{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Laravel Podcast","title":"Eric Barnes Lives a Dream Life, Launching PHP News","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5018,"description":"Matt Stauffer kicks off Season 8 of The Laravel Podcast with longtime friend Eric Barnes, creator of Laravel News, in a wide-ranging conversation that wanders well beyond code.\n\nThey talk about how Eric learned sales on a motorcycle dealership floor, running a business with Profit First, and how Laravel News is changing now that AI has taken away search traffic. Eric argues that editorial curation still matters. They also announce their new project, PHPNews , and Matt makes the case that PHP is the best ecosystem for LLM-driven development.\n\nAlong the way, they dig into building a low-stress life, celebrating your wins, and why success really comes down to time.\n \nMatt Stauffer on X - https://x.com/mattstauffer\nEric Barnes's Website -  https://ericlbarnes.com/\nLaravel News - https://laravel-news.com/\n2020 Episode with Eric Barnes - https://laravelpodcast.com/episodes/learning-keeping-up-to-date-with-eric-barnes\nEames Lounge Chair - https://www.eamesoffice.com/product/eames-lounge-chair-and-ottoman/\nProfit First Book - https://mikemichalowicz.com/profit-first/\nYNAB - https://www.ynab.com/\nPHP News - https://phpnews.net/\nLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravel\nLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/\nTighten Website - https://tighten.com/\n\n----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten - https://tighten.com/\nBig thanks to the companies that support the show:\nFlare by Spatie - http://flareapp.io and Performance Monitoring - http://flareapp.io/performance-monitoring\nSerpAPI - https://serpapi.com?utm_source=laravel_podcast","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}