In a recent episode of Kongcast, the focus was on PHP, Laravel, and PHP developer tools, featuring Freek Van der Herten, a backend developer at Spatie. The discussion included a demonstration of Freek's new PHP debugging tool, Ray. The host, who primarily works with Java, explored PHP through Freek's insights, providing a refreshing perspective on the language. While acknowledging the longstanding reputation of Java as a robust yet somewhat outdated language, Freek highlighted his preference for PHP, citing its appealing features and his extensive experience with it. The episode encouraged viewers to subscribe for updates on future content, emphasizing the evolving landscape of programming languages.