North Meets South Web Podcast

Jacob Bennett and Michael Dyrynda

Jake Bennett and Michael Dyrynda conquer a 14.5 hour time difference to talk about life as web developers

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North Meets South Web Podcast

Episodes (200)

Thu Aug 13th Lobster rolls, boom parties, and crashed workers
Jul 17th Wildfires, Fitness Tracking, and CCTV
Jul 2nd Better API docs, customer support lessons, and cannoli

North Meets South Web Podcast

Aug 13, 2026
47 minutes
65 MB

In this episode, Michael and Jake recap Laracon US Boston, from Malaysian food and an undefeated dodgeball run to Laraprom, the great nachos-with-rice debate, conference logistics, Aaron Francis stepping into Laravel’s VP of Marketing and Community role, and a reminder to make room for silly software. Jake shares his work rebuilding Boom Party, the fast-paced Bomberman clone his team used to play after stand-up, along with hosting decisions and a creative workflow involving Claude, Gemini, and Suno. Michael closes things out with what was supposed to be an easy Pest 5 upgrade but turned into a...

North Meets South Web Podcast

Lobster rolls, boom parties, and crashed workers

Jacob Bennett and Michael Dyrynda

00:00 -47:00