Andy Hinkle
Laravel Developer, Father, Husband
Appears in 14 Episodes
Laravel: Season 12 - The best one yet
In this episode, we discuss activities during morning standups like playing bomberman, we both tried Laravel Cloud for our personal sites, and some API Patterns for wh...
We Got New Jobs (While Everything's on Fire)
In this episode, Andy and Dalton discuss their recent job transitions, the challenges of navigating the job market, and the why the interview process is broken. We als...
Using Filament on the frontend, mockery, and documentation patterns
Happy New Year! In this episode, we talk about our goals for the year, dive into the latest Laravel updates, and explore model-based migrations. We also chat about usi...
Do you write down methods in your migrations? Queue Serialization, Stubs, Laravel PR Ideas, Migrations vs. Seeders
Happy Holidays! This week, we discuss tackling some queue serialization issues, debating migrations versus seeders, and discussing some new ideas for Laravel Core PRs....
Nightwatch and Chill
In this episode of Midwest Artisan, we discuss Laravel Nightwatch, Instantiating a class via constructor property promotion, DTOs, and practical AI features in Laravel...
Validate Everything
This week we discuss the common occurrence of over-engineered abstractions, digging into post-request logic without losing our minds, analytics, and securing digital ...
WDW Passport w/ Doug Sisk
This week, we’re excited to welcome Doug Sisk, the creator of WDW Passport, a Laravel-powered application designed to help users plan their Disney World trips. Doug sh...
Building for Clients or Ourselves? Sticky & Static
This week, we follow up on last week’s local fakes discussion and explore what it would take for us to fully embrace Statamic. We also tackle the big question: Do clie...
Local API Mocking, Flux & Accessibility, PostgreSQL, Web Dev Battles
In this episode, we cover the launch of Caleb’s Flux UI component library, and dive into the benefits of mocking APIs locally for faster development. We also highlight...
57 Million Reasons to Love Laravel
In this episode, Andy and Dalton dive into a wide array[] of topics, from Laravel's exciting $57 million funding to the buzz around FluxUI’s pricing drama and the much...
The real jackpot is the Laravel community
This week, we're diving into all things post-Laracon! Andy shares his wild adventure just getting to Dallas with a few unexpected twists and turns along the way. We br...
Those aren't NBA players, just a bunch of nerdy developers
We dive into NullStar 2024, the ultimate basketball showdown between Team Laravel and the Terminal Boys. We share our admiration for Caleb Porzio (who’s definitely on ...
The gap between the last Standard Plan and Enterprise
This week, we dive into A/B testing and the challenges that come with the jump from the highest non-enterprise plan to full enterprise. We also discuss some Laravel sh...
About Us + What is Laravel building?
A little about us, why we love Laravel, and what the heck is Laravel building?