Re: [PHP-DEV] [META] Weekly Internals Summary Videos

[email protected] ("Rob Landers") Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:26:29 +0200
Newsgroups php.internals
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2026, at 23:43, Len Woodward wrote:
> Hi contributors,
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> For the last 6 weeks or so, in an effort to make the PHP internals mor=
e accessible and visible to a wider audience, I've been summarizing the =
week's discussions into a ~10-15 minute weekly video, then breaking that=
 out into written content where it's supported, and threaded content for=
 other micro-blogging platforms.
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> *I have two things to discuss:*
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> 1. I'm trying to ensure that contributors are properly tagged/attribut=
ed/[at]mentioned on all these platforms, but I just don't have a well bu=
ilt-out list of all of your social handles. I've collected some of these=
 from the internals Discord and through web searches, but it's not enoug=
h. To collect these handles for platforms like LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter=
, Bsky, Threads, Mastodon, etc, would it make more sense for you all to =
*reply in this thread with all of your handles*, or should I create a si=
mple *Google Form* and link *that* instead?
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> 2. To maintain accuracy, I want to include publishing the video link h=
ere to the internals list as part of my publishing workflow each week. I=
 hope this provides an easy path for anyone who feels I've misunderstood=
 or misrepresented their messages to correct me, allowing me to include =
a 'corrections and errata' segment in the videos. If we find that we're =
having to do multiple corections each week, then I'll probably post the =
first draft to the list and allow comments and corrections during an ~8h=
r window *before* filming.
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> ---
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> The data cutoff is weekly at 10pm Vancouver time (UTC-7) each Tuesday =
evening. First draft of the script is usually ready by 11:30 PM, and fil=
ming generally starts at 9:30am the subsequent Wednesday morning. Publis=
hing is usually finished around ~5pm that same Wednesday. I'm working ha=
rd to speed this up, but it's an iterative process.
>=20
> I'm going to include the link to last week's video here so that we can=
 address any necessary corrections, and I'll also a list of the platform=
s where I posted it. If anyone has ideas for other platforms where this =
visibility work might be appreciated, I'd love to know them. I've also b=
een submitting to laravel-news, and the phpweekly newsletter.
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> youtube     https://youtu.be/cGNa33qGqEg
> r/php       https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/1uxnmsp/this_week_in=
_php_internals_july_15_2026/
> r/symfony   https://www.reddit.com/r/symfony/comments/1uxnuq0/this_wee=
k_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/
> r/laravel   https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/1uxntqb/this_wee=
k_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/
> dev.to      https://dev.to/projektgopher/this-week-in-php-internals-ju=
ly-15-2026-4nhb
> mastodon    https://phpc.social/@ProjektGopher/116926982520569384
> threads     https://www.threads.com/@projektgopher/post/Da1bNf_lL-r
> bsky        https://bsky.app/profile/projektgopher.com/post/3mqq27xvma=
c2s
> twitter     https://x.com/ProjektGopher/status/2077559023998816461
> linkedin    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:74833254=
50434400256/
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> Thanks everyone for your help and support (especially on Discord), and=
 I'm eager to keep this thing going.
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> Cheers,
> Len

You are going to include this email discussion in your video? right? :)

=E2=80=94 Rob
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iv><br></div><div>On Mon, Jul 20, 2026, at 23:43, Len Woodward wrote:</d=
iv><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"qt" style=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=
Hi contributors,</div><div><br></div><div>For the last 6 weeks or so, in=
 an effort to make the PHP internals more accessible and visible to a wi=
der audience, I've been summarizing the week's discussions into a ~10-15=
 minute weekly video, then breaking that out into written content where =
it's supported, and threaded content for other micro-blogging platforms.=
</div><div><br></div><div><b>I have two things to discuss:</b></div><div=
><br></div><div>1. I'm trying to ensure that contributors are properly t=
agged/attributed/[at]mentioned on all these platforms, but I just don't =
have a well built-out list of all of your social handles. I've collected=
 some of these from the internals Discord and through web searches, but =
it's not enough. To collect these handles for platforms like LinkedIn, R=
eddit, Twitter, Bsky, Threads, Mastodon, etc, would it make more sense f=
or you all to <b>reply in this thread with all of your handles</b>, or s=
hould I create a simple <b>Google Form</b> and link <i>that</i> instead?=
</div><div><br></div><div><div>2. To maintain accuracy, I want to includ=
e publishing the video link here to the internals list as part of my pub=
lishing workflow each week. I hope this provides an easy path for anyone=
 who feels I've misunderstood or misrepresented their messages to correc=
t me, allowing me to include a 'corrections and errata' segment in the v=
ideos. If we find that we're having to do multiple corections each week,=
 then I'll probably post the first draft to the list and allow comments =
and corrections during an ~8hr window <b>before</b> filming.</div><div><=
br></div><div>---</div></div><div><div><br></div><div>The data cutoff is=
 weekly at 10pm Vancouver time (UTC-7) each Tuesday evening. First draft=
 of the script is usually ready by 11:30 PM, and filming generally start=
s at 9:30am the subsequent Wednesday morning. Publishing is usually fini=
shed around ~5pm that same Wednesday. I'm working hard to speed this up,=
 but it's an iterative process.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm going to in=
clude the link to last week's video here so that we can address any nece=
ssary corrections, and I'll also a list of the platforms where I posted =
it. If anyone has ideas for other platforms where this visibility work m=
ight be appreciated, I'd love to know them. I've also been submitting to=
 laravel-news, and the phpweekly newsletter.</div><div><br></div><div>yo=
utube &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=3D"https://youtu.be/cGNa33qGqEg">https://you=
tu.be/cGNa33qGqEg</a></div><div>r/php &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/1uxnmsp/this_week_in_php_internals_j=
uly_15_2026/">https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/1uxnmsp/this_week_in=
_php_internals_july_15_2026/</a></div><div>r/symfony &nbsp; <a href=3D"h=
ttps://www.reddit.com/r/symfony/comments/1uxnuq0/this_week_in_php_intern=
als_july_15_2026/">https://www.reddit.com/r/symfony/comments/1uxnuq0/thi=
s_week_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/</a></div><div>r/laravel &nbsp; <a =
href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/1uxntqb/this_week_in_p=
hp_internals_july_15_2026/">https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/1u=
xntqb/this_week_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/</a></div><div><a href=3D"=
http://dev.to">dev.to</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=3D"https://dev.to/=
projektgopher/this-week-in-php-internals-july-15-2026-4nhb">https://dev.=
to/projektgopher/this-week-in-php-internals-july-15-2026-4nhb</a></div><=
div>mastodon &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=3D"https://phpc.social/@ProjektGopher/=
116926982520569384">https://phpc.social/@ProjektGopher/11692698252056938=
4</a></div><div>threads &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=3D"https://www.threads.com=
/@projektgopher/post/Da1bNf_lL-r">https://www.threads.com/@projektgopher=
/post/Da1bNf_lL-r</a></div><div>bsky &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=3D=
"https://bsky.app/profile/projektgopher.com/post/3mqq27xvmac2s">https://=
bsky.app/profile/projektgopher.com/post/3mqq27xvmac2s</a></div><div>twit=
ter &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=3D"https://x.com/ProjektGopher/status/20775590=
23998816461">https://x.com/ProjektGopher/status/2077559023998816461</a><=
/div><div>linkedin &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www.linkedin.com/feed=
/update/urn:li:share:7483325450434400256/">https://www.linkedin.com/feed=
/update/urn:li:share:7483325450434400256/</a></div><div><br></div><div>T=
hanks everyone for your help and support (especially on Discord), and I'=
m eager to keep this thing going.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div>=
<div>Len</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You are going=
 to include this email discussion in your video? right? :)</div><div><br=
></div><div id=3D"sig105177672">=E2=80=94 Rob</div></body></html>
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