What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence

Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence join us to talk about whether "full stack" is a term worth using in 2024, how Laravel differs from Rails, why there isn't a real JavaScript community, what Taylor would like to see from the Remix community, and whether Laravel is like Canada.

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Topics:

• (00:00) - Filthy JavaScript developers
• (00:30) - What does full stack mean?
• (10:46) - How Laravel different from Rails?
• (16:17) - Is the frontend and backend team divide real?
• (18:47) - Why isn't there a JavaScript community?
• (36:32) - Are JavaScript frameworks in the best position to be the fullest stack?
• (46:18) - What about Blitz.js?
• (49:34) - What would Tayor like to see from the Remix community?
• (54:41) - Is Rails worse than building an app with Cloudflare?
• (56:38) - Is the top of funnel for web development JavaScript?
• (01:07:17) - Is Laravel like Canada?