How much do we really need many tools we use ?

Hello,

I'm PHP developer since 2009. I worked on websites and pure backend. Always with heavy traffic and volumetry of data to manage.

Here a list of framework/tools/library I used:
- Symfony framework with some component (Cache, Serializer, HttpClient, Messenger)
- API Plateform
- Doctrine ORM
- React Admin

All of them seems great but... Do I/we really need them ? Are we using them because we need them or because:
- they were here before us in our current job ?
- we don't know how to do without them ?
- some people in events said it was great so it should be true ?
- we didn't master the basics so we try to dodge our weakness ?

At my job, we removed Api Plateform. Because it is not so difficult and it does not take so much time to implement our endpoints with Symfony 7. Less configuration to maintains, less magic code executed, less bugs from space, less time lost.

We also replaced Doctrine ORM by Doctrine DBAL. We write directly our request in SQL. More convenient to read, debug, check performance issue (EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN ANALYSE with pgsql). Entities are hydrated manually. Yes it take a little time to write the code which hydrate ann entity from a PHP array, but less configuration, less magic bugs, less over generic code managing all possible cases we don't have. We directly know what exactly is happening, better performance.

Do you really feel something similar ?

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Symfony 7.3.1 released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-7-3-1-released?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed

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Symfony 6.4.23 released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-6-4-23-released?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed

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Symfony 7.2.8 released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-7-2-8-released?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed

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I wanted to share a project I've been working on

I created it to solve a common problem: processing large datasets (gigs of CSV, JSON, etc.) in a language like PHP without the noscript crashing due to memory exhaustion. The solution was to build the entire processing pipeline around PHP's Generators, which allows data to be handled one record at a time in a streaming fashion.

I was heavily inspired by the fluent and expressive syntax of libraries like .NET's LINQ and Laravel's Collections, so I focused on making the API as clean and readable as possible.

I any of you are interested here is the link to the repo:

https://github.com/zepzeper/torol

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I build a Flexible Business Application System in Symfony

I just want to bring your attention to one of my work👇

PrestoFox is a Flexible Business Application System that has collection of components that is need for build an application of any complexity.

It has built its multi-tenant architecture. Using PrestoFox one can build any kind of app like PWA, Web App, iOS app, Android app, desktop app, or browser plugin using a single code base.

It has components like custom fields, workflows, authentication, multi-tenancy, configuration system, reports, dashboard, permission system , import and export , attachment, data audit logs, pick list management, data grids and filters, search, GraphQL API, security, API call rate limiting , notifications, queue System, job scheduling, background job logging, data fixtures, data populators, translations, component health check end points, data validations etc.

This components work together in PrestoFox to make the strong foundation for the application that gets built on top of it. All these components make use of MIT Licensed Open Source solutions like Symfony , Vue JS , PostgreSQL etc


I have already built 5+ SaaS Products and 3+ internal business applications using it.

I am happy to answer any questions.

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What should I expect in a 2-hour Symfony Backend Engineer technical interview?

Hey folks,

I have a 2-hour technical interview coming up with a CTO for a Symfony Backend Engineer position. It's a senior-level role, and I’d love to hear from anyone who's had similar long-format interviews.

What should I expect during these 2 hours?

Do they usually focus on deep architectural questions?
Is live coding involved?
How much of it is about Symfony core (like services, events, voters, Messenger)?
Do they dive into Doctrine internals or real project debugging?

Also:

How can I best prepare to make the most of the time?
Any questions I should ask them at the end?

Appreciate any tips, experiences, or resources 🙌

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I offer intro to Computer Programming Class. This is my Syllabus

Just wanted to share my syllabus for the class (you can even call it a bootcamp, that’s fine)

As an educator, or a student or a developer…what do you think? Do you think it’s solid? Any improvements? Should I add or omit anything.

Thanks in advance

Here it is: https://www.figma.com/proto/OpYXeDpozG4CPae139TEna?node-id=1-2&locale=en

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Ten Tips to get started with Tempest
https://tempestphp.com/blog/ten-tempest-tips

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A Week of Symfony #965 (June 23–29, 2025)
https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-965-june-23-29-2025?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed

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Symfony AI Context Bundle (beta)

🚀 **\[Beta Release\] Symfony AI Context Bundle** 🤖

I'm excited to announce the first **beta** of the [Symfony AI Context Bundle](https://github.com/ai-context-lab/symfony-ai-context-bundle) — a developer tool that automatically generates a structured, AI-ready JSON file from your Symfony application.

# 🧠 What's it for?

This bundle extracts key information from your project:

* ✅ Entities (fields, associations)
* ✅ Services (methods & types)
* ✅ Controllers and routes
* ✅ Repositories
* ✅ Events
* ✅ Forms

The goal is to **feed this context file into ChatGPT or any LLM**, to get accurate and contextualized answers about your project.

# 🔧 Example usage with ChatGPT

Once you've generated the `ai-context.json`, paste it into ChatGPT (or use a custom GPT) and try prompts like:

`Give me an overview of this Symfony project.`
`Can you explain what the RandomNameService does?`
`List all the form types used and their data classes.`
`How does App\Controller\RandomController::new() work?`
`Generate a README for this app.`

It makes working with large Symfony codebases much more intuitive and AI-assisted.

# 🚀 Quickstart

composer require ai-context/symfony-ai-context-bundle --dev
php bin/console ai-context:generate

This command generates a single JSON file containing all the structural data of your app — perfect for AI tools or static analysis.

# ⚠️ Beta notice

This is a **beta release**, and I’m actively looking for feedback 🙏
If you try it, please let me know:

* Is it useful for your use case?
* What extractors are missing?
* Would you want more advanced prompts or integrations?

🔗 GitHub: [https://github.com/ai-context-lab/symfony-ai-context-bundle](https://github.com/ai-context-lab/symfony-ai-context-bundle)
🐘 Packagist: [https://packagist.org/packages/ai-context/symfony-ai-context-bundle](https://packagist.org/packages/ai-context/symfony-ai-context-bundle)

Thanks for trying it out!

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Symfony AI Context Bundle (beta)



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Introducing the Request-derived Context Pattern
https://ollieread.com/articles/introducing-the-request-derived-context-pattern

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Introducing the Request-derived Context Pattern
https://ollieread.com/articles/introducing-the-request-derived-context-pattern

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MCP Server for Laravel Codebases – Let your AI agents query your codebase like a database, directly inside Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code etc...
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Weekly /r/Laravel Help Thread

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I build my own Json parser using php

I found this cool challenge on John Crickett Coding Challenges, and when I checked the solutions, not a single one was in PHP. PHP is powerful, and it deserves more love in the low-level space too. So I took it personally and decided to solve this challenge in PHP.

🔗 https://github.com/DanielHemmati/json-parser-in-php/


Also, leave a ⭐ if you liked it!

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My experience with Laravel Cloud after 4 months

Wanted to share my experience with Laravel Cloud after using it for a startup.

For context, I’ve been working with Laravel professionally since 2017. At work, we ran everything using Docker Compose on a single DigitalOcean box for years. Eventually we outgrew that setup and moved to AWS and now everything’s on ECS Fargate and EC2.

When I started a new side project a few months ago, I didn’t want to deal with the overhead of setting up ECS again, so I figured I’d try out Laravel Cloud. At first, I was super impressed. The UX was clean, and spinning up a new environment was dead simple. I was paying under $10/month while developing, and that felt totally reasonable.

But once I launched the app publicly, the costs started to balloon fast. My last invoice included $155 just for bandwidth, and I don’t have anything crazy running (screenshots below if you’re curious). The monthly bill just kept climbing with no real clarity on what exactly was driving the cost.

Honestly, I don’t know who this service is supposed to be for. If you’re a small to mid-sized team, this pricing model just doesn’t work and you’d burn through your budget in no time. And if you’re a bigger company, you probably already have the resources to just manage things directly on AWS.

I’ve since moved everything over to Forge + Hetzner and am running on a $60/month machine. Way more predictable and manageable.

Laravel Cloud has a lot of potential. I’d love to see it become a standard for Laravel hosting, but not unless they seriously revisit their pricing model.

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How to display the most viewed posts in a slider?

Hi there,



I've built a slider on my page using Elementor + Prime Slider. The combination works great, however, the default settings don’t provide an option to sort the posts by views.



I’ve tried several code solutions, but none have worked so far. Does anyone have any suggestions?



My website is https://vejaumbomfilme.com.br/, and I’m referring specifically to the slider under “Mais acessados”.



Thanks in advance!

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Gedmo Doctrine Extensions and Doctrine 3

(Im on my phone as I write this, so apologies if I miss details)

So I've been trying to keep our symfony packages up to date, and recently updated to Symfony 7.3.

I didn't notice until recently that we were still running Doctrine 2 (as we had doctrine/common and doctrine/cache in our composer json). I removed these items and was able to do the update and got it all working.

One thing I've noticed is that for entities where we have applied the timestampable attribute and traits (which is basically all of them), I get a deprecation warning with it accessing a method in entity manager that will be removed in a future version.

Also the behat/transliterator is abandoned according to composer.

Has anyone else noticed this with Gedmo? What other timestamp packages are people using??

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Weekly Ask Anything Thread

Feel free to ask any questions you think may not warrant a post. Asking for help here is also fine.

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