Hi there!

Every year, I write a post about the current overall state of PHP. I can't cover everything, but I try my best to paint an accurate image of the current PHP ecosystem. I'm happy to say that that post was just published, and you can read it right now: PHP in 2023.

Roundup

I wanted to share a couple of interesting posts I came across this past month, enjoy!

• Clever Code Considered Harmful — Josh Comeau is at it again with a great blog post about clean code.
• How to communicate effectively as a developer — I think soft skills like communication is so important in our line of work.
• Asymmetric Visibility — The Asymmetric Visibility RFC has gone to a vote, and it looks like it won't pass. I think internals is making the right decision, in this case. Here are my thoughts on the feature.
• The PhpStorm 2023.1 Roadmap — The next PhpStorm version will have a bunch of really cool features.
• How to release PHP 8.1 and 7.2 package in the Same Repository — Tomas, the author of Rector, writes about how to make repositories work on different PHP versions.
• Building a sparkline generator — Finally, my latest video, let me know what you think of it!

That's all for today, enjoy your week, until next time!

Brent