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Latest Videos

PHP SERVERLESS PROJECT UPDATE - MARCH 10, 2025

March 10, 2025

Every three weeks or so, I will get in front of the camera with my notes, and talk to you about what is happening with my PHP Serverless Project....

Bref Runtimes Need Bref Software

April 09, 2023

I am not sure why I thought that Bref's PHP runtimes could be used on their own. But, it was instructive working through it for a video. I traced my failure. I thought it would be helpful to share what I found....

Demonstrating Bref

March 31, 2021

I expected that Bref and the Serverless Framework upload directly to AWS' Lambda Function facility. Let me demonstrate what does happen....

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Latest "The Bob Bloom Show" Podcast

#24 - Sponsorship Update, And Journeying Into The Classics

November 01, 2024

I am thrilled, and frankly, somewhat relieved, that there is progress with my PHP Serverless Project sponsorship. This podcast show is part of this "umbrella" sponsorship. Also, my journey into PHP application servers has brought me to a classic Unix...

#23 - Revisiting PHP-FPM, Visiting Laravel Funding

October 01, 2024

Lamenting the state of the content creation industry, when re-visiting PHP-FPM materials. Causing me to conclude that the materials I seek, I will have to create myself. And, finding myself worried that Laravel's new venture funding might affect its...

Latest "PHP Serverless News" Podcast

#9 - Free And Open Source Authentication, Concurrency Injection

October 15, 2024

The Serverless Framework is changing their licensing for version 4. Version 3 is approaching EoL. PHP devs using the Serverless Framework will have to decide what they want to do. I will have more to say about this in my upcoming Commentary podcast....

#8 - Evolving This Podcast

August 15, 2024

Starting in September, publishing three episodes per month. One episode for each sub-format: news, profiles, and industry trends....

Latest "PHP Serverless Profiles" Podcast

Latest "The Bob Bloom Interviews" Podcast

#4 - Guide For Guests

March 25, 2023

How I want to go about my interviews. This is the last of four introductory episodes....

#3 - Terms Of Directories

January 01, 2023

Continuing my updates. I listed my podcasts on a handful of podcast directories. The terms of service were similar, and interesting....