Happy Moskva sinking anniversary to those who celebrate!

"The problem isn't that we'll decide to stop thinking. The problem is that we'll barely notice when we do."

ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

I think the bubble needs to pop before these events become bearable again. Every few years there's a new annoying hype, but this time it's so much worse.

I have one last commitment for this summer and then I'll be taking a long break.

Honestly, all this LLM hype is making me not want to speak at any conferences. When a third of all content is LLM garbage, it makes me question my sanity and lose hope in humanity. That's the inverse of what I hope to get in exchange for donating my time.

PHP Foundation Director interview Today I'm joined by Elizabeth Barron, the new PHP Foundation Director, to talk about PHP, the Foundation, and the future. #php #webdev #oss #live

PHP Foundation Director interview
phpc.tv/w/5yxazXTYp8...

Blogged: Why I Created phpc.tv
afilina.com/why-phpc-tv

PHPC Social - Open Collective Connecting the PHP community on the open social web

You can now support this site via OpenCollective: opencollective.com/phpcommunity...

The same project now supports both phpc.social and phpc.tv

Could have even been a null voidfalse :P

Support PeerTube Free software to take back control of your videos

I set up another recurring donation to open source: support.joinpeertube.org/en/

You should too. It's what powers phpc.tv

Day 1 patch notes:

- We're now federating! You can follow accounts and channels from Mastodon and other Fediverse platforms. Example search: channel@phpc.tv

- Registrations are open! Users will need to wait for approval. We temporarily set a count limit, but if all goes smoothly, we'll lift it.

I did a thing.

Merry Christmas!

@afilina.bsky.social Thanks a ton for sponsoring me on GitHub!

It is so much appreciated, especially given I know how much you’re already giving to help Ukraine protect itself and Europe 💛

Count on me to transform your support into the best #OSS contributions I can!

Merry Christmas 🥂

I'm working on a new PHP workshop. I'm laughing because in 5 minutes, I was able to create an include and nomenclature mess (on purpose) that would make everyone's head hurt. It's not even as bad as what I see in the wild.

In case you can make it to Montreal in February: confoo.ca/en/2026/sess...

Can you post this on Mastodon as well? Only the initial announcement is there, which is all I could boost.

I always wondered how to get rid of it. Did you do something or just got lucky?

What do we miss about PHP without hearing the thinking behind it?

Come listen, ask, and learn.

codefire-conversations.com

I've seen this happen a lot. It's not because the engineers weren't good enough. All you need to do is add more complexity than a mind can hold at once, and you get a ticking bomb.

We teach about the dangers of too much indirection in code, but when it comes to infrastructure, those lessons seem to be disregarded.

If you struggle when reasoning about your infrastructure, it can take your top engineers a day or more to fully resolve a production outage.

In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.

Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.

While preparing my talk for SymfonyCon about framework upgrades, I did a deeper research into the history of backward compatibility management. Now I appreciate the effort that the @symfony.com team put into ensuring smooth transitions even more. It's really S tier in my opinion.

It's not just code — it's people. Mentorship, open source & legacy code. fwdays Tech Talks podcast

In this podcast with fwdays, we talked about mentorship, open source, legacy code, and a few other topics. Check it out!

youtube.com/watch?v=poquW_vYxUs

Ah yes, the Online Safety Act. Like SovietWomble said: "we're just going to disconnect the internet and float off into the Atlantic". It was a random joke 6 years ago. Now it's slowly becoming a reality.

There we go. 40 years old. I don't feel any different.

🙌 Remembering Ryan Weaver: Teacher, Core Team Member, Friend
➡️ symfony.com/blog/remembering-ryan-we...

Une image astronomique en gros plan montre une zone de l'espace sombre et poussiéreuse, parsemée d'un grand nombre d'étoiles brillantes. Au centre se trouve une nébuleuse, un nuage de gaz et de poussière. Elle est illuminée de l'intérieur, avec une lueur blanche intense qui s'estompe vers l'extérieur pour devenir un gris diffus. La forme du nuage est irrégulière et complexe, avec des zones plus denses et d'autres plus vaporeuses. Des filaments de poussière plus foncée s'étendent depuis le centre. Le champ d'étoiles est très dense, et la plupart des étoiles sont de minuscules points blancs, bien que quelques-unes soient plus grandes et plus lumineuses, créant des pics de diffraction en forme de croix. L'image est dominée par les teintes de noir, de gris et de blanc, avec un contraste élevé entre les étoiles lumineuses et l'obscurité de l'arrière-plan.

Nébuleuse de l'Iris (NGC 7023), hier soir depuis mon jardin au sud de Rennes. #S50 #Astrophoto (stacking: 33 minutes)

Another from Canada 🇨🇦. Keep 'em coming!

First donation is from Poland 🇵🇱

Blind bird pricing for @longhorn ends tonight.

I hope I’ll see you there!

https://phpc.social/@longhorn/115085335840037464

#PHP #LonghornPHP

Pick-up truck with an open hood in a repair shop.

Today is Ukraine's Independence Day. If you want to contribute, our volunteer recon team, which keeps the invaders away, needs to repair some vehicles. Slava Ukraini!

afilina.com/donate/harmata