Brent
@brendt.bsky.social
New book: https://things-i-wish-i-knew.com/
https://timeline-taxi.com
https://tempestphp.com
https://stitcher.io
Developer Advocate for PHP @jetbrains.com
https://timeline-taxi.com
https://tempestphp.com
https://stitcher.io
Developer Advocate for PHP @jetbrains.com
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tempest now has 2k stars and its daily installs are also climbing significantly!
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tempest now has 2k stars and its daily installs are also climbing significantly!
If you're at @symfony.com conference tomorrow, come check out my unconf talk at 11!
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If you're at @symfony.com conference tomorrow, come check out my unconf talk at 11!
tempest/highlight just crossed half a million installs!
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
tempest/highlight just crossed half a million installs!
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
symfony/polyfill is downloaded so much that its download count doesn't fit on a single line anymore 😂
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
symfony/polyfill is downloaded so much that its download count doesn't fit on a single line anymore 😂
Timeline Taxi is nearing its one year anniversary. I'm preparing something awesome!
October 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Timeline Taxi is nearing its one year anniversary. I'm preparing something awesome!
This is what OAuth support looks like in Tempest 2.2.
I think it's pretty 🤩
I think it's pretty 🤩
October 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is what OAuth support looks like in Tempest 2.2.
I think it's pretty 🤩
I think it's pretty 🤩
You know, don't mind me doing my casual code reviews 😇
October 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You know, don't mind me doing my casual code reviews 😇
When I wrote about impact charts, I really missed a proper dot-grid notebook to keep track of mine. So I made one. If you read the "Things I wish I knew" book, really liked it, and want to support me, I made two versions of that notebook for sale (normal and XL, banana for scale)
September 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
When I wrote about impact charts, I really missed a proper dot-grid notebook to keep track of mine. So I made one. If you read the "Things I wish I knew" book, really liked it, and want to support me, I made two versions of that notebook for sale (normal and XL, banana for scale)
Think quick — PHP's new pipe operator: what do you think the output will be in PHP 8.5?
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Think quick — PHP's new pipe operator: what do you think the output will be in PHP 8.5?
Pretty sure @freek.bsky.social will like this one: in Tempest 2.0 we've split the database migration interface into two: MigratesUp and MigratesDown, implementing a down migration thus becomes optional
September 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pretty sure @freek.bsky.social will like this one: in Tempest 2.0 we've split the database migration interface into two: MigratesUp and MigratesDown, implementing a down migration thus becomes optional
I just love Tempest's simplicity! 🌊
I'm finally converting aggregate to Tempest, and I'm migrating data between two databases, super easy 🤩
I'm finally converting aggregate to Tempest, and I'm migrating data between two databases, super easy 🤩
September 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I just love Tempest's simplicity! 🌊
I'm finally converting aggregate to Tempest, and I'm migrating data between two databases, super easy 🤩
I'm finally converting aggregate to Tempest, and I'm migrating data between two databases, super easy 🤩
My paperback book just arrived, always a little more special being able to physically hold what you've written.
September 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
My paperback book just arrived, always a little more special being able to physically hold what you've written.
Small beginnings, but this is nice!
September 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Small beginnings, but this is nice!
If you want something to do during the weekend, I highly recommend checking out my new book! things-i-wish-i-knew.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If you want something to do during the weekend, I highly recommend checking out my new book! things-i-wish-i-knew.com
I have a confession to make… I prefer to use union null over ? to mark nullable types, and also prefer to start the union type with null|
Am I the only one???
Am I the only one???
July 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I have a confession to make… I prefer to use union null over ? to mark nullable types, and also prefer to start the union type with null|
Am I the only one???
Am I the only one???
Can you spot where in this graph Tempest was released?
Granted, it are still baby steps. But hey, gotta start somewhere :)
Granted, it are still baby steps. But hey, gotta start somewhere :)
July 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Can you spot where in this graph Tempest was released?
Granted, it are still baby steps. But hey, gotta start somewhere :)
Granted, it are still baby steps. But hey, gotta start somewhere :)
Something I've been working on slowly but am super excited about: Timeline Taxi part 2, as well as an audiobook of the first book 🤩
Lots of work to be done still, and I'm not putting any pressure on myself, but we're making progress 💪
Lots of work to be done still, and I'm not putting any pressure on myself, but we're making progress 💪
June 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Something I've been working on slowly but am super excited about: Timeline Taxi part 2, as well as an audiobook of the first book 🤩
Lots of work to be done still, and I'm not putting any pressure on myself, but we're making progress 💪
Lots of work to be done still, and I'm not putting any pressure on myself, but we're making progress 💪
Just published a new video! I had fun with this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVaS...
June 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Just published a new video! I had fun with this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVaS...
I've rewritten all the docs for Tempest's database component. Wow, it's pretty nice!
I think I'm starting to like our ORM, actually 🤔
I think I'm starting to like our ORM, actually 🤔
May 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I've rewritten all the docs for Tempest's database component. Wow, it's pretty nice!
I think I'm starting to like our ORM, actually 🤔
I think I'm starting to like our ORM, actually 🤔
Codestyle question: A or B?
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Codestyle question: A or B?