Nico Verbruggen

To celebrate 100k downloads, PHP Monitor 25.06 is now available with a few fresh visual touches and some minor bug fixes. And yes, I've also changed the version numbering system! Linked below is a brief blog post about this release with screenshots.

Tinkering again. Small QoL update for phpmon dropping later this month.

I pushed a small update for PHP Monitor out today, version 25.07. It's a minor update. but as always: I recommend updating and making sure you're on the latest version of Valet, too. (I'm planning on making it easier to upgrade Valet in an upcoming version.)

So... developers, are y'all seriously all using Claude Code and similar tools to do your daily work? Is it really worth it? Are you not worried it's impacting your ability to write code?

Remember when I said I was dealing with burnout and that it was going to take a while? Yeah, turns out it was actually caused by sleep apnea. I got surgery (it was a nasal thing) and things are MUCH better now. So, uh, get that sleep lab if you're not getting good sleep!!

It makes total sense that using LLMs will impact your ability to think and I find it sort of surprising so many people are seemingly totally fine with that. I think it's imperative to find a good balance: i.e. autonomous thinking first, and using LLMs wisely, not blindly.

If you're using a Mac for software dev work, which one do you have, what configuration and do you regret not getting a higher spec one? I'm in the market to replace my base M1 Mac mini at some point and I'm curious what everyone is running these days.

Even though I haven't been able to work much on phpmon, I frequently hear from people they still find it very useful. Sometimes I get a donation and am reminded of that even more. If you or your company was helped, consider sponsoring: nicoverbruggen.be/sponsor It really helps!

I recently added a dedicated e-reader fonts page to my website. If you love reading on e-ink, it may be interesting: nicoverbruggen.be/fonts

Much love to everyone who has been financially supporting phpmon even though it's mostly maintenance work these days. It's very appreciated, and with me dealing w/ burnout right now, every donation helps. I hope to be able to do some cool stuff this year, so stay tuned!

Now that PHP Monitor 7.1 is done, I'm probably not going to touch any IDE much for the rest of the year, unless big issues come up. I must admit that it's been shocking how much energy small things can take away from you when you're recovering from burnout/exhaustion/depression.