# Building Up the Laravel Community in the Philippines: The Artisan of the Day Is Prince John Santillan.

DevFeed: [Building Up the Laravel Community in the Philippines: The Artisan of the Day Is Prince John Santillan.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-up-the-laravel-community-in-the-philippines-the-artisan-of-the-day-is-prince-john-santillan-3601.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/building-up-the-laravel-community-in-the-philippines-the-artisan-of-the-day-is-prince-john-santillan>)

Author: Ana Tavares

Published: 2025-09-14T15:13:06Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>)

Tags: [australia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/australia.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [career-growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career-growth.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [meetup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetup.md>), [philippines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/philippines.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>)

## AI overview

Prince John Santillan describes how Laravel helped him return to programming, connect with the Laravel community at Laracon Australia, and build the PHPxCebu meetup in the Philippines.

## Source excerpt

Prince John Santillan found his footing with Laravel, connected at Laracon Australia, and launched the PHPxCebu meetup.