Symfony Station Communiqué — 12 April, 2024. A look at Symfony, Drupal, PHP, Cybersecurity, and Fediverse news!
Reuben Walker, Jr.
Posted on April 13, 2024
This communiqué originally appeared on Symfony Station.
Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. Because open-source equals open societies, peeps. That necessitates a mission of destroying big tech. We also cover the cybersecurity world and the Fediverse (more open-source and democracy).
There's good content in all of our categories (especially the Symfony and Fediverse sections), so please take your time and enjoy the items most relevant and valuable to you. This is why we publish on Fridays. So you can savor it over your weekend.
Tragically, there is also some incredibly sad news.
Or jump straight to your favorite section via our website.
Once again, thanks go out to Javier Eguiluz and Symfony for sharing our communiqué in their Week of Symfony.
My opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans.
Symfony
As always, we will start with the official news from Symfony.
Highlight -> "This week, Symfony organized the SymfonyLive Paris 2024 conference with great success. Development activity focused on fixing bugs and tweaking new features for the upcoming Symfony 7.1 version. Lastly, this week we celebrate the 900th issue of the "A Week of Symfony" series. Thanks to all the folks who read this every week."
A Week of Symfony #901 (1-7 April 2024)
They also have:
This is the horrendous news from SymfonyCasts this week as Ryan Weaver announces he has incurable brain cancer.
I rarely share anything on YouTube. But, I will make an exception for his brave announcement.
I love Ryan’s work. Watching a lesson on SymfonyCasts literally makes this depressed, old curmudgeon happy for a short while.
I had the privilege to meet him once. He’s as wonderful as he appears on SymfonyCasts. Please donate to help his family in the short term. And subscribe to SymfonyCasts if you haven’t as it's a family business and his wife will carry on.
Life is not fair, so make the most of it while you can. And be thankful for your privilege and good fortune.
Featured Item
Here's Ryan's post about his situation.
Ryan has Incurable Brain Cancer - but SymfonyCasts is Strong
This Week
Ghaith Gtari shares:
A Detailed Guide on Implementing Registration and Authentication in Symfony7 (Part1)
Serghei Pogor is hanging with the Hows down in Howville:
How to Send PHP Symfony Application Logs to Slack Using Monolog
How Do We Use AWS Secrets Manager in PHP Symfony
How Do Queues Boost Email Efficiency in PHP Symfony
And this Grinch is okay with it.
He also has:
PHP Encryption: The Symfony Guide to Securing Database Tables
Why Are PHP Symfony Developers Switching to Attributes?
Are You Making These Top 10 PHP Symfony Errors?
When to Use Cache in PHP Symfony?
I don't know if Serghei is the most prolific writer ever, reposting a backlog from a personal blog, or using the most authentic AI I have seen, but as long as it's of middling quality or better, I will share it.
Dmitry Zhebrak looks at:
Programmatically sending emails with attachments in Drupal 10 using Symfony Mailer
David Garcia explores:
Using Symfony to create an API targeting Microservices
Adamo Crespi shows us:
How to debug ANY Symfony command simply passing -x
Raziel Rodrigues examines:
Creating your Own Makers in Symfony 7
Jan Böhmer looks at:
User-configurable settings in Symfony applications with jbtronics/settings-bundle (Part 1)
MongoDB announces a:
Symfony and MongoDB Workshop: Building a Rental Listing Application
Very cool.
Mounir Mouih explores:
Microservices: The Key Errors You Can’t Afford to Make (Examples in Symfony)
Oleksii Marakhin shows us how to:
Limit login attempts in Symfony 5+
Matheo Daninos says:
Symfony can help you fall in love with your front-end team!
Platforms
Laravel News shares:
Jeffrey Way's PhpStorm Setup in 2024
eCommerce
Shopware announces:
Release notes Shopware 6.6.1.0
Tideways examines:
Optimizing Shopware 6 Checkout Performance with Callgraph Tracepoints
Sylius has:
Security Affairs reports:
Magento flaw exploited to deploy persistent backdoor hidden in XML
Jigar Karangiya shows us how to:
Patch to Debug Blocks and Containers in Magento 2
CMSs
TYPO3 has:
Sitegeist Drives Solar Leader’s Business Pivot with Flexible, Scalable TYPO3 Solution
TYPO3 Camp Mitteldeutschland and a Newcomer’s Introduction to Open Source CMS
Joomla announces:
Release News: Joomla 5.1.0 Release Candidate 2
Drupal has:
Upgrade Your Drupalcon: Register for DrupalCon's Higher Education Summit
Gábor Hojtsy will be:
Supporting Drupal transitions at DrupalCon Portland 2024
Ramsalt compares:
WordPress vs Drupal, which is the best CMS?
Slightly biased but mostly accurate.
The Drop Times has:
Leveraging Drupal and Symfony for Enhanced Web Development
2024 Drupal Developer Survey Seeks Global Input to Shape the Future
Please spare a few moments to take the survey.
Horizontal Digital explores:
Improving the authoring experience and editorial workflow with ECA
Adam Vertsson shares:
Drupixels asks:
Slow Drupal Permissions Page? Use Better Permissions Page Module!
DrupalCampCemaes announces:
Discussion Forum Now Available
Oliver Davies examines:
PHP attributes: coming soon to a Drupal version near you
Golems looks at:
Innovative Methods of Integrating Drupal with Other Systems to Expand Your Website's Capabilities
Evolving Web explores:
Highlights and Insights from DrupalCamp New Jersey 2024
Talking Drupal has:
Talking Drupal #445 - Drupal Bounty Program
PreviousNext shows us how to:
Make upgrading easier for your module users
And Specbee shows us:
How to create custom tokens in Drupal
LN Webworks has:
PHP Attributes In Drupal Development: All You Need To Know
How To Create Hooks Vs Event Subscribers in Drupal 9
Previous Weeks
Tommy examines:
Self-hosted Gitlab CI for PHP Symfony project
Matheo Daninos shows us:
How to integrate Component Architecture into Symfony?
And ComputerMinds shows us how to:
Format Drush output for easy wins!
PHP
This Week
Laravel News reports:
PhpStorm 2024.1 Is Released With a Integrated Terminal, Local AI Code Completion, and More
Alex says:
SQL Injections Are Worse Than You Think
Soner Sayakci explores:
Building PHP docker images in a better way with Wolfi-OS
Hikari is:
Exploring 7 Efficient Alternatives to MAMP for Local Development Environments
Elastic Search Labs takes us:
Arnaud Langlade examines:
Angel Cruz looks at:
Entendiendo el patrón Abstract Factory
Rob Allen shows us how to:
Check licenses of composer dependencies
And Kinsta shows us:
How to install PHP dependencies and extensions with Docker
Enamul Haque explores:
Simplifying if-else in PHP with Ternary and Null Safe Operators
More Programming
Clan Cats Station shares:
Creating animated code snippets with Tempest Highlight & PHP-GLFW
The Next Web asks:
Do developers still need to learn programming languages in the age of AI?
JetBrains has:
JetBrains AI Assistant 2024.1 Updates
GitHub shares:
4 ways GitHub engineers use GitHub Copilot
Free Code Camp helps us:
Learn GitHub-Flavored Markdown Syntax and Formatting – With Examples
This is a helpful resource. Even if you write in MD everyday like I do.
HackerNoon asks:
PostgreSQL or MySQL: What Should I Choose for My Full-Stack Project?
The T-Shapes is:
Go Make Things shows us:
How to build a reusable grid system with CSS grid
Sitepoint shares a:
Quick Tip: How to Animate Text Gradients and Patterns in CSS
Ethan Marcotte is:
Fighting for Democracy
Please visit our Support Ukraine page to learn how you can help kick Russia out of Ukraine (eventually, like ending apartheid in South Africa).
The cyber response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery
NPR reports:
Brazil's Supreme Court judge opens an investigation of Elon Musk over misinformation
Hopefully, there are criminal penalties for enabling sedition and treason in Brazil. Unlike the U.S.!
Time reports:
Exclusive: Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
CNN reports:
Long overdue.
The Verge reports:
A new bill wants to reveal what’s really inside AI training data
Lawmakers unveil new bipartisan digital privacy bill after years of impasse
The Register has more:
US legislators propose American Privacy Rights Act - and it looks quite good
Wow. Could the nitwits in the House actually help pass something helpful?
ArsTechnica reports:
Starting today, ISPs must display labels with price, speeds, and data caps
EuroNews reports:
EU Policy. G7 need tech trust tests to counter China, Vestager says
Belgium investigating Russian influence network suspected of paying EU lawmakers
EU candidate Moldova takes action to prevent Russian influence in referendum
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
Unfortunately, this is a large section this week.
The New York Times (which is in the process of being enshitified itself) reports:
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
NewsGuard, which rates news orgs for credibility and quality, has downgraded the NYT for the first time because it so often falsely presents opinion pieces as news columns.
The Guardian reports:
Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse
Netanyahu wants to ban Al Jazeera to hide Gaza’s horrors – but reality is getting through
Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation
China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns
The Kyiv Post:
Russian Influences Expected in Upcoming Europe Elections: NATO Deputy Secretary General
The Tor Project reports on:
The Israeli government develops these for their oppression of the Palestinians and then sells them to your government so it can fuck you.
ArsTechinca reports:
AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.
TechCrunch reports:
Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war
This week in Meta C^ntitry
Bleeping Computer reports:
Fake Facebook MidJourney AI page promoted malware to 1.2 million people
The Kansas Reflector reports:
Facebook apologizes for blocking Kansas Reflector, then expands crackdown to other news sites
Facebook’s AI failure wiped out Kansas Reflector links. Even Facebook may not know what went wrong.
The Handbasket reports:
Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see
Little Green Footballs reports:
404 Media reports:
‘AI Instagram Influencers’ Are Stealing Women’s Bodies
FYI, they are adult models, so large breasts warning.
And to be fair, here are a few positive things Meta did this week.
TechCrunch reports:
Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step
No Film School reports:
Meta to Add 'Made With AI' Labels to Photos and Videos
But TechCrunch also reports:
Meta’s new AI deepfake playbook: More labels, fewer takedowns
So, if lying, malicious propagandists are honest enough to report they use corporate AI, Meta will just label it for them rather than take it down.
They also report:
US says Russian hackers stole federal government emails during Microsoft cyberattack
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks
More Israeli spyware.
Speaking of dirty deeds, Time reports:
Exclusive: Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry
Dark Reading reports:
DPRK Exploits 2 MITRE Sub-Techniques: Phantom DLL Hijacking, TCC Abuse
Cybersecurity/Privacy
The Register asks:
What can be done to protect open source devs from next xz backdoor drama?
TechCrunch reports:
Hackers stole 340,000 Social Security numbers from government consulting firm
Proton asks:
It's as safe as a CAT5 hurricane at a 55+, beachside mobile home park on the Gulf Coast.
Mashable reports:
X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in users' posts, breaking legit URLs
Wow, a scammer's dream and disaster waiting to happen. Great work, Space Karen.
BleepingComputer reports:
CISA makes its "Malware Next-Gen" analysis system publicly available
Great.
Brian Krebs shares:
Why CISA is Warning CISOs About a Breach at Sisense
Fediverse
The Fediverse Report has:
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 63
Terence Eden wants:
Great idea.
The W3C Community Group reports on:
ActivityPub and HTTP Signatures
Piefed (a new kbin, mbin, and lemmy adjacent platform) says:
Good progress being made on moderation tools
Newsmast is:
Tedium asks:
A new study looks at:
Write.as announces:
Some priorities for new Write.as development
GoToSocial announces the:
First spring time release of GoToSocial
The Rolling Stone reports:
WTF Is Going on With Truth Social: A Timeline
Speaking of the c^nts on Truth Social, TechDirt reports:
Jim Jordan Demands Major Ad Companies Explain Why They Won’t Advertise On Truth Social
**It's incredible how stupid these "supporter of capitalism" mofos are.
Hey Jim, maybe they don't think it's a good investment to be associated with fascists, racists, fundamentalist Jesus freaks, and Russia's butt boys.
And yes, Truth Social is part of the Fediverse. Though it's blocked by almost all of it. And it's nothing but a ponzi scheme rather than social media.
Hence things like this from The Verge:
TechCrunch reports:
Lyrak to take on X by combining the best of Twitter with Fediverse integration
Meta’s X competitor Threads invites developers to sign up for API access, publishes docs
9 to 5 Mac reports:
Meta shares more details on Threads API ahead of June release
Augment opines on:
Threads on Mastodon and The Bright Future of the Fediverse
Flipboard announces:
Flipboard Federates 11,000 Magazines by 400 Creators and Enthusiasts
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Reuben Walker
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Posted on April 13, 2024
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