Phil Sturgeon

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As a techie I write about pragmatic API design & development, systems architecture, and am increasingly trying to use tech and the tech community to help unf**k the planet.

Geeks Giving for Aids: 2016

For the third time, I will be doing a three-day ride from Boston to New York, along with hundreds of amazing people. Everyone was in various levels of fitness and with various levels of interest in cycling, but everyone had come together with the aim of helping raise a shitload

Talking About Diversity: Conspiracy

This is part of a blog series, about why the PHP community is having a rough time talking about diversity related issues (like code of conducts), and struggling to handle toxic behaviors from members. * Why is Everyone Outraged? * Talking About Diversity: Marginalization * Talking About Diversity: Conspiracy In the previous article

Talking About Diversity: Marginalization

This is part of a blog series, about why the PHP community is having a rough time talking about diversity related issues (like code of conducts), and struggling to handle toxic behaviors from members. * Why is Everyone Outraged? * Talking About Diversity: Marginalization * Talking About Diversity: Conspiracy The other week I

Why Care About PHP Middleware?

Recently there has been a lot of buzz about HTTP middleware in PHP. Since PSR-7 was accepted, everyone and their friend Sherly has been knocking out middleware implementations, some of them stunning, some of them half-arsed, and some of them rolled into existing frameworks. HTTP Middleware is a wonderful thing,

PUT vs PATCH vs JSON-PATCH

A question that is asked with increasing regularity in the APIs You Won't Hate Slack Group is one which has been asked for years, but does not always have a good answer. The question is: What is the different between PUT and PATCH, and when do I use

Loudly Ignoring How CoCs Work

Paul Jones recently wrote an article called An Object Lesson in Conduct Enforcement. The title starts off factually inaccurate, and it goes downhill from there. Sadly Paul didn't ask either party if they wanted their names launched into the spotlight. Nobody has. I write this not to continue

Why Is Everyone Outraged?

There have been about twenty articles I want to write about equality in tech, and they all end up crossing over into one big mess. I'm going to start unpicking these articles into a series, and I want to start by asking this question. Is everyone really offended?