“Serendipity is something that you got to use at your advantage and when you're building something from scratch you just got to use every little opportunity you can”

Be physically present where serendipity compounds

Resend becoming a core Laravel transport — and by extension Symphony — started from a chance hallway conversation at an event, not outbound. For developer tools, conferences are the highest-leverage distribution channel: one warm intro to a framework maintainer outranks months of content SEO. Budget calendar time for in-person events even at a 7-person company.