Ben Bowles

@t_blom Shame it’s for students only, I’d be intrigued to listen!

I'm coming to Oxford University on 25th November to talk to students about starting a company. There will be a tonne of practical tips and Q&A. Sign up here: events.ycombinator.com/ycatoxford-2024

@laravelphp any chance you could announce dates for Laracon US 2025? 😬 need to get some holiday booked in the diary!

Great time with the folks at @phpstoke last night. Thanks again for having me a long and allowing me to sponsor. Fab effort by @jbrooksuk for organising!

@JackEllis Apple reminders, don’t @ me

What software are you using to manage your personal/work tasks? I have Things 3 installed but I've not opened it for months. I wish there was something that tied your todos into your calendar, let you have one area with a team, but then also have a personal task/project list.

@JackEllis Yes!

I'm on a journey to lose 80lb after failing to do so by myself for about 7 years. I'm now working with one of the UK's smartest doctors and I'm down 15lb so far. I will have a ton to share (tests, learnings, etc.). Are my tech folks here interested in the details of this story?

@JackEllis I like it.

Idea is early but want to see what people think. Could also be done in podcast form as a clinic. I already have two Discord communities which I could use to fuel a tech podcast. The SingleStore for Laravel Discord is insane and there's so much content I could turn into episodes.

@lukehebb @JackEllis Surely there’s got to be one for each quarter in 2025?

@JackEllis Isn’t there another database migration planned? 😜

Our roadmap for the rest of the year is disgusting. Current phase: Splitting V1 & GA data away from V2 data. Nearly complete, just changing dashboard to handle new API. Next phase: Entry & Exit pages tabs backfilled to 2021. That's all the information you're getting for now ;)

@iamdavidhill @terminaldotshop @laravelphp 😂 found it!

@benjaminbowles @terminaldotshop @laravelphp Half way there… there’s an Easter Egg inside the Easter Egg 🤫

Just when we were all coming back back down from the highs of @LaraconUS in Dallas last week, @laravelphp goes and announces it’s $57m Series A with @Accel. What an incredible time for the Laravel community! Looking back to last week, here’s a thread of Design at Laracon US 2024...

@iamdavidhill @terminaldotshop @laravelphp Easter egg? Also, when will get UK shipping 😬

Artisan Blend @terminaldotshop partnered with @laravelphp on a collab to create a custom coffee blend. We sold out of physical goods in Dallas before the first speaker had even stepped on stage on the first day. I had the interesting experience of designing everything around this, including the packaging and riffed off of the staple blends we already have in store. I broke the rules a little and let the design overflow from the assigned graphics panel on the side. I had bigger plans for the graphics but time was a serious constraint. Artisan is available to buy while stocks last, via your terminal, just type, "ssh terminal[dot]shop" And for those that have received theres, have you found the easter egg yet?

@taylorotwell Congrats!

I'm excited to announce that Laravel has raised a $57M Series A in partnership with Accel. I believe that Laravel is the most productive way to build full-stack web applications, and Laravel Cloud will be the platform for shipping those applications that this community deserves.

Back on X. Loved my first @LaraconUS, thanks to @taylorotwell for a great Keynote!

@calebporzio Great stuff! Loved your keynote. Do you reckon you’ll get to tables at some point?

Alright, my talks not up yet so anyone who didn't catch it is confused about Flux. Definitely watch my talk when it's up - but here's a little personal tour from my hotel room this morning (lots of stuff I didn't show in my talk)