alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders
#46 - Taylor Otwell // Creator and CEO of Laravel
03 Mar 2022
Taylor Otwell, CEO, and Creator of Laravel (a popular PHP framework) - gives tips on how to commercialize an open-source by sharing his winning recipe of a lean team, great UX/UI, time management, product management, and of course, commercial products. He also gives insight into the use of the various frameworks for full-stack engineering (SPOILER ALERT: Full-stack bootcamps should be teaching more than Javascript). Listen to find out:: - How to get to 6M$ ARR starting with an open-source project (HINT: It’s not through sponsored repositories) - Why to build a SaaS with a single full-stack engineer 🦸 you need to abandon Javascript - Why it's better to follow product vision 🧭 and ROI when building features rather than detractors' requests. - What goes on behind the scenes 🛠️ at Laravel (product management, team structure, async etc.) + A day in the life ⏰ of Taylor Otwell
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