Nghia Nguyen

PHP's extensibility is one of its greatest strengths, and managing extensions has long been a challenge—but that will soon change thanks to the PHP Installer for Extensions (PIE 🥧). On our latest blog, Zend Principal Product Manager Matthew Weier O'Phinney breaks down what PIE is, how it benefits developers, and ways your team can get to know this new tool before general release. Read the full post here >> https://ter.li/osv9vv #Zend #PHP

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#PHP #mc68000 68PHPhousand is making slow progress... After a brief sojourn into the limitless opportunity for self nerd-sniping that is potential optimisation, I made a tactical retreat and got back into more practical changes. It's not exciting but it's honest work: ✅ 26874 opcodes covered. Still many more to go. ✅ Added a feature to dump the opcode map in a visual way that is amenable to diffing tools. ✅ Added baseline support for some of the caching features from the last round of experimentation. ✅ Added a CodeROM implementation for immutable memory loaded from a file. This allows code to be written in asm, compiled with vasm (vasmm68k_mot) which greatly simplifies testing.

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South Wales Software Developer Salary Benchmarking - Feb 2026 Market Insights If you’re hiring (or thinking about making a move), here’s a quick, data-backed look at what Software Engineers are earning across Cardiff & South Wales right now. Junior Software Developer (0–2 years) - £25,000 – £35,000 Mid-Level Software Developer (2–5 years) - £35,000 – £50,000 Senior Software Developer (5-6+ years) - £55,000 – £70,000+ *£60k+ usually requires strong backend/cloud or leadership skills. Lead Software Developer (10+years) - £70,000 - £80,000 What This Means for the Market Salaries in South Wales remain competitive, especially for mid–senior engineers. Technologies using C#/.NET , JavaScript, React or Cloud technologies continue to command higher salaries due to demand. Power Platform talent remains in short supply — low-code roles are paying more year-on-year. Hybrid & remote flexibility is becoming a major influence on candidate movement. If you want a full salary breakdown, a role-specific benchmark, or insight into what candidates are looking for right now, drop me a message.

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Shine Principal Software Engineer Ben Teese has written a post outlining his top ten recommendations for designing a REST service interface that has the best chance of being useful to its clients in the long-term:  https://lnkd.in/g7vurUyT

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💼 IR35 Still Applies - Even When Your Client Is Exempt If you work with small companies as a contractor in the UK, you’ve probably heard the phrase: “Don’t worry, we’re exempt from IR35.” But it is not entirely true: It seems to be a common misunderstanding. Yes they’re exempt from making a status determinations, but not from IR35 entirely. Instead the responsibility for status determination lands squarely on you, the contractor. So if you want to stay on the right side of IR35 (i.e. outside), you need more than just good intentions and a promise from your client. You need working practices and paperwork that prove your status. 📄 Start With a Clear Statement of Work This is your first line of defence. A good SoW defines deliverables, outcomes, timelines, and scope. It frames the relationship as a business engagement, not disguised employment. 🤝 Act Like a Business IR35 is about whether you’re really “in business on your own account.” That means: You bring your own tools You define how and when and where you work You work with multiple clients (not always simultaneously, but sometimes over time) You’re paid for outcomes, not just time You can decline work, or charge more for scope creep 🔁 Substitution Isn’t Just a Clause If your contract includes a right of substitution, use it seriously. Keep a small network of trusted peers who could step in if needed. You might never have to call on them, but it shows you’re a real business, not a disguised employee. 🏢 Yes, Small Companies Are Easier - But the Risk Is Yours Small businesses are IR35 exempt, which can often makes them easier to work with. But that doesn’t mean IR35 doesn’t apply. You must assess your own status, and ensure your contract and working practices support it. If HMRC ever investigates, it’s you who has to justify the engagement. 📍 Other Good Practices: Don’t get embedded into client line management Use your own branded email, website, and insurance Control your own working practices (tools, environment, methods) Make it clear when you’re not available or charge extra for additional work ✅ Bottom line: Working outside IR35 is possible (and perfectly legal) if you treat it like a real business engagement. 👇 What’s your experience with small business clients and staying outside IR35? And if you're a small business, do you know what a real outside engagement should look like? #IR35 #Freelance #Contracting #TechLeadership #StatementOfWork

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Did you know PHP’s I/O system is being rebuilt from the ground up? The PHP Streams Evolution is one of the biggest backend upgrades in years — tackling the blocking I/O bottleneck that’s limited PHP’s scalability for decades. 🔹 Async and non-blocking performance 🔹 Native TLS 1.3 🔹 Standardized error handling If you’re a PHP developer, this is the one update you can’t ignore. 👉 Full breakdown here: https://lnkd.in/gf9TDWQE #PHP #Programming #AsyncIO #SoftwareEngineering #PHPEvolution

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.NET Developer Roadmap 2026 From Zero to Job-Ready Planning to become a .NET Developer in 2026? This video gives you the complete .NET roadmap for 2026, designed based on real company requirements — not outdated syllabus. click to watch full video https://lnkd.in/dnJfq99g #shivaconeptsolution #dotnet #Csharp #azure

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