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  PHP 8.6 lands November 19 with partial function application. The ? and ... placeholders clean up pipe operator chains in real code. The post walks through the examples. https://shocm.me/posts/2026-11-06-php-86-partial-function-application-pipe-operator/

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  PHP 8.5 just leveled up your chaining game with the Pipe Operator! Say goodbye to messy nesting and hello to cleaner code. Who knew readability could be this fun? 🚀 #PHP8 #CodeCleanliness https://shocm.me/posts/2026-07-16-php-85-pipe-operator-guide/

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  Heard a great quote today that was new to me and I'm going to definitely start to live by it: "𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲."

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  Someone uploaded all the Jeffery Epstein documents to Gmail clone and it's awesome. JMail, JPhotos, there's a Drive, and JFlight section as well. Very well done. https://www.jmail.world/

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  It's good to know someone with a good 3D printer. @john printed me this awesome stand for my HomePod mini.

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  OK, I need to know if I know anyone who's ever had a "Farmers Coke". They mention it's drunk in North Carolina. I've never heard of this, and now I need to see if I have any peanuts in the house. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/geXCDahWqhs

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  Hockey night in San Diego with the family

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  Wife and I are having some adult beverage time.

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  𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝗧𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 https://shocm.me/posts/2026-04-13-php-tek-2026-chicago/

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  It was so awesome catching up with Sammy K again. It's been so long, and it was so much fun talking about old times and what he's been up to lately. That guy is such a treasure of the PHP Community. https://www.phparch.com/podcast/the-php-podcast-2026-04-16-with-sara-joe-and-sami/

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  Chicago bond. Looking forward to see you all at #phptek next week. Not too late to purchase a ticket at https://phptek.io

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  If you’re coming to #phptek and didn’t already know this, there is a minor league baseball team about 3 miles from the hotel venue. @TheChicagoDogs baseball is worth the visit. Tickets and concessions are all reasonably priced.

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  Taking my kid to their first Chicago Cubs game

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  Thanks to Savio Resende (and his wife) for these awesome magnets he made for PHP Tek.

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  I feel so honored to be part of this @phparch team, and I am so proud of the hard work they put into PHP/JS Tek. It was a wild one, but I'll save that tea for the podcast this Thursday.

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  I recently had a random thought, and I might be crazy, but are the Golden State Warriors the only top-tier professional sports franchise here in the US that doesn't take on the geographical name of the city or state they play in? I can't think of any other team in any sport that makes up that first part. Golden State. I mean, technically, "New England" isn't a state or city, but it seems more grounded as a geographical region and not a hyped marketing na...

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  Join @john and myself for a complete breakdown of this year's PHP Tek 2026 ( @phptek / @phparch / @jstek ). We'll discuss the highs, the lows, and what's in the future, as well as our normal PHP rhetoric and tomfoolery. PHP Architect YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/iNn7wZVReBE

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  I'm not someone who prides himself his graphic arts skills. But I have to say, I HATE FONTS. You would laugh at me if I told you how much time I wasted trying to find a font that had a K in this style. Tried several "What font is it" sites and they all failed me. Eventually I found something close.

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  Very excited to todays PHP Alive and Kicking. They are being joined by Elizabeth Barron, the new Executive Director of The PHP Foundation. Show is going live in about 35 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ys6rjMe6E