Two-Way Streets: Building Trust Between Language and Ecosystem

Two-Way Streets: Building Trust Between Language and Ecosystem

Language runtimes and their ecosystems exist in a state of constant tension: any change to the core language could lead to failures cascading across thousands of dependent projects.

Most communities address this issue by adopting cautious versioning and lengthy release cycles. PHP did things differently. Rather than slowing down, the PHP project has accelerated by building bidirectional testing infrastructure that identifies incompatibilities before they cause problems.

This presentation shows the sophisticated continuous integration (CI) workflows, instrumentation techniques, and collaborative patterns that enable PHP to innovate faster while reducing ecosystem fragmentation. If your Open Source community is facing similar challenges, this presentation is for you.

This presentation currently exists only as an idea and has not yet been accepted by a conference.

About me

My name is Sebastian Bergmann, and I have been working as a software developer and consultant in the PHP ecosystem for over 25 years. I support development teams in creating better software through modern practices, tools and training.

I am deeply committed to Open Source, maintain critical Open Source projects in the PHP ecosystem, and help shape the work of the PHP Foundation as a member of its board. I have also represented the interests of Open Source at the European Commission and am active in the Open Source Working Group ("Arbeitskreis Open Source Software") of the German Informatics Society ("Gesellschaft für Informatik").

I live and breathe Open Source and help shape how developers around the world test, write, and maintain their code.

More events where you can meet me are listed here.

My interactive online training courses are designed to provide you with practical knowledge that you can apply immediately. The next ones starting soon are listed here.

Upcoming events

More events
Back to overview