stream and @vanamerongen has just blown my mind about JJ VCS. Never knew about it until now. Just instructed my Agents to use it going forward and will read up on it more. Really enjoyed the talk! https://t.co/JUVYMCQUW3

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Prediction results:

✅ non-PHP services on Laravel Cloud
✅ Pest 5 makes repeat test runs dramatically faster
❌ no Boost convention-learning announcement
❌ no AI SDK approvals announcement
2/4. I completely missed the Laravel LSP.

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Couldn’t find a proper Laracon US Day 1 recap, so here’s what was announced:

• Pest 5: test impact analysis, agent testing + AI evals
• Laravel Cloud: Next.js + Nuxt support
• First-party Laravel LSP
• Inertia DevTools also shipped
What are you most excited to try?

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Taylor Otwell has a full hour for “Laravel Updates” today.

My Laracon US predictions:

• non-PHP services on Cloud
• Boost learns your app’s conventions
• AI SDK gets approvals + native vector search
• Pest 5 makes big test suites dramatically faster
Which one ages worst?

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@taylorotwell "It just works" that's the reoccurring theme throughout his talk and boy is he right. Amazing features to @laravel cloud. I need to find a reason to use its new features, especially managed queues and scale to zero. Boy have they been cooking 🧑‍🍳

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@sifrious Despite the technical issues, that was a brilliant talk. Really enjoyed the session and took a lot from it 👏 #LaraconUS

[nunomaduro @enunomaduro]

say hello to pest v5

· tia: the fastest testing engine in the world (literally instant)
· agent plugin: 10x better than any other browser agent
· phpstan + rector: built in
· evals: test your agents

ship it

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Woah @aarondfrancis has his first day at @laravel today as "VP of Marketing and Community" just announced on stage by @taylorotwell. Massive congratulations Aaron, I cannot wait to see what you bring to the team, excited for the future! Lets go!

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Official Laracon US livestream ready to go 👀

Time to see how badly these predictions age:
https://t.co/HF1uKMdJaN

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Taylor Otwell has a full hour for “Laravel Updates” today.

My Laracon US predictions:

• non-PHP services on Cloud
• Boost learns your app’s conventions
• AI SDK gets approvals + native vector search
• Pest 5 makes big test suites dramatically faster
Which one ages worst?

[Josh @Josha_dev]

How it could work:
• 3 random cards at registration
• speaker cards after talks
• sponsor cards at booths
• team cards in booster packs

Complete the base set for a prize. Legendary cards stay optional.

Who belongs in set one—and what’s the secret rare?

[Josh @Josha_dev]

Idea for the next Laracon: collectible cards.

Give attendees a starter pack, then let them collect speaker, sponsor and Laravel team cards by meeting people and trading.

Complete the base set for an exclusive foil or merch prize. Legendary cards stay optional.

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@gonedark @michaeldyrynda @joedixon Ahh, Joe’s flying the flag for Team UK then 🇬🇧😂 Laracon Day 1 hasn’t even fully started and the international kit rivalry is already underway.

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@savsql @MostlyTechPod @LaraconUS Like Jesse massive fomo! Hope you all have a great day today for day 1!

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@LeahTCodes Got massive FOMO - I'll be watching the livestream however. It always impresses me how much thought goes into the Laracons and the detail such as this! Have a great day today!

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@ziwenxu_ @thsottiaux We reallyyy need it

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@nckrtl Woah, you cooked with this. Love the feel of it, even that landing/marketing page was fire. Have you done a PR for it on the horizon repo?

[Josh @Josha_dev]

@thsottiaux Yo Tibo Cancelled my Claude because GPT is just the GOAT right now. Loving these random resets too! LFG!