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Where No PHP Has Gone Before - David Flanagan
Explore the future of PHP with David Flanagan as he discusses running PHP applications with WebAssembly, overcomes serverless computing limitations, and introduces innovative tools and technologies.
- The speaker, David, talked about using WebAssembly to run PHP applications, aiming to overcome the limitations of Docker and serverless computing.
- He demonstrated the use of Pulumi, a cloud-agnostic Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, to deploy a PHP application as a WebAssembly module.
- The speaker discussed the issues with running PHP applications in serverless environments, such as cold starts, and how WebAssembly can help mitigate these issues.
- He showed how to use WebAssembly to execute PHP code, allowing it to be run outside of a browser.
- The speaker emphasized the potential of WebAssembly to revolutionize the way we think about language execution and deployment.
- He also highlighted the importance of community efforts, citing the struggles of creating a JSON schema for WebAssembly and the need for more support from major companies.
- David showcased various tools and technologies, including Pulumi, Spin, and BuildKit, to demonstrate the possibilities of using WebAssembly for serverless computing.
- He stressed the need for improved debugging capabilities and the development of more intuitive interfaces for working with WebAssembly.
- The speaker wrapped up by emphasizing the potential of WebAssembly to “change the game” and encouraged the audience to explore this technology further.