I speak at conferences and meetups, and since 2026 I've hosted them too — running the main stage instead of just standing on it. Want me at your event, speaking or hosting? Get in touch →
My first time hosting a conference — I was the MC for Laravel Live Denmark 2026, keeping the day flowing, introducing the speakers, and making sure the room had a good time.
There was chaos in our database. This is the honest story of building a repository-pattern abstraction over a messy legacy structure, going all-in — and then pragmatically walking most of it back to Eloquent.
Single-purpose action classes are everywhere right now. A practical guide to using them well in Laravel — naming, inputs and outputs, when to add a second 'flow' layer, how to test and mock them, and when not to bother.
Most of us spend our days in legacy apps — so instead of the risky Big Rewrite, here's how to strangle an old PHP app into Laravel one piece at a time, and how to get your company on board for the journey.
Isak Berglind speaks at conferences and meetups, and hosts and MCs developer events — including as MC at Laravel Live Denmark 2026.
