Ari Rios
Maintainer, Wickline
About the gathering
Good work runs deeper when we meet in person.
Riverbed Laravel VIII brings framework builders, application teams, and independent makers together by the water for practical talks and generous conversation.
736attendees
28sessions
Field notes
Speakers
Six voices from the current.
People building dependable systems, healthier teams, and tools they are proud to maintain.
Malik Nwosu
Engineering lead, Palisade
June Lam
Founder, Threadmark
Camille Dorsey
Staff engineer, Northstar
Elias Kline
Developer advocate, Quill
Samira Patel
Principal architect, Oxbow
Schedule
A steady pace, with room to surface.
Focused sessions in the morning, working groups after lunch, and unhurried evenings on the riverfront.
Tuesday · May 11
Framework State of the Union
Queues Under Real Pressure
Designing Useful Boundaries
Database Stories from Scale
Keeping Monoliths Kind
Open Source Without Burnout
Wednesday · May 12
The Long Life of an API
Interfaces for Uncertain Systems
Testing the Edges That Matter
Teams That Share Context
Shipping Small, Learning Fast
Closing Notes from the River
Partners
The companies keeping the lights on.
Independent software depends on patient, practical support. We are grateful for every partner below.
Anchor
Stillwater
Fieldkit
Harborline
MORROW
Current
Cedar & Co.
Daybreak
Arcstone
Tidemark
Community
Oxbow
Northstar
Bellwether
Threadmark
Driftworks
Quarry
Lowtide
Juniper