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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I finally got a WTF configuration I'm happy with and find helpful

Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For people who like to ask me, "Would you talk that away in front of your kids?" First off, my "kids" are 28 years old, and the joke is on you; our family chat is unhinged. The real fact is I've always filtered myself more on social media than I ever did with my family, regardless of age

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New family members. Bruce (Wayne), Clark (Kent), and John (Constantine). Didn't go to the rescue with the goal of adopting 3 kittens, but they are brothers and I couldn't separate them.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A language that taught half the internet to code, runs on basically every shared host on Earth, and still powers your grandma's blog from 2009. Respect the legacy. Respect PHP. 💚

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My migration from `composer global require` to `cpx` has begun.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Wife: Have a good time at LaraconUS but please don’t come home with a bunch of conference stuff Me: No worries. I have enough conference shirts and swag for a life time … Also me: But I didn’t have a keyboard with a “Merge It” key 😁 Jokes on her. She married me ❤️

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Day 1 of LaraconUS is done. Lots of walking around and catching up with friends

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Not exactly the text message you wanna get from your kid when they’re almost 3000 miles away. To be fair, my response wasn’t very fatherly

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Walking around Boston before some of the LaraconUS social events start. And you know I’m going to find m elePHPants in the wild.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Looking forward to my visit to Boston and LaraconUS next week. Hoping to hang out and catch up with some friends. Make sure you say "Hi" if you see me.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This is going to be a little bit of a story. A story and an initial feature test. Using filamentphp and Postiz, I created one of my favorite tools.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I'm not someone who prides himself his graphic arts skills. But I have to say, I HATE FONTS. You would laugh at me if I told you how much time I wasted trying to find a font that had a K in this style. Tried several "What font is it" sites and they all failed me. Eventually I found something close.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

jstek.io @johncongdon.bsky.social and myself for a complete breakdown of this year's PHP Tek 2026 (@phparch.com). We'll discuss the highs, the lows, and what's in the future, as well as our normal PHP rhetoric and tomfoolery. PHP Architect YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/live/iNn7wZVReBE

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I feel so honored to be part of this @phparch.com team, and I am so proud of the hard work they put into PHP/JS Tek. It was a wild one, but I'll save that tea for the podcast this Thursday.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Thanks to Savio Resende (and his wife) for these awesome magnets he made for PHP Tek.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

If you’re coming to #phptek and didn’t already know this, there is a minor league baseball team about 3 miles from the hotel venue. TheChicagoDogs baseball is worth the visit. Tickets and concessions are all reasonably priced.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Chicago bond. Looking forward to see you all at #phptek next week. Not too late to purchase a ticket at phptek.io

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

MySQL 9's native VECTOR type lets PHP devs add semantic search & AI similarity to existing apps—no extra vector DB needed. Full-scan works great at small-to-medium scale. Full walkthrough with PHP & Laravel examples. shocm.me/posts/2026-04-30-mysql9-ve…

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

𝗣𝗛𝗣 𝗧𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 shocm.me/posts/2026-04-13-php-tek-2…

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I’ve been thinking about this for a while. With the rise of AI, I’m spending more time in tools like Claude Code, then jumping into NVim when I need to tweak or track something down. So I finally did it. I’m stepping away from PhpStorm. At least for now. 1/5

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Wife and I are having some adult beverage time.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Hockey night in San Diego with the family

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It's good to know someone with a good 3D printer. @johncongdon.bsky.social printed me this awesome stand for my HomePod mini.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

End of an era. The Black in Ocean Beach is closing after 57 years. I lived in OB, and The Black was a landmark. A piece of San Diego counterculture that somehow survived all the changes around it. Gonna miss that place. bit.ly/3ZiQxrN

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Check out my interview about this years PHP Tek and @jstek.io in Chicago. www.phparch.com/podcast/community-c…

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We’re live-streaming the @phparch.com PHP Podcast today at 𝟯 𝗣𝗠 𝗣𝗧. Bring your hot takes and your “it works on my machine” energy. 😄 Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4rn6O5GAh8

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Hey, come and hang out with @johncongdon.bsky.social and me for today's live recording of the @phparch.com Podcast. We are kicking off in about an hour and a half. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFJRTSYc5M

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Had a special "in studio guest" today. My kid brought her dog Ollie. She looked at us and said "You make Ollie look normal sized". For those who don't know me, I'm about 6'4.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

@johncongdon.bsky.social and I will be doing our PHP Podcasting thing in about an hour. Not sure what we are going to talk about this week. Obvious PHP Tek and JS Tek. SOC 2 might come up. 🎙️ Join us live on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcZ5K51NmE

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Locked and loaded. Going live in about 10 minutes. Come and hang out with us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNCyf9-LnHA

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Just a reminder to my friends out there, this is happening today. 3 PM PT on the @phparch YouTube channel youtube.com/@phparch You can also be part of the show by joining the PHP Architect Discord: discord.phparch.com

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

FTR, they are still live streaming tomorrow with special guest @azjezz.bsky.social. All these streams can be watched on the @phparch.com YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@phparch

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Got a preview of @mattstauffer.com of @tighten.com recorded interview with @mikepagedev.bsky.social and @ccmiller2018.bsky.social on PHP Alive and Kicking, which will air on Friday this week. One of my favorite people in the PHP world. I highly recommend checking it out when it's released.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Join me and @johncongdon.bsky.social in about 20 minutes for this week's live stream of the @phparch.com Podcast, where we talk about PHP, the PHP Community, and cool projects. See if this week is the week I totally lose it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh3zuLPRCg4

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

We are having another one of our "Mystery Guest" episodes for this week's @phparch.com Podcast. The mystery is how we let this person talk us into letting them on the show. Come check it and hang out with us at 3 PM PST (about 35 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlNXoKdH8jQ

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

You have to know I’m not going to a new place and not catch a ballgame

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I might have stolen a Lambo from @taylorotwell.bsky.social yesterday at the golf tournament 🚗 No regrets. My life of stealing exotic car has officially begun

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Have you ever had one of those weeks where all you are doing is waiting for the weekend to get some project done, and then the weekend gets here and you're like "Nah, I'm good"

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I have so many questions. 1 How did they come up with this? 2 What made them think that this was OK on any level? 3 Where can I get one?

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Kid decided to take up Ruby. I think I’ll just watch from the sidelines, thank you very much.

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I have to admit, this is an image I never thought I would see: Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds. www.reddit.com/r/pic...

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Eric Van Johnson @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

If you listened to last week's podcast you have an uneventful idea what's going on. If not, plumbing issue. Now my houses sounds like an airport runway.

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