Claude Lied, Authorization Died, We Survived

This episode Andy and Dalton recap Andy's talk at Laravel Worldwide and subsequent Artisan of the Day recognition, share horror stories of Claude Code lying to their friend Dino about a Laravel migration, and debate the eternal question of where to put authorization logic in Laravel 12. Also: conductor workspaces, Opus limits, and that time NPM packages started stealing Bitcoin wallets.

Show links:
Laravel Meetup
Keeping Laravel Elegant When Business Get's Messy
Conductor

• (00:00) - Introduction and Personal Updates
• (01:57) - California & Disneyland
• (03:42) - Laravel Worldwide
• (05:42) - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Preparing for Talks
• (11:18) - Community Support and Feedback
• (11:51) - Artisan of the Day
• (13:05) - Reflections on Speaking and Future Talks
• (13:41) - Don't fight the framework
• (15:31) - Where do you store shared business logic?
• (19:01) - Claude Code Workflows
• (19:24) - Exploring Planning Modes and Development Workflows
• (24:28) - Claude Code Planning Mode
• (30:12) - Claude Pricing Plans
• (35:31) - Keeping AI in check
• (41:38) - NPM Supply Chain Attack
• (43:53) - How do you handle resource/policy authorization?
• (57:19) - Outro