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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

So many business owners (but also others who have never written a line of code) like to tell software developers how easy, fast, and maybe even redundant their job is getting with AI. So few developers tell the same to them. It looks like a projection, not prophecy 🤔

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I see two niches in the PHP ecosystem. One of them is data processing, and the second is observability. OpenTelemetry is an amazing concept, but the PHP implementation is not really aligned with how PHP and PHP apps work. Below comes from flow-php/telemetry and #Symfony Bundle

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'm working on new package for Flow #PHP Framework! 🤯 Two packages to be more precise: flow-php/telemetry flow-php/telemetry-otlp-bridge thread 👇

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Last week I moved flow-php.com from G💩💩le to @ProtonMail Was planning this since a while but never had enough time, but let me tell you... It's AWESOME! User interface is light and clean, mobile apps works great. And those aliases <3

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Recently I have been working on a php telemetry library that is fully compatible with open telemetry protocol and does not use global state/singletons. I'm almost done with first draft, but of course I had to step into another rabbit hole... Async http client.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Need to extract filtered data from PostgreSQL with pagination? Pass your WHERE parameters directly and Flow handles pagination correctly. The extractor auto-detects your parameter positions. If you use $1, $2 for filters, pagination params start at $3. #PHP #PostgreSQL #ETL

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Flow #PHP now supports onComplete callbacks for Symfony streamed responses. After streaming finishes, you get a Report with row counts, execution time, and memory stats. #PHP #DataEngineering #Symfony

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Flow #PHP 0.30.0 is out! github.com/flow-php/fl... flow-php/postgresql - is a dedicated Flow PHP Client for #PostgreSQL focused on parsing/query building. It's focused and optimized for PostgreSQL, powerful DSL makes building even the most complex queries programmatically.

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Release 0.30.0 · flow-php/flow

[0.30.0] - 2026-01-06 Added #2130 - Allow preserving existing values during DBAL upsert - @stloyd #2129 - Schema::isSame to use it for early exit merge operation when schema is the same - @norbert...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Building SQL queries with optional filters is messy. If-statements everywhere. String concatenation. Easy to mess up. Flow PHP now has a fluent condition builder for PostgreSQL queries. Build WHERE clauses incrementally. Add conditions when they exist, skip when they don't.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

From time to time I'm getting a feedback that Flow #PHP DSL is "ugly". I disagree! it's just different than what most devs are used to. Flow DSL is based on underscore, lower case functions that under the hood are creating objects. Yes, Flow is object oriented!

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Pagination is one the techniques to retrieve large data from database. Flow #PHP adapter for #PostgreSql provides 3 different types: - limit offset - key set - cursor Do you know which one is the least scalable?

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Flow #PHP playground is a PHP compiled to #WASM with multiple extensions allowing us to run #ETL pipelines in the browser. One of the recent additions was #excel support. try it yourself: flow-php.com/playground/...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A top request with reports? Saving them as XLSX files. That's why we taught Flow #PHP to master #Excel. flow-php.com/documentati... Marry Christmas Everyone! 🎄🎁

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Documentation - Flow PHP - Data Processing Framework

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Data processing in #PHP is still in it's early stages. Don't believe me? Look at your system and tell me how it's handling imports/exports. Is it perhaps hand written importer/exporter? Any chance it's using file_get_contents? What stops you from using a Data Frame?

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

flow-php/postgresql received Client::explain() : Plan feature This means that we can now programmatically extract and analyze postgresql query execution plan! More details in flow-php.com/documentati...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#1 Did you ever had to make a tradeoffs between using a query builder and using a database specific features like CTE in #postgresql? Not any more flow-php/postresql is a brand new library that just joined Flow #PHP Ecosystem! flow-php/postgresql comes with 3 building blocks 👇

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I'm pushing release of next Flow PHP version by a week (maybe 2). There are two things I would like to include in the next release: - support for PHP 8.5 (and migrating codebase to 8.3) - first release of flow-php/postgresql library

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

flow-php/pg-query quickly escalated from "I just want to parse sql to AST" into "why not build a proper query builder?" 😅 So there is, #PHP Query Builder for #PostgreSQL inspired by JOOQ (API will change, this is just PoC)

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Flow #PHP library for parsing SQL flow-php/pg-query just got significantly better! Now it can not only turn query into AST but also convert AST to nicely formatted string! flow-php.com/playground/...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Another addition to Flow, auto generated Table of Contents to easier get to relevant sections of documentation 😁

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I just upgraded Flow #PHP Playground. Now it opens preview of predefined/uploaded files in tabs. I also added some colors to the output to make it more readable.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🇵🇱 Staram się publikować tylko sprawy techniczne, ale ta jest ważna. Leszek z Joanną potrzebują pomocy, toczą walkę, której nie powinni, trzeba im pomóc wyrównać szanse. Więcej możecie przeczytać na pomagam.pl/4hgb6g Wpłać ile możesz, 5, 10, 500, sky is the limit

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Walka z rozsianym rakiem jajnika | Pomagam.pl

Cześć! Jestem Asia, miałam wtedy 34 lata i nic nie zapowiadało tego co będzie dalej. Zwykła torbiel, usunie się i po sprawie. Nie martwiłam się zbytnio, lekarze mnie uspokajali. Po zabiegu lekarz operator powiedział tylko, że bardzo mu przykro ale to nie było to czego się spodziewali i niestety …

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I'm cooking another cool addition to Flow #PHP 👨‍🍳 What I was always missing was a proper SQL Parser in PHP, something that can create AST Tree from SQL query string. So I created one: flow-php.com/documentati...

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Documentation - Flow PHP - Data Processing Framework

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I'm very excited about what I'm going to share now! Flow #PHP just received a fully interactive playground allowing to build and execute ETL pipelines directly in the browser!! 🤯 Demo: youtu.be/bJm0BZUrTrg

Dark IDE-like playground showing PHP ETL code on the right, project file tree on the left, and a tabular output of order rows at the bottom.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

New version of Flow #PHP was released, 0.27.0. This was a bigger release that brought a few very cool features to DataFrame. Let's start by covering the new data type - HTML delivered by @stloyd.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

1/8 I have been recently playing with the idea of creating an interactive playground for Flow #PHP where the ETL pipeline can be executed directly in the browser. Today I managed to put together the first working version!

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

@stloyd came up with a proposition of adding HTLM entry type to Flow #PHP and leveraging DOM\HTMLDocument introduced in PHP8.4 Which in my opinion will open a whole new world of possibilities 🤩 You can check the progress and details here: github.com/flow-php/fl...

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[Proposal]: Add `HTMLEntry` & related · Issue #1912 · flow-php/flow

Describe the Proposal To easily work with the new \DOM\HTMLDocument, it would be good to introduce a new entry, type & cast for this. This would be a nice addition to the existing XML type, whi...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Flow #PHP 0.26.0 was just released! Among fixes and improvements to our website, there is also a small gem. DataFrame::batchBy() It's a smarter version of batchSize that not only splits the dataset into batches by size but also keeps them logically grouped by column.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Flow #PHP documentation just got significantly better 🤩 From now on, each example can also have multiple options - third nesting level. Here is a great example: flow-php.com/data_frame/...

Screenshot showing 3rd level of nesting of examples at https://flow-php.com

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Great news! Mago (Rust) has a new release that supports Flow (PHP) Types right out of the box, no extensions needed - just Mago 💪 github.com/carthage-so...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This is a very cool way to share your reusable commands / hooks / sub-agents. One thing I'm missing here is a step where during plugin installation user could configure it providing things that are custom for his use case docs.claude.com/en/docs/cla...

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Plugins - Claude Docs

Extend Claude Code with custom commands, agents, hooks, and MCP servers through the plugin system.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Took me a while to find my hotel room 😅

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Flow #PHP GitHub Actions workflows just got faster. We introduced a series of refactorings that aim to reduce the total time of the test suite execution. More details below:

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Flow #PHP 0.25.0 was released yesterday. This time, we have significantly enhanced the Parquet library along with integrations for Excel and Google Sheets. As always, you can find more details on the release page: github.com/flow-php/fl...

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Release 0.25.0 · flow-php/flow

[0.25.0] - 2025-09-29 Added #1866 - [XMLParserExtractor] Add support for Schema - @stloyd #1864 - [ExcelExtractor] Add support for Schema - @stloyd #1862 - [GoogleSheetExtractor] Add support for S...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Parquet is an amazing file format that can reduce data size by 10 times, allows parallel processing, and selective reading out of the box. How can that be? Learn from my latest blog post about Parquet: norbert.tech/blog/2025-0... 🇵🇱🇺🇸🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇩🇪

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Parquet - Introduction

Complete guide to Apache Parquet - the binary, columnar file format. Learn how to achieve 10x smaller files, use metadata for lightning-fast filtering, understand Row Groups and Data Pages structure, and explore advanced features like encryption and Dremel algorithms.

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Hmm maybe we should integrate FlowPhp with krakjoe.github.io/ort/ 🤔 That would bring ML capabilities to php ETL pipelines

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Some nice performance optimizations are coming to Flow #PHP Parquet library (mostly related to PHP Thrift implementation) 💪 app.blackfire.io/profiles/co...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Flow #PHP can now be run on Windows! But not through WSL, pure Windows. The main blocker was the flow-php/filesystem library. I managed to turn the Path class into a facade that detects the OS and uses dedicated Windows or Unix Path implementation under the hood. github.com/flow-php/fl...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Are you #PHP Developer working on Windows? I might have a good news for you! I'm working on providing support for Windows to Flow #PHP - Data Processing Framework! You can follow my progress here github.com/flow-php/fl...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Flow #PHP 0.24.0 is out 🚀 In this release we continue improving Doctrine Dbal Adapter by adding transactional loader and retry loader. We also started exploring new way to improve DX - Transformations More details as always at github.com/flow-php/fl...

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Release 0.24.0 · flow-php/flow

[0.24.0] - 2025-09-16 Added #1850 - Drop / Select Transformations - @norberttech #1850 - Missing DSL functions for BatchSize, Limit, MaskColumns, AddRowIndex transformations - @norberttech #1845 -...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This is how easily I bumped phpstan level from 6 to 9 in one of my libraries. github.com/norberttech... All thanks to flow-php/types - tiny library developed for Flow #PHP Framework that for narrowing / casting

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Static analysis hardening by norberttech · Pull Request #458 · norberttech/static-content-generator-bundle

Change Log Added flow-php/types library for better types narrowing Fixed Updated Changed increase phpstan level to 9 Removed Psalm ...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Knowing that something you build for yourself and shared with others is solving their problems is the best possible reward ❤️ #OpenSource

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I'm slightly adjusting priorities for the end of the year for Flow #PHP. Initially, I planned to focus on an interactive playground, and while I'd love to pursue that, parallel processing is far more crucial for the project. For more details, check out our Discord 👇

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Flow #PHP 0.23.0 was just released 🚀 Due to my vacation break and more focus on my consulting services, this is a smaller one, it comes mainly with minor bug fixes, you can find all the details here: github.com/flow-php/fl...

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Release 0.23.0 · flow-php/flow

[0.23.0] - 2025-09-01 Added d755ea - 1password logo - @norberttech fcc085 - Tailscale VPN to the list of sponsors - @norberttech 45631e - cloudflare to sponsors lists - @norberttech Changed #181...

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I wrote a new blog post about how to approach preparing data for analysis in distributed transactional systems. norbert.tech/blog/2025-0... Available in: 🇵🇱🇺🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸

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Norbert Orzechowicz @norbert-tech.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

1/4 Flow #PHP Playground Progress Update ⚙️ - we now have AST Traverser with Visitors detecting dangerous functions/classes usage - we have linter used on the snipped Both, Parser and Linter are generating Violations that are later mapped to a code editor

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