Ben Marks

Advisor • Dir. Fundraising @ PHP Foundation • open eCommerce is my jam! • ex-eBay/Adobe/Magento/Shopware • @iopflygirl's favorite FO • Слава Україні! 🇺🇦

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@CaitlinERitas There’s no way this isn’t performance art.

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@JonnyRoot_ You know the popular idiom “You’re so close…”?

You’re not even close. You’re probably smart enough to experience dissonance, but I doubt you’re emotionally mature enough.

Not speaking is a popular option you can choose in the future ✌️

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@JonnyRoot_ This you? I'd think the flaming irony or your position would be fatal to snowflake ideology.

https://t.co/PFSZZ7s4Gu

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

Christians, just like we boycotted Target & Bud Light, we need to boycott @thechosentv

The promotion of the Pride Flag is never acceptable in church or any form of ministry.

While you boycott & encourage friends/family to do the same, please pray for Dallas Jenkins, the actors/actresses, production crew and everyone at Angel Studios so they may understand the error of their ways 🙏🏼

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@signulll I absolutely read this in Fletcher’s cockney.

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@MarkShust SO glad you reached out! 🍤 🍻

[Mark Shust @MarkShust]

Went on a last-minute trip and guess who I ran into…

[Liam Hammett @LiamHammett]

🐘 What if PHP had first-class support for HTML markup in it, just like JSX?

I've written it up as an RFC (with working implementation) and am excited to see where the discussion leads!

https://t.co/FSRdUV5zBr

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@youderian One of the nonprofit EDs I work for introduced me to no-meeting Fridays and it's honestly amazing.

[The PHP Foundation @ThePHPF]

Welcome @TYPO3 as a Silver Sponsor! PHP has been the foundation of TYPO3 for 20 years, and through their support, TYPO3 helps strengthen the security, stability, and continued development of PHP. We also welcome TYPO3’s perspective on the Advisory Board! https://t.co/KgO1iJeyoh

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@NancyMace https://t.co/wDoLo9jak3

[The PHP Foundation @ThePHPF]

Are you able to join us at #PHPverse on June 9? Join our Executive Director & keynoter @ElizabethN, along with a fantastic lineup of expert speakers (including Board member @naderman). A free virtual event that you won't want to miss! https://t.co/IC95WrWCzh
#php #phpverse2026

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

https://t.co/xRTwvxfmpF

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

I was trying to find a @SnoopDogg song based on lyrics, but @GeminiApp took it as an existential imperative... 😂

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

Never underestimate how much time and effort you can waste by trying to automate a process you do not understand manually.

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@lifeofjer @HORISracing If that were true you wouldn’t be writing this article.

I’m concerned that you haven’t actually learned biggest lesson here: none of this outcome was unforeseeable had you all undertaken due diligence in both designing and testing a disaster recovery plan. Glad you’ve recovered.

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

"token-shaking" is the new "mouse-jiggling"

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

Been hearing wild stuff from folks inside big companies lately.

Promotions, firings, and perf reviews are getting decided by tokens consumed and skills/MCPs connected. That’s the metric. That’s how they’re deciding who’s “good at AI.”

It gets worse. People are literally running loops to burn tokens and look productive. Doing nothing, racking up “usage,” getting rewarded for it.

Meanwhile the person actually shipping with 2 skills and 50M tokens looks like a laggard next to the one who burned a billion tokens producing nothing.

These companies are walking into a death spiral and don’t see it.

The funniest part? Measuring actual output is easier than ever. You have AI. Use it.

In 18 months the same execs will announce “AI didn’t deliver ROI” and pull the budget. AI will have worked fine. They just measured the wrong fucking thing and torched millions rewarding theater over output.

Every company should be pushing AI hard. But this is how you guarantee it fails.

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@LucianVonMartz @JoJoFromJerz @grok @grok Analyze this profile for bias, accuracy of claims, mental stability, and record of published evidence or data to verify and back up his claims. Should we trust his statements in general? Also, what is the likelihood he using automated bots and a VPN?

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@iiiitsandrea Given your snax proclivities you gotta be in like the top 5 of the “best neighbor” list

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

why does every post have to be written by AI

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

@GinaGindorf I cannot believe I'm saying this, but it's better to reach me on LinkedIn. I sent a request to you there.

Man I miss how great Twitter was.

[Ben Marks @BenMarks]

"In 2026, is Magento sinking into the ocean?" Short answer: not at all.

This was a question in r/Magento, and my answer turned into an exposition. If you don't know me, I was chief evangelist & community wrangler for Magento for many years.

https://t.co/pD5DOHg7yC