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https://t.co/Ja65cgCIAx https://t.co/cB3QseGqiV https://t.co/7ZFnp8Mrxt Developer Advocate for PHP @jetbrains
Belgium
Joined April 2012
The book isn't about patterns or principles or best practices; there's actually barely any code in it. It's about the many things I've learned along the way in dealing with communities, online and offline; and about the many, many mistakes I made along the way.
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I'm going to fight my imposter syndrome and ask. I'm drafting a book, and I think it could help a lot of developers (beginning as well as more experienced ones). It's titled "Things I wish I knew when I started programming". Yay or nay?.
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I, for one, like the dollar sign 🤚.
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No promises we'll be able to fix everything but… . We really want to improve generics support in @phpstorm, which issue stands out to you that should definitely be fixed?.
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In case you missed it.
We really want to keep improving our AI tools in PhpStorm, and would love your input. If you're available for a short chat about how you use AI in tools like Cursor or Windsurf, go to to schedule a chat 👍.
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RT @AshAllenDesign: Giveaway time! 🎉. I've got 2 free 1-year licenses for PHPStorm to give away!. To enter, just comment below with your fa….
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FrankenPHP elephpant confirmed?!? 😱.
#FrankenPHP reached 10,000 stars on @github ⭐️ Proud to be part of this project, and congrats to @dunglas of course!. Now that the milestone is reached. Stuffed FrankenPHP elephant for the #APIPlatformCon? 👀 . @ThePHPF #PHP
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I recently gave a conference talk at DPC, and also posted a version of it on PHP Annotated. Check it out!
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We really want to keep improving our AI tools in PhpStorm, and would love your input. If you're available for a short chat about how you use AI in tools like Cursor or Windsurf, go to to schedule a chat 👍.
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It's nice to see Tempest mentioned a couple of times in
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Explore this post and more from the PHP community
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Trying out something new for livestreaming: reviewing a PR together. It's 12k lines of code. Please send help.
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Readonly or private(set), which one do you prefer?. #php.
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Which two should you choose when building struct-like objects in PHP?
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Ok let's talk about generics in #PHP and why I think the current proposal is NOT the way to go.
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RT @phpstorm: Hey Laravel artisans, @laravel_idea is now FREE for all PhpStorm users! 🔥. Starting July 30, you can install and use the Lara….
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Starting July 30, 2025, we’re making Laravel Idea free for PhpStorm users. If you have the Laravel Idea plugin installed, you get full access to all plugin features at no extra cost.
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RT @PardonMyTake: Tuesday night max woke Big Cat up with a flashlight at 2am because he thought we were going to get sued. @forthepeople ht….
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Heads up: livestream this afternoon about the new generics proposal in PHP. Even though generics is my number one wishlist-item, I don't think this new proposal is the way to go. I'll explain in a couple of hours.
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Clone with is coming to #PHP. Kind of. It's a nice feature but missing the point for my usecases (and probably for many others as well):
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