Joe Dixon explained how Laravel Reverb works using websockets to broadcast data to clients. It is very performant; he said that Laravel has just a single server handling thousands of connections for Forge and other products, including the upcoming Laravel Cloud.

The he provided an impressive demo: he showed a Nintendo Switch that he designed using TailwindCSS, and proceeded to fly a drone using Laravel Reverb to control it.

As if that weren’t enough, he showed how he could receive live telemetry data back from the drone (speed, altitude, temperature, and battery level) and display it on-screen. And then he turned on the camera, showing a live view of the audience!

I’ve been itching to try Reverb, and I have a couple of immediate uses for it…I just haven’t had the time yet!