PHP Serverless Project
A wide ranging PHP serverless project encompassing podcasts, runtimes, guides, software, videos.
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Latest Videos

PHP SERVERLESS PROJECT UPDATE - June 22, 2025
PHP SERVERLESS PROJECT UPDATE - June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025
In this fifth monthly PHP Serverless Project update video, I talk about AI, moving my apps back to Forge, an active podcast publishing month, updating my RSS feed files, kick-starting my Lambda+PHP FOSS project, and publishing my sponsorship videos....
PHP SERVERLESS PROJECT UPDATE - May 28, 2025
PHP SERVERLESS PROJECT UPDATE - May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
In this fourth PHP Serverless Project update video, I talk about wrapping up my 13 part video series for potential Umbrella Sponsors, how liberating it feels to get this done, having lavished too much time editing the NativePHP for Mobile video, modi...
PHP SERVERLESS PROJECT UPDATE - APRIL 23, 2025
PHP SERVERLESS PROJECT UPDATE - APRIL 23, 2025
April 23, 2025
In this third PHP Serverless Project update video, I talk about my AWS Open Source Credits, Basecamp, the reality of creating sponsorship materials, and this month feels like a true demarcation for my PHP Serverless Project....
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Latest "The Bob Bloom Show" Podcast

The Bob Bloom Show
#27 - My Nova Upgrade Trashed My Custom App, And Significant Announcement About WordPress
July 01, 2025
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 Cloudwa...
The Bob Bloom Show
#26 - Low Level PHP
June 01, 2025
I take a look at the min-trend of exploring PHP's low level roots, which are based on the language PHP is written in: C....

Latest "PHP Serverless News" Podcast

PHP Serverless News
#13 - AWS Serverless MCP Server
June 24, 2025
The new AWS Serverless MCP Server was launched on May 29, 2025....
PHP Serverless News
#12 - The New PHP Installer For PHP Extensions
June 17, 2025
There is a new way of handling PHP extensions in the works. The pressure is on to get a release out sooner than later, because the current way is failing under the newer PHP 8 releases. The new PHP Installer for Extensions ("PIE") is under develo...

Latest "PHP Serverless Profiles" Podcast

PHP Serverless Profiles
#2 - A Look At Bref Cloud
June 15, 2025
The FOSS Bref Project was critical in getting me over-the-hump with figuring out how to use PHP with Lambda. This success with PHP+Lambda got me into PHP Serverless.I am eager to profile serverless platforms and technologies not named Amazon/Goog...
PHP Serverless Profiles
#1 - Impressions Of Laravel Cloud
March 26, 2025
In this inaugural episode of my PHP Serverless Profiles, I talk about my initial impressions of the recently launched Laravel Cloud....

Latest "The Bob Bloom Interviews" Podcast

The Bob Bloom Interviews
#4 - Guide For Guests
March 25, 2023
How I want to go about my interviews. This is the last of four introductory episodes....
The Bob Bloom Interviews
#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....
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Luke Galea is a veteran technology leader who began coding professionally during the dot-com boom. While Ruby, Elixir, and Erlang are his tools of choice, PHP has remained a constant thread throughout his two-decade career spanning healthcare, dating, nutrition coaching, education, and workforce management. His journey includes scaling high volume consumer facing sites HotOrNot and Ashley Madison where PHP powered the core infrastructure. Even when working with other technologies, Luke has consistently leveraged PHP for marketing technology, community forums, and developer resources. A committed community builder, he founded Toronto's Erlang user group and actively supports the Toronto Elixir and GTA PHP communities. Currently focused on leadership coaching and technology advisory, Luke loves solving hard problems with smart people. Call him if you want to riff on something awesome.
Luke Galea
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Luke Galea is a veteran technology leader who began coding professionally during the dot-com boom. While Ruby, Elixir, and Erlang are his tools of choice, PHP has remained a constant thread throughout his two-decade career spanning healthcare, dating, nutrition coaching, education, and workforce management. His journey includes scaling high volume consumer facing sites HotOrNot and Ashley Madison where PHP powered the core infrastructure. Even when working with other technologies, Luke has consistently leveraged PHP for marketing technology, community forums, and developer resources. A committed community builder, he founded Toronto's Erlang user group and actively supports the Toronto Elixir and GTA PHP communities. Currently focused on leadership coaching and technology advisory, Luke loves solving hard problems with smart people. Call him if you want to riff on something awesome.
(Luke Galea's website)
Tolga Ercan is an accomplished technology executive with over two decades of experience leading high-performing engineering organizations across SaaS, fintech, and consumer technology sectors. He currently serves as Director of Engineering at Vetster, a veterinary telehealth platform redefining access to pet care through innovative digital solutions. Tolga has built a career scaling engineering teams, driving cloud migration strategies, and delivering resilient, scalable systems. His leadership experience includes senior roles at Instagram, Edmunds, and early-stage startups, where he has consistently championed technical excellence, operational efficiency, and cultural growth. He has also leveraged technologies such as Laravel to build and scale modern, customer-facing applications in startup environments, applying best practices in software architecture and agile development. As a supporter of the open source community, Tolga believes in the importance of open innovation and actively backs initiatives that advance software transparency, interoperability, and access. He is committed to fostering the future of technology through mentorship, organizational leadership, and community engagement.
Tolga Ercan
Basecamp subscription sponsor
Tolga Ercan is an accomplished technology executive with over two decades of experience leading high-performing engineering organizations across SaaS, fintech, and consumer technology sectors. He currently serves as Director of Engineering at Vetster, a veterinary telehealth platform redefining access to pet care through innovative digital solutions. Tolga has built a career scaling engineering teams, driving cloud migration strategies, and delivering resilient, scalable systems. His leadership experience includes senior roles at Instagram, Edmunds, and early-stage startups, where he has consistently championed technical excellence, operational efficiency, and cultural growth. He has also leveraged technologies such as Laravel to build and scale modern, customer-facing applications in startup environments, applying best practices in software architecture and agile development. As a supporter of the open source community, Tolga believes in the importance of open innovation and actively backs initiatives that advance software transparency, interoperability, and access. He is committed to fostering the future of technology through mentorship, organizational leadership, and community engagement.
(Tolga Ercan's website)