Less than two weeks until my last European conference talk for a while. Join me at #SymfonyLive Berlin as I explore how ORM abstractions not only limit how we build software, but AI packages as well! live.symfony.com/2026-berlin…

We're looking for an engineer with #PHP internals knowledge to help us maintain the #MongoDB extension! The role is based in Ireland, but relocation support is available. If you have experience working on PHP extensions, I'd love to chat with you: mongodb.com/careers/jobs/771…

Merged 🎉 You can't imagine how proud I feel as life made me struggle to do anything beyond pure maintenance work on #OSS for the past 2 years. This is the culmination of discussions that started 8 years ago 🚀 Special thanks to @alcaeus, @tfidry, @zenstruck and @YonelCeruto who helped a lot! I can't wait to see all the cool things the community is gonna ship through the CLI thanks to this and all the huge improvements that've been made to the @symfony Console lately. Now looking forward to seeing how console-dependent libraries and framework can leverage these features 👀

I wrote about how I built an application that stores more than half a billion fuel prices in a #MongoDB database and displays the relevant 30 prices faster than you can blink. Part 1 on how to model the database and import this much data is available now: dev.to/mongodb/how-to-scale-…

The farewell Europe tour continues! Next up, #Laracon EU in Amsterdam.

Automatic data encryption on the client side, the ultimate in data security. Plus, it's queryable, which is impressive. The MongoDB driver automatically encrypts and decrypts the data and makes it queryable, using your secret key. Now natively supported by Doctrine ODM.

I am still in shock. It was inevitable, but no matter how much we try to prepare, it is never easy. I’m glad I was able to hang out with Ryan in March to enjoy his company and humour, and to soak up as much inspiration as possible. Ryan will be deeply missed, but never forgotten.

🚨 #APIPlatformCon Speaker reveal! Meet @GromNaN: maintainer of the PHP drivers and libraries for @MongoDB and member of the @symfony Core Team. Don’t miss his talk on everything you need to know about using API Platform with MongoDB. Join us: api-platform.com/con/2025

The new major version of the MongoDB PHP driver has been released. This is a boring release that only removes deprecated things. As any other good library that take care of its users, the awesome features are in the minor releases. github.com/mongodb/mongo-php… #PHP

MongoDB integration for Laravel version 5.2 released. With support of Atlas Search as search engine for Laravel Scout. laravel-news.com/laravel-mon…

🎙️🇩🇪 Meet the speakers #Symfony_Live Berlin 2025: @alcaeus will present "PHP Extensions: still alive and full of hidden powers" 🔎Read more: live.symfony.com/2025-berlin… 🎟️Join us: live.symfony.com/2025-berlin…

Going to @LaraconEU? Come see @GromNaN and me at the @MongoDB booth to check out our AI demo, grab some swags, and get some of your questions about "big data" answered. I even built a small demo with some 60 TB of data to play around with :)

Since @weaverryan and @leannapelham couldn't make it to @symfonycon, we're bringing a SymfonyDay to them! Join us and share the joy of gathering together! live.symfony.com/2025-chicag…

I'll be at #SymfonyCon next week to talk about PIE, the new PHP Installer for Extensions. I'll also be back at #SymfonyLive Berlin next April to talk about some hidden powers of PHP extensions (and some shenanigans you probably shouldn't abuse).

🎙️Meet the speakers #SymfonyCon Vienna 2024: @alcaeus will talk about "From Pickles to Pie: Sweeten Your PHP Extension Installs" 🔎More details & schedule: live.symfony.com/2024-vienna… 🎟️Get your ticket: live.symfony.com/2024-vienna…

This is my most lopsided contribution ever, and I don't think I'll be able to beat that anytime soon.

🎤Meet @symfonycon Vienna 2024 speakers Join Andreas Braun for a nostalgic look at the evolution of PHP extensions and their challenges. Learn how the PHP Foundation is developing a new Installer to simplify writing, publishing, and managing extensions⤵️ symfony.com/blog/symfonycon-…

I think it’s time this planet gets nuked into nuclear winter and a new species gets a do-over in a few millennia. What the fuck are we even doing here?