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The first-ever Livewire conference (and a 4.0 beta release!)

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Heyyyyy, Wire:live—the first-ever chill and awesome Livewire mini-conference—is officially happening!!! → Check out the event and grab your ticket at wire:live.com ​ The basics It will be hosted by myself and my friends at Thunk (a killer agency run by incredibly smart folks that specializes in Livewire development). 📍 Where: Buffalo, NY (my hometown) 📅 When: Two days — one full of talks, one for hacking & hanging Day One — Talks, food, hanging out Handful of 10-minute "hot tip" talks Some normal-length conference talks Capped off with a keynote by me (Caleb) where I'll show off all the new developments in Livewire 4 and tag a beta release on stage Day Two — Hack & Hang Bring your laptop and a project/idea/bug/whatever. We'll spend the day: Co-working Solving problems as a group Bonus fun/challenges sprinkled in The real goal: relationship-building and a chance to ask Livewire experts questions, brainsto...

Livewire 4 demo + Laracon recap

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Hey folks! Laracon 2025 is in the books. I'm still coming down from a week of non-stop hand-shakes, hugs, and boxed lunches. Wew, what a ride! I'm sitting at a quiet and empty gate in the Denver airport reflecting on things before I board my flight home and just wanted to reach out and send you a few words and a link to my talk. If you didn't catch it live, my demo of Livewire 4 is up on YouTube here: ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM0glP77tsA&t=19625s ​ I tried to make it as punchy and entertaining as possible. Give it a watch. Also, here's a nice little recap tweet from the community: Steve Bauman @ste_bau Laravel Livewire v4 was demo'ed today at Laracon with some huge improvements! Here's what @calebporzio dropped this year 👇 10:26 PM • Jul 30, 2025 34 Retweets 275 Likes Read 6 replies ​ I put far more effort into this talk than I hoped to (lol), and I hope it comes through. Now that it...