{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"North Meets South Web Podcast","title":"Flight booking mistakes, Laracon AU, and dead letters","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3b8e2253\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2961,"description":"In this episode, Michael and Jake catch up ahead of Laracon and share a wild travel story involving flight changes, third-party booking headaches, and expensive rebooking.Jake then shares a fun personal highlight: attending the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and watching Michigan win.The conversation shifts into development work, where Jake dives into building a centralised system for managing failed Laravel jobs across multiple applications. He explains the challenges of aggregating failed jobs without Horizon, how they built a custom package to expose APIs for inspecting and retrying jobs, and the nuances of Laravel's queue system.They also explore ideas for turning this work into a Laracon talk, emphasising practical, experience-driven content over purely technical deep dives.Show LinksLaracon AULaravel HorizonSentryDead Letter Queue","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mT5S1gXia4pvcxxfbLvPcwUcyvwqS6tzlMWw5Ee-v0Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ4ODMvMTU3Mjc3/NzAzNi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}