Andy Hinkle

Speaking

Podcasts and conversations about Laravel, web development, and the craft of building software.

Buffalo Wings and Livewire Things

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

Buffalo Wings and Livewire Things

In this episode we discuss Andy's recent office revamp, his trip to Buffalo for a conference, and the MCP tools they use in their development work

58 min
Claude Lied, Authorization Died, We Survived

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

Claude Lied, Authorization Died, We Survived

This episode Andy and Dalton recap Andy's talk at Laravel Worldwide and subsequent Artisan of the Day recognition, share horror stories of Claude Code lying to their friend Dino about a Laravel migration, and debate the eternal question of where to put authorization logic in Laravel 12

57 min
Keeping Laravel Elegant When Business Gets Messy

Laravel Worldwide

Keeping Laravel Elegant When Business Gets Messy

A deep dive into maintaining clean, elegant Laravel code when dealing with complex business requirements and real-world constraints.

The Importance of Refactoring

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

The Importance of Refactoring

In this episode of the Midwest Artisan, we're talking about the complexities of writing simple and clean code, Laracon recaps, Filament 4, and Andy's super special announcement.

50 min
10 Requests a Minute

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

10 Requests a Minute

We explore everything from sports and the Alpine.js vs React debate to challenges with Laravel Vapor, HTTP testing, and API rate limits

56 min
Semi-organized

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

Semi-organized

Andy and Dalton recap a minor league hockey game, share clever developer workflow tips like the gateway pattern and personal site automations, and reflect on how recent AI changes changing their coding habits.

61 min
Laravel: Season 12 - The best one yet

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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 when to return 404s.

63 min
We Got New Jobs (While Everything's on Fire)

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

53 min
Using Filament on the frontend, mockery, and documentation patterns

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

53 min
Do you write down methods in your migrations? Queue Serialization, Stubs, Laravel PR Ideas, Migrations vs. Seeders

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

69 min
Nightwatch and Chill

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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 apps.Nightwatch QA with Matt Staufer: https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/laracon-au-update-nightwatch-q-aInstantiating a class via constructor property promotion: https://travisnorthcutt.com/til/php-constructor-property-promotion/

57 min
Validate Everything

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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 assets.Show Links:Mergeloop - https://mergeloop.dev/Zendesk Breach - https://therecord.media/internet-archive-alleged-zendesk-account-breachHeap Analytics - https://www.heap.io/

68 min
WDW Passport w/ Doug Sisk

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

63 min
Building for Clients or Ourselves? Sticky & Static

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

68 min
Local API Mocking, Flux & Accessibility, PostgreSQL, Web Dev Battles

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

60 min
57 Million Reasons to Love Laravel

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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-anticipated features coming in Inertia 2.0

62 min
The real jackpot is the Laravel community

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

53 min

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

65 min

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

66 min

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

About Us + What is Laravel building?

A little about us, why we love Laravel, and what the heck is Laravel building?

61 min
Buffalo Wings and Livewire Things

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

Buffalo Wings and Livewire Things

In this episode we discuss Andy's recent office revamp, his trip to Buffalo for a conference, and the MCP tools they use in their development work

58 min
Claude Lied, Authorization Died, We Survived

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

Claude Lied, Authorization Died, We Survived

This episode Andy and Dalton recap Andy's talk at Laravel Worldwide and subsequent Artisan of the Day recognition, share horror stories of Claude Code lying to their friend Dino about a Laravel migration, and debate the eternal question of where to put authorization logic in Laravel 12

57 min
The Importance of Refactoring

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

The Importance of Refactoring

In this episode of the Midwest Artisan, we're talking about the complexities of writing simple and clean code, Laracon recaps, Filament 4, and Andy's super special announcement.

50 min
10 Requests a Minute

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

10 Requests a Minute

We explore everything from sports and the Alpine.js vs React debate to challenges with Laravel Vapor, HTTP testing, and API rate limits

56 min
Semi-organized

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

Semi-organized

Andy and Dalton recap a minor league hockey game, share clever developer workflow tips like the gateway pattern and personal site automations, and reflect on how recent AI changes changing their coding habits.

61 min
Laravel: Season 12 - The best one yet

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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 when to return 404s.

63 min
We Got New Jobs (While Everything's on Fire)

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

53 min
Using Filament on the frontend, mockery, and documentation patterns

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

53 min
Do you write down methods in your migrations? Queue Serialization, Stubs, Laravel PR Ideas, Migrations vs. Seeders

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

69 min
Nightwatch and Chill

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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 apps.Nightwatch QA with Matt Staufer: https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/laracon-au-update-nightwatch-q-aInstantiating a class via constructor property promotion: https://travisnorthcutt.com/til/php-constructor-property-promotion/

57 min
Validate Everything

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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 assets.Show Links:Mergeloop - https://mergeloop.dev/Zendesk Breach - https://therecord.media/internet-archive-alleged-zendesk-account-breachHeap Analytics - https://www.heap.io/

68 min
WDW Passport w/ Doug Sisk

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

63 min
Building for Clients or Ourselves? Sticky & Static

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

68 min
Local API Mocking, Flux & Accessibility, PostgreSQL, Web Dev Battles

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

60 min
57 Million Reasons to Love Laravel

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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-anticipated features coming in Inertia 2.0

62 min
The real jackpot is the Laravel community

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

53 min

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

65 min

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

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

66 min

The Midwest Artisan Podcast

About Us + What is Laravel building?

A little about us, why we love Laravel, and what the heck is Laravel building?

61 min