Chris Hogben

Laravel, PHP and Mojitos. Personal account - views own, RT != endorsement, etc.

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

It’s been a great run, but today is my last day at @TilloHq. It’s been awesome to be part of such an amazing Engineering team for the past ~4 years, delivering a wide range of fantastic new products and features for our customers. Here’s to the future..! 🚀

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

As the sun sets on another trip, we look forward to the future and what lies ahead.. 🔜

[Laravel Live UK @LaravelLiveUK]

🎤 Speaker Announcement!

@naomigo will be talking about "Event-Driven Evolution with AI as my Partner in Design".

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://t.co/bomektCct3

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

Arrived back early so have an hour or two before the coach home, so got a little time to make the trip official.. 🍹

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

The Panorama Terrace at Schiphol takes me back to the days of the old Spectators deck at Gatwick. Spent so many weekends of my childhood with family up there just watching the planes.. 🛫

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

Not such a little Fokker when you get up close to it… 😂

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

Too much swag? Never! (except I have to figure out how to fit it all in my rucksack tomorrow.. 😂) @LaraconEU #LaraconEU

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

Quite an impressive venue! Looking forward to see what @LaraconEU 2026 brings! #LaraconEU

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

Good morning Amsterdam! ☀️

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

@naomigo @LaraconEU Thankfully only one less hour waiting in Heathrow in the end.. 😁

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

I think my trips to @LaraconEU are cursed - last year, cancelled Eurostar, this year, cancelled National Express coach to Heathrow.. 🫠

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

If you can, consider the open source projects and communities you care about, and think about how you can support them - either through contributions, funding or other commitments. Let's make sure AI doesn't take away the human elements that make our craft enjoyable! 😀

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

After @PHPUKConference last week, I took away from a couple of talks the feeling of needing to support the Open Source and PHP communities more, especially in this era of AI. I picked some projects/communities to sponsor to do my small part to help support them into the future 🧵

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

My development life is significantly less stressful when tests are available. It was great being at Sebastian Bergmann's talk last week to hear about testing strategies for event-driven workloads. The time, effort and care he puts in to PHPUnit is something worth supporting!

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

“Our craft is more than about writing code…”

“Our craft relies heavily on our ability to think critically…”

“Al is a support for these things, but it is not a replacement”

#phpuk26 @naomigo @TilloHq

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

“Where AI shines: Education , Evaluation, Examples and Validation” - there are many more useful ways AI can be integrated into your development flow beyond just coding.. #phpuk26 @naomigo @TilloHq

[Chris Hogben @cjh_dev]

“Experiments as a team” - it’s useful to understand your teams existing knowledge, and then use that with new ideas discovered through AI-led investigations.. #phpuk26 @naomigo @TilloHq