Matt Stauffer discusses how to properly customize Laravel applications while maintaining code discoverability and following best practices. He emphasizes starting with Laravel's intended customization points in the app directory before moving to more advanced container-based modifications. The talk covers both philosophical approaches to customization and practical implementation details, with a focus on making customizations that future developers can easily understand.

A detailed talk about extending and customizing Laravel by understanding its core components. The speaker demonstrates how to use the IoC container, service providers, and managers to modify framework behavior - including some examples of deliberately introducing bugs and unexpected behavior to show how deeply the framework can be customized. The talk emphasizes understanding Laravel's request lifecycle and proper handling of service resolution timing.

Shti Balasa gives a comprehensive talk about best practices for customizing Tailwind CSS, focusing on when and how to customize the framework effectively. The speaker emphasizes maintainable approaches to customization, discusses where to place customizations (CSS vs JavaScript config), and demonstrates how to create custom plugins and components while maintaining good developer experience.