Laracon India should take feedbacks.

[laravelfanfan-oss]

I love Laravel and care about the Laravel ecosystem in India

Before anything else, I want to say this clearly:

I’m incredibly grateful for Laravel, the Laravel framework, and everyone involved in building and maintaining it.
Taylor and the broader Laravel community have created something truly special — a framework that has empowered countless developers, helped people build careers, companies, and genuinely enjoyable software.

Laravel is one of the few ecosystems that still feels opinionated, developer-friendly, and community-first, and that’s exactly why many of us care so deeply about how the Laravel community grows in different regions, including India.

This post comes from that place of respect and appreciation.

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I love Laravel. I genuinely care about the Laravel ecosystem in India. That’s why I’m posting this — not to hate, but because something feels very off and has for a long time.

Laracon India has been… kinda cringe from the beginning, and honestly it feels like it’s getting worse every year.

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First thing that always bugs me

Why is it always Ahmedabad (or nearby)?

Every single year.
No Bangalore.
No Pune.
No Mumbai.
No Hyderabad.
None of the cities where tech communities are actually very active.

Ahmedabad just isn’t a major tech hub. Most companies there are service-based, and you don’t really feel that “deep tech / builder” vibe. Also, let’s be real — there’s not much to do after the conference. Other cities at least have energy, meetups, things to explore.

Why not rotate cities? Wouldn’t that actually grow Laravel across India instead of keeping it stuck in one place?

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Then there’s the hosting

The emcee (Vishal) clearly isn’t technical and tries way too hard to be funny. A lot of Gujarati is used — which many Indians don’t understand apart of Ahmedabad city people. I don’t have anything against Gujarati, but this is a tech conference. English should be the default so everyone feels included.

Why not have an actual Laravel dev or tech influencer from india like Jigar or Sarthak or Punyapal or someone technical host it?

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Another thing that really bothers me

All the volunteers are from ViitorCloud (Vishal's Company).

Friends, colleagues, even family members.

Meanwhile, people who actually run Laravel meetups in other cities, real community volunteers, contributors — completely sidelined.

At this point it feels less like a community event and more like a company event. Almost like “ViitorCon”.

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Speaker quality is also sliding hard

• Emcee's Relatives doing “entertainment”
• Random influencers doing basic Q&A

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Other stuff that’s been bad for years

• Food issues every single year (shortages, hygiene complaints and all)
• No real feedback loop — no proper surveys, no community input

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The core issue for me is this

This should be a Laravel community event. But the community feels pushed aside.

If you sideline real volunteers, ignore meetup organizers, don’t rotate cities, and don’t take feedback — you’re not growing a community. You’re slowly killing it.

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So I’m curious

• Am I the only one who feels this way?
• Would you attend more if it was in Bangalore, Pune, etc.?
• Any volunteers or community organizers here who’ve felt ignored?

Posting this because I actually want Laravel India to be better. We deserve better.