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> Meta is the sole reason PHP is still alive.

This could not be more wrong. Meta is still using PHP AFAIK but I'm not sure it's modern. They created the Hack programming language ~10 years ago but it doesn't look like it's been updated in several years. Most of the improvements they touted were included in PHP 7 years ago.


I never said they were still using it (they are in some cases)

But when the backend world was either Java or ASP, FB chose PHP and helped us other small companies out.

They eventually went Hack, the rest went Node for the most part.

But during those PHP years they gave us HHVM and many PHP improvements to get us through.


HHVM was not a contribution to PHP. It resulted in PHP 7 being sped up and releasing with a bunch of long awaited features. But afaik , very little of HHVM made it back to PHP core.

It made PHP 5-7 usable in production, otherwise it would have died before we got to modern PHP.

Of course it wasn't merged in, it was a separate compiler, it certainly inspired future optimizations though.

But the point is, it was a very useful stop-gap solution for the community.

Also would like to highlight that they have contributed a lot to PHP upstream in addition to that.


Nothing happens when I click `Scan`.


Whoops, developer mode needs to be toggled on. Just updated the instructions


Still nothing seems to happen when I click "Scan". Does that mean that none of the extension IDs provided are on the list?


AutoRune and SCAR! Though, I never cared much for Delphi.


This is also how I learned programming, though mainly with Simba, the spiritual successor to SCAR: https://github.com/Villavu/Simba


> The Claude Agent SDK is a collection of tools that helps developers build powerful agents on top of Claude Code.

https://claude.com/blog/building-agents-with-the-claude-agen...

From September 29, 2025


Please add Chandra by Datalab


Did you incorporate as a C corp or LLC?


C corp in Delaware


Go with S-corp.


Seems like big no-no.

>The big reason why C corps are preferable is because S corporation shareholders can only be people -- not other businesses, like VC firms. (S corps also can't issue preferred stock.) An S corporation can't take venture capital without first reverting back to C corp status. But an S corporation can save a lot of money on taxes

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13784


what is the difference?


I just tested a non-English document and it rendered English text. Does your model not support anything other than English?


It does, we have users in Europe and Asia using it with non English languages. Can you please send me a message at diptanu at tensorlake dot ai, would love to see why it didn’t work.


Imagine laying off one of the most genuine, friendly developer evangelists of all time.


It was sad to say goodbye to Aaron yes. I am glad he and I are on good terms again. I have immense professional respect for him.


Thank you Sam.

For others, I wrote a longer response above!


Very nice of you to characterize me as such, I truly appreciate it.


Brian Krebs is a saint for being the perennial punching bag and target of cybercriminals but continuing to publish important information independently.


* In Bedrock Edition. Minecraft purists only use Java Edition.


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