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:
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 it’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?
To maintain accuracy, I want to include publishing the 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 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 ~8hr 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 working 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 been submitting to laravel-news, and the phpweekly newsletter.
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:
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 it’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?
To maintain accuracy, I want to include publishing the 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 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 ~8hr 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 working 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 been submitting to laravel-news, and the phpweekly newsletter.
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.
On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 at 01:27, Rob Landers <rob@getswytch.com> 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:
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 it’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?
To maintain accuracy, I want to include publishing the 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 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 ~8hr 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 working 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 been submitting to laravel-news, and the phpweekly newsletter.
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”
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.
On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 at 01:27, Rob Landers <rob@getswytch.com> 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:
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 it’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?
To maintain accuracy, I want to include publishing the 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 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 ~8hr 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 working 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 been submitting to laravel-news, and the phpweekly newsletter.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2026, at 4:43 PM, 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 it'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?
Please please Google form, so that we don't flood the list with noise in this thread.
Yes to an off-list solution, but please don’t use a Google (or other Big Tech) form. The info you are asking, especially when all combined in one form like you are suggesting, is pretty darn privacy sensitive and very valuable to surveillance capitalist companies like Google.
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On 22-7-2026 15:52, Larry Garfield wrote:
On Mon, Jul 20, 2026, at 4:43 PM, Len Woodward wrote:
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 it'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?
Please please Google form, so that we don't flood the list with noise in this thread.
Please please Google form, so that we don't flood the list with noise in this thread.
A form it is.
Yes to an off-list solution, but please don’t use a Google (or other Big Tech) form. The info you are asking, especially when all combined in one form like you are suggesting, is pretty darn privacy sensitive and very valuable to surveillance capitalist companies like Google.
Loud and clear. I’ll roll my own solution
I’ll post that link in this thread when I have time to whip that up, but once I’m finished editing this week’s episode I’m going to start a new thread for corrections and errata.
