One last sunset in Munich. Goodbye Germany, it’s been nice but it’s time to move on.
Andreas Braun
@alcaeus79.bsky.social
lead engineer @mongodb, racing dad, unmasked autist, queer. views are my own. he/him 🏳️🌈🇵🇸
I got a lot of positive feedback on my talk about queryable encryption with Doctrine at #Symfony_Live Paris. So I’m presenting it again in English for Symfony Online. I’ll cover cryptography best practices and the inner workings of the Doctrine ORM.
On stage and delivering at #Symfony_Live Berlin 2026 : Andreas Braun with “Abstraction Attraction: How ORMs shape and limit our thinking”🔥 Rethink data beyond #Doctrine and break free from abstractions that limit modern database innovation. #Symfony #PHP
That’s me! Come see us at SymfonyLive Berlin, it’s gonna be great!
Symfony@symfony.com · 4mo ago🧠 Are ORMs limiting how we think about data? Andreas Braun will present “Abstraction Attraction: How ORMs Shape and Limit Our Thinking” at SymfonyLive Berlin 2026! #Symfony #PHP #Doctrine #Architecture https://symfony.com/blog/symfonylive-berlin-2026
🎤✨ More speakers revealed at #Symfony_Live Berlin 2026! The lineup keeps growing, don't miss your chance to meet them in person!💥 🎟️ Get your tickets here: live.symfony.com/2026-berlin/ #Symfony #Berlin #PHP #TechEvent
Less than two weeks until my last European conference talk for a while. Join me at #SymfonyLive Berlin as I explore how ORM abstractions not only limit how we build software, but AI packages as well! live.symfony.com/2026-berlin/...
Eight years ago, I gave my first conference talk at SymfonyLive Berlin, giving an overview of the Doctrine ecosystem. Join me in April for what may be my last conference talk, this time on ORM abstractions and what they mean for the AI tools we’re now building. live.symfony.com/2026-berlin/...
Schedule | SymfonyLive Berlin 2026
SymfonyLive Berlin 2026 (April 23 – 24, 2026) - Berlin (Germany)
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I wrote about how I built an application that stores more than half a billion fuel prices in a #MongoDB database and displays the relevant 30 prices faster than you can blink. Part 1 on how to model the database and import this much data is available now: dev.to/mongodb/how-...
How to Scale to a Billion Documents in Symfony
This article was written by Andreas Braun. If you regularly drive a car, you will no doubt be...
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The #SymfonCon Amsterdam 2025 was awesome. So many nice people to meet and see again. Very good talks from the best speakers.
💥 Earlier on stage: Andreas Braun (@alcaeus) — “Coping With a Bad Sequel: SELECT * FROM Regret”! At #SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025, Andreas took us on a humorous and insightful journey through SQL, modern databases, and the quirks of handling complex data types! 🖥️🗄️💡 #Symfony #PHP #TechConference #SQL
The PHP Foundation is Seeking a New Executive Director! 🐘💜 We're asking the PHP community to help find the right person for this role. If you know someone who would be an excellent fit, please encourage them to apply or reach out to us directly. thephp.foundation/blog/2025/11... #phpc #php
The PHP Foundation is Seeking a New Executive Director
The PHP Foundation — Supporting, Advancing, and Developing the PHP Language
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I’m the person to show up four hours early to a flight, then complain about crowded airport lounges. I wonder if I can expense the cost of the private terminal in Munich 🤔
Hey, that’s me! You should totally come to Amsterdam to see this (and all the other great speakers)
Symfony@symfony.com · 11mo ago#SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025: Speaker announcement! 🎤 🌀 Join Andreas for a whirlwind tour from its tidy-table origins to today’s tangled mix of JSON, documents, and hybrid query languages! https://symfony.com/blog/symfonycon-amsterdam-2025-coping-with-a-bad-sequel-select-from-regret
Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen, and now Qatar. Israeli aggression and Zionist oppression has to stop, now! It’s time to sanction and isolate Israel like we have isolated and sanctioned Russia for their invasion of Ukraine!
The German healthcare system can’t tolerate “my meds work and I’d rather not make any changes”. FFS. Back to looking for doctors and therapists that have an open wait list.
25 countries call on Hamas to release the hostages and on Israel to end its war on Gaza. Germany is not joining the statement, apparently our government still hasn’t gotten rid of its genocidal habit.
🥧 I have finally released PIE 1.0.0 - The PHP Installer for Extensions will let you install a growing number of extensions. Thank you to a whole host of people for their support in building this excellent @thephpf.bsky.social initiative! ❤️ #phppie #pie #phpcommunity #phpc github.com/php/pie/rele...
Release 1.0.0 · php/pie
1.0.0 Total issues resolved: 0 Total pull requests resolved: 1 Total contributors: 1 documentation 258: Review and update of docs wording thanks to @asgrim
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Let’s call this what it is: forced displacement of an entire population. As horrible as the events of October 7th were, nothing justifies razing an entire city to the ground. Enough is enough. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Just over an hour until the AMA with MongoDB’s PHP team. Join @jerome.tamarelle.net and me at 18:00 CEST: www.youtube.com/live/caiVFee...
AMA with MongoDB's PHP Engineering team
✅ Try MongoDB 8.0 → https://mdb.link/caiVFee9jhU ✅ Sign-up for a free cluster → https://mdb.link/caiVFee9jhU-try - In this episode we'll talk about: - 2.0 release for MongoDB PHP Extension & Library ...
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This Wednesday @jerome.tamarelle.net and I will be participating in an AMA to celebrate the 2.0 release of MongoDB's PHP driver: www.youtube.com/live/caiVFee...
AMA with MongoDB's PHP Engineering team
✅ Try MongoDB 8.0 → https://mdb.link/caiVFee9jhU ✅ Sign-up for a free cluster → https://mdb.link/caiVFee9jhU-try - In this episode we'll talk about: - 2.0 release for MongoDB PHP Extension & Library ...
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Always a special moment when you tag a major release...
Deprecating the implicitly nullable parameter in #PHP 8.4 had a huge cost for the maintainers. Even if there are solutions to automate the fixes, that breaks almost all old code with very low value for developers. My article about fixing this is by far the most popular I have ever published.
“Computing is too important to be left to men.” - I think I’m going to put this on a sticker to remind ourselves more often.
Laura Durieux asking the important question “what happened to women in computer science” to kick off day two at #Symfony_Live Berlin.
