AI is reshaping how we build software, and we’re just getting started. #Polcode #AI

What’s the strangest or most unexpected thing you learned from a project? Sure, we all have gems.

That’s what we love about this job. Every project is a different world, a new language, a new way of thinking.

🎲 And sometimes project meetings end with a board game because in some domains, that's part of understanding the culture.

🥑 The popularity of avocados? Not an accident, and yes, there’s a story behind it.

📈 Instagram influencers? Their conversion rates are shockingly high.

💳 Card transactions? Yep… some still fly over FTP.

⛏ In open-pit mines, a dead battery in a single device can trigger an alarm, and your system must catch it.

As promised, here’s Part 2 of the “strange things you learn from IT projects” thread 👇

And that’s only half of the strange things he has learned from real projects. Part 2 soon. 👀

🚴‍♂️ Cycling (and endurance training) runs on heart rate zones.

⚡ EV chargers talk using the OCPP protocol.

🏥 Medical imaging? It’s all DICOM, a world of its own.

🧪 There’s a format called SMILES that represents chemical molecules… as text strings.

👗 Fashion collections are created even a year before the season.

Here are some things he learned thanks to real-world projects, not textbooks:

Did you know that ticket gates in some sports venues still communicate… via FTP? 🙃 We didn’t either until our CTO ended up on a project that used it. IT teaches you things no tutorial ever will.

Here’s to the next 20 years, #Symfony! 🥂

After a conference like this, it’s hard to argue that #PHP isn’t moving forward.

🔹 1,000+ participants from all over the world 🔹 Entire #PHP ecosystem represented: PaaS, infrastructure tools, CMSs, e-commerce 🔹 #Symfony 8 released live on stage 🔹 #AI: development agents, new AI features in Symfony, MCP, and sessions on using AI to grow developer skills

Quoting @jerzy_zawadzki after returning from #SymfonyCon : “If anyone still thinks the #PHP ecosystem is ‘dying’, they should attend a conference like SymfonyCon.”