My January 2025 Update
Just turned 36. Past mid-30!
Hey friends! It’s been a long time since I’ve sent any update (1 year ago in January 2024 🫣). As a reminder, I’m Chris Sev. You probably ended up on this email list by knowing me through scotch.io, DigitalOcean, or my courses like Beginner Tailwind.
No hard feelings if you want to unsubscribe (link down below because I didn’t know how to link it up here). We all get too many emails. Guard your inbox!
This post is 3 updates on my end:
💪 I got a new job
📸 I’m focusing on content again
🔵 New course incoming
Alright here we go. 3 updates. Gotta keep this email short and sweet or you’ll think I wrote it with AI.
Update #1 - New job!
As of January 13, I have been working in my dream job at my dream company.
😍 I am the Director of DevRel at Laravel
I feel like my entire career has led to this point:
Started using Laravel v3 in 2013
Built and sold a company on Laravel
Spent 4 years talking about deploying Laravel apps at DigitalOcean
Built 2 SaaS on Laravel that have paying customers
I’m very grateful for the opportunity and I understand how valuable and amazing the Laravel community is. Big 2025 incoming with Laravel Cloud and a new era for shipping Laravel apps.
Update #1.5 - Kap’s new job
Also big update, my wife (Kapehe) also got her dream job
😍 She is the Head of Developer Community at Vercel
Laravel and Vercel in the same house!
Update #2 - Focusing on content again
I’ve been focusing on building SaaS in the past couple years. Going back to focusing on content creation again in 2025. (I’ve said it before but I mean it this time)
Check out these spots for updates:
🔴 Reviving my 20k YouTube channel
Chris and Kap (my wife and I, our podcast)
BeginnerTailwind.com (more below)
Update #3 - Beginner Tailwind v4 course is coming
Over 5,000 people took the original Beginner Tailwind course back in 2021.
Tailwind v4 is out and the a new course deserves to be out. Style trends have changed in 4 years!
More to come on this soon. I want to make this course bigger and better.
More types of styles
Building components
Writing maintainable Tailwind
Customizable themes
Creating real websites
👉 Join the waitlist for an early discount
Update #4: Side Projects
I’m still chugging away on side projects like Video Tap.
I also randomly started a new one a few months back with my neighbor. It’s called Answering Agent and is the most niche and non-tech focused thing I’ve ever done. It’s about to get its first customer!
Both built on Laravel of course.
That’s all for this update. Just wanted to say I appreciate you. I know we haven’t talked in a while but thanks for still being here.
Drop me a comment or a reply and let me know how you’re doing! Love keeping up with you all.
Hope 2025 is an absolute tour de force for you!
Chris Sev
That is awesome, Chris! I can't think of anyone better for the Director of DevRel at Laravel 🚀