Freek Van der Herten

Co-Founder · Oh Dear

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Episodes: E133
Views: 51K
Latest aired: Apr 3, 2026
Runtime: 39:27

Episode 133 · Apr 3, 2026 · 39:27 · 51K views

Laravel, Monitoring & AI

In WP Legends Episode 133, Freek Van der Herten, Co-founder of Oh Dear and core member of Spatie, shares his journey from open source development to building a trusted monitoring platform used by developers and agencies worldwide.

We explore Laravel in the AI era, why its clean architecture works well with AI, and where to start with hosting using tools like Laravel Cloud and Laravel Forge. The conversation also dives into monitoring, infrastructure reliability, and how AI is changing the way we build and manage applications.

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