Freek Van der Herten presents his 10th consecutive Laracon talk, showcasing 10 lesser-known but useful Laravel packages from Spatie's collection of over 300 packages. He demonstrates practical applications of packages including Laravel Horizon Watcher, Laravel Remote, Support Bubble, Slack Alerts, Query Builder, Login Link, Laravel Steps, Blade Comments, Laravel PDF, and Schedule Monitor. The talk highlights how these packages solve common development challenges and improve developer experience.
An interactive security demonstration where the speaker guides the audience through various security vulnerabilities in Laravel applications. The talk showcases common security issues like password brute forcing, insecure direct object references, cross-site scripting through markdown, and environment file exposure. The audience participates by attempting to hack a live demo application using their phones while learning about security best practices and common pitfalls.