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The Bob Bloom Show is my monthly commentary podcast devoted to PHP, published on the first of the month. My main focus is pairing PHP with serverless platforms. Hosted by Bob Bloom.

  1. 12/01/2025

    Bullish On PHP's Long Term Success

    I am bullish on PHP. On its current state. On its long term success. There are substantive reasons underlying my bullishness. One reason is the four year old PHP Foundation, which is successfully fulfilling its mission to provide financial support and guidance to PHP language developers. The reports of PHP's death are greatly exaggerated. It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep33-bullish-on-phps-long-term-success • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    15 min

  2. 11/01/2025

    Go Modules, the net-http Package, Go Compilation

    This is my third of three episodes understanding the Go programming language's vital importance to the FrankenPHP app server. In this episode, I talk about Go's first-party net-http package, Go Modules, and Go's compilation. It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep32-go-modules-the-net-http-package-go-compilation • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    15 min

  3. 10/15/2025

    Threads within a thread: Goroutines

    This is my second of three episodes understanding the Go programming language's vital importance to the FrankenPHP app server. FrankenPHP relies on goroutines, an essential feature of Go. This episode is about goroutines. It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep31-threads-within-a-thread:-goroutines • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    15 min

  4. 10/01/2025

    High Level Hostility, Low Level Breakthrough

    This is first of three episodes understanding the Go programming language's vital importance to the FrankenPHP app server. In this episode, I talk about my resistance, and resentment, having to delve into The Low-Level Stuff. And, about ChatGPT powering my breakthrough learning this Stuff. It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep30-high-level-hostility-low-level-breakthrough • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    21 min

  5. 09/01/2025

    Did AI Make My PHP Serverless Project Obsolete - Redux?

    Seeing a video of an integrated AI code generation and deployment platform, triggered a panic attack that AI did indeed make my PHP Serverless Project obsolete. I had examined this last month, in my Update podcast this very question, and my conclusion is the same. It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: "https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep29-did-ai-make-my-php-serverless-project-obsolete---redux?" • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    11 min

  6. 08/01/2025

    Threading the Process

    Getting down to bedrock with the question: "what is a process?". An important ancillary question arises: "what is a thread?". It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: "https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep28-threading-the-process" • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    21 min

  7. 07/01/2025

    My Nova Upgrade Trashed My Custom App, and Significant Announcement about WordPress

    Nova's use of Fortify did not play nicely with my custom Laravel authentication guard. My regularly scheduled life was held in abeyance for a couple of weeks while I sorted this out, refreshed my apps, and moved all my apps back to Forge from Cloudways. My own experience with Cloudways was a microcosm of PHP's dichotomy. A recent announcement about WordPress has the long term potential of doing somethign about this dichotomy. It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: "https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep27-my-nova-upgrade-trashed-my-custom-app,-and-significant-announcement-about-wordpress" • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    27 min

  8. 06/01/2025

    Low Level PHP

    There is renewed interest in PHP's low level roots. The low-level root of PHP is the language it is written in: C. This renewed interest includes compiling PHP feature code with the PHP interpreter, into one executable binary. And, includes speeding up code execution by way of the C language's process forks. This all has direct relevance to PHP serverless. Which has heightened my desire to understand C. FrankenPHP is now under the auspices of the PHP Foundation. This has further heightened my desire to understand the low level underpinings of PHP. In this episode, I talk about this mini-trend, outline what it means to be a low level programming language, and take a quick look at random access memory. All this as a prelude to a special mid-month episode going over low level concepts in C in a classic textbook. It is with deep gratitude that I express my thanks to my intrepid sponsors of my PHP Serverless Project, of which this podcast is a part of: • Luke Galea: https://bit.ly/LukeGalea • Tolga Ercan: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tolga-ercan Links: • Episode's web page: "https://bobbloomshow.com/episode/bob-bloom-show-ep26-low-level-php" • Project site: https://phpserverlessproject.com • Commentary podcast: https://bobbloomshow.com • News podcast: https://phpserverlessnews.com • Profiles podcast: https://phpserverlessprofiles.com • Interviews podcast: https://bobbloominterviews.com • YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@phpserverlessproject

    17 min
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The Bob Bloom Show is my monthly commentary podcast devoted to PHP, published on the first of the month. My main focus is pairing PHP with serverless platforms. Hosted by Bob Bloom.

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  • Creator
    Bob Bloom
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2010 - 2025 South LaSalle Trading Corporation
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