The newest episode of the #communityCornerPodcast is out for your viewing/listening pleasure. We talk to Nia Luckey about her keynote at #phptek/#jstek this year and the book she's writing on the "Trust Protocol."
https://www.phparch.com/podcast/community-corner-podcast-the-trust-protocol-with-nia-luckey/

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 ā https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts ā https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt Lilahās Links: Instagram ā https://www.instagram.com/_lilahjones/ LinkedIn ā https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilahjones/ Scottās Social Media: Website ā https://scott.keck-warren.com/ Bluesky ā https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social LinkedIn ā https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-keck-warren-91689810/ Mastodon [ā¦]
Early bird pricing for @phptek tickets ends on January 31st!
Come see me and a whole host of better speakers in Chicago in May giving talks on all things PHP!
(Thereās also a virtual ticket, but Iād love to meet you in person.)
I'll be speaking at PHP Tek in May ā two talks I've been building toward for a while.
**Kubernetes for PHP Developers**: The translation guide from Docker Compose to production K8s. No 40-hour course required.
**Semantic Search in Laravel**: Building search that understands meaning using pgvector and embeddings. Based on what I built for DailyMedToday.
Both talks from production experience, not theory.
Full details: https://eric.mann.blog/speaking-at-php-tek-2026/

In May, I'll be giving what will probably be the first ever PHP 8.6 talk: Piping Hot PHP.
8.5 isn't even cool yet, but 8.6 already has some hot new features. Combining 8.5's pipe operator with the new partial function application capabilities in 8.6 should give us a whole new way to think about structuring code!
Want to be the first to see the future? Get your tickets to #phptek now!
New #blog today. I'm VERY excited to announce that I'm speaking at #phptek again in 2026 and there are some really amazing speakers lined up (several of whom I've interviewed on the #communityCornerPodcast). Check out what I'm speaking about below.
#phpc #softwareengineering #devops #ai
https://scott.keck-warren.com/blog/2025/im-speaking-at-phptek-2026/