Eric Van Johnson

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Company: @diegodevgroup / @phparch
Podcaster: @PHPUgly / @phparch php[podcast] / @phproundtable
Enjoy Scotch and Baseball. Thoughts and tweets are mine

  

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Eric Van JohnsonNov 29, 2022
My dog chewed the beard off the Santa we had in the entryway to expose Santa was actually an 85-year-old woman. Plot Twist. My entire life was a lie.
Eric Van JohnsonNov 28, 2022
Just a reminder to everyone before it gets any later, we are down to our final couple of days where we are accepting talk proposals for php[tek] 2023. Get those abstracts in before it's too late. #php #tek2023 https://sessionize.com/phptek-2023
php[tek] 2023: Call for Speakers

Welcome to php[tek] 2023 where we combine leadership, expertise, and networking in one event. A relaxing atmosphere for tech leaders and developers to...

Show threadEric Van JohnsonNov 28, 2022

(5/5) This doesn't even mention the people they employ.

The rabbit hole goes even deeper past that. OSS was never about not being able to make a living. It was about making sure the software that runs the world was accessible to everyone to look up, study, modify and build on.

Show threadEric Van JohnsonNov 28, 2022
(4/5) A layer deeper, @calebporzio creates one of his primary OSS packages Livewire, a package for Laravel. Caleb now has premium support for Livewire, allowing him to make a living. Livewire on top of Laravel on top of PHP on top of an endless line of other OSS and packages.
Show threadEric Van JohnsonNov 28, 2022
(3/5) Starting with @taylorotwell, who with the help of other OSS projects PHP, and Symfony, creates an OSS framework called Laravel. He then builds several premium products (Forge, Envoyer, Nova, Vapor) with the Laravel framework that complements the Laravel Framework.
Show threadEric Van JohnsonNov 28, 2022
(2/5) Also, full disclaimer, both Taylor and Caleb have a substantial amount of "partners" and "sponsors," but the argument can be made they have those partners and sponsors because of their Open Source work. So follow me on this journey.
Eric Van JohnsonNov 28, 2022
(1/5) I feel like the Laravel ecosystem, more specifically @taylorotwell and @calebporzio, are perfect case studies on how you can make a comfortable living by building and contributing to Free and Open Source software.
I am not saying it's easy, or that there's no grind to do it
Eric Van JohnsonNov 25, 2022
RT @phparch
php[tek] conference - Black Friday Discount - https://mailchi.mp/phparch/phptek-conference-black-friday-cyber-monday-discount
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Eric Van JohnsonNov 25, 2022
3 Great Alternatives to the `top` command https://youtube.com/shorts/zGifHVEni98?feature=share
3 Great Alternatives to the `top` command

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Eric Van JohnsonNov 23, 2022
RT @michaeldyrynda
In PHP, BCMath is your friend https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1595092958386311168
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