Delving deep into the art of mastering one's craft, in this episode we explore a recent talk by Jeffrey Way on what can be learned from working with tools like Laravel. And, of course, we include a healthy dose of recent and trending news.


News & Other Happenings
MySQL 5.7

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-nutshell.html JSON and other new features https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/json.html#json-comparison


The Operating Model That is Eating The World

http://medium.stfi.re/@aarondignan/the-operating-model-that-is-eating-the-world-d9a3b82a5885


Moving to the Phoenix Server Pattern - Part 1: Introduction

https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/moving-to-phoenix-server-pattern-introduction


Udacity Says It Can Teach Tech To Millions, And Fast

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/technology/udacity-says-it-can-teach-tech-skills-to-millions.html


Is QA Dead

https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/qa-dead


The Repository Trap And Other Ramblings

https://laracasts.com/lessons/the-repository-trap-and-other-ramblings


Latest Readings
AWS Scripting

not sure I would recommend


http://www.amazon.com/AWS-Scripted-Automate-Deployment-Resilient/dp/1503137775/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=04RGYXHYE4MR3CBDVWZZ


Agile Estimating and Planning

Crazy math to figure out your project buffer!


Q & A / Main Topics to Discuss
Jeffrey Way Video from Laracon EU

Things Laravel Made Me Believe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDotS5BDqRM


Care, Simplicity and more he learned from working with Laravel.