Ayesh Karunaratne

Software Architect, Speaker, Full-time Traveler, Buddhist.

Loves Cobblestone pavements, chocolate, Blueberry Pierogi, @phpwch, and Oxford Commas.

Hates YAML.

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says, "Five beers, please".

[Mingu @lowgradef]

In fiction evil is often written to have depth and complexity while good is written to be simple and boring. But in real life evil is boring and predictable while good is complex and unique every single time.

[Packagist @packagist]

🔒An update on Composer & Packagist supply chain security: what's in place, what ships this week with Composer 2.10 (dependency policies, immutable versions), and what comes next.
If you maintain PHP packages, enable MFA now!
#php #phpc #composerphp

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@brendt_gd Documenting PHP is not easy. We enable quite a lot of software paradigms, scattered APIs, hundreds of INI, all sorts of extensions, SAPIs, and and decades of history.

So yes, full time paid doc team/person makes absolute sense.

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@rangaba Classic Sri Lankan banks. Instead of getting security right, they add baseless "security" limits making it inconvenient for legit uses.

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@BuduMalli @dialoglk @TRCSL TRCSL should outright ban all these "apps". I have never seen anyone subscribing to them intentionally, and I have yet to see any "app" bringing any meaningful value to their users.

They slowly suck people's credits in small amounts so they almost nobody pays attention to them.

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@h_liyan I have not seen any Sri Lankan bank promoting QR code payments as a convenient way to pay. The apps are clunky and slow, and the QR code scanner is hidden deep inside.

Plus, there is no easy way to transfer to a regular account (not a merchant), so it's practically useless.

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@chathu50 @h_liyan No it is absolutely much more complex than QR code payments, which essentially boils down to a fund transfer where both banks and an exchange is involved.

NFC and card payments, on the other hand, require several players and a much more complicated security model.

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@yudhanjaya This, 💯.
I get asked often to help them to land an internship, but their knowledge is so weak I the time wasted in training them is not worth because they aren't gonna meaningfully contribute to the company no matter how much resources and opportunities you throw at them.

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

Still recovering from an incredible week at the Dutch PHP Conference.

View the full photo album here: https://t.co/qKRdexFotf

Thank you to everyone who joined us.

#dpc26 #softwaredevelopment #developers

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

🚀 The Dutch PHP Conference Friday is SOLD OUT!

Workshops were already full and now the Friday conference tickets are gone too. In 2 days we open all rooms at Pathé Amsterdam Noord and welcome an amazing developer community from all over the world.

See you there 👋

#dpc26

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

Johan Janssens (@johanjanssens) at Dutch PHP Conference 🚀 “PHP Unbound: Beyond the Language”. A practical session for developers who care about what really matters.

Join us in Amsterdam.

#dpc26

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

Gina Peter Banyard (@Girgias) at Dutch PHP Conference 🚀 “PHP's Type System Dissected”. A practical session for developers who care about what really matters.

Join us in Amsterdam.

#dpc26

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@creatine_queen @rangaba They don't deserve it

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@rangaba Who voted against it? Or was it an anonymous vote?

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

Derick Rethans at Dutch PHP Conference 🚀 “Own Your Content”. A practical session for developers who care about what really matters.

Join us in Amsterdam.

#dpc26

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

Peter van Vliet (@p_van_vliet) at Dutch PHP Conference 🚀 “From OOP to OOPS: Escaping the One-Paradigm Trap”. A practical session for developers who care about what really matters.

Join us in Amsterdam.

#dpc26

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

James Titcumb (@asgrim) at Dutch PHP Conference 🚀 “🥧 A slice of PIE: revolutionising PHP extension installation”. A practical session for developers who care about what really matters.

Join us in Amsterdam.

#dpc26

[Dutch PHP Conference @dpcon]

Ayesh Karunaratne (@ayeshlive) at Dutch PHP Conference 🚀 “Defensive PHP: Code that refuses to fail silently”. A practical session for developers who care about what really matters.

Join us in Amsterdam.

#dpc26

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@RajapaksaNamal Dude your "politics" is a living comedy. Have some self respect for yourself.

[Ayesh Karunaratne @Ayeshlive]

@CSEBets TEN BILLION turnover! Ignoring crossings (~ 1B in PABC. N), that's still a solid turnover. I didn't trade at all today, but it's good to see an active market.