Post by @afilina@phpc.social

2026-10-22 04:18 UTC

Really sad to see people I respected take a big dump on PHP today. It was unnecessary. This is open source. Things run on too few donations and mostly unpaid work. These people work hard. They deal with entitled users in bug trackers. They sift through slop reports and slop contributions. They have to defend their infra from thieves who can afford to lose more money in an hour than they will not make in a lifetime. They have to drop everything when their unpaid project has an emergency.

Replies (5)

@afilina@phpc.social 2026-10-22 04:19

I very rarely see such behavior on the Fedi, and it fills me with hopelessness. You can be a better person. You can feel angry and exhausted without hurting those on your side of the struggle.

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@scottearle@poorlyrendered.com 2026-10-22 05:17

@afilina@phpc.social Additionally, the vulnerabilities go back 20 years, so they were hardly obvious or easy to find. People should be supportive of the people who created and still maintain this open source software, rather than shitting on them.

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@markwyner@mas.to 2026-10-22 06:32

@afilina@phpc.social I didn’t see any of that, and I’m grateful for it. I’m sorry you did. Fuck anyone who hammers open-source work. Seriously.

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@esreicht@mastodon.social 2026-10-22 06:20

@afilina@phpc.social And never forget - admins who are too lazy to update their ancient systems because "it works, probably not if updated" and bosses who care more for money than secure systems are the biggest part of the problem.

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@duncan_bayne@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-10-22 06:35

@afilina@phpc.social I feel like I need to tap the "contempt culture" sign again 😿

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