Andrew Brereton
andrewbrereton.com
Andrew Brereton
@andrewbrereton.com
I build/break things. 👊

CTO/Head of Technology/Engineering Manager/Developer 🧑‍💻

#php #symfony #linux #leadership #agile #scalability #nobuild #nopaas 🤓

#melbourne

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Is GitHub down? I can't pull
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
God damn Lance Stroll #f1
May 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reposted by Andrew Brereton
It's version stats time!

stitcher.io/blog/php-ver...
PHP version stats: January, 2025 - stitcher.io
PHP usage in January, 2025
stitcher.io
January 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Reposted by Andrew Brereton
I pick the worst side projects.
January 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Happy New Year 🎊🎉🎈
December 31, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Great article on cloud repatriation. No one should be scared of bare metal.
Dec 22: Why we use our own hardware at Fastmail
Why we use our own hardware and what the tradeoffs and costs look like
www.fastmail.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Reposted by Andrew Brereton
Here are the slides of my #SymfonyCon talk:
www.canva.com/design/DAGXx...

It was such a great event, thanks to everyone who made it possible 🙂
December 9, 2024 at 10:09 AM
I have actually come up against this multiple times in my career (not as far as spinning out a new product). Very good article.

radanskoric.com/articles/rai...
Rails is better low code than low code
Update 2024-12-02 : There was a lively discussion about the post on Hacker News you might also find interesting: link to thread.
radanskoric.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Just upgraded a Symfony project from 7.1 to 7.2. Utterly painless and boring. Absolutely perfect.
December 3, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Reposted by Andrew Brereton
#Symfony 7.2 has just been released. Here is a list of curated features symfony.com/blog/symfony...
Big thanks to all the contributors!
Symfony 7.2 curated new features (Symfony Blog)
Symfony 7.2 curated new features
symfony.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Reposted by Andrew Brereton
Hey PHP devs, fun fact: the #️⃣ emoji starts a line comment!
November 26, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Someone should make an air fryer with an auto-jostle feature
November 27, 2024 at 6:17 AM
I'm interested to learn about the "Show more like this" and "Show less like this" buttons in the Discover tab. I use them quite a bit but it doesn't seem to alter the feed.
November 25, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Woah
Huh! Bsky supports punctuation and accents in hashtags.

#Fish'n'Chips

#Fish&Chips

#Ŕöméø&Jülíèt

#e=mc^2

The team here are giving it #110%
November 24, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Andrew Brereton
My one constructive criticism on BlueSky, as a community: we need to “like” less and “retweet” more. In the absence of an algorithm, that’s the way we find each other and reward good content.
November 24, 2024 at 2:08 PM
40/50 laps done at #LasVegasGP and still no yellow flags. Great racing. #f1
November 24, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Oh Williams you break my heart #f1
November 24, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Las Vegas, put your rubbish in the bin

#f1
November 24, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Ocon wtf #f1
November 24, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Project updated to PHP 8.4.1. Everything is working swimmingly.

Homebrew, Composer, PHP, Symfony. Such a strong combo.
November 23, 2024 at 8:20 AM
My boys are watching the Cars movies. I didn't realise how weird the trilogy is:

- Cars 1: winning a car racing championship
- Cars 2: spy thriller, Lightning McQueen is caught up international espionage plot
- Cars 3: winning a car racing championship

Still all great movies
a lightning mcqueen from the movie cars is driving down the road
Alt: a lightning mcqueen from the movie cars is driving down the road
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Reposted by Andrew Brereton
Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Happens to the best of us!
November 21, 2024 at 8:44 AM
The most underrated Symfony feature isn't necessarily technical. It's the predictable release cycle that allows your team to plan upgrades months in advance.
November 21, 2024 at 7:36 AM