Written by Matthew Weier o'Phinney
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on Dec. 5, 2019
Progress has been happening at a furious pace on the Zend Framework to Laminas transition, with major changes still dropping even now. Most recently, we decided to rename the subprojects. Apigility will become the Laminas API Tools, and Expressive will become Mezzio. For more background, read the…
Written by Matthew Weier o'Phinney
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on Oct. 17, 2019
Due to disorganization on my part, I accidentally booked php[world] 2019 to coincide with a family commitment. After reviewing a variety of options, I let the organizers know last week that I could no longer attend. It's a situation I hate, because there's nobody to blame but me, and no matter what…
Written by Matthew Weier o'Phinney
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on Oct. 3, 2019
Update As of 2019-10-01, I am once again employed full-time. Thank you everyone who reached out! Fourteen years ago, almost to the day, I received a job offer from Zend to join their nascent eBiz team, where I started contributing almost immediately to the yet-to-be-announced Zend Framework. Two ye…
Written by Matthew Weier o'Phinney
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on May. 1, 2019
Last week, I did some system updates, and then decided to compile the most recent PHP releases. I've used phpbrew to manage multiple PHP releases for a number of years, and having it install a new version is fairly routine. Except this time, it wasn't. Due to updates I installed, I was getting erro…
Written by Matthew Weier o'Phinney
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on Apr. 17, 2019
Ten years ago this month, I was involved in a couple of huge changes for Zend Framework. First, I helped spearhead integration of the JavaScript library Dojo Toolkit into Zend Framework, and finalized the work that month. I'd worked closely with the two developers who had been leading that project…
Written by Matthew Weier o'Phinney
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on Apr. 2, 2019
I am a long-time gnome-shell user. I appreciate the simplicity and elegance it provides, as I prefer having a minimalist environment that still provides me easy access to the applications I use. That said, just as with any desktop environment, I've still run into problems now and again. One that's…