What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence

Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence join us to talk about whether "full stack" is a term worth using in 2024, how Laravel differs from Rails, why there isn't a real JavaScript community, what Taylor would like to see from the Remix community, and whether Laravel is like Canada.

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Topics:
  • (00:00) - Filthy JavaScript developers
  • (00:30) - What does full stack mean?
  • (10:46) - How Laravel different from Rails?
  • (16:17) - Is the frontend and backend team divide real?
  • (18:47) - Why isn't there a JavaScript community?
  • (36:32) - Are JavaScript frameworks in the best position to be the fullest stack?
  • (46:18) - What about Blitz.js?
  • (49:34) - What would Tayor like to see from the Remix community?
  • (54:41) - Is Rails worse than building an app with Cloudflare?
  • (56:38) - Is the top of funnel for web development JavaScript?
  • (01:07:17) - Is Laravel like Canada?

Creators and Guests

Adam Elmore
Host
Adam Elmore
AWS DevTools Hero and co-founder @statmuse. Husband. Father. Brother. Sister?? Pet?!?
Dax Raad
Host
Dax Raad
building @SST_dev and @withbumi
Ryan Florence
Guest
Ryan Florence
React Router, @remix_run, @shopify. Throttle your network
What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence
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