Finally

 Hi folks,

Since about 2 weeks as I write, the EuroBSDCon 2024 are available for everyone to see on YT, including the closing session and the sponsors shoutout. Enjoy !! ☺️

PHP 8.4.2 (reminder just in case 8.4.0 is not be used) had been available for a little while and I think it can start to be really considered for production usage at this stage. Numerous bug fixes had been pushed to lower branches as well, hopefully you can upgrade !

Time to prepare for Xmas eve, see you next time 👍🏼

In 10 days...

 Hi folks,

We are approaching the release of PHP 8.4, the 3rd release I am involved into as a PHP member and the 1st from a PHP Foundation's perspective. There are enough new features but the most noticeable are the Property Hooks and the HTML5 parsing (in my opinion of course). You can find a nice summary here for example.

About FreeBSD 14.2, scheduled for next month, one noticeable piece for me is the optimisation for arm64 via SIMD. I invite you, in that regard, to watch the EuroBSDCon 2024 talk related to this topic.

Wish you well and see you next time ☝

Back to duty

 Hi,

Thanks to Failte Ireland for having pushed me to organise an event also for being a sponsor.

Now is the time to go back to my usual stuff, PHP Foundation and other FOSS contributions.

I m glad the attendees, the most important part, enjoyed their stay 👍. See you next.

Tomorrow is the day..

 Hi folks,

In less than 24 hour, the Foundation and team of organisers will be opening the event. Hope you have/had a safe trip and will enjoy your stay in Dublin !

Quite unexpected but now Microsoft is also a partner. Any help is valuable so thanks for joining us !

See you all tomorrow 👋

CU in Dublin ...

 Hi folks,

The date is approaching quickly now :-) there is room for every taste, whether you re more focus on tutorials or the tech talks. Lastly, there is a social event to share some unforgettable memories. Thanks again to our sponsors for their invaluable trust.

Several months after becoming a PHP Foundation member (time flies as always), I still enjoy interacting with the PHP users, other members and scratching my head to solve issues :-) Rest is as usual, more or less so now the Foundation and I are waiting your venue with great please, see you soon.

Count down ...

 Hi folks,

Still 100 days, as I write, before the EuroBSDCon event ! If you re curious how gold the Guiness beer is, I would advise to come pay a visit 🙂 in all seriousness, the program is diverse enough to please a large audience spread among the 3 BSD.

For accommodation, I would advise to book quickly as possible if not done already, we will happily welcome you.

See you next time !

It is open !

 Hi folks,

Some little updates regarding the upcoming EuroBSDCon 2024 ; the registration is now finally open !!

It had been a distant date ... up to now, making it more real 😊. The team will happily welcome you ! Thanks again to the sponsors !

Since the last time, I ve spent more time as a PHP Foundation Member, working on couple of bug fixes and mostly new features. Thanks to Sovereign Tech Fund helping to improve the overall security of the language. Anyhow, now we are more or less halfway before the 8.4 release still scheduled for November.

Besides that, I still like being versatile and contribute here and there, notably still some rust projects or rust itself whenever I can.

Until the next time, be well see you soon 😉