Podcast
Community Corner
Highlighting the PHP Community and the people within it.
Hosted by Scott Keck-Warren
62 Episodes
Community Corner Podcast: Zachary Watkins Codes With His Voice, Feet, and Face
In this episode, Scott talks with Zach Watkins about coding through osteoarthritis with Talon Voice, a split keyboard mounted to his chair, and foot pedals with macOS head tracking. Chapters: 00:00...
Community Corner Podcast: cakePHP with Jamison Bryant
In this episode, Scott talks with Jamison Bryant about what sets CakePHP apart from Laravel and Symfony, the plugin ecosystem, and how he moved TicketSauce from CakePHP 2 to 5 with the strangler fig...
Community Corner Podcast: elePHPants with Damien Seguy
In this episode, Scott talks with Damien Seguy about the history of the elePHPant, from Vincent Pontier’s logo doodle to 6,054 plush toys in Damien’s home, how the community trade...
Community Corner Podcast: Agentic Commerce with Paul Conroy
In this episode, Scott talks with Paul Conroy about agentic commerce: how AI agents buy things on our behalf, how Stripe’s shared payment tokens keep them on a budget, and how the Machi...
Community Corner Podcast: This Week in PHP Internals with Len Woodward
In this episode, Scott talks Len Woodward about This Week in PHP Internals and the state of the PHP Internals world. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – ht...
Community Corner Podcast: Pop PHP with Nick Sagona
In this episode, Scott talks to Nick Sagona about Pop PHP, a PHP framework that removes the “magic” so your code is easier to understand and maintain. Links: Our Discord – https:/...
Community Corner Podcast: bun-php with Stanislav Khromov
In this episode, Scott talks with Stanislav Khromov about his project bun-php, which allows PHP to be run through the Bun JavaScript runtime. Links: https://github.com/khromov/bun-ph...
Community Corner: Trust Hacked with Nia Luckey
In this episode, Scott talks with Nia Luckey about her new book “Trust Hacked: What Firewalls, Failures, and the Frontlines Taught Me About Trust”. Links: Our Discord – http...
Community Corner Podcast: Longhorn PHP 2026 with Ian Littman
In this episode, Scott talks to Ian Littman about Longhorn PHP 2026, a 2-day conference in Austin, TX, on October 15–16, 2026, at the Holiday Inn Austin Midtown. Links: Our Discord – https:/...
Community Corner Podcast: PHP 8.5 + 8.6 Release Manager Daniel Scherzer
In this episode, Scott talks with Daniel Scherzer, release manager for PHP 8.5 and PHP 8.6, about the bug-fix release cycle, partial function application coming in 8.6, and his upcoming talks at Lon...
Community Corner: JSCPD with Andrey Kucherenko
In this episode, Scott talks with Andrey Kucherenko, creator of jscpd, about why copy-pasted code is an anti-pattern, how jscpd detects duplicate code across dozens of languages, and how the...
Community Corner Podcast: Firefly III with James Cole
In this episode, Scott talks with James Cole, creator of Firefly III, an open source personal finance manager. James explains why he built Firefly III after graduating college with student debt, how...
Community Corner: Spec-Driven Development with Holly Schilling
In this episode, Scott talks Holly Schilling about her work on the php tek 2026 mobile app and spec-driven development. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts –...
Community Corner: Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Joe Devon
In this episode, Scott talks Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Joe Devon the creator of the day. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store.ph...
Community Corner: Storyblok with Daniel Mendoza
In this episode, Scott talks Storyblok with Daniel Mendoza and his talk on using AI to help developers learn new technology that he will be presenting at JStek 2026. Links: Our Discord – http...
Community Corner: The AI Refactor with Kumuda Sreenivasa
In this episode, Scott talks Kumuda Sreenivasa about her talk on using AI to help with refactoring/replacing legacy system that she’s be presenting at JStek 2026. Links: Our Discord – ht...
Community Corner: I Said No With Dr Jen Fry
In this episode, Scott talks with Dr Jen Fry about Sports Geography, Saying NO, and her keynote at https://phptek.io/ (tickets still available). Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxun...
Community Corner Podcast: Nginx and You with Chris Lemon
In this episode, Scott talks with Chris Lemon about why us “normal” non-devops developers need to know about Nginx. We also discuss his talk at https://phptek.io/ (tickets still availabl...
Community Corner Podcast: The Trust Protocol with Nia Luckey
In this episode, Scott talks with the trust protocol with @nialuckey7652 and her keynote at @phptek 2026. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store...
Community Corner: The Activated Leader with Lilah Jones
In this episode, Scott talks with Lilah Jones about the Activated Leader, how it can help navigate change, and her keynote at #phptek 2026. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy...
