In this episode, we're unwrapping the highlights from Laracon AU, with a special focus on Laravel Pulse leading our discussion. Taylor takes the reins to guide us through the origins and functionality of Laravel Pulse, a health monitoring tool for your Laravel applications.We then shift our discussion to Laravel first party packages. Taylor openly shares insights into his decision-making process—revealing how he selects packages to join the Laravel family and when it's time to bid them farewell.Our conversation doesn’t end there though. We also look at the future of Laravel and examine the strategies used for continually injecting innovation and fresh ideas into the Laravel ecosystem.Taylor Otwell's Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorotwellMatt Stauffer’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermattLaravel Twitter - https://twitter.com/laravelphpLaravel Website - https://laravel.com/Tighten.co - https://tighten.com/Laravel Pulse: https://pulse.laravel.com/Laracon AU - https://laracon.au/Bugsnag: https://www.bugsnag.com/Cashier: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/billingDocker: https://www.docker.comForge - https://forge.laravel.com/Herd: https://herd.laravel.com/Horizon: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/horizonInertia - https://inertiajs.com/Livewire: https://laravel-livewire.com/Lumen: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/10.xMix: https://laravel-mix.com/Next.js: https://nextjs.org/Passport: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/passportPennant: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/pennantSentry: https://sentry.io/for/php/Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/Telescope: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/telescopeTony Messias Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonysmdevValet: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/valetVapor - https://vapor.laravel.com/ -----Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten.