{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Laravel Podcast","title":"Aaron Francis Is Laravel's New VP of Marketing & Community","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3083,"description":"In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with Aaron Francis — just days before his first day — to explore his journey from programmer and entrepreneur to VP of Marketing and Community at Laravel.\n\nThey trace his winding path from big-four CPA to developer, PlanetScale, and two and a half years of independence, then unpack the hard decision to \"go to the mothership.\" Aaron lays out his strategic vision: protect the artisan core while expanding to the larger circle of pragmatic builders, and make Laravel's engineering credibility legible to the outside world.\n\nIt's a candid look at how his diverse experiences shape his approach to community and growth — and why lifting Laravel's reputation raises the tide for the whole community.\n \nMatt Stauffer on X - https://x.com/mattstauffer\nAaron Francis on X - https://x.com/aarondfrancis\nMostly Technical Podcast - https://mostlytechnical.com/\nLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravel\nLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/\nTighten Website - https://tighten.com/\nSuggestion Box - https://suggest.gg/laravelpodcast\n\n----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten - https://tighten.com/\n\nBig thanks to the companies that support the show:\n\nFlare by Spatie - http://flareapp.io and Performance Monitoring - http://flareapp.io/performance-monitoring\n\nLaracon AU - https://laracon.au","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5dQWP0DBRYD-uF0rygq1T2tdClcAOey3vkGAMrkH2AI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ0ODU5LzE2OTQ2/MzkyODAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}