Richard Merryweather - Cultivating success with Laravel - Laracon AU 2023

Join Richard Merriweather, Head of Engineering at Figured, as he delves into cultivating success with Laravel. Explore Laravel’s role in fintech, and how Figured uses it to assist farmers in managing their finances effectively. 00:00 Intro 00:34 Figured 01:11 Fintech 01:53 Rails to Laravel 02:17 Farm finances 03:02 Maximising profits 04:24 Laravel enables growth 04:46 Happy developers 05:09 Fertiliser example 06:41 Simple complexity 07:05 2015 Technology choices 07:42 Architectural issues 08:01 Rails not to blame 08:45 Common problems 09:24 Scary releases 10:22 Needed rewrite 10:46 Tech considerations 11:20 Laravel chosen 12:57 Enabling quick rewrite 13:25 Laravel ecosystem 14:45 Swiss Army knife 15:27 Best libraries 15:59 Forge released 16:04 Success today 16:37 Market expansion 17:20 Beyond just SaaS 17:44 Fast new products 17:58 10 million cows 18:46 Releasing daily 19:15 Juniors can release 19:40 Laravel scales 20:55 Full history stored 21:18 Helping farmers 21:49 Correcting past mistakes 22:38 Friend's wrong choice 23:14 Right choice 23:49 Enabling value 24:23 Don't lose sight 24:33 Thank you