Symfony Station Communiqué — 15 December 2023. A look at Symfony, Drupal, PHP, Cybersec, and Fediverse news!
Tags: symfony, drupal, php, fediverse
Published: 2023-12-31 21:11:59

This communiqué [originally appeared on Symfony Station](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-15-December-2023).  

Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. Because open-source equals open societies, peeps. We also cover the cybersecurity world and the Fediverse (more open-source). 

There is good content in the all of our categories, so please take your time and enjoy the items most relevant and valuable to you. This is why we publish on Fridays. So you can savor it over your weekend. 😉

Or jump straight to your favorite section via our website.

- [Symfony](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-15-December-2023#symfony)
- [PHP](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-15-December-2023#php)
- [More Programming](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-15-December-2023#more)
- [Fighting for Democracy](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-15-December-2023#other)
- [Cybersecurity](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-15-December-2023#cybersecurity)
- [Fediverse](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-15-December-2023#fediverse)

Once again, thanks go out to Javier Eguiluz and Symfony for sharing [our communiqué](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Symfony-Station-Communique-08-December-2023) in their [Week of Symfony](https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-884-4-10-december-2023). 

**My opinions will be in bold. And often involve cursing.**

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![Symfony logo](https://www.symfonystation.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/Symfony-2.png)

## Symfony

As always, we will start with the official news from Symfony.

Highlight -> "This week, Symfony celebrated the [SymfonyCon Brussels 2023](https://live.symfony.com/2023-brussels-con/) conference with great success. During the hackday, the community contributed many bug fixes and new features for the upcoming Symfony 7.1 version. Lastly, we announced the next SymfonyCon edition: [SymfonyCon Vienna 2024](https://live.symfony.com/2024-vienna-con/) (December 5 – 6, 2024)."

[A Week of Symfony #884 (4-10 December 2023)](https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-884-4-10-december-2023) 



They also have this announcement:

[SymfonyCon Vienna 2024](https://live.symfony.com/2024-vienna-con/)


SymfonyCasts continues its LAST stack course:

[This week on SymfonyCasts](https://5hy9x.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/1t6AVsd2XFnIGBrRERGJumwddAsNT1/cYOcfyUhqE63) 


### This Week

Studio 24 has:

[SymfonyCon Brussels 2023](https://www.studio24.net/blog/symfonycon-brussels-2023/)

Skoop Dev shares:

[SymfonyCon follow-up: Doctrine entities vs Domain entities](https://skoop.dev/blog/2023/12/09/_SymfonyCon_follow-up_Doctrine_entities_vs_domain_entities/)

Linku has:

[SymfonyCon Brussel 2023](https://linku.nl/symfonycon-brussel-2023/)



### CMSs

TYPO3 shows us:

[How Motivation and Commitment Drive the TYPO3 Community](https://typo3.org/article/how-motivation-and-commitment-drive-the-typo3-community)

<br>

The Drop Times has:

[Deep Dive into Drupal's API Client Initiative with Brian Perry](https://www.thedroptimes.com/interview/35658/deep-dive-drupals-api-client-initiative-with-brian-perry)

**More good work on the frontend front for Drupal.**

[Component-Based Design Using Single Directory Components (SDC) in Drupal](https://www.thedroptimes.com/35914/component-based-design-using-single-directory-components-sdc-in-drupal)

**Same here.**

[Effective Site Search: Integrating SearchStax Studio, Drupal, and React](https://www.thedroptimes.com/36025/effective-site-search-integrating-searchstax-studio-drupal-and-react)

<br>
Five Jars looks at:

[Security Checklist for Drupal Website](https://medium.com/@fivejars/security-checklist-for-drupal-website-ccb014f3a168)

InWebWorks explores:

[Drupal Decoupled and Headless: All you need to Know](https://www.lnwebworks.com/Insight/drupal-decoupled-and-headless-all-you-need-know)

**Again, frontless peeps not headless. And go decoupled.**

ADCI Solutions shows us:

[How to Write a Functional Specification in Development](https://www.adcisolutions.com/knowledge/how-to-write-functional-specification)

(Not Santa) Klausi is:

[Proposing a Drupal 7 security team](https://klau.si/blog/proposing-drupal-7-security-team/(https://klau.si/blog/proposing-drupal-7-security-team/)

**Or just fucking upgrade.**

<br>

Lost Car Park continue their advent calendar:

[Drupal Advent Calendar day 9 - Backdrop](https://lostcarpark.com/advent/2023/9/backdrop)

**If you are on Drupal 7 and refuse to upgrade, check this out.**

[Drupal Advent Calendar day 10 - Smart Date](https://lostcarpark.com/advent/2023/10/smart-date)

[Drupal Advent Calendar day 11 - Volunteer Coordination](https://lostcarpark.com/advent/2023/11/volunteer-coordination)

[Drupal Advent Calendar day 12 ECA (Event - Condition - Action)](https://lostcarpark.com/advent/2023/12/eca)

### Previous Weeks

PrestaConcept has:

[Des filtres enregistrés dans vos admins Sonata](https://www.prestaconcept.net/blog/symfony/des-filtres-enregistres-dans-vos-admins-sonata)

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## PHP

### This Week

I just found this online book resource:
  
[Some drops of PHP](https://drops-of-php.hi-folks.dev/) 

Heiss Online looks at:

[PHP-Anwendungsserver in Go: FrankenPHP erreicht 1.0](https://www.heise.de/news/PHP-Anwendungsserver-in-Go-FrankenPHP-erreicht-1-0-9570404.html)

OpenLampTech has an interview:

[Developer Interview With Christian Olear](https://openlamptech.substack.com/p/openlamptech-developer-interview-f63)



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## More Programming

Joan Westenberg opines on:

[The responsibility of AI titans in a post-work society](https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-responsibility-of-ai-titans-in-a-post-work-society)
  
TechCrunch reports:
  
[Docker acquires AtomicJar, a testing startup that raised $25M in January](https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/docker-acquires-atomicjar-a-testing-startup-that-raised-25m-in-january/)

Smashing Mag explores:

[Building Components For Consumption, Not Complexity (Part 1)](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/12/building-components-consumption-not-complexity-part1/)

Free Code Camp has:

[How to manipulate the DOM in JavaScript – Most Commonly Used Techniques](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/javascript-document-object-model-explained/)

<br>

HTMHell continues their advent calendar:

[What the slot?](https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/9/)

**Great stuff.**

[Template for accessibility guidelines](https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/10/)

[The hidden attribute in HTML](https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/11/)

**Also excellent.**

[Test-driven HTML and accessibility](https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/12/)




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## Fighting for Democracy

[Please visit our Support Ukraine page](https://symfonystation.mobileatom.net/Support-Ukraine) to learn how you can help kick Russia out of Ukraine (eventually).

### The cyber response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery

Wired reports:
  
[The Government Is Now the Hottest Tech Employer in Town](https://www.wired.com/story/tech-jobs-government-layoffs/)

The Register reports:

[Interpol moves against human traffickers who enslave people to scam you online](https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/12/interpol_cyberscam_trafficker_action/)

**Now these are some mofos who deserve the death penalty.**

### The Evil Empire Strikes Back

The Register reports:

[Hollywood plays unwitting Cameo in Kremlin plot to discredit Zelensky](https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/09/russia_cameo_ukraine_propaganda/)

[Competing Section 702 surveillance bills on collision path for US House floor](https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/08/competing_section_702_surveillance_bills/)

Radio Free Europe reports:

[Ukraine's Largest Phone Operator Says Huge Cyberattack Disrupted Services](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-cyberattack-phone-network/32727275.html)

Vice reports:

[Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Pushing Misinformation and Legitimizing Conspiracies](https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxqp9/elon-musks-grok-ai-is-pushing-misinformation-and-legitimizing-conspiracies)

**Wow, big surprise.**

**BTW, SpaceC^nt was thrown out of OpenAI (like PayPal) and is ass hurt about. That's why he started this horseshit.**

The Hacker News reports:

[Researchers Unmask Sandman APT's Hidden Link to China-Based KEYPLUG Backdoor](https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/researchers-unmask-sandman-apts-hidden.html)

The Washington Post reports:

[China’s cyber army is invading critical U.S. services](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAyMjcwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzAzNjUzMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDIyNzA4MDAsImp0aSI6ImJkYWVhMjIyLTkwZWMtNGE0Mi05ZTA5LTI2MGQ1OGJiMGQ4OCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjMvMTIvMTEvY2hpbmEtaGFja2luZy1oYXdhaWktcGFjaWZpYy10YWl3YW4tY29uZmxpY3QvIn0.Y3ULmvarkRdwUD52XuO5tMAhNliHamYd1ZNfFoPVbuA) 


### Cybersecurity/Privacy

DarkReading reports:

[Responsibly Implementing AI, the Unstoppable Force](https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/responsibly-implementing-ai-unstoppable-force)

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### Fediverse

The Fediverse Report has:

[Last Week in Fediverse – ep 47](https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-47/)

[Bridging Nostr and the fediverse](https://fediversereport.com/bridging-nostr-and-the-fediverse/)

**Again, anything that gets the non-c^nts off Shitter is a good thing. Although like Bluesky, Nostr is basically Twitter without ElonMuskie.**

[A Mammoth of an update](https://fediversereport.com/a-mammoth-of-an-update)

Brno Hat shares:

[Increase Reader Engagement with ActivityPub Plugin](https://enblog.eischmann.cz/2023/12/12/increase-reader-engagement-with-activitypub-plugin/)

Springer Nature has:

[Get Out of the Nest! Drivers of social influence in the Twitter migration to Mastodon](https://communities.springernature.com/posts/get-out-of-the-nest-drivers-of-social-influence-in-the-twitter-migration-to-mastodon)

TechCrunch reports:

[Tumblr’s ‘fediverse’ integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg](https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/tumblrs-fediverse-integration-is-still-being-worked-on-says-owner-and-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg/)

reb00ted reports:

[Meta/Threads Interoperating in the Fediverse Data Dialogue Meeting yesterday](https://reb00ted.org/tech/20231208-meta-threads-data-dialogue/)

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## Author

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### Reuben Walker

Founder  
Symfony Station