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Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. Because open-source equals open societies, peeps. That necessitates a mission of destroying big tech. We also cover the cybersecurity world and the Fediverse (more open-source and democracy).
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My opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans.
Symfony
As always, we will start with the official news from Symfony.
Highlight -> "This week, development activity focused on the upcoming Symfony 7.1 version. We optimized the generation of some UUIDs, improved the autocompletion feature in the console and made AutowirePass re-entrant in preparation for further improvements."
A Week of Symfony #895 (19-25 February 2024)
They also have:
SensioLabs announces:
Symfony 7 Courses Are Now Available!
This is a great value but not free.
SymfonyCasts has:
The free Symfony 7 course has started, so take a look.
Live Components + Turbo Streams: Navigating a Turbo Frame
Live Stream #11: Turbo Morph Updates & Autocomplete morphing work
Featured Item
A List Apart writes:
Forget death and taxes. The only certainty on the web is change. Ste Grainer takes a brief look at the history of the web and how it has been constantly reinvented. Then he explores where we are now, and how we can shape the future of the web for the better.
The Wax and the Wane of the Web
This Week
Twilio shows us:
How To Implement OTP Authentication in Symfony With WhatsApp
Filip Horvat explores:
Symfony — Detect All Changes On Doctrine Entities
Symfony — Functional Tests for Standalone Bundles
Nikolay Nikolov examines:
Enhancing Code Decoupling in Symfony with Immutable Data Transfer Objects (DTOs)
Oliver Davies looks at:
Building a design system in a few hours with Symfony
AndersonPEM explores:
Symfony: The way of the bundle
Hantsy Bai shows us how to:
Serghei Pogor examines:
Unlocking Symfony’s Potential: A Guide to Avoiding Hardcoding in PHP Development
eCommerce
BitExpert asks and answers:
What are Sylius Template Events?
Platforms
Ash Allen looks at:
Identifying Performance Issues in Laravel with Inspector
Kevin Dunglas explores:
Running Laravel Apps With FrankenPHP
CMSs
TYPO3 has:
Being TYPO3 at CMS Kickoff 2024
February 2024: Developer Appreciation Day (DAD)
T3rriffic shares:
Drupal has:
The Drupal Association still stands with Ukraine
As anyone who isn't a c^nt should.
Golems shows us some:
Ways to Optimize Carousel Sliders in Drupal for Faster Page Loading
Great stuff.
Agile Drop interviews:
Henk Beld of amazee.io: A focus on marketing & integrations for the next generation of Drupal
Tag1 examines:
Enhancing Drupal's Layout Builder: Introducing Layout Builder Plus
I'm building a Layout Builder-focused site now and will definitely check this out.
The Drop Times has:
Which CMS? Global City Website Trends Examined
Enhancing Digital Accessibility: The Accessible Tableau Integration Module
Specbee shows us:
How to integrate SSO with Drupal using SAML
And Horizontal Digital shows us:
How to Migrate from Video Embed WYSIWYG to Drupal Core Media
CKEditor looks at:
Drupal and CKEditor: a history of advanced content editing
Lullabot explores:
Navigation Blocks and Local Tasks for Drupal's Admin UI
This looks fantastic.
ComputerMinds examines:
Aegir 3 and Drupal 10: just about working
Four Kitchens looks at:
Configuration splits and upgrade maintenance
DDEV has:
Previous Weeks
TYPO3 has:
Report From The Content Types Team
T3Planet shares:
What's New in TYPO3 v13.0? (Feature Release Series #1)
PHP
This Week
The PHP Foundation shares:
The PHP Foundation: Impact and Transparency Report 2023
The Next Web asks:
Why PHP continues to be a popular but divisive programming language
PHP is not divisive. There are people who use it because it works and ignorant fucks. 😉
php[architect] publishes:
The PHP Gambit: Winning Strategies in Code - February 2024
Barely made it.
Nemanja Milenkovic explores:
Rethinking Database Migrations: The Diminishing Role of the down() Method in PHP Frameworks
Dragan Rapić asks:
Antonio Silva examines:
Michał Kurcewicz looks at:
Alex asks:
Strict Types: Should You Use Them?
PhpStorm shows us:
How to Generate PHP Tests With JetBrains AI Assistant
And João Vitor Lima shows us:
Como configurar o VSCode para programar em PHP no Windows
Dariusz Gafka explores:
Integrating PHP Applications with Ecotone and RabbitMQ
Kuluoluo examines:
The Benefits of Migrating Your Local Development to ServBay (MacOs Users)
Sean Kegel shows us how to:
Fix Flaky Tests with Pest Repeat
Nikolay Nikolov looks at:
Mastering Traits in PHP: Reusability and Separation of Concerns
Jochelle Mendonca explores:
The Lazy Loop: How Generators Saved My PHP Applications
Jimmy Klein says:
Never write another loop again
More Programming
Smashing Mag shares:
A Web Designer’s Accessibility Advocacy Toolkit
Free Code Camp looks at:
Advanced CSS Selectors – How and When to Use Them
Parthipan Natkunam is:
Exploring CSS Isolation Property: Enhancing Web Design with Stacking Contexts
InfoQ explores:
The Creators of the Atom Code Editor Open-Source Zed, Their New Rust-Based High-Performance Editor
The Hacker News reports:
GitHub Rolls Out Default Secret Scanning Push Protection for Public Repositories
Fighting for Democracy
Please visit our Support Ukraine page to learn how you can help kick Russia out of Ukraine (eventually, like ending apartheid in South Africa).
The cyber response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery
This section is encoragingly long this week.
Bleeping Computer reports:
FTC sues H&R Block over deceptive 'free' online filing ads
Registrars can now block all domains that resemble brand names
New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia
U.S. charges Iranian for hacks on defense orgs, offers $10M for info
The Register reports:
Sandvine put on America's export no-fly list after Egypt used network tech for spying
Rights groups file GDPR suits on Meta's pay-or-consent model
The Verge reports:
The US is investigating Chinese vehicles amid security concerns
Apple’s decision to drop iPhone web apps comes under scrutiny in the EU
9 to 5 Mac has more:
Apple blocking web apps in Europe looks set to lead to antitrust investigation
Apple says iOS 17.4 won’t remove Home Screen web apps in the EU after all
Gee, I wonder why?
The Hacker News reports:
Microsoft Expands Free Logging Capabilities for all U.S. Federal Agencies
Undark reports:
A Transparent, Open-Source Vision for U.S. Elections
Euronews reports:
EU Policy. Meta second to set up EU online election centre to fight disinformation
'Furious': Critics question Microsoft's deal with Mistral AI, as EU set to look into it
The Next Web reports:
EU antitrust case against Microsoft-Mistral deal amounts to ‘decisive influence’
The Guardian reports:
Google sued for $2.3bn by European media groups over digital ad losses
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
This section is depressingly long this week.
Bleeping Computer reports:
New IDAT loader version uses steganography to push Remcos RAT
Lazarus hackers exploited Windows zero-day to gain Kernel privileges
The Hacker News reports:
Iran-Linked UNC1549 Hackers Target Middle East Aerospace & Defense Sectors
Phylum reports:
Fake Developer Jobs Laced With Malware
The Guardian reports:
‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election?
Cory Doctorow examines:
Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms
The Verge reports:
A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO
Who in the hell enjoys enshittification.
Mashable reports:
Tumblr CEO's public 'meltdown' is mocked, memed by users
Matt needs to stay on his sabbatical and shut the fuck up.
Tumblr's staff has their say:
A message from a few of the trans staff at Tumblr & Automattic
404 Media reports on Etsy douchebaggery:
Bound Up in Fanfic Controversy
And Amazon's:
AI-Generated Kara Swisher Biographies Flood Amazon
And Automattic continuing their enshittification:
Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools
Here is Automattic's spin:
More Control Over the Content You Share
Goblin.band has:
Again mofos, opt-out is invasive and opt-in is privacy-oriented.
**At least they provided a tutorial for opting out. Note that this is the company Automattic and its wordpress.com and Tumblr products. At the moment it does not appear to apply to Jetpack users.
Also note that this is not the open-source wordpress.org software and its contributors behind the doucheness.
Then 404 Media came out with this:
A WordPress ‘Firehose’ Allows AI Companies to Buy Access to a Million Posts a Day
Unfortunately, this does include Jetpack and WordPress.org blogs using it.
Automattic replied to 404 Media:
What a disaster.
The Markup has a series reporting on automated biased censorship from the shits at Instagram:
Platformer reports:
Meta's data dance with its Oversight Board
The Jewish Chronicle asks:
Why is Holocaust denial rampant on Gen Z’s favourite news source?
Tik Tok.
Thomas Steiner answers:
So, what exactly did Apple break in the EU?
Lawfare Media reports:
Why Is the Government Fleeing Key Tech Partnerships Before 2024?
Cybersecurity/Privacy
Dark Reading reports:
NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
The Next Gen of Cybersecurity Could Be Hiding in Big Tech
This is a sterling idea.
Bleeping Computer reports:
Savvy Seahorse gang uses DNS CNAME records to power investor scams
TechCrunch reports:
A government watchdog hacked a US federal agency to stress-test its cloud security
Decipher reports:
CISA, FBI Warn of Continued BlackCat Ransomware Activity
Fediverse
The Fediverse Report has:
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 57
The Journal of Online Trust and Safetly has:
Securing Federated Platforms: Collective Risks and Responses
Digital Pioneers shares:
Fediverse tip: platforms and instances! Huh?
il Post shares:
We Distribute reports:
Newsmast Brings Huge New Features in 3.0 Update
Akkoma announces:
Akkoma stable 2024.02 - Background followbacks
Funkwhale announces:
The path to Funkwhale 2.0: a new app
Forgejo has:
Forgejo monthly update - February 2024
TechCrunch reports:
Threads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS
It's FOSS compares:
Bluesky vs. Mastodon: Which Twitter Alternative Should You Choose?
Other federated social media
Steve Klabnik asks and answers:
Manton Reece shares:
TechCrunch reports:
Bluesky snags former Twitter/X Trust & Safety exec cut by Musk
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