Over Engineered Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/over-engineered-fm A podcast where we explore unimportant programming questions (mostly PHP/Laravel/JavaScript) in extreme detail. Copyright 2023-2025 Chris Morrell acf142ca-0d47-579e-955e-1bcdce39f369 yes Chris Morrell en Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:00:08 -0400 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:01:53 -0400 https://overengineered.fm https://img.transistorcdn.com/sZfsfrshxrom8AlzMEu4b6vgl-MXyd6TU9QRBKabBK0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ3NjE2LzE3MDIw/NjAzMTEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Over Engineered https://overengineered.fm episodic Chris Morrell A podcast where we explore unimportant programming questions (mostly PHP/Laravel/JavaScript) in extreme detail. A podcast where we explore unimportant programming questions (mostly PHP/Laravel/JavaScript) in extreme detail.. php,laravel,programming Chris Morrell feed@overengineered.fm No No Storing Files in the Database w/ Bogdan Kharchenko and Skyler Katz 33 33 Storing Files in the Database w/ Bogdan Kharchenko and Skyler Katz full c7a02e0e-d39e-40a3-b602-85ca71eea6c4 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/storing-files-in-the-database-w-bogdan-kharchenko-and-skyler-katz Sometimes you have files or other large chunks of data that you need to associate with a record in your database. It might be convenient to just store that as base64-encoded data or HTML in a "longtext" column, but that can eventually cause issues—especially as the table grows. What other options are there?

In this episode of Over Engineered, we go back to the show's roots and try to find the absolute best solution to a problem we already have an acceptable solution for.

]]> Sometimes you have files or other large chunks of data that you need to associate with a record in your database. It might be convenient to just store that as base64-encoded data or HTML in a "longtext" column, but that can eventually cause issues—especially as the table grows. What other options are there?

In this episode of Over Engineered, we go back to the show's roots and try to find the absolute best solution to a problem we already have an acceptable solution for.

]]> Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:54:42 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4186 Sometimes you have files or other large chunks of data that you need to associate with a record in your database. It might be convenient to just store that as base64-encoded data or HTML in a "longtext" column, but that can eventually cause issues—especially as the table grows. What other options are there?

In this episode of Over Engineered, we go back to the show's roots and try to find the absolute best solution to a problem we already have an acceptable solution for.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Skyler Katz Bogdan Kharchenko Kilopixel Retro w/ Ben Holmen + Joe Tannenbaum 32 32 Kilopixel Retro w/ Ben Holmen + Joe Tannenbaum full 333055f4-00c6-468b-ac8c-5330d3628578 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/kilopixel-retro-w-ben-holmen-joe-tannenbaum At the beginning of August, after six years of working on it on-and-off, Ben Holmen took his Kilopixel project live. It's a 1000 pixel display, where each pixel has to be manually toggled by a custom CNC rig, and it's whimsical and impractical and took the internet by storm. In today's episode, Chris chats with Ben and Joe about the whole project and what's next for the display.

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]]> At the beginning of August, after six years of working on it on-and-off, Ben Holmen took his Kilopixel project live. It's a 1000 pixel display, where each pixel has to be manually toggled by a custom CNC rig, and it's whimsical and impractical and took the internet by storm. In today's episode, Chris chats with Ben and Joe about the whole project and what's next for the display.

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]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:36:16 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4280 At the beginning of August, after six years of working on it on-and-off, Ben Holmen took his Kilopixel project live. It's a 1000 pixel display, where each pixel has to be manually toggled by a custom CNC rig, and it's whimsical and impractical and took the internet by storm. In today's episode, Chris chats with Ben and Joe about the whole project and what's next for the display.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Ben Holmen Joe Tannenbaum (Actually good) browser testing w/ Nuno Maduro 31 31 (Actually good) browser testing w/ Nuno Maduro full 4f791165-2e60-479d-8be3-148044bb9ce7 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/actually-good-browser-testing-w-nuno-maduro Up until now, browser testing in Laravel has felt… bad. Dusk was a huge step over nothing, but it's been slow and flaky and just waiting to be replaced with something better. And with Pest 4, Nuno's cracked it!

In today's episode of Over Engineered with dig into the technical details of what makes browser testing in Pest 4 both very fast and much more stable than Dusk and all the other browser testing approaches that came before it.

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]]> Up until now, browser testing in Laravel has felt… bad. Dusk was a huge step over nothing, but it's been slow and flaky and just waiting to be replaced with something better. And with Pest 4, Nuno's cracked it!

In today's episode of Over Engineered with dig into the technical details of what makes browser testing in Pest 4 both very fast and much more stable than Dusk and all the other browser testing approaches that came before it.

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]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:01:56 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 6859 Up until now, browser testing in Laravel has felt… bad. Dusk was a huge step over nothing, but it's been slow and flaky and just waiting to be replaced with something better. And with Pest 4, Nuno's cracked it!

In today's episode of Over Engineered with dig into the technical details of what makes browser testing in Pest 4 both very fast and much more stable than Dusk and all the other browser testing approaches that came before it.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Nuno Maduro Fostering Community w/ Alex Hillman 30 30 Fostering Community w/ Alex Hillman full 089ea0cb-28a4-41c3-9a40-f34049243b74 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/fostering-community-w-alex-hillman Alex Hillman has been thinking about and actively supporting communities for decades. In this episode, Chris and Alex talk about lessons he's learned along the way that can help meetup organizers tend their local tech communities, and brainstorm about ways that we can organize together to support meetups in general.

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]]> Alex Hillman has been thinking about and actively supporting communities for decades. In this episode, Chris and Alex talk about lessons he's learned along the way that can help meetup organizers tend their local tech communities, and brainstorm about ways that we can organize together to support meetups in general.

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]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:20:37 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 6101 Alex Hillman has been thinking about and actively supporting communities for decades. In this episode, Chris and Alex talk about lessons he's learned along the way that can help meetup organizers tend their local tech communities, and brainstorm about ways that we can organize together to support meetups in general.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Alex Hillman Native PHP w/ Simon Hamp 29 29 Native PHP w/ Simon Hamp full 90b6a813-6509-42ec-ac8d-dea66ac8014a https://overengineered.fm/episodes/native-php-w-simon-hamp Simon Hamp and Marcel Pociot have been working on NativePHP for a number of years, and Simon just surprised with world at Laracon EU with a NativePHP for Mobile announcement. In this episode, Simon and Chris get deep into the the NativePHP innards, explore sustainable open source, and generally just have a good time for <<checks watch>> over two hours 😅

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]]> Simon Hamp and Marcel Pociot have been working on NativePHP for a number of years, and Simon just surprised with world at Laracon EU with a NativePHP for Mobile announcement. In this episode, Simon and Chris get deep into the the NativePHP innards, explore sustainable open source, and generally just have a good time for <<checks watch>> over two hours 😅

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]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:42:20 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 8325 Simon Hamp and Marcel Pociot have been working on NativePHP for a number of years, and Simon just surprised with world at Laracon EU with a NativePHP for Mobile announcement. In this episode, Simon and Chris get deep into the the NativePHP innards, explore sustainable open source, and generally just have a good time for <<checks watch>> over two hours 😅

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Simon The next era of Larabelles w/ Zuzana Kunckova 28 28 The next era of Larabelles w/ Zuzana Kunckova full 395494d3-c111-477e-9a07-0acbee7d1aac https://overengineered.fm/episodes/the-next-era-of-larabelles-w-zuzana-kunckova Zuzana Kunckova started Larabelles five years ago, and over that time it has grown into an important part of the Laravel community. In today's episode, Zuzana and Chris talk about the future of Larabelles now that she has more time to dedicate to it.

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]]> Zuzana Kunckova started Larabelles five years ago, and over that time it has grown into an important part of the Laravel community. In today's episode, Zuzana and Chris talk about the future of Larabelles now that she has more time to dedicate to it.

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]]> Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4817 Zuzana Kunckova started Larabelles five years ago, and over that time it has grown into an important part of the Laravel community. In today's episode, Zuzana and Chris talk about the future of Larabelles now that she has more time to dedicate to it.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Zuzana Kunckova PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™ PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™ bonus 1e472c54-1707-40de-b43c-a62f456dd4d1 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/php-x-nyc-chaos-cast What happens when you get a bunch of Laravel podcasters + a bunch of mics in a room? Chaos, apparently.

Recorded live after PHP × NYC with Ben Holmen, John Drexler, Daniel Coulbourne, Chris Morrell, Ian Landsman, Dave Hicking, and Joe Tannenbaum.

]]> What happens when you get a bunch of Laravel podcasters + a bunch of mics in a room? Chaos, apparently.

Recorded live after PHP × NYC with Ben Holmen, John Drexler, Daniel Coulbourne, Chris Morrell, Ian Landsman, Dave Hicking, and Joe Tannenbaum.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4281 What happens when you get a bunch of Laravel podcasters + a bunch of mics in a room? Chaos, apparently.

Recorded live after PHP × NYC with Ben Holmen, John Drexler, Daniel Coulbourne, Chris Morrell, Ian Landsman, Dave Hicking, and Joe Tannenbaum.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Dave Hicking Joe Tannenbaum Daniel Coulbourne Ian Landsman Ben Holmen John Rudolph Drexler Running Small Teams w/ Dan Matthews & John Rudolph Drexler 27 27 Running Small Teams w/ Dan Matthews & John Rudolph Drexler full efaf933a-a28e-45ef-93f2-cbf92c2153b1 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/running-small-teams-w-dan-matthews-john-rudolph-drexler There's lots of advice out there for running software teams, but much of it comes from large organizations with dozens or hundreds of developers. Smaller teams have different needs. On today's episode, we pick up from a question Dan asked on Bluesky and talk about how best to approach running a small development team.

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]]> There's lots of advice out there for running software teams, but much of it comes from large organizations with dozens or hundreds of developers. Smaller teams have different needs. On today's episode, we pick up from a question Dan asked on Bluesky and talk about how best to approach running a small development team.

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]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:39:57 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 5697 There's lots of advice out there for running software teams, but much of it comes from large organizations with dozens or hundreds of developers. Smaller teams have different needs. On today's episode, we pick up from a question Dan asked on Bluesky and talk about how best to approach running a small development team.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell John Rudolph Drexler Dan Matthews Event Sourcery w/ Shawn McCool 26 26 Event Sourcery w/ Shawn McCool full 15ea0b46-2a49-4f2c-bea0-8f621f5b6304 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/event-sourcery-w-shawn-mccool Shawn McCool has been talking about event sourcing for years, and recently started a new series of streams on the topic. In this episode, Chris and Shawn talk about event sourcing, Verbs, and community (among other things).

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]]> Shawn McCool has been talking about event sourcing for years, and recently started a new series of streams on the topic. In this episode, Chris and Shawn talk about event sourcing, Verbs, and community (among other things).

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]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 6751 Shawn McCool has been talking about event sourcing for years, and recently started a new series of streams on the topic. In this episode, Chris and Shawn talk about event sourcing, Verbs, and community (among other things).

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Shawn McCool Design Patterns w/ Mary Perry 25 25 Design Patterns w/ Mary Perry full bc6968c5-bf27-40a9-86b5-f3adb9bfbb21 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/design-patterns-w-mary-perry Design patterns can be very useful, but can also be weaponized as a way to "prove" that someone is doing something the "wrong" way. Mary has been thinking a lot about the good side of knowing design patterns, so we sat down to chat about them.

]]> Design patterns can be very useful, but can also be weaponized as a way to "prove" that someone is doing something the "wrong" way. Mary has been thinking a lot about the good side of knowing design patterns, so we sat down to chat about them.

]]> Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:54:24 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4539 Design patterns can be very useful, but can also be weaponized as a way to "prove" that someone is doing something the "wrong" way. Mary has been thinking a lot about the good side of knowing design patterns, so we sat down to chat about them.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Mary Perry Side Projects w/ Joe Tannenbaum 24 24 Side Projects w/ Joe Tannenbaum full 9f0ec8c7-b506-49a4-80b0-5b00c377de30 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/side-projects-w-joe-tannenbaum Joe Tannenbaum is thinking about starting a podcast about side projects. So we took an afternoon to talk through what that might look like.

]]> Joe Tannenbaum is thinking about starting a podcast about side projects. So we took an afternoon to talk through what that might look like.

]]> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:31:09 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 3381 Joe Tannenbaum is thinking about starting a podcast about side projects. So we took an afternoon to talk through what that might look like.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Joe Tannenbaum The Art of Pairing with Strangers w/ Ben Holmen 23 23 The Art of Pairing with Strangers w/ Ben Holmen full d2a8ba19-f6da-4525-920d-ae98a15a95fc https://overengineered.fm/episodes/the-art-of-pairing-with-strangers-w-ben-holmen Ben Holmen started his Pair-amid scheme as an experiment in meeting new people and experiencing new code. He shared his calendar with the world, and booked pairing sessions with 15 complete strangers. The outcome? A bunch of new friends and new experiences.

In this episode, Ben and Chris talk about pair programming, side projects, and how to find fulfillment and social connection as a remote programmer.

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]]> Ben Holmen started his Pair-amid scheme as an experiment in meeting new people and experiencing new code. He shared his calendar with the world, and booked pairing sessions with 15 complete strangers. The outcome? A bunch of new friends and new experiences.

In this episode, Ben and Chris talk about pair programming, side projects, and how to find fulfillment and social connection as a remote programmer.

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]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 3588 Ben Holmen started his Pair-amid scheme as an experiment in meeting new people and experiencing new code. He shared his calendar with the world, and booked pairing sessions with 15 complete strangers. The outcome? A bunch of new friends and new experiences.

In this episode, Ben and Chris talk about pair programming, side projects, and how to find fulfillment and social connection as a remote programmer.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Ben Holmen ReactPHP + Event Loops w/ Len Woodward 22 22 ReactPHP + Event Loops w/ Len Woodward full c8aa3072-1554-4ed6-b2ce-3e19585c11a3 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/reactphp-event-loops-w-len-woodward ReactPHP is a low-level library for event-driven programming in PHP. It lets you write code that's much closer to the async/await style of JavaScript in PHP. In today's episode, Chris and Len talk about our experiments with ReactPHP.

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]]> ReactPHP is a low-level library for event-driven programming in PHP. It lets you write code that's much closer to the async/await style of JavaScript in PHP. In today's episode, Chris and Len talk about our experiments with ReactPHP.

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]]> Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4518 ReactPHP is a low-level library for event-driven programming in PHP. It lets you write code that's much closer to the async/await style of JavaScript in PHP. In today's episode, Chris and Len talk about our experiments with ReactPHP.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Len Woodward Code standards w/ Matt Stauffer 21 21 Code standards w/ Matt Stauffer full 1068494d-d406-4525-b23c-3d2ae5f02634 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/code-standards-w-matt-stauffer What set two developers on a quest to build custom tooling to enforce their code style preferences? Today's episode is a story that starts with two independent projects—Tighten's `tlint` and InterNACHI's `laralint`—but meanders to all the right places, including the future of PHP itself, the intersection of bikeshedding and art, and so much more.

]]> What set two developers on a quest to build custom tooling to enforce their code style preferences? Today's episode is a story that starts with two independent projects—Tighten's `tlint` and InterNACHI's `laralint`—but meanders to all the right places, including the future of PHP itself, the intersection of bikeshedding and art, and so much more.

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 5195 What set two developers on a quest to build custom tooling to enforce their code style preferences? Today's episode is a story that starts with two independent projects—Tighten's `tlint` and InterNACHI's `laralint`—but meanders to all the right places, including the future of PHP itself, the intersection of bikeshedding and art, and so much more.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Matt Stauffer Burnout w/ Ian Landsman 20 20 Burnout w/ Ian Landsman full 6390d42b-7333-41b2-82fb-33e28e5c8d39 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/burnout-w-ian-landsman Today we take a break from over engineering to talk about burnout. Both Chris and Ian have been working on the same products for multiple decades. We sit down to talk about that and what to do about the kind of burnout that comes from working on the same thing for so long.

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]]> Today we take a break from over engineering to talk about burnout. Both Chris and Ian have been working on the same products for multiple decades. We sit down to talk about that and what to do about the kind of burnout that comes from working on the same thing for so long.

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]]> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4579 Today we take a break from over engineering to talk about burnout. Both Chris and Ian have been working on the same products for multiple decades. We sit down to talk about that and what to do about the kind of burnout that comes from working on the same thing for so long.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Ian Landsman Let's talk APIs w/ Steve McDougall 19 19 Let's talk APIs w/ Steve McDougall full df8c9f83-e206-42de-baa3-0dc12a85ae70 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/lets-talk-apis-w-steve-mcdougall Steve McDougall (aka JustSteveKing) is known as the "API guy" on Twitter. In today's episode we start with the question, "what if the best option is just a single page app with a good, RESTful API?"

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]]> Steve McDougall (aka JustSteveKing) is known as the "API guy" on Twitter. In today's episode we start with the question, "what if the best option is just a single page app with a good, RESTful API?"

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]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:06:57 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 6126 Steve McDougall (aka JustSteveKing) is known as the "API guy" on Twitter. In today's episode we start with the question, "what if the best option is just a single page app with a good, RESTful API?"

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Steve McDougall Full Stack Javascript w/ Kelvin Omereshone 18 18 Full Stack Javascript w/ Kelvin Omereshone full 79a2b310-d2c5-49ab-9d7a-8ba263d3aaf8 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/full-stack-javascript-w-kelvin-omereshone The internet has been talking (yelling?) about full-stack javascript a lot lately. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about what it means to be "full stack" and whether there are really any truly full-stack javascript frameworks out there (spoiler: there are, but maybe not Next.js or Remix).

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]]> The internet has been talking (yelling?) about full-stack javascript a lot lately. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about what it means to be "full stack" and whether there are really any truly full-stack javascript frameworks out there (spoiler: there are, but maybe not Next.js or Remix).

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]]> Wed, 22 May 2024 15:59:08 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4488 The internet has been talking (yelling?) about full-stack javascript a lot lately. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about what it means to be "full stack" and whether there are really any truly full-stack javascript frameworks out there (spoiler: there are, but maybe not Next.js or Remix).

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Kelvin Omereshone Building prompts w/ Jess Archer 17 17 Building prompts w/ Jess Archer full dd089372-37df-4118-bbb2-ab1649d1e062 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/building-prompts-with-jess-archer Jess Archer took something that was quite good—the Symfony console output features—and built something that was absolutely great: Laravel Prompts. In today's episode, we dig into some of the gnarly details around building prompts and working with ANSI escape sequences in the terminal.

]]> Jess Archer took something that was quite good—the Symfony console output features—and built something that was absolutely great: Laravel Prompts. In today's episode, we dig into some of the gnarly details around building prompts and working with ANSI escape sequences in the terminal.

]]> Fri, 10 May 2024 07:30:25 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 6615 Jess Archer took something that was quite good—the Symfony console output features—and built something that was absolutely great: Laravel Prompts. In today's episode, we dig into some of the gnarly details around building prompts and working with ANSI escape sequences in the terminal.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Jess Archer The Future of the Laravel Frontend w/ Taylor Otwell 16 16 The Future of the Laravel Frontend w/ Taylor Otwell full 172537f2-efa8-4353-99b8-724bda068e5f https://overengineered.fm/episodes/the-future-of-the-laravel-frontend-w-taylor-otwell Taylor Otwell has been finding ways to improve Laravel for over a decade, but has only more recently set his sights on the front-end side of things. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about the current state of building UIs in Laravel, and what the future might hold.

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]]> Taylor Otwell has been finding ways to improve Laravel for over a decade, but has only more recently set his sights on the front-end side of things. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about the current state of building UIs in Laravel, and what the future might hold.

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]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:09:25 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4703 Taylor Otwell has been finding ways to improve Laravel for over a decade, but has only more recently set his sights on the front-end side of things. In today's episode, we sit down and talk about the current state of building UIs in Laravel, and what the future might hold.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Taylor Otwell ☁️ Building for the command line w/ Joe Tannenbaum 15 15 Building for the command line w/ Joe Tannenbaum full b8e2cc06-3714-4dee-9e3c-fa8cf84521f3 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/building-for-the-command-line-w-joe-tannenbaum Joe Tannenbaum took the internet by storm with his incredible SSH CLI "experiments." In today's episode, Chris and Joe sit down to get into the messy details of parsing ANSI escape sequences and dealing with multibyte strings, but spend as much time talking about programming as art and life as an actor.

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]]> Joe Tannenbaum took the internet by storm with his incredible SSH CLI "experiments." In today's episode, Chris and Joe sit down to get into the messy details of parsing ANSI escape sequences and dealing with multibyte strings, but spend as much time talking about programming as art and life as an actor.

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]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4685 Joe Tannenbaum took the internet by storm with his incredible SSH CLI "experiments." In today's episode, Chris and Joe sit down to get into the messy details of parsing ANSI escape sequences and dealing with multibyte strings, but spend as much time talking about programming as art and life as an actor.

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]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Joe Tannenbaum Do we really need sprints? w/ John Drexler, Bogdan Kharchenko, and Skyler Katz 14 14 Do we really need sprints? w/ John Drexler, Bogdan Kharchenko, and Skyler Katz full 089d8efc-3c18-44b4-b7a9-5bc044f7fce8 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/do-we-really-need-sprints-w-john-drexler-bogdan-kharchenko-and-skyler-katz What are the best processes for small software development teams with high trust? In today's episode the InterNACHI software development team sits down with John Rudolph Drexler to talk about whether or not we need to estimate tickets or even bother with sprints…

]]> What are the best processes for small software development teams with high trust? In today's episode the InterNACHI software development team sits down with John Rudolph Drexler to talk about whether or not we need to estimate tickets or even bother with sprints…

]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:33:53 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4821 What are the best processes for small software development teams with high trust? In today's episode the InterNACHI software development team sits down with John Rudolph Drexler to talk about whether or not we need to estimate tickets or even bother with sprints…

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell John Rudolph Drexler Bogdan Kharchenko Skyler Katz Cache everything w/ Ian Landsman 13 13 Cache everything w/ Ian Landsman full fc06fdaf-4095-4e53-9912-108906c47a43 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/cache-everything-w-ian-landsman As the saying goes: "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." So in today's episode we dig into all the ways Ian is taking on one of the hardest parts of programming in his rewrite of their decades-running helpdesk software, HelpSpot. We talk about caching, a little bit of Laravel history, and about what it's like to run a successful software business for 20+ years.

]]> As the saying goes: "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." So in today's episode we dig into all the ways Ian is taking on one of the hardest parts of programming in his rewrite of their decades-running helpdesk software, HelpSpot. We talk about caching, a little bit of Laravel history, and about what it's like to run a successful software business for 20+ years.

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 04:00:00 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 6926 As the saying goes: "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." So in today's episode we dig into all the ways Ian is taking on one of the hardest parts of programming in his rewrite of their decades-running helpdesk software, HelpSpot. We talk about caching, a little bit of Laravel history, and about what it's like to run a successful software business for 20+ years.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Ian Landsman Handling complicated view logic w/ Skyler Katz & Bogdan Kharchenko 12 12 Handling complicated view logic w/ Skyler Katz & Bogdan Kharchenko full a870fbe1-1ad9-4f57-99fb-9a62f2214daa https://overengineered.fm/episodes/handling-complicated-view-logic-w-skyler-katz-bogdan-kharchenko Complex view logic can be hard to get right—particularly in server-rendered templates like Blade. We recently had to decide just how much a Laravel Blade component should do, and decided to hash it out on the podcast.

]]> Complex view logic can be hard to get right—particularly in server-rendered templates like Blade. We recently had to decide just how much a Laravel Blade component should do, and decided to hash it out on the podcast.

]]> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:05:38 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4147 Complex view logic can be hard to get right—particularly in server-rendered templates like Blade. We recently had to decide just how much a Laravel Blade component should do, and decided to hash it out on the podcast.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Bogdan Kharchenko Skyler Katz Modular Laravel Apps w/ Mateus Guimarães 11 11 Modular Laravel Apps w/ Mateus Guimarães full ef656231-b728-4218-89f4-cc58170620a0 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/modular-laravel-apps-w-mateus-guimaraes When applications grow—in scope, sheer lines of code, or the number of team members—how you organize things starts to matter a whole lot more. In today's episode, we talk with Mateus Guimarães about modularization: breaking your application into smaller modules. We explore some of the topics in his new Laracasts course, and talk about the decisions that informed building the modular package at InterNACHI.

]]> When applications grow—in scope, sheer lines of code, or the number of team members—how you organize things starts to matter a whole lot more. In today's episode, we talk with Mateus Guimarães about modularization: breaking your application into smaller modules. We explore some of the topics in his new Laracasts course, and talk about the decisions that informed building the modular package at InterNACHI.

]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:02:02 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 5519 When applications grow—in scope, sheer lines of code, or the number of team members—how you organize things starts to matter a whole lot more. In today's episode, we talk with Mateus Guimarães about modularization: breaking your application into smaller modules. We explore some of the topics in his new Laracasts course, and talk about the decisions that informed building the modular package at InterNACHI.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Mateus Guimarães Building Forms (and Catalyst) w/ Adam Wathan 10 10 Building Forms (and Catalyst) w/ Adam Wathan full 013eaf70-0823-414d-8ce9-18396616c72a https://overengineered.fm/episodes/building-forms-and-catalyst-w-adam-wathan It's been said that web development is 99% forms and tables. Today we talk with Adam Wathan about all the decisions that go into creating a great form builder API. Adam and the rest of the team at Tailwind recently launched the developer preview of Catalyst—a React UI library with a robust form system. We take a deep-dive into the API decisions behind Catalyst, and talk about how some of those decisions could impact the next version of Aire, a Laravel form-building package.

]]> It's been said that web development is 99% forms and tables. Today we talk with Adam Wathan about all the decisions that go into creating a great form builder API. Adam and the rest of the team at Tailwind recently launched the developer preview of Catalyst—a React UI library with a robust form system. We take a deep-dive into the API decisions behind Catalyst, and talk about how some of those decisions could impact the next version of Aire, a Laravel form-building package.

]]> Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:50:56 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4204 It's been said that web development is 99% forms and tables. Today we talk with Adam Wathan about all the decisions that go into creating a great form builder API. Adam and the rest of the team at Tailwind recently launched the developer preview of Catalyst—a React UI library with a robust form system. We take a deep-dive into the API decisions behind Catalyst, and talk about how some of those decisions could impact the next version of Aire, a Laravel form-building package.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Adam Wathan Static site generators & personal websites w/ Aaron Francis 9 9 Static site generators & personal websites w/ Aaron Francis full 744ee9fd-f30c-4f4f-9a69-83d3f1373ceb https://overengineered.fm/episodes/static-site-generators-personal-websites-w-aaron-francis We all use our personal websites as an excuse for trying something new or over engineering what's usually a simple, low traffic site. In today's episode, Chris and Aaron talk about how to build a great personal website with "just Laravel" and imagine ways that static site generation, markdown editing, open graph, caching, SEO, and more could be improved in the Laravel ecosystem.

]]> We all use our personal websites as an excuse for trying something new or over engineering what's usually a simple, low traffic site. In today's episode, Chris and Aaron talk about how to build a great personal website with "just Laravel" and imagine ways that static site generation, markdown editing, open graph, caching, SEO, and more could be improved in the Laravel ecosystem.

]]> Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:36:07 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 3786 We all use our personal websites as an excuse for trying something new or over engineering what's usually a simple, low traffic site. In today's episode, Chris and Aaron talk about how to build a great personal website with "just Laravel" and imagine ways that static site generation, markdown editing, open graph, caching, SEO, and more could be improved in the Laravel ecosystem.

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Aaron Francis Perfecting lifecycle hooks w/ Caleb Porzio 8 8 Perfecting lifecycle hooks w/ Caleb Porzio full b2caab28-46c8-428b-8b74-25651e3a6999 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-8-perfecting-lifecycle-hooks-w-caleb-porzio In today's episode, Chris and Caleb sit down and try to imagine what the perfect "hook" implementation might look like. Laravel, Livewire, and the upcoming Verbs package, all have to allow for hooking into logic at specific points, and each package has to handle this in its own unique way. What if there was a canonical way to hook into the lifecycle of a package that worked across the whole Laravel (and maybe beyond?) ecosystem?

]]> In today's episode, Chris and Caleb sit down and try to imagine what the perfect "hook" implementation might look like. Laravel, Livewire, and the upcoming Verbs package, all have to allow for hooking into logic at specific points, and each package has to handle this in its own unique way. What if there was a canonical way to hook into the lifecycle of a package that worked across the whole Laravel (and maybe beyond?) ecosystem?

]]> Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:31:50 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4568 In today's episode, Chris and Caleb sit down and try to imagine what the perfect "hook" implementation might look like. Laravel, Livewire, and the upcoming Verbs package, all have to allow for hooking into logic at specific points, and each package has to handle this in its own unique way. What if there was a canonical way to hook into the lifecycle of a package that worked across the whole Laravel (and maybe beyond?) ecosystem?

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Caleb Porzio Verbs vacation (part 1?) w/ Daniel Coulbourne 7 7 Verbs vacation (part 1?) w/ Daniel Coulbourne full 434fd4ed-fd74-4a6d-9523-da1c1a69232e https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-7-verbs-vacation-part-1 And now for something completely different…

In this episode, Chris and Daniel sit down to talk about a new event sourcing package they're working on called Verbs.

]]> And now for something completely different…

In this episode, Chris and Daniel sit down to talk about a new event sourcing package they're working on called Verbs.

]]> Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:09:25 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 5040 And now for something completely different… In this episode, Chris and Daniel sit down to talk about a new event sourcing package they're working on called Verbs. And now for something completely different… In this episode, Chris and Daniel sit down to talk about a new event sourcing package they're working on called Verbs. php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Daniel Coulbourne Customizing outgoing email 6 6 Customizing outgoing email full 8fdf2e97-dd7b-46cd-9ab5-651e45a4c399 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-6-customizing-outgoing-email Most teams have encountered this basic scenario:

Your application sends out a periodic report to a specific person in the company. Then, at some later point, either another team member wants to start receiving a copy of the report, or you need to remove the original recipient and add a new one.

With a standard Laravel app, you're probably going to need to make this change by deploying a change—either to the environment, or a config file, or the Mailable class itself.

In today's episode we dig into ways we could make it possible for non-technical users to manage outgoing email messages: from the recipient(s), to the message content, to even the logic that determines when and if a message is sent.

]]> Most teams have encountered this basic scenario:

Your application sends out a periodic report to a specific person in the company. Then, at some later point, either another team member wants to start receiving a copy of the report, or you need to remove the original recipient and add a new one.

With a standard Laravel app, you're probably going to need to make this change by deploying a change—either to the environment, or a config file, or the Mailable class itself.

In today's episode we dig into ways we could make it possible for non-technical users to manage outgoing email messages: from the recipient(s), to the message content, to even the logic that determines when and if a message is sent.

]]> Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:09:39 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 5003 Most teams have encountered this basic scenario:

Your application sends out a periodic report to a specific person in the company. Then, at some later point, either another team member wants to start receiving a copy of the report, or you need to remove the original recipient and add a new one.

With a standard Laravel app, you're probably going to need to make this change by deploying a change—either to the environment, or a config file, or the Mailable class itself.

In today's episode we dig into ways we could make it possible for non-technical users to manage outgoing email messages: from the recipient(s), to the message content, to even the logic that determines when and if a message is sent.

]]> Laravel,Email No Chris Morrell Skyler Katz Bogdan Kharchenko What about event sourcing? 5 5 What about event sourcing? full 3491d990-5abe-4ddc-b235-f60e47b028e3 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-5-what-about-event-sourcing In this episode we indulge in the purest form of Over Engineering—a 90 minute discussion of a completely different application paradigm/architecture. Our team has used event sourcing to some degree, and we're considering using it more heavily in the future. But before we do, we're going to step back and ask ourselves if it's worth it…

Some useful links:

]]> In this episode we indulge in the purest form of Over Engineering—a 90 minute discussion of a completely different application paradigm/architecture. Our team has used event sourcing to some degree, and we're considering using it more heavily in the future. But before we do, we're going to step back and ask ourselves if it's worth it…

Some useful links:

]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:04:30 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 5466 In this episode we indulge in the purest form of Over Engineering—a 90 minute discussion of a completely different application paradigm/architecture. Our team has used event sourcing to some degree, and we're considering using it more heavily in the future. But before we do, we're going to step back and ask ourselves if it's worth it…

Some useful links:

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Skyler Katz Bogdan Kharchenko The dreaded status column w/ Daniel Coulbourne + Cheyne Rood 4 4 The dreaded status column w/ Daniel Coulbourne + Cheyne Rood full 2b52743d-adf0-489f-9846-d59c3fb76c7d https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-4-the-dreaded-status-column Over Engineered is all about those things that bug you but you never get a chance to "solve." Today's episode is about the dreaded "status" column.

This is another topic that most developers will hit over and over. You have a model. You need to track the status. You add a status column, and then later a status timestamp "accepted_at", and then later an "accepted_by" column—and each time you cringe and wish there was a better way.

Today we discuss a better way… maybe?

]]> Over Engineered is all about those things that bug you but you never get a chance to "solve." Today's episode is about the dreaded "status" column.

This is another topic that most developers will hit over and over. You have a model. You need to track the status. You add a status column, and then later a status timestamp "accepted_at", and then later an "accepted_by" column—and each time you cringe and wish there was a better way.

Today we discuss a better way… maybe?

]]> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:47:03 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 5206 Over Engineered is all about those things that bug you but you never get a chance to "solve." Today's episode is about the dreaded "status" column.

This is another topic that most developers will hit over and over. You have a model. You need to track the status. You add a status column, and then later a status timestamp "accepted_at", and then later an "accepted_by" column—and each time you cringe and wish there was a better way.

Today we discuss a better way… maybe?

]]> Laravel,Event Sourcing No Chris Morrell Daniel Coulbourne Cheyne Rood Referencing specific database records in your code 3 3 Referencing specific database records in your code full c402284a-9a01-472e-b2ca-7b9efbd4e248 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-3-referencing-specific-database-records-in-your-code Season 1 continues with a discussion of how to deal with special database records that need to be referenced directly in code.

We've all been there before: you've got a specific vendor that you need to write a custom command for, or a certain category that needs special handling, so you either hard-code the ID or slug and shudder slightly before moving on with your life. In this episode, we imagine a better—perhaps the best, even—way!

]]> Season 1 continues with a discussion of how to deal with special database records that need to be referenced directly in code.

We've all been there before: you've got a specific vendor that you need to write a custom command for, or a certain category that needs special handling, so you either hard-code the ID or slug and shudder slightly before moving on with your life. In this episode, we imagine a better—perhaps the best, even—way!

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:55:43 -0400 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 3645 Season 1 continues with a discussion of how to deal with special database records that need to be referenced directly in code.

We've all been there before: you've got a specific vendor that you need to write a custom command for, or a certain category that needs special handling, so you either hard-code the ID or slug and shudder slightly before moving on with your life. In this episode, we imagine a better—perhaps the best, even—way!

]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Skyler Katz Bogdan Kharchenko Over-engineering migrations even more w/ Tim MacDonald! 2 2 Over-engineering migrations even more w/ Tim MacDonald! full e23d3d41-7fb6-4bf9-9bd3-244ef841466f https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-2-over-engineering-migrations-even-more In the second episode of the podcast we talk with Tim MacDonald about a few other approaches to how you might manage other operations that happen before/during/after a database migration (or really any deploy step). Tim pitches a lower-level approach that spawns a whole new line of thinking.

We also touch on some of the responses to episode one, including:


]]> In the second episode of the podcast we talk with Tim MacDonald about a few other approaches to how you might manage other operations that happen before/during/after a database migration (or really any deploy step). Tim pitches a lower-level approach that spawns a whole new line of thinking.

We also touch on some of the responses to episode one, including:


]]> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 21:45:55 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 4567 In the second episode of the podcast we talk with Tim MacDonald about a few other approaches to how you might manage other operations that happen before/during/after a database migration (or really any deploy step). Tim pitches a lower-level approach that spawns a whole new line of thinking.

We also touch on some of the responses to episode one, including:


]]> php,laravel,programming No Chris Morrell Tim MacDonald The line between migration and…? 1 1 The line between migration and…? full c12c8e6d-c7e2-4789-98bd-82e474d1ad22 https://overengineered.fm/episodes/ep-1-the-line-between-migration-and In the first episode of the podcast we explore the boundary between database migrations and other operations that need to happen when the database is being migrated. How do you seed or manipulate data after new tables or columns have been added? In migrations? In one-off commands that you have to run manually? Running seeders in production? In tinker, Nova, or TablesPlus? We spend a whole hour talking about a topic that most people decide on in a few minutes.

Items discussed on show:

]]> In the first episode of the podcast we explore the boundary between database migrations and other operations that need to happen when the database is being migrated. How do you seed or manipulate data after new tables or columns have been added? In migrations? In one-off commands that you have to run manually? Running seeders in production? In tinker, Nova, or TablesPlus? We spend a whole hour talking about a topic that most people decide on in a few minutes.

Items discussed on show:

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:26:23 -0500 Chris Morrell Chris Morrell 3975 In the first episode of the podcast we explore the boundary between database migrations and other operations that need to happen when the database is being migrated. How do you seed or manipulate data after new tables or columns have been added? In migrations? In one-off commands that you have to run manually? Running seeders in production? In tinker, Nova, or TablesPlus? We spend a whole hour talking about a topic that most people decide on in a few minutes.

Items discussed on show:

]]> laravel,php,programming No Chris Morrell Skyler Katz Bogdan Kharchenko