93: Laracon US Recap

Ian and Aaron recap everything that happened during Laracon US 2025 - the Mostly Technical parties, highlights from the conference, the "longest night in a decade", and so much more. Oh, and Aaron also MC'd another conference?!
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• (00:00) - Where Is Ian?

• (02:59) - Travel Issues + Golf

• (10:11) - MT Parties!

• (20:28) - The Hot Take Game

• (36:11) - Future Laracon Ideas

• (40:03) - Aaron On Stage

• (56:04) - Laracon Highlights

• (01:08:41) - The Longest Night In A Decade

• (01:27:02) - Big Sky Dev Con

Links:• Laracon US (laracon.us)
• Eric Barnes on Twitter (x.com/ericlbarnes)
• Sam Lewis on Twitter (x.com/saml_dev)
• Luke Towers on Twitter (x.com/TheLukeTowers)
• Marcus Moore on Bsky (bsky.app/profile/marcusmoore.bsky.social)
• Josh Cirre on Twitter (x.com/joshcirre)
• Taylor Desseyn (Torc) on Twitter (x.com/tdesseyn)
• Laracon AU (laracon.au)
• Hot Take Arena (hottakearena.com)
• Hank Taylor on Twitter (x.com/theHankTaylor)
• Samantha Sappenfield on Twitter (x.com/samsappenfield1)
• Abby Gilson on Twitter (x.com/abbygilson28)
• Aaron's talk notes (x.com/aarondfrancis/status/1952402499752636542)
• Aaron & Ian closing out Laracon (x.com/MostlyTechPod/status/1950835931176665194)
• Mary Perry on Twitter (x.com/sifrious)
• Thiery Laverdure on Bsky (bsky.app/profile/thierylaverdure.com)
• Chris Sev on Twitter (x.com/chris__sev)
• John O'Nolan on Twitter (x.com/JohnONolan)
• Keith Damiani on Twitter (x.com/keithdamiani)
• Pete Heslop on Bsky (bsky.app/profile/pwheslop.bsky.social)
• Big Sky Dev Con (bigskydevcon.com)
• HTMX on Twitter (x.com/htmx_org)
• community.laravel.com