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• Post #4205120

  Great to see another big company using #PHP and #Symfony ! https://sensiolabs.com/success-stories/yuka-a-healthy-balanced-symfony-upgrade

• Post #4031538

  TIL: one thing I was annoyed with phpactor was the spawning of `find` processes to index stuff. Today I decided to do something about it! Originally I was thinking about swapping `find` for `fd`, so I looked at the docs. Turns out there's a better option: find re-scans periodically for changed files even if nothing changed. But `inotify` (Linux) and `fswatch` (macOS) can be used instead, which is more efficient because they listen for OS notifications when the files actually changed!

• Post #3812543

  I've made a video describing my 2026 dev workflow / setup: AeroSpace, tmux, #vim and more. https://youtu.be/xsz4LZvUtgU

• Post #2758390

  I saw @SecondeJ reply to a post with the following link ("Think of an Elephant" by Liam Hammett), and I couldn't agree more. This is somewhat related to the "PHP lacks marketing" discussion: we need to carefully consider how we talk about PHP, to better promote it. https://liamhammett.com/think-of-an-elephpant

• Post #2500121

  Symfony TUI component MERGED! 🎉 https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/63778#discussion_r3104843460

• Post #2500119

  Now I want raindrop ripples in my terminal. Cube spinning when switching tmux sessions! Wobbly tmux windows!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY9AX5j-osY

• Post #2500118

  One of PHP biggest problem is lack of marketing, you say? Let's fix that. Thames (the good dog in picture) proudly recommends PHP. https://stitcher.io/blog/php-biggest-problem

• Post #2353621

  #PHP & #Symfony in 2026: the stack worth a CTO’s attention https://mustiere.fr/en/blog/php-symfony-2026-cto-perspective/

• Post #1010532

  I’m on the hunt for good #Artemis clips to show with my daughters. Any favs to share? Here are pictures of our LEGO SLS + Orion as payment (set 60228 from 2019) Best clip we have is about the launch (with booster separation!): https://youtu.be/rKhtEkr127Y?is=-wL0mPsqCXI2iMsd Would love to find more in space clips

• Post #946817

  How to turn a PHP app into a standalone binary? I'm working on DTK, a CLI tool made with PHP / Symfony. It runs fine with `php dtk`. But asking teammates to have the right PHP version, extensions, and Composer? Friction I'd rather not impose on anyone. Turns out PHP can produce a standalone binary. No PHP needed on the target machine. The trick is literally a cat command 😼 Full article: https://gnugat.github.io/2026/03/25/turn-you-php-app-into-a-standalone-binary.html #php

• Post #929113

  Woops. I just realised that in Rector, RuleSet::PHP_85 doesn't contain the previous versions (8.4, 8.3, etc). So when a new PHP version comes, we add the RuleSet, but we don't remove the previous ones. got it. 🫡

• Post #929110

  RE: https://phpc.social/@asgrim/116341393166196043 Static PHP binary for PIE! Amazing 😻

• Post #817670

  Let me translate to English @pockystar 's Tweet Storm of the #Symfony_Live Paris 2026 for you. Fabien's keynote: a new Symfony Terminal component, to build TUIs

• Post #784597

  @dantleech@fosstodon.org legit concern, especially given the recent js, python etc supply chain attacks. But it's what's being used for FrankenPHP, NativePHP, Laravel Herd, and Castor (JoliCode).

• Post #784127

  I've just added a "Distribution / Upgrade" section, demonstrating how easy it is to use a package manager for your PHP bin, such as homebrew (mac and Linux). https://gnugat.github.io/2026/03/25/turn-you-php-app-into-a-standalone-binary.html#distribution-%2F-upgrade

• Post #746813

  I have a Form!

• Post #746810

  Qalin, BisouLand's Test Control Interface, has 3 UIs: a CLI, API and Web. And to my utter dismay, I kept reaching for the Web UI. I live in the terminal. Unacceptable. Next week Fabien will announce a Component to build TUI apps, at SymfonyLive Paris. I literally couldn't wait. So I built a TUI with PHP-TUI, a PHP port of Rust's Ratatui. My geek honour is saved 😼. Check out the article detailing it here: https://gnugat.github.io/2026/03/18/xl-12-php-tui.html

• Post #553247

  @dantleech@fosstodon.org I'll see if I can figure this out. Heck, I might even try to go down The Elm Architecture way 😅

• Post #552973

  @dantleech@fosstodon.org so I'm slowly finding my footing. I've got a concept of "Screens" and "Layouts". I've seen that Widgets are all about the "rendering", but somehow lacking the behaviour side. For example: I've created a HotkeyTabsWidget: tabs that can be switched by pressing the corresponding hotkey. I suppose a corresponding HotkeyTabsComponent would manage the behaviour?

• Post #512740

  When my 2 apps (monolith and Qalin) started needing the same domain objects, I had a choice: publish packages to Packagist, and feel the pain of having to update multiple repos to propagate a change... Or pull up a 10 year old trick: monorepo. 2 apps, 10 packages, zero extra tooling. Composer path repositories handle it all out of the box! I've written about how to set this up. https://gnugat.github.io/2026/03/04/xl-11-monorepo.html

• Post #404870

  How do you test a feature that only triggers 3 days after registration? You could wait. Or hack the DB. Or hardcode a bypass. Or... expose a dedicated internal API that presets your app into any state on demand, like they've done at Bumble. I couldn't find an established name for this pattern, does one exist? I've written about how to build one with modern #Symfony Usable by devs, QA, designers and product alike, through a CLI, API and web UI. Even in PHPUnit tests! https://gnu...

• Post #254701

  PHP CS Fixer can add `declare(strict_types=1)` to ALL PHP files in the project, but what if some of those rely on loose types? RectorPHP (now) has you covered: it can add it only to files that are safe. https://getrector.com/blog/introducing-safe-and-progressive-strict-type-adoption-rule

• Post #233188

  Symfony's got a super secret mascot since 2025: the SymPony. Why is there no official announcement introducing the cutie? 🦓 Here's a clip about it: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLaUvYHSClyeTCPaeLkuwIJ68Oh9QFydu?si=D3tF2towLesGuI68 And here's a picture of my SymPony