A talk about backup best practices and the Laravel Backup package. The speaker discusses the importance of not relying solely on hosting provider backups, demonstrates the Laravel Backup package's features including automated backups to multiple destinations, cleanup of old backups, and monitoring/notifications. He shares real-world backup horror stories and provides practical advice for implementing backup strategies in small teams without dedicated DevOps resources.

Bobby Balman from Hospitable discusses strategies for maintaining and surviving large Laravel applications. He shares experiences from managing a large-scale Laravel application processing 51 million jobs daily, emphasizing the importance of consistent code structure, proper testing, and following Laravel defaults. The talk focuses on practical approaches to organizing code in domains/modules while keeping things simple and maintainable.

Jason McCreary presents 10 tips for creating maintainable Laravel applications based on his experience with Shift and 20 years of programming. He covers topics ranging from staying current with Laravel versions to proper testing practices, emphasizing code readability and framework conventions. The talk focuses on practical approaches to improve application maintainability through proper structure, dependency management, and adherence to Laravel's design patterns.