🚀 Tech watch week 39
on September 26, 2025
This week, I'm sharing a selection of interesting resources about PHP, Symfony, Git, and the open-source ecosystem. Here are the highlights 👇
🛰️ Building a mini-CDN with Symfony and FrankenPHP
A detailed article explains how to set up a mini-CDN from scratch with Symfony 7 and FrankenPHP. This type of implementation illustrates the power of modern PHP in system uses usually reserved for other stacks. 👉 Read the article
📦 Analyze Composer dependencies
The Composer Dependency Analyser project allows you to assess the consistency and cleanliness of your dependencies. A useful tool for identifying unused packages or checking whether your dependencies are being properly exploited. 👉 Discover the tool
🐘 A new Sylius elephant with Mr. Biz
The Sylius community is growing with a customized “Monsieur Biz” elephpant. A great way to strengthen the visual and community identity around the PHP e-commerce ecosystem. 👉 See the announcement
⚔️ JJ – When Google reinvents Git
The Jujutsu (JJ) project is rethinking the Git experience with a simpler, more modern, and intuitive approach. Initiated by Google, it offers an alternative to traditional workflows for complex repositories. 👉 See the Git Hub repository
🧠 PHP-ORT – Optimization and AI with PHP
The PHP-ORT (Optimized Runtime Toolkit) project paves the way for new experiments to optimize code with AI-inspired methods. Combined with thoughts on PHP and artificial intelligence, this shows a future where PHP goes beyond the web. 👉 PHP-ORT Documentation
🌐 Upsun – Git instead of PostgreSQL?
Upsun proposes a radical idea: replacing PostgreSQL with Git as the data backend for certain projects. A unique approach that challenges the way we manage versioning and persistence in modern systems. 👉 Read the article
⚡ Fibers in PHP 8.4
Fibers will continue to evolve with PHP 8.4, making asynchronous more accessible natively in the language. This is another step towards concurrent and efficient PHP applications, without heavy external frameworks. 👉 Read the article
✅ That's it for this week! Innovations in PHP, Git, and infrastructure tools that open up new perspectives.