Re: [PHP-DEV] [META] Weekly Internals Summary Videos
[email protected] (Len Woodward) Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:14:39 -0700
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--0000000000005c4b3c065723d640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fennic: Thanks for the encouragement. I'm glad you're seeing value in it! Rob: We'll see if this thread ends up in the final script, haha. "And this week's human interest story: some dink named Len is asking everyone for their social media handles" On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 7:58=E2=80=AFAM fennic log <[email protected]> wr= ote: > Hi Len, > > First off, Great work, I appreciate your effort to glean more > visibility into the goings on in the internals of PHP and you have a nice > presentation style for your videos and a soothing voice. > > Secondly, anything you read from me, simply refer to as [fennic]( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_fox). > > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 at 01:27, Rob Landers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026, at 23:43, Len Woodward wrote: >> >> Hi contributors, >> >> For the last 6 weeks or so, in an effort to make the PHP internals more >> 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. >> >> *I have two things to discuss:* >> >> 1. I'm trying to ensure that contributors are properly >> tagged/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 i= t's >> not enough. 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 >> simple *Google Form* and link *that* instead? >> >> 2. To maintain accuracy, I want to include publishing the video link her= e >> to the internals list as part of my publishing workflow each week. I hop= e >> 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. >> >> --- >> >> 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 starts at 9:30am the subsequent Wednesday morning. >> Publishing is usually finished around ~5pm that same Wednesday. I'm work= ing >> hard to speed this up, but it's an iterative process. >> >> 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 platforms >> 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. >> >> 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_week_in_php_inter= nals_july_15_2026/ >> r/laravel >> https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/1uxntqb/this_week_in_php_inter= nals_july_15_2026/ >> dev.to >> https://dev.to/projektgopher/this-week-in-php-internals-july-15-2026-4nh= b >> mastodon https://phpc.social/@ProjektGopher/116926982520569384 >> threads https://www.threads.com/@projektgopher/post/Da1bNf_lL-r >> bsky https://bsky.app/profile/projektgopher.com/post/3mqq27xvmac2= s >> twitter https://x.com/ProjektGopher/status/2077559023998816461 >> linkedin >> https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7483325450434400256/ >> >> Thanks everyone for your help and support (especially on Discord), and >> I'm eager to keep this thing going. >> >> Cheers, >> Len >> >> >> You are going to include this email discussion in your video? right? :) >> >> =E2=80=94 Rob >> > --0000000000005c4b3c065723d640 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Fennic: Thanks for the encouragement. I'm glad you'= ;re seeing value in it!<br><br>Rob: We'll see if this thread ends up in= the final script, haha. "And this week's human interest story: so= me dink named Len is asking everyone for their social media handles"</= div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" c= lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 7:58=E2=80=AFAM fennic log <= <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<b= r></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex= ;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">= Hi Len,=C2=A0<br><br>First off, Great work, I appreciate your effort to gle= an more visibility=C2=A0into the goings on in the internals of PHP and you = have a nice presentation style for your videos and a soothing voice.=C2=A0<= br><br>Secondly, anything you read from me, simply refer to as [fennic](<a = href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_fox" target=3D"_blank">https:/= /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_fox</a>).=C2=A0<br><br></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 = at 01:27, Rob Landers <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_= quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,= 204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Mo= n, Jul 20, 2026, at 23:43, Len Woodward wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cit= e" id=3D"m_-7662667827347177572m_7700068626236454036qt"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d= iv>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 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 i= t'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><b= r></div><div>1. I'm trying to ensure that contributors are properly tag= ged/attributed/[at]mentioned on all these platforms, but I just don't h= ave 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&= #39;s not enough. To collect these handles for platforms like LinkedIn, Red= dit, Twitter, Bsky, Threads, Mastodon, etc, would it make more sense for yo= u all to <b>reply in this thread with all of your handles</b>, or should 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 include publishing t= he video link here 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 t= o include a 'corrections and errata' segment in the videos. If we f= ind that we're having to do multiple corections each week, then I'l= l probably post the first draft to the list and allow comments and correcti= ons 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 Va= ncouver time (UTC-7) each Tuesday evening. First draft of the script is usu= ally ready by 11:30 PM, and filming generally starts at 9:30am the subseque= nt Wednesday morning. Publishing is usually finished 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 include the link to las= t week's video here so that we can address any necessary corrections, a= nd I'll also a list of the platforms where I posted it. If anyone has i= deas for other platforms where this visibility work might be appreciated, I= 'd love to know them. I've also been submitting to laravel-news, an= d the phpweekly newsletter.</div><div><br></div><div>youtube =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = <a href=3D"https://youtu.be/cGNa33qGqEg" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu.be= /cGNa33qGqEg</a></div><div>r/php =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://ww= w.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/1uxnmsp/this_week_in_php_internals_july_15_2026= /" target=3D"_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/1uxnmsp/this_wee= k_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/</a></div><div>r/symfony =C2=A0 <a href=3D"= https://www.reddit.com/r/symfony/comments/1uxnuq0/this_week_in_php_internal= s_july_15_2026/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/symfony/comment= s/1uxnuq0/this_week_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/</a></div><div>r/laravel = =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/1uxntqb/this_we= ek_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.reddit.com= /r/laravel/comments/1uxntqb/this_week_in_php_internals_july_15_2026/</a></d= iv><div><a href=3D"http://dev.to" target=3D"_blank">dev.to</a> =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"https://dev.to/projektgopher/this-week-in-php-internal= s-july-15-2026-4nhb" target=3D"_blank">https://dev.to/projektgopher/this-we= ek-in-php-internals-july-15-2026-4nhb</a></div><div>mastodon =C2=A0 =C2=A0<= a href=3D"https://phpc.social/@ProjektGopher/116926982520569384" target=3D"= _blank">https://phpc.social/@ProjektGopher/116926982520569384</a></div><div= >threads =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://www.threads.com/@projektgopher/po= st/Da1bNf_lL-r" target=3D"_blank">https://www.threads.com/@projektgopher/po= st/Da1bNf_lL-r</a></div><div>bsky =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"htt= ps://bsky.app/profile/projektgopher.com/post/3mqq27xvmac2s" target=3D"_blan= k">https://bsky.app/profile/projektgopher.com/post/3mqq27xvmac2s</a></div><= div>twitter =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://x.com/ProjektGopher/status/207= 7559023998816461" target=3D"_blank">https://x.com/ProjektGopher/status/2077= 559023998816461</a></div><div>linkedin =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.= linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7483325450434400256/" target=3D"_blan= k">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7483325450434400256/</= a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks everyone for your help and support (espe= cially 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? ri= ght? :)</div><div><br></div><div id=3D"m_-7662667827347177572m_770006862623= 6454036sig105177672">=E2=80=94 Rob</div></div></blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> --0000000000005c4b3c065723d640--