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Chris Kankiewicz
@phlak.dev
👨‍💻 Passionate PHP developer
🐧 Linux junkie
🖥️ Avid PC gamer
☕ Coffee aficionado
👫 Dedicated husband
👨‍👧‍👦 Proud father of two

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Welcome to fam, ya'll!
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame

(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Reposted by Chris Kankiewicz
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:

Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame. 

Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Release v5.3.2 with some minor refactoring and dependency updates.

github.com/DirectoryLis...
Release v5.3.2 · DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister
Changed Internal refactoring Set HTML lang tag (#1399 - Thanks @Massi-X!) Dependency updates
github.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hey #Laravel people, is this the best way to set default values for Model attributes on object instantiation? Am I missing an obvious alternative solution?
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Today I was on a call with other developers discussing how to fix a problem. A potential solution was proposed that would require us to remember about it and do things a certain way in the future so naturally I asked, "What happens when we make the change and six months from now forget about it?".
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I ❤️ regular expressions!

For those that missed it, I once gave an introductory talk about regex at my local PHP meetup. Check it out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsp...
azPHP October, 2020: Don't Fear the RegEx
YouTube video by AzPHP
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October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Got something new coming... stay tuned. 😉
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is one of my favorite helper functions I end up adding to many projects I work on (or some variation of this). It makes extracting bits of text from a larger bit of text simple.
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Reposted by Chris Kankiewicz
Goodbye Google Fonts! In v5.3.0 fonts are now bundled and loaded locally meaning they will work even without an internet connection.

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Release v5.3.0 · DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister
Changed Goodbye Google Fonts! Fonts are now bundled and loaded locally Return 404 response when attempting to access a hidden file or folder Added support for markdown style definition lists to RE...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Not sure if I've noticed this before but I smiled when I saw it today.
September 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by Chris Kankiewicz
Started getting this "self-signed certificate in certificate chain" error when running "artisan migrate ..." commands within my Docker container today.
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Enjoyed the Tmux talk at #laracon

Thanks @alexandersix.com!
July 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is going to be fun! #laracon
July 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Released v8.0.0 of Stash, the lightweight PHP caching library.

github.com/PHLAK/Stash/...
Release 8.0.0 · PHLAK/Stash
Warning This release contains backward compatibility breaking changes! These changes are in bold and preceded by a ⚠️ symbol. Changed ⚠️ Bumped minimum supported PHP version to 8.1 ⚠️ Changed cac...
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July 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Received my @PHPStan ElePHPant over the weekend!

#PHP #PHPStan #ElePHPant
July 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Released v5.1.0 which adds the ability to specify files that should be directly linked. Directly linked files will not be served by Directory Lister but handled by the web server directly.

github.com/DirectoryLis...
Release v5.1.0 · DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister
Changed Added the ability to specify files to be directly linked via the DIRECT_LINKS configuration option Dependency updates
github.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My @kagi.com Android app updated today and searching from the widget is now WAY faster and a better experience with the bottom buttons. I'm impressed.
May 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Normally I'm a calm and rational person, however I am now having an internal crisis after realizing that one day (hopefully a long, long time from now) there will be no more @taskmaster.tv
May 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Version 5.0.6 released with a minor bump to dependencies.

github.com/DirectoryLis...
Release v5.0.6 · DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister
Changed Dependency updates
github.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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With today's v5.0.5 release we're moving the official Docker image to the Directory Lister Docker Hub team.

github.com/DirectoryLis...
Release v5.0.5 · DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister
ImportantWe have created a dedicated Directory Lister team on Docker Hub and starting with this release the official Docker image will be available as directorylister/directorylister. The old image...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.
April 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Seems like I have chrissev.bsky.social to thank for this, so big thanks to him!

x.com/chris__sev/s...
April 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
OH HELL YEAH! Someone over at Laravel implemented my idea/request!
April 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM