The PHP Podcast 2026.04.16 with Sara, Joe, and Sami

The PHP Podcast streams live, typically every Thursday at 3 PM PT. Come join us and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Another fun episode of the PHP Podcast! Here’s what we covered: Sammy Powers Returns! – After 4 years away from the PHP community, Sammy joins us from Germany where he’s working on immigration and building quantum trade schools Quantum Computing & PHP – Deep dive into quantum technology, post-quantum cryptography, and why PHP developers should care about SHA-3 and quantum-safe algorithms Joe Ferguson Named PHP 8.6 Release Manager – Congratulations to Joe on being selected alongside Matteo Beccati and Daniel Scherzer for the 8.6 release team PHP Foundation Updates – Elizabeth Barron’s new blog post summarizing community outreach and the Foundation’s direction PHP Tek 2026 – Coming up in Chicago at the Sheraton O’Hare PHP Day Verona – May 14-16 in Italy PHP Roundtable Memories – Nostalgia about the show’s history and vision for community-driven episodes CodeRabbit Sponsorship – AI-powered code reviews for your pull requests Links from the show: The PHP Podcast 2026.04.16 with Sara, Joe, and Sammy CodeRabbit – AI Code Review Co-pilot PHP Foundation Blog – Elizabeth Barron’s Community Outreach Summary Subscribe to PHP Architect Magazine externals.io – PHP RFCs and Release Manager Announcements PHP Architect YouTube Channel PHP Tek 2026 – Chicago PHP Day 2026 – Verona, Italy (May 14-16) PHP Architect on Mastodon PHP Architect on Bluesky PHP Architect Discord X: https://x.com/phparch Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com Discord: https://discord.phparch.com PHPArch.me: https://phparch.me/@phparch Merch: https://store.phparch.com Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/ Host: Eric Van Johnson X: @shocm Mastodon: @[email protected] Bluesky: @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social PHPArch.me: @eric John Congdon X: @johncongdon Mastodon: @[email protected] Bluesky: @johncongdon.bsky.social PHPArch.me: @john Streams: Youtube Channel Twitch Connect & Hire PHP Architect Website Twitter/X Mastodon Hire PHP Developers Looking to hire PHP developers? Email [email protected] – Joe and the team are available for consulting, infrastructure work, Ansible playbooks, and code review. Partner This podcast is made a little better thanks to our partners Displace   Infrastructure Management, Simplified Automate Kubernetes deployments across any cloud provider or bare metal with a single command. Deploy, manage, and scale your infrastructure with ease. https://displace.tech/     PHPScore Put Your Technical Debt on Autopay with PHPScore   CodeRabbit   Cut code review time & bugs in half instantly with CodeRabbit.   Music Provided by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ The post The PHP Podcast 2026.04.16 with Sara, Joe, and Sami appeared first on PHP Architect.