Writing

Essays and experiments in PHP and developer tools. I also write for the PhpStorm and PHP Foundation blogs.

On this site

  1. 2023 Turn Any PHP Script into a Native Single-File Binary
  2. 2022 Generics via Attributes in PHP — Can We Have Them?

Elsewhere

Recent articles for JetBrains and The PHP Foundation.

  1. 2026 Swoole AOT is officially becoming TypePHP
  2. Meet team.blue: A PHP Foundation Sponsor supporting the language at the core of its ecosystem
  3. 2025 Design Contest Results and Lessons Learned
  4. PhpStorm Plugins You Might Not Know About
  5. Call for Designs: Refresh the PHP 8.5 Release Page
  6. The PHP Foundation application form for 2026 is now open
  7. Welcoming Joe Watkins as a PHP Foundation Developer
  8. Announcing the Official PHP SDK for MCP
All articles elsewhere