October 9, 2026

Say "Hi" to Claude Code for Better Alignment

One of the things that really grinds my gears is how I'll be deep in a refactoring task and (because I'm not paying attention to my status-line script) I hit the dreaded "You've hit your limit,...

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October 5, 2026

Weekly Digest - October 5, 2026

Happy Monday All! Three pieces this week: a small Docker setup I use to test PHP 8.6 code, a podcast episode about a framework that skips the magic, and a reminder that your old content still has...

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October 2, 2026

Running PHP 8.6 Beta CLI in Docker

I'm working on my yearly "What's new and exciting in PHP 8.x" video (if you're interested, see my PHP 8.1, PHP 8.2, PHP 8.3, PHP 8.4, PHP 8.5 videos) for PHP 8.6. One of the things I've learned the...

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September 30, 2026

Pop PHP with Nick Sagona

Check out my video on "Pop PHP with Nick Sagona" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/G5e7JCkDPPQ Find more episodes on our Introducing the Community Corner Podcast post.

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September 28, 2026

Weekly Digest - September 28, 2026

Happy Monday All! Two of this week's three pieces were about new PHP syntax, and the pipe operator shows up in both, so consider this my unofficial pipe week. I wrote up the |>...

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September 25, 2026

The PHP 8.5 Pipe Operator: Function Chains That Read Top to Bottom

There's a good chance that if you've been working with PHP for more than a hot minute, you've run into code that looks like the following: It works, but we're one keystroke away from a typo that...

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September 23, 2026

Stop Writing PHP Like This (8.6 Fixes It)

Check out my video on "Stop Writing PHP Like This (8.6 Fixes It)" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/U9Jrcg1Ns1k

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September 21, 2026

Weekly Digest - September 21, 2026

Happy Monday All! Two of this week's pieces landed on the same theme without me planning it: good tooling ideas travel between languages. Pull requests sit because nobody owns them. Tag four...

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September 18, 2026

Make Code Review Your Default Next Task

Not a long time ago (three days ago actually), I opened a pull request (PR), tagged the appropriate reviewers, and moved on, assuming it would quickly get picked up and reviewed. Later (today), I...

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September 16, 2026

bun-php with Stanislav Khromov

Check out my video on "bun-php with Stanislav Khromov" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/JNOGcjCu7U4 Find more episodes on our Introducing the Community Corner Podcast post.

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