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  PHP conference and user group organisers, please read! https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/09/28/kicking-off-the-community-events-coalition-sig/ @ian@phpc.social @mbeccati@phpc.social @dragonbe@phpc.social @eric@phparch.social @phpc@phpc.social @DaveLiddament@phpc.social @SecondeJ@phpc.social and probably loads more I can't think of atm, please spread the word! #php #phpc #phpconferences #phpug #phpusergroups #phpmeetups #phpx #community #phpcommunity

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  @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt @Girgias@phpc.social I reckon there's a lot more we could do for research into how ice floats. This tool is just the tip of the iceberg...

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  > Air traffic control issue causes UK flight disruption for second time this month are they vibe coding NATS now or something? 😂

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  @wyri@toot-toot.wyrihaxim.us 🤦 🫠

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  🥧 I'm planning to release PIE 1.5.0 this week 😄 RC3 (https://github.com/php/pie/releases/tag/1.5.0-rc.3) is already available, which I anticipate being the last RC unless any other issues are discovered...

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  If anyone fancies an early go with the forthcoming 🥧 PIE release, check out https://github.com/php/pie/releases/tag/1.5.0-rc.2 👀 #php #phppie #pie

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  @rob@social.akrabat.com this is cool! And it already guessed my account as EU ✅️

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  ✍️ I wrote a post about my `git` superpower; being able to visualise git history in the CLI. It's no secret, but is one of my most useful aliases I have! Check it out 👀 https://www.jamestitcumb.com/posts/git-log-graph-history-visualisation #git #gitlog

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  Blogged! A quick tip about using generics + class-string - https://www.jamestitcumb.com/posts/generics-template-class-string

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  Discovered today that Gnome 49+ removed X11 and only works with Wayland. Wayland still has a bunch of compatibility issues, so I guess my options are 1) stay on Gnome 48, 2) switch to something else :/ shame there is no choice any more to continue with Gnome. Thoughts?

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  RE: https://chaos.social/@kore/116922703814159584 I've seen orgs pushing to split off repos left right and centre, and it almost always increases pain in my anecdotal experience 💯

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  I integrated Webmentions so likes/replies/shares on Mastodon (including this post!) will show as interactions on my blog post; here's how I did it 😀 https://www.jamestitcumb.com/posts/webmentions

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  The biggest lie we told ourselves: { "require": { "php": ">=7.4" } }

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  I posted a few years ago about `git rebase --onto` and I've lost count of the number of times I've sent this to people, including clients wanting to learn more :) https://www.jamestitcumb.com/posts/git-rebase-protip

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  Last blog post was ages ago, but I'm adding web mentions to my blog :) https://www.jamestitcumb.com/posts/bash-stdout-stderr

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  Just testing something https://www.jamestitcumb.com/posts/bash-stdout-stderr

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  My son did his "fact find" homework on someone in computer science, and he picked @rasmus 🥰 so cute #php #phpc

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  Well, I tried to sign up to Claude Code today. Paid first subscription, and 2.5h later my account was suspended without any information 😳 no clue why or what to do, and shortly after had an automated refund issued. Submitted some appeal form, but it does feel as if it goes to /dev/null - I thought AI was the future? 🙄

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  🥧 PIE 1.3.12 and 1.4.4 have been released following the newly released Composer update; it is recommend that you update! Info on the Composer update: https://blog.packagist.com/composer-2-9-8-and-2-2-28-fix-github-actions-token-disclosure-in-error-messages/

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  :javascript: JS folks! There will be a brand new JS conference next month @jstek in Chicago! Full info here: https://jstek.io/ but please help spread the word and repost this ❤️ #javascript #typescript #react #vue #jstek

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  It was an absolute pleasure to finally fulfil @shochdoerfer NUMBER 1 dream and LIFE GOAL of having me speak at @phpugffm - I spoke about, and we had great conversations, about #PIE - the PHP Installer for Extensions, and a cool new feature idea from @dkreuer that we'll look into! A great little community, thank you for having me! ❤️ #php #phpc #phpcommunity #communityworks

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  🥧 I am excited about this upcoming PIE 1.4.0 ... read more about the key features here, and you can try the first RC now, if you dare 😁 https://github.com/php/pie/releases/tag/1.4.0-rc.1 #php #phppie #phpc #thephpf #ThePHPFoundation #pie

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  Finally tore the plaster [band aid] off, and have moved the majority of my email stuff from Google to Fastmail today. Went pretty smoothly! I haven't found an ideal replacement for Google Tasks yet; as simple as it is, I really liked having tasks inline in my calendar, but @fastmail doesn't have that.

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  🥧 PIE 1.4.0 is now released! - experimental executable version of PIE - prompt to install missing system deps - prompt to install missing build tools - support for pre-packaged-binaries where extensions provide them & bunch more fixes, improvements, and more... https://github.com/php/pie/releases/tag/1.4.0 @thephpf #php #phpc #phppie #thephpf

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  RE: https://phpc.social/@asgrim/116341154169598716 Had a discussion with some friends today about this cognitive dissonance I have with AI. Running AI on local machines only (i.e. no remote LLM usage) somewhat helps the first point; or at least distributes the issue. Maybe that is better? Unsure. But the second point still stands. Could that be overlooked, I wonder? A point was made that shit is stolen all over the place anyway, so morals have kinda gone out the window. I'm so confli...

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  It frustrates me more and more seeing people I know and respect fall into the AI con. Embracing AI ignores that: - AI is consuming vast amounts of electricity and water - Morally, it was trained on stolen content - It is has destabilised the storage/memory/hardware economy (at least temporarily) Any time anyone celebrates something they made with AI, I cannot help but think of those things, and how it is further plunging us into a terrible future in tech.

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  Wow, this is pretty damning. I've been mulling over ditching GitHub for a while, at least for personal stuff 😳

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  Hello conference organisers! If you hold a call for papers/speakers, but you don't send rejection emails to the speakers you didn't select, please change that, and send rejection emails 🙏 it really helps with planning. This is the second time it's happened to me in the last few months! #publicspeaking #conferences #speaking

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  I've noticed that unintentionally, the @roave Discord has become a mini open source hub for several projects (obviously not exclusive), which is super cool to see our little community growing ❤️ If you fancy joining us, please feel free! https://discord.gg/roave #phpc #php #opensource #oss

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  🇳🇱 Home from another excellent edition of @dutchphpconference 🤘 thank you so much for the opportunity to let me speak about PIE 🥧, it is always appreciated! 🥰 #php #phpconference #dpcon2026 #dpc26 #phpc #phpcommunity