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Over Engineered

Chris Morrell
Laravel
PHP
Software Development
Event Sourcing
Javascript
Side Projects
Podcasting
Command Line Interfaces
User Interfaces
Remote Work
Tech Community
Apis
Modularization
Nativephp
Domain-Driven Design
Entrepreneurship
Reactphp
Livewire
Community Building
Modular Laravel

A podcast where we explore unimportant programming questions (mostly PHP/Laravel/JavaScript) in extreme detail.

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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—es... more

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 to... more

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 ... more

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 abou... more

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Adam Wathan
Creator of Tailwind CSS and co-founder of his development team.
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Chris Morrell
Host exploring unconventional programming questions in detail, with a focus on PHP and JavaScript.
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Co-host contributing to discussions around programming methodologies and tools.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 19 ratings
  • A Great Show For People Who Love Rabbit Holes

    Every episode scratches an intellectual itch, and some are about questions I didn't even know I had. The conversations are in depth and information rich but still listenable. Excellent show

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    sifrious
    United States2 years ago
  • Laravel

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    Bryan Heath
    2 years ago
  • Yesssssssssssssss

    This is my dad,ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    LightningBoltPrime
    United States3 years ago

Listeners Say

Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.

Some feedback highlights the unique ability to mix humor and technical content, making each episode enjoyable and engaging.
Listeners appreciate the depth of discussions surrounding seemingly trivial programming questions, finding them intellectually stimulating and rich in information.

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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

(Actually good) browser testing w/ Nuno Maduro
Q: So are you able to use the paratest process token as the ID for playwright?
Every single one of them will spawn its own HTTP server to serve Laravel requests.
Running Small Teams w/ Dan Matthews & John Rudolph Drexler
Q: What are your problems?
Some specific pain points include difficulties in maintaining a consistent process amidst rapid changes in priorities and the need for more structured project management to handle feature requests efficiently.
Building Forms (and Catalyst) w/ Adam Wathan
Q: Can you talk about the decision to change the API structure?
The decision to switch to individual components instead of a single form component was driven by the need for flexibility and adaptability in various designs.
Burnout w/ Ian Landsman
Q: Is there any chance you're going to take a sabbatical someday?
Not anytime soon. We have a lot going on, but it's on my list to possibly accomplish at some point.
Burnout w/ Ian Landsman
Q: Do you feel like you're like in a phase of burnout or do you feel like that's not really true for you?
I think I am a little bit right now. Having come off a big project that didn't work out, there's a lull after that.

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