Oct 13, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min · 16 segments
Matt Stauffer kicks off Season 8 of The Laravel Podcast with longtime friend Eric Barnes, creator of Laravel News, in a wide-ranging conversation that wanders well beyond code. They talk about how…
Matt StaufferHost
Eric BarnesGuest
Do you feel like that's like your natural personality? Like, because I feel like there's some people of you would drop in that situation and they would not feel comfortable with it.
But now I'm like, is that something you've always been or is that something you kind of like built in response to that?
And I feel like now looking back that that was actually a catalyst in my career and life was being made to be uncomfortable and learning, you know, learning those skills to get out and be like, you know, these people are just people like they're either going to talk to you or they're going to be like.
I never, ever, ever would have pegged you as somebody who was not like, I think about five-year-old Eric and I'm like, Oh, five-year-old Eric walks into a grocery store and meets every single person on the grocery store and has made friends with them.
What? No, I didn't even, like my mom would be like, no, like you would, you was like three and four years old and you would just be in your room playing by yourself for hours.
And like, we'd have to just come find you because you didn't want to be around people and all this stuff.
Do you feel like that's like your natural personality? Like, because I feel like there's some people of you would drop in that situation and they would not feel comfortable with it.
But now I'm like, is that something you've always been or is that something you kind of like built in response to that?
And I feel like now looking back that that was actually a catalyst in my career and life was being made to be uncomfortable and learning, you know, learning those skills to get out and be like, you know, these people are just people like they're either going to talk to you or they're going to be like.
I never, ever, ever would have pegged you as somebody who was not like, I think about five-year-old Eric and I'm like, Oh, five-year-old Eric walks into a grocery store and meets every single person on the grocery store and has made friends with them.
What? No, I didn't even, like my mom would be like, no, like you would, you was like three and four years old and you would just be in your room playing by yourself for hours.
And like, we'd have to just come find you because you didn't want to be around people and all this stuff.
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