Mordecai Nkereuwem

Mathematician | Data Analyst | Power BI | Excel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

"AI compresses the path to implementation." 🤖

@bosunski breaks it down:

Without AI: Need → Research → Plan → Write → Test → Tested change (six distinct, separated steps)

With AI: Research, Plan, Write, and Test collapse into one tight loop.

The steps remain. Their duration and visibility change.

This is the shift every engineer is living through right now.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

"The goal is not merely to keep the human in the loop but to keep understanding in the loop." 💭

@bosunski , dropping one of the sharpest, lines of PHPConnect'26 so far.

In a world where AI compresses the path to implementation, this is the line worth holding onto.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

That's a wrap on "The Engineer and the Loop." 🎉

Thank you, @bosunski - Senior Software Engineer at Contentful, and the mind behind https://t.co/4maNlPrmyM and https://t.co/YUsjI6Xfj2.

Want to keep the conversation going? Find him here:

🌐 https://t.co/QJhV9Pqo6p
🐦 @bosunski
📺 YouTube: @bonbike
💼 https://t.co/wN2ggq6GEH

Still more sessions ahead - stay tuned. 🐘

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

SuperNative. 📱

PHP & Blade. Real native interfaces.

@ShaneDRosenthal shows how @nativephp taps straight into:
🍎 iOS - SwiftUI
🤖 Android Jetpack Compose

Write it in PHP. Ship it truly native.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

Blade syntax. Native result. 📲

@ShaneDRosenthal Rosenthal live-codes a native iOS slider with @nativephp - `<slider native:https://t.co/qW8q2sc2hf="slideValue">` and it's running, real-time, on an actual simulator.

This is what "write once, run native" actually looks like.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

From chat to App Store. 🤯

@ShaneDRosenthal builds a full Tic Tac Toe game with Laravel and @nativephp , right inside Claude Code, then simply types "go ahead and make an iOS build v0.1.0 and push to the app store."

MCP tools, build checks, Bifrost credits, and a live iOS Simulator, all in one workflow.

This is what AI-assisted native development looks like in 2026.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

This is what a class really looks like to PHP. 🌳

@derickr walks through a full Abstract Syntax Tree - properties, visibility flags, constructors, parameters, all broken down into the AST_CLASS, AST_METHOD, AST_PARAM nodes PHP actually works with under the hood.

Your clean, readable code becomes this before it ever runs.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Xdebug

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

That's a wrap on the PHP Internal Deep Dive. 🙏

Huge thanks to @derickr, creator of Xdebug, for taking us inside the PHP engine, from tokens to AST to execution.

Want the slides? Grab them here:
📑 https://t.co/galUpkErys

Stay connected with Derick:
📧 [email protected]
🐘 Mastodon: @[email protected]

More sessions still ahead, stay tuned. 🐘

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Xdebug

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

Now live: @bosunski Egberinde — Software Engineer and creator of @phpsandboxio — with "The Engineer and the Loop." 🔁

Join us as he unpacks how engineers iterate, grow, and keep showing up, cycle after cycle.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

Now live: @ShaneDRosenthal , Co-founder of @nativephp . 📱

Catch him as he takes the stage at PHPConnect'26.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/pqBo2unaNK

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

Here's what's coming. 👀

The PHP Foundation just dropped their 2026-2027 strategy, straight from @ElizabethN at PHPConnect'26:

📡 Showing up more - Sharing what they're up to, openly and often.
🔄 Refreshing PHP's image - Helping the world see how good modern PHP is.
🎥 Building with you - Doing more, together with the community.
🔁 Looking after the language - Backing core & RFC work, as a helper, not a boss.

Clearer. More visible. More joined-up. This is PHP's next chapter.

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #Laravel

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

That's a wrap on @ohpauladams ‘s session! 🙌

Thank you for taking us through "Building an AI-Powered E2E Testing Platform: Real Bugs, Real Trade-offs, Real Lessons" - real approach, real engineering, real conversation.

More sessions still ahead/. Stay tuned. 🐘

🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/NokZNRADpl

#PHPConnect2026 #AIandTheEngineer #PHP #AItesting

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

SPEAKERS LINEUP FOR PHPConnect’26

There is a topic for everyone.

Each session is different from the other. You can learn how PHP works under the hood, improve how you build, discover opportunities in the PHP ecosystem, and explore what engineering looks like in the age of AI.

Here is the lineup:

KEYNOTE

- @derickr , Creator of Xdebug
Topic: PHP Internals Deep Dive
Derick will take you behind the scenes of PHP, from how your code is parsed to how it becomes bytecode and runs on the engine.

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

- @bosunski , Software Engineer
Topic: The Engineer and the Loop

A session for engineers who want to improve how they approach problems, build, test, and keep improving their work.

- @iamahless , Software Engineer
From Prompt to Production: Building Better Software with AI
Alexander will show you practical ways to use AI for development, debugging, testing, and problem solving, while still making the right engineering decisions.

-@ShaneDRosenthal , Co-Founder of NativePHP
Topic: Building Native Apps with PHP: From Hot Reloading to the App Store with SuperNative & Bifrost

Shane will build a native app from scratch, taking you through hot reloading, syncing with Bifrost, and deploying the app all the way to the App Store.

TALKS

@ElizabethN , Executive Director, PHP Foundation
PHP Foundation: Communities, Contribution & Opportunity

Discover how you can get involved in the PHP ecosystem, contribute to the community, and find new opportunities beyond your everyday work.

@ohpauladams , Senior Software Engineer, https://t.co/d06LYHLyFb
Building an AI-Powered E2E Testing Platform

Paul will share what it took to build Testsnag, including the architecture decisions, trade-offs, production challenges, and lessons from building a real product.

Jesutomiwa “JT” Salam, Senior Software Engineer, Avelis Health
Engineering in the Age of Abstraction

@jesutomiwajs will explore what it means to be an engineer when the way we build software is changing, and the skills engineers need to keep developing.

Different sessions. Different takeaways.

One lineup built for developers at different stages, with different interests, and different goals.

📅 October 3, 2026
🌐 100% Free and Virtual
🎟️ Save your seat: https://t.co/TgC2ueMRBh

#PHPConnect26 #AIandtheEngineer

[Kovo Labs @KovoLabsHQ]

Richeeesss 😎😎
Happy Birthday @SamuelRiches11

We're more than happy to have you as part of the team.
Live long and fulfill purpose.

#kovolabs #happybirthday

[Mordecai Nkereuwem @AmbMordecai]

@Ramkish68725686 Oh this is beautiful
I am so much interested.
Will go a long way in my studies of mathematics, Modelling and analysis

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

@JetBrains × PHPConnect'26

We’re excited to welcome JetBrains as a partner for PHPConnect'26.

@JetBrains builds intelligent development tools that help programmers write, test and fix code faster.

Join us, connect and learn.

Register: https://t.co/8rttaCKVFj

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

Kovo Labs × PHPConnect 2026

We’re excited to welcome @KovoLabsHQ as our Organising Partner.

As an end-to-end digital studio, Kovo Labs brings experience in product, design, events and community building to PHPTalks 2026.

[PHP Talks @PhpTalks]

Big announcement!!🔥🎉

We are excited to announce The PHP Foundation @ThePHPF as our community partner for PHPConnect 2026🎉

Together, we’ll explore how AI is changing the PHP ecosystem and what it means for the engineers building with it

#phpconnect2026 #phpconnect #phptalks

[Mordecai Nkereuwem @AmbMordecai]

PHPConnect26 is here bigger and better and preparations are underway already.
Awesome time during the Volunteer's Onboarding session an hour ago.

Save your seat with the registration link below 👇
https://t.co/0v0Halnr9z

[Mordecai Nkereuwem @AmbMordecai]

@ChuksEmma947401 I'm interested