Matt and Ben are joined by Colin O'Dell, staff engineer at Wayfair and supporter of the twitter dividing Dynamic Properties RFC to discuss what this RFC really means for PHP going forward and if its really a good idea. They also talk to Colin about what its like to change jobs after a long tenure (13 years) at his previous job, what he likes and doesn't like about using a Mac for a daily work computer and also managing one of the biggest OSS libraries for PHP: CommonMark.Show Notes:Deprecate Dynamic Properties RFCColin on TwitterColin's blogReference to the good dogs big

Matt and Ben are joined by Colin O'Dell, staff engineer at Wayfair and supporter of the twitter dividing Dynamic Properties RFC to discuss what this RFC really means for PHP going forward and if its really a good idea. They also talk to Colin about what its like to change jobs after a long tenure (13 years) at his previous job, what he likes and doesn't like about using a Mac for a daily work computer and also managing one of the biggest OSS libraries for PHP: CommonMark.Show Notes:<a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_dynamic_properties" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deprecate Dynamic Properties RFC </a><a href="https://twitter.com/colinodell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colin on Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.colinodell.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colin's blog</a> <a href="https://www.slanglang.net/slang/internet-culture/theyre-good-dogs-brent/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference to the good dogs big</a>

Here lies dynamic properties. They were good properties Brent.

Ben and Matt catch up since its been a minute since it's just the two of them have talked. They talk all kinds of things about life, conferences, getting hit by a car and how to best impersonate Chuck Norris style rolls.

Ben and Matt catch up since its been a minute since it's just the two of them have talked. They talk all kinds of things about life, conferences, getting hit by a car and how to best impersonate Chuck Norris style rolls.

Episode 83: A catch up and a car crash

Ben and Matt are joined by Ben Ramsey to talk about what it like being in charge of PHP 8.1, his new gig at Skillshare and we ponder the question: do all good uuids go to heaven? Links:   Ben Ramsey on Twitter   Ben’s UUID Library   PHP Release Process   Ben’s PHP Library starter kit   Rand’s Leadership Slack 

Ben and Matt are joined by Ben Ramsey to talk about what it like being in charge of PHP 8.1, his new gig at Skillshare and we ponder the question: do all good uuids go to heaven? Links: <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/ramsey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Ramsey on Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/ramsey/uuid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben’s UUID Library</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/docs/release-process.md" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PHP Release Process</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/ramsey/php-library-starter-kit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben’s PHP Library starter kit</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rand’s Leadership Slack</a> </li></ul>

Episode 82: Another UUID bites the dust.

Matt and Ben are joined by PsalmPHP author and maintainer Matthew Brown to talk about static analysis, open source maintanence, how he and Ondrej Mirtes made a nice contribution to the PHP Coore and how to get Matthew out to more conferences so people can buy him the beers he so rightfully deserves. Show Notes: Psalm Matthew on Twitter

Matt and Ben are joined by PsalmPHP author and maintainer Matthew Brown to talk about static analysis, open source maintanence, how he and Ondrej Mirtes made a nice contribution to the PHP Coore and how to get Matthew out to more conferences so people can buy him the beers he so rightfully deserves. Show Notes: <a href="https://psalm.dev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Psalm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mattbrowndev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew on Twitter</a>

Episode 81: The Book of Psalm

Matt and Ben are joined by the founder of Larabelles community Zuzana Kunckova to talk about why communities are so crucial to developer growth, what it takes to start a comnmunity and why Zuzana started Larabelles. We then dive into how she got her start as a developer, where her career has taken her and what is gonna happen with conferences after this whole covid thing is over. Show Notes: LarabellesPHP Zuzana on Twitter

Matt and Ben are joined by the founder of Larabelles community Zuzana Kunckova to talk about why communities are so crucial to developer growth, what it takes to start a comnmunity and why Zuzana started Larabelles. We then dive into how she got her start as a developer, where her career has taken her and what is gonna happen with conferences after this whole covid thing is over. Show Notes: <a href="https://larabelles.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LarabellesPHP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/zuzana_kunckova" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zuzana on Twitter</a>

Episode 80: Belles Of The Ball

Phil Sturgeon

Ben and Matt sit down to talk to Phil Sturgeon… yes that Phil Sturgeon for their once every 2 year check in with the former host of this very podcast. They talk about what it’s like to bikepack across Europe during working hours, how Phil knew what issues needed to be addressed immediately and which he could push off to later and then they talk about his current project which involves APIs and trees. Links: https://protect.earth - Trees foundation Phil is involved withhttps://twitter.com/philsturgeon - Phil’s place on the internethttps://apisyouwonthate.com - Phil and Matt’s other project

Ben and Matt sit down to talk to Phil Sturgeon… yes that Phil Sturgeon for their once every 2 year check in with the former host of this very podcast. They talk about what it’s like to bikepack across Europe during working hours, how Phil knew what issues needed to be addressed immediately and which he could push off to later and then they talk about his current project which involves APIs and trees. Links: https://protect.earth - Trees foundation Phil is involved with <a href="https://twitter.com/philsturgeon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/philsturgeon</a> - Phil’s place on the internet <a href="https://apisyouwonthate.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apisyouwonthate.com</a> - Phil and Matt’s other project

Episode 79: Fell In Love With A Tree: The Phil Sturgeon Story

Matt and Ben are joined by Chris Fidao (who watched with horror as Matt butchered his last name). The conversation takes a deep dive into how Chris and Dave Hemphill built ChipperCI include the why, the how and what were some of the fun challenges to building a CI service. We talked briefly about how Chris found good use cases for Golang, but Chris still loves PHP. Links: https://twitter.com/fideloper - Chris Fidao on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/davidhemphill - David Hemphill on Twitterhttps://chipperci.com https://serversforhackers.com

Matt and Ben are joined by Chris Fidao (who watched with horror as Matt butchered his last name). The conversation takes a deep dive into how Chris and Dave Hemphill built ChipperCI include the why, the how and what were some of the fun challenges to building a CI service. We talked briefly about how Chris found good use cases for Golang, but Chris still loves PHP. Links: <a href="https://twitter.com/fideloper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/fideloper</a> - Chris Fidao on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhemphill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/davidhemphill</a> - David Hemphill on Twitter <a href="https://chipperci.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chipperci.com</a> <a href="https://serversforhackers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://serversforhackers.com</a>

Episode 78: Into The Woodchipper

Matt and Ben are joined by the League of Extraordinary Packages chief benevolent dictator for life Frank De Jonge (@frankdejonge. Its pronounced “de-yong”, not like how Matt pronounced it. He is sorry). We talk about Frank’s contributions to the League, and how it makes him feel to have a package download count in the 8 digits. Frank also talks about his work on Eventsauce (eventsauce.io) an event driven framework that integrates well into most PHP projects.

Matt and Ben are joined by the League of Extraordinary Packages chief benevolent dictator for life Frank De Jonge (@frankdejonge. Its pronounced “de-yong”, not like how Matt pronounced it. He is sorry). We talk about Frank’s contributions to the League, and how it makes him feel to have a package download count in the 8 digits. Frank also talks about his work on Eventsauce (<a href="http://eventsauce.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eventsauce.io</a>) an event driven framework that integrates well into most PHP projects.

Episode 77: Lets be Frank

The Twilio crew, bored because they can’t go to conferences to show people the cool shit you can build with their APIs, take over the podcast to talk about life as a grounded devrel. Matt is joined by Margaret Staples (@dead_lugosi), Gary Hockin (@geeh) and back to back guest Marcus Battle (@themarcusbattle). We discuss the Twilio Quest project and how Twilio is leveraging new ways for their dev rels to get their brand out there. We also talk about what we miss most about not being able to go to conferences and drink with friends. It got a little dark there. Sorry. Enjoy!

The Twilio crew, bored because they can’t go to conferences to show people the cool shit you can build with their APIs, take over the podcast to talk about life as a grounded devrel. Matt is joined by Margaret Staples (@dead_lugosi), Gary Hockin (@geeh) and back to back guest Marcus Battle (@themarcusbattle). We discuss the Twilio Quest project and how Twilio is leveraging new ways for their dev rels to get their brand out there. We also talk about what we miss most about not being able to go to conferences and drink with friends. It got a little dark there. Sorry. Enjoy!

Episode 76: Mad Max DevRel

Matt and Ben are joined by Marcus Battle to talk about his career path from being a data nerd at WebDev Studios to being a content creator and curator at Twilio. We talk about how much work is involved being a total grammar junky, and does Marcus get early access to things like the supposed Twilio Pigeon API. We also talk about the coveted Twilio swag from back in the days where we were allowed to go to conferences. Then we nerd out about music for a minute. Show Notes: Twilio PHP SDK

<a href="https://twitter.com/matthewtrask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/themarcusbattle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcus Battle</a> to talk about his career path from being a data nerd at WebDev Studios to being a content creator and curator at Twilio. We talk about how much work is involved being a total grammar junky, and does Marcus get early access to things like the supposed Twilio Pigeon API. We also talk about the coveted Twilio swag from back in the days where we were allowed to go to conferences. Then we nerd out about music for a minute. Show Notes: <a href="https://www.twilio.com/docs/libraries/php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twilio PHP SDK</a>

Episode 75: Battle of the Frameworks

PHP Town Hall is a podcast from Ben Edmunds and Matt Trask that raises questions about current events (or upcoming things) in the PHP community, with different guests each episode.

Good discussion of various topics, totally relevant to work that I’m doing. Tough for a single person to keep up on trends so its nice to be able to plug into a regular podcast for info.

Great, Informative

I’ve been looking for some good podcasts about languages like PHP and Ruby and this one hit the mark for PHP. These guys know what they’re talking about and they’re quite a bit more entertaining than others. Keep up the good work fellas - I’ll keep tuning in. -Cheers

It’s Just a Good Time

PHP Town Hall

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Phil Sturgeon to discuss what’s new in the world of API development. Make sure to check out his new book Talking To Other People’s APIs. SponsorWe’re sponsored this episode by the Southeast PHP Conference: Southeast PHP Community Conference in Nashville, TN is happening August 16th and 17th right in downtown Nashville. Our CfP opens February 15th with a theme around the modern PHP toolbox. Come hang out with us, listen to awesome speakers talk about a wide variety of topics, meet new friends and of course, try some hot chicken. southeastphp.com and @southeastphp on twitter. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring, contact us at organizers@southeastphp.com

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/philsturgeon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phil Sturgeon</a> to discuss what’s new in the world of API development. Make sure to check out his new book <a href="https://apisyouwonthate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking To Other People’s APIs</a>. <h3>Sponsor </h3>We’re sponsored this episode by the <a href="https://southeastphp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Southeast PHP Conference</a>: Southeast PHP Community Conference in Nashville, TN is happening August 16th and 17th right in downtown Nashville. Our CfP opens February 15th with a theme around the modern PHP toolbox. Come hang out with us, listen to awesome speakers talk about a wide variety of topics, meet new friends and of course, try some hot chicken. <a href="https://southeastphp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">southeastphp.com</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/southeastphp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@southeastphp</a> on twitter. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring, contact us at <a href="mailto:organizers@southeastphp.com">organizers@southeastphp.com</a>

Episode 56: GraphQL is better than REST

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Mike Wales and Michael Lopp to discuss the hardest problem in software - people. Also make sure to check out the books recommended during this episode:  Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High Nine Minutes on Monday: The Quick and Easy Way to Go From Manager to Leader Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/walesmd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Wales</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/rands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Lopp</a> to discuss the hardest problem in software - people. Also make sure to check out the books recommended during this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Talking-Stakes-Second/dp/1469266822" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Minutes-Monday-Manager-Leader-ebook/dp/B0094RKWX0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nine Minutes on Monday: The Quick and Easy Way to Go From Manager to Leader</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Kick-Ass-Without-Humanity/dp/1250103509" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-Engineering/dp/1484221575/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1510865851&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=managing+humans&amp;dpID=51Wo-o4zKmL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager</a></li></ul>

Episode 55: The Hardest Problem in Software

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Peggy Fisher and Ryan Tablada to discuss the general state of computer science education, developer bootcamps, landing that first job, and why PHP isn’t ususally taught to new developers.

<a href="https://twitter.com/matthewtrask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Trask</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/pegfisher145" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peggy Fisher</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanTablada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Tablada</a> to discuss the general state of computer science education, developer bootcamps, landing that first job, and why PHP isn’t ususally taught to new developers.

Episode 60: Education, Bootcamps, and the Cool Factor

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Tessa Mero to discuss their conference organizing experience and the conferences they are putting on in the coming months. LinksSoutheast PHP Conference API Strat Conference API City Conference Southeast PHP Poster

<a href="https://twitter.com/matthewtrask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Trask</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/tessamero" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tessa Mero</a> to discuss their conference organizing experience and the conferences they are putting on in the coming months. <h3>Links </h3><a href="https://southeastphp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Southeast PHP Conference</a> <a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apistrat-2018/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">API Strat Conference</a> <a href="http://apicity.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">API City Conference</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SoutheastPHP/status/1024029595790659586" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Southeast PHP Poster</a>

Episode 57: APIs, Conferences, API Conferences, and Horrible Flights

Matt Trask and Ben Edmunds are joined by Jason McCreary and Anthony Fox to discuss budgeting and personal finance for developers. This episode takes a high level view and focuses on how new developers can make good decisions and avoid common pitfalls that come along with that first “developer money” paycheck. We’ll be back for part 2 shortly. Links  You Need a Budget YNAB   Acorns   Vanguard   MrMoneyMustache   CreditKarma   Debitize app   Principles - Ray Dalio  

<a href="https://twitter.com/matthewtrask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Trask</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/gonedark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason McCreary</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/__wtfox__" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony Fox</a> to discuss budgeting and personal finance for developers. This episode takes a high level view and focuses on how new developers can make good decisions and avoid common pitfalls that come along with that first “developer money” paycheck. We’ll be back for part 2 shortly. <h3>Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.youneedabudget.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You Need a Budget YNAB</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.acorns.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Acorns</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vanguard</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MrMoneyMustache</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.creditkarma.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CreditKarma</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://debitize.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Debitize app</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.principles.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Principles - Ray Dalio</a> </li> </ul></h3>

Episode 61: Dollar Bills Yall - Part 1

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Mike Wales, Chris Boden, and Daniel Cousineau to discuss working at and founding startups. This is part one of two.  Part two is coming in a few weeks.

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/walesmd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Wales</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/boden_c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Boden</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/dcousineau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Cousineau</a> to discuss working at and founding startups. This is part one of two. Part two is coming in a few weeks.

Episode 58: Startup Lyfe - Part 1

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Daniel Cousineau, Tracy Hinds, Ian Littman, and Matt Trask to discuss the good, bad, and ugly of conference organizing. Make sure to check out the kickstarter for the Longhorn PHP Conference.

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/dcousineau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Cousineau</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/HackyGoLucky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tracy Hinds</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/iansltx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ian Littman</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewtrask" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Trask</a> to discuss the good, bad, and ugly of conference organizing. Make sure to check out the kickstarter for the <a href="https://www.longhornphp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Longhorn PHP Conference</a>.

Episode 54: Conferences and Stuff

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Mike Wales, Chris Boden, and Daniel Cousineau once again, to finish our discussion about working at and founding startups. This is part two of two.

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/walesmd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Wales</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/boden_c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Boden</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/dcousineau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Cousineau</a> once again, to finish our discussion about working at and founding startups. This is part two of two.

Episode 59: Startup Lyfe - Part 2

Jessica Rose

Amanda Folson and Ben Edmunds are joined by Jessica Rose to discuss developer relations, travel, and bedbugs.

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benedmunds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Edmunds</a> are joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/jesslynnrose" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Rose</a> to discuss developer relations, travel, and bedbugs.

Episode 53: Developer Relations, Travel, and Bedbugs with Jessica Rose

Amanda Folson officially takes the co-host reins!  We ease you in to the transition by Ben grilling… ahem… interviewing Amanda a bit so you can get to know her better.

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> officially takes the co-host reins! We ease you in to the transition by Ben grilling… ahem… interviewing Amanda a bit so you can get to know her better.

Episode 52: What Do We Do Now?

In this episode Ben and Phil discuss what’s new in their pathetic little lives, the state of the PHP-FIG, and bid an ecstatic.. ahem.. sad farewell to Phil as he departs the podcast.  Starting with Episode 51 Amanda Folson will be taking over as co-host.  Ben is staying so don’t worry, we know he’s your favorite. Phil,Thanks for 51 fucking fantastic episodes, 5 years of podcasting together, way too much booze, and a lot of fun.

In this episode Ben and Phil discuss what’s new in their pathetic little lives, the state of the PHP-FIG, and bid an ecstatic.. ahem.. sad farewell to Phil as he departs the podcast. Starting with Episode 51 <a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> will be taking over as co-host. Ben is staying so don’t worry, we know he’s your favorite. Phil, Thanks for 51 fucking fantastic episodes, 5 years of podcasting together, way too much booze, and a lot of fun.

Episode 51: Good Riddance

The notes for this episode were lost when Phil spilt some really hipster orange juice over hislaptop and bricked the whole thing. We do remember that returning guest Chris Boden and Chris Pitt swing by to talk async in PHP. In a future episode we’ll probably talk about data backup strategies.   Benchmarking Codswallop: NodeJS vs PHP - An oldie but a goody, why NodeJS isn’t magically better at async than PHP  Ratchet - WebSockets for PHP  A Case for Async PHP - Chris Pitt wrote about this stuff on Medium  icicle.io - Write asynchronous code using synchronous coding techniques in PHP

The notes for this episode were lost when Phil spilt some really hipster orange juice over his laptop and bricked the whole thing. We do remember that returning guest <a href="https://twitter.com/boden_c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Boden</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/assertchris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Pitt</a> swing by to talk async in PHP. In a future episode we’ll probably talk about data backup strategies. <ul> <li> <a href="https://philsturgeon.uk/php/2013/11/12/benchmarking-codswallop-nodejs-v-php/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benchmarking Codswallop: NodeJS vs PHP</a> - An oldie but a goody, why NodeJS isn’t magically better at async than PHP</li> <li> <a href="http://socketo.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ratchet</a> - WebSockets for PHP</li> <li> <a href="https://medium.com/async-php/a-case-for-async-php-f33e5e31ebba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Case for Async PHP</a> - Chris Pitt wrote about this stuff on Medium</li> <li> <a href="https://icicle.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">icicle.io</a> - Write asynchronous code using synchronous coding techniques in PHP</li></ul>

Episode 49: Async and Stuff

An all star cast this episode, as Ben and Phil are joined by regular guest Anthony Ferrara - thinker of good ideas and long-time part-time side-line contributor to the PHP-FIG, Woody Gilk - one-speed rider &amp; BDFL of Kohana, andBeau Simensen - author of a bunch of stuff including StackPHP. Here we’re talking about some awesome stuff the PHP-FIG is working on: PSR-15 (HTTP Middleware). This PSR is in Draft mode, and is potentially not as well known about as some others. There was a bit of a cuffufle getting it started as before it had even passed an entrance vote there were alternatives and rewrites suggested, but now the major players are on the same page and things are moving forward. We discuss all this, and the reason PSR-7 (HTTP Message) is not enough for the ecosystem to benefit from shareable middleware. Jumping away from PSR-15 for a second there is an interesting bit of insight into why the PHP-FIG didn’t just slap a “PSR” sticker on Symfony’s HTTP Kernel or HTTP Foundation. Woody provides a bit of the decision-making process in a very tricky aspect of the FIGs job, which is: should standards be built entirely to match existing implementations, or should standards try to improve on the learnings of the existing implementations to better them all as implementations change to support the standard. It’s all a bit chicken and egg, but a very worthy discussion to have.   All About Middleware - Anthony posts about PHP HTTP Middleware  Why Care About PHP Middleware? - Summary of the initial Anthony vs Woody approaches and background on the HTTP middleware concept  StackPHP - Composing HttpKernelInterface middlewares since 2013!  Equip - Equip is a tiny and powerful PHP micro-framework created and maintained by the engineering team at When I Work 

An all star cast this episode, as Ben and Phil are joined by regular guest <a href="https://twitter.com/ircmaxell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony Ferrara</a> - thinker of good ideas and long-time part-time side-line contributor to the PHP-FIG, <a href="https://twitter.com/shadowhand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woody Gilk</a> - one-speed rider &amp; BDFL of Kohana, and <a href="https://twitter.com/beausimensen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beau Simensen</a> - author of a bunch of stuff including <a href="http://stackphp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StackPHP</a>. Here we’re talking about some awesome stuff the PHP-FIG is working on: PSR-15 (HTTP Middleware). This PSR is in Draft mode, and is potentially not as well known about as some others. There was a bit of a cuffufle getting it started as before it had even passed an entrance vote there were alternatives and rewrites suggested, but now the major players are on the same page and things are moving forward. We discuss all this, and the reason PSR-7 (HTTP Message) is not enough for the ecosystem to benefit from shareable middleware. Jumping away from PSR-15 for a second there is an interesting bit of insight into why the PHP-FIG didn’t just slap a “PSR” sticker on Symfony’s HTTP Kernel or HTTP Foundation. Woody provides a bit of the decision-making process in a very tricky aspect of the FIGs job, which is: should standards be built entirely to match existing implementations, or should standards try to improve on the learnings of the existing implementations to better them all as implementations change to support the standard. It’s all a bit chicken and egg, but a very worthy discussion to have. <ul> <li> <a href="http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2016/05/all-about-middleware.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All About Middleware</a> - Anthony posts about PHP HTTP Middleware</li> <li> <a href="https://philsturgeon.uk/php/2016/05/31/why-care-about-php-middleware/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Care About PHP Middleware?</a> - Summary of the initial Anthony vs Woody approaches and background on the HTTP middleware concept</li> <li> <a href="http://stackphp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StackPHP</a> - Composing HttpKernelInterface middlewares since 2013!</li> <li> <a href="http://equip.github.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Equip</a> - Equip is a tiny and powerful PHP micro-framework created and maintained by the engineering team at <a href="http://wheniwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When I Work</a> </li></ul>

Episode 50: Low down on PSR-15

User-group and meet-up organizer Jenny Wong swings by for a chat about the PHP RFC for a Code of Conduct. Whilst all three of us think a Code of Conduct is a good idea, we talk through some of the various for and against reasoning that people have, and try to outline the logical failures behind some of the FUD being spread around during this discussion. We cover a few things, from the intent of a Code of Conduct, explain it’s reach is not as scary as many seem to think, outline a few things that a Code of Conduct does not try to do, and talk about some of the problems minorities have at conferences and online which could be simplified over time with a useful CoC. This is one of our best episodes yet. Even if you hate Phil and think he’s turned into some sort of social justice warrior white knighting whatever, listen to this and see if the conversation is starting to make more sense to you. The goal here is to open a few minds, and bring people to the table so a useful conversation can be had, instead of the usual reaction to Code of Conducts which is immediate screaming into the keyboard, mashing out wall-o-text’s about freedom of speech, and assuming people are only interested in inclusivity to impress women… We can make our community a better place, and Jenny has a few tips on how you can help with that goal.

User-group and meet-up organizer <a href="https://twitter.com/miss_jwo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jenny Wong</a> swings by for a chat about the <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/adopt-code-of-conduct" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PHP RFC for a Code of Conduct</a>. Whilst all three of us think a Code of Conduct is a good idea, we talk through some of the various for and against reasoning that people have, and try to outline the logical failures behind some of the FUD being spread around during this discussion. We cover a few things, from the intent of a Code of Conduct, explain it’s reach is not as scary as many seem to think, outline a few things that a Code of Conduct does not try to do, and talk about some of the problems minorities have at conferences and online which could be simplified over time with a useful CoC. This is one of our best episodes yet. Even if you hate Phil and think he’s turned into some sort of social justice warrior white knighting whatever, listen to this and see if the conversation is starting to make more sense to you. The goal here is to open a few minds, and bring people to the table so a useful conversation can be had, instead of the usual reaction to Code of Conducts which is immediate screaming into the keyboard, mashing out wall-o-text’s about freedom of speech, and assuming people are only interested in inclusivity to impress women… We can make our community a better place, and Jenny has a few tips on how you can help with that goal.

Episode 48: Code of Conduct

Ben and Phil have a little catch-up to try and get things back on track after a little 2015 lag. Basically this episode is just Sober Phil having a massive vent about how daft some people are on the Internet. For some reason he accidentally read some /r/lolphp and got into an argument about how they think that PHP 7 is purely a cosmetic change. This was a good excuse to re-emphisize what an awesome set of fundamental changes PHP 7 really was. Ben and Phil then discuss the FIGs identity crisis before Phil goes off on another ramble about that. We’ll cover that better on later episodes!

Ben and Phil have a little catch-up to try and get things back on track after a little 2015 lag. Basically this episode is just Sober Phil having a massive vent about how daft some people are on the Internet. For some reason he accidentally read some /r/lolphp and got into an argument about how they think that PHP 7 is purely a cosmetic change. This was a good excuse to re-emphisize what an awesome set of fundamental changes PHP 7 really was. Ben and Phil then discuss the FIGs identity crisis before Phil goes off on another ramble about that. We’ll cover that better on later episodes!

Episode 46: Christmas Theraphpy

Live from PNWPHP ‘15, Ben and Phil are joined by guests Ben Marks, Yitzchok Willroth and later we are joined by returning guest Sara Golemon who popped in to talk about HHVM/Hack while Phil played waiter for the rest of the episode. Ben talks about Magento and some of his conference traveling madness, as does Yitz, who got trapped in a hotel for a whole weekend due to some interesting combination of Jewish holidays and an argument over the interational date line in New Zealand. Phil also tells us all about his NZ speeding ticket, mowing down possums like it’s Carmageddon, and makes a few terrible jokes because he’s scarily sober.

Live from <a href="http://pnwphp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PNWPHP ‘15</a>, Ben and Phil are joined by guests <a href="https://twitter.com/benmarks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Marks</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/coderabbi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yitzchok Willroth</a> and later we are joined by returning guest <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraMG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sara Golemon</a> who popped in to talk about HHVM/Hack while Phil played waiter for the rest of the episode. Ben talks about Magento and some of his conference traveling madness, as does Yitz, who got trapped in a hotel for a whole weekend due to some interesting combination of Jewish holidays and an argument over the interational date line in New Zealand. Phil also tells us all about his NZ speeding ticket, mowing down possums like it’s Carmageddon, and makes a few terrible jokes because <a href="https://philsturgeon.uk/charity/2015/08/22/no-booze/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">he’s scarily sober</a>.

Episode 45: Live from PNWPHP

Listen to API pros Amanda Folson and Mike Stowe talk about API versioning, RAML, and all sorts of interesting API stuff. Phil ended up having a listen to this after the fact, and found it awesome! This episode is probably better for him not being there, as there are some opinions that didn’t initially match his, but they’re really interesting and make him reconsider a few things.

Listen to API pros <a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorAwsum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Folson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mikegstowe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Stowe</a> talk about API versioning, RAML, and all sorts of interesting API stuff. Phil ended up having a listen to this after the fact, and found it awesome! This episode is probably better for him not being there, as there are some opinions that didn’t initially match his, but they’re really interesting and make him reconsider a few things.

Episode 44: API Madness!

Your two favourite PHP developers are joined this episode by Emir Karşıyakalı off of PHPKonf and IstanbulPHP. Istanbul is not only a beautiful and awesome city, but it’s got a thriving PHP community too, who are currently hosting a whole bunch of PHP stars for their annual conference. Once again we promised to get this up before the conference to advertise it, and we’re releasing this audio version the night before, but what can we say… we’re shit at this.

Your two favourite PHP developers are joined this episode by <a href="https://twitter.com/EmirKarsiyakali" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emir Karşıyakalı</a> off of <a href="http://phpkonf.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PHPKonf and IstanbulPHP</a>. Istanbul is not only a beautiful and awesome city, but it’s got a thriving PHP community too, who are currently hosting a whole bunch of PHP stars for their annual conference. Once again we promised to get this up before the conference to advertise it, and we’re releasing this audio version the night before, but what can we say… we’re shit at this.

Episode 43: Midnight Express

Regular guest Anthony Ferrara joins us “in the studio” to talk about the new version of his scalar type hints, which since recording - a f**king month ago - has been accepted for PHP 7. We thought it would be good to have a bit of a chat about the feature, the nonsense that surrounded it and a bunch of other random internals and PHP 7 related blathering.

Regular guest <a href="https://twitter.com/ircmaxell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony Ferrara</a> joins us “in the studio” to talk about the new version of his <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints_v5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scalar type hints</a>, which since recording - a f**king month ago - has been accepted for PHP 7. We thought it would be good to have a bit of a chat about the feature, the nonsense that surrounded it and a bunch of other random internals and PHP 7 related blathering.

Episode 40: Return of the Ferrara

We all know that SunshinePHP is one of the PHP communities finest conferences. It attends an amazing group of people, wonderful speakers and Rasmus usually pops in for a drive-by-keynote. Every conference Phil or Ben attend has some vague promise of “yeah we’ll probably try and do a recording there or something,” but this SunshinePHP we actually did it, all thanks to the wonderful Sammy K off of PHP Roundtable. The topic this time around was that of APIs, and we were joined by an all star panel:  Sara Golemon Josh Lockart Eryn O’Neil Matthew Weier O’Phinney Davey Shafik Mike Stowe  Watch this. It’s hilarious. Shownotes are lacking, because we clearly weren’t writing anything down.

We all know that SunshinePHP is one of the PHP communities finest conferences. It attends an amazing group of people, wonderful speakers and Rasmus usually pops in for a drive-by-keynote. Every conference Phil or Ben attend has some vague promise of “yeah we’ll probably try and do a recording there or something,” but this SunshinePHP we actually did it, all thanks to the wonderful <a href="http://twitter.com/SammyK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sammy K</a> off of <a href="https://www.phproundtable.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PHP Roundtable</a>. The topic this time around was that of APIs, and we were joined by an all star panel: <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/saramg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sara Golemon</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/codeguy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josh Lockart</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/eryno" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eryn O’Neil</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mwop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Weier O’Phinney</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dshafik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Davey Shafik</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mikegstowe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Stowe</a></li> </ul> Watch this. It’s hilarious. Shownotes are lacking, because we clearly weren’t writing anything down.

Episode 37: Sunshine Round-Hall? Town-Table?

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