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talks

I enjoy sharing ideas through conference talks and presentations. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of speaking at events across the globe, from Laracon US to PHP conferences throughout Europe and Asia.

My talks typically focus on tools I’ve created, testing approaches, and modern PHP development practices. Many include live coding demonstrations to show concepts in action.

Recent Presentations

Modern PHP Tooling

Laracon India — 2025

A look at how modern PHP tooling simplifies development workflows and improves code quality. This talk demonstrates practical applications of tools that have become essential in today’s PHP ecosystem.

Introducing Pest 3.0

Laracon US — Dallas, 2024

A comprehensive look at version 3.0 of Pest, the elegant PHP testing framework, presented on the main stage at Laracon US.

What’s New in Pest

Laracon AU — Sydney, 2023

A showcase of Pest’s latest updates, including the new Stressless plugin and other features that make testing more intuitive.

Pest 2 Updates

Laracon US — Nashville, 2023

An overview of Pest 2.0’s powerful plugins, enhanced syntax, and advanced options that make testing more productive, with a preview of upcoming features.

Rust for PHP Developers

PHP UK Conference — London, 2023

A practical introduction to Rust from a PHP developer’s perspective, featuring a live coding session recreating a PHP application in Rust.

The Future of Pest

India — Ahmedabad, 2023

An introduction to Pest v2.x, demonstrating how its powerful plugins, improved syntax, and advanced options make testing more productive.

Past Talks

Introducing PEST (2022 version)

PHPDay — Verona, 2022

An introduction to Pest, a testing framework focused on simplicity and joy, with a live coding demonstration of its features.

Types In Laravel

Laracon Online — 2021

A demonstration of how type checking solves real-world problems in PHP and how to introduce it gradually in Laravel applications.

Laravel’s Artisan Console Component

Laracon Online — 2021

A deep dive into Laravel’s Artisan console component, recreating it from scratch to understand its inner workings.

Also presented at Beer And Code (Brazil) — 2021

Introducing Pest (2020 version)

Laracon EU — 2020

The original introduction to Pest, showcasing how testing can be intuitive, user-friendly, and productive.

Also presented at PHP Community Summit (Brazil) — 2020

And on Freek Van der Herten’s livestream — 2020

Writing Effective PHP

Forum PHP — France, 2019

Guidelines for writing PHP code that is safe, robust, and maintainable in an evolving language landscape.

Also presented at PHP Serbia — 2019

And at Scotland PHP — 2019

And at Tech In Porto (Portugal) — 2019

Scout Extended

Laravel FR Meetup — France, 2019

An exploration of Scout Extended, a library that extends Laravel Scout’s Algolia driver with additional features.

Console Applications with Laravel Zero

Forum PHP — France, 2018

An introduction to building elegant command-line applications using Laravel Zero.

Also presented at Dev Day (Portugal) — 2018

And at Laravel FR Meetup — 2018


If you’re interested in having me speak at your conference or event, please reach out via email.