What's the future of the full-stack web developer? Taylor Otwell interview (creator of Laravel)

In 2022, it seems like a lot of web development is moving to JavaScript and front-end libraries like React and Vue. What's going to happen to back-end frameworks like Laravel (PHP) and Ruby on Rails? 0:00 In the indie SaaS world, full-stack web devs are what you want 0:54 What's popular on web-dev-Twitter isn't necessarily what's popular 1:32 The kinds of web apps being built in JavaScript vs Laravel and Rails 2:21 Young developers are learning JavaScript first 3:34 How to attract more young developers to Laravel and Rails? 5:45 Most web apps don't run on Firebase; they run on MySQL 6:38 It's OK to be critical of the new stuff, but still be open to it. 7:44 How will Justin buy his drugs without knowing web3? 8:02 We need to make PHP (and Laravel) the fun, easy, accessible option 11:53 Many older web devs got started in HyperCard, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Access 🎧 You can listen to the entire Taylor Otwell interview on the Build your SaaS podcast: https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/t... ★ More about me: ★ I founded https://transistor.fm/?via=justin (a podcast hosting and analytics platform) with Jon Buda. If you're starting a podcast, check us out! My blog: https://justinjackson.ca Twitter:   / mijustin