Web Developer, PHP. Core team member @symfony and @doctrineproject. Likes code that has the age of a good whisky. Vaccinated. Tweets in German and English.
Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Joined May 2010
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Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
"Build Applications that Welcome Change" by @derrabus
engineeringkiosk.dev/meetup/… / @EngKiosk – at Düsseldorf, Germany
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
No getters, no setters, same database schema, just considerably less code 💻
Catch Alexander Turek at #SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026 to see how Doctrine ORM 3.4 & DBAL 4.3 modernize your domain entities! symfony.com/blog/symfonycon-…
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
Proud to welcome #Symfony Core Team member @derrabus to SensioLabs DE 🙌
His passion for #PHP, quality code ✨ and #opensource will be major assets in helping companies using Symfony unlock the full potential of the #framework 🚀
⚓ Welcome aboard, Alexander!
ALT SensioLabs creator of Symfony Welcome to the team Alexander M. Turek with a photo of Alexander wearing a Symfony beanie under the snow
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
Throwback to our #Symfony #PHP meetup in Barcelona ⛱️ last week
🙏 Thank you to all the attendees, the speakers @derrabus @chr_hertel & @Manychat_life for hosting us at your gorgeous office
Check out the photos below 👇
ALT Manychat logo on a light in a design space office
ALT Stiven Llupa speaking in front of a screen with PHP Manychat way writter
ALT Christopher Hertel at the Symfony PHP meetup with a screen displaying the Symfony AI logo
ALT The SensioLabs team at the Symfony PHP Barcelona Meetup
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
We’re hosting Symfony/PHP meetup by @sensiolabs in Barcelona next Thursday.
🎤 Build Applications that Welcome Change, Alexander M. Turek
🎤 Building on top of Symfony AI, Christopher Hertel
We’ll be happy to see both experienced Sympony users and new to PHP frameworks.
→ Join us: bit.ly/symfony-barcelona-mee…
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
🔴 Key topic of the moment: Build applications that welcome change — explained by @derrabus at #Symfony_Live Berlin 2026
#PHP #Symfony
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
🔁 Software evolves, can your app handle it?
Alexander M. Turek presents
“Build Applications that Welcome Change” at Symfony_Live Berlin 2026!
#Symfony #PHP #Architecture #SoftwareDesign symfony.com/blog/symfony-liv…
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
My heart is broken. RIP Ryan.
We’re deeply saddened by the loss of Ryan Weaver, a major contributor and trainer to API Platform. Ryan’s passion and kindness left a lasting mark on the PHP community, and he will be deeply missed. Our hearts go to his family, you can support them here: gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-…
ALT Picture of Ryan Weaver speaking
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
Incredibly saddened by the loss of Ryan Weaver, whose contributions to the PHP ecosystem touched countless developers' lives.
Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones. 🕊️
Sad to share @weaverryan passed away peacefully this week surrounded by loved ones.
Celebration of life will be held Sunday, Sept 7th, 1–4pm at WildWood Family Farms, 7970 Snow Ave SE, Alto, MI 49302.
If you’re able, please donate to his son’s fund: gofund.me/24932a6a
Here is my favorite picture of Ryan for your viewing pleasure!
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
🙌 Remembering Ryan Weaver: Teacher, Core Team Member, Friend
➡️ symfony.com/blog/remembering…
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
Sad to share @weaverryan passed away peacefully this week surrounded by loved ones.
Celebration of life will be held Sunday, Sept 7th, 1–4pm at WildWood Family Farms, 7970 Snow Ave SE, Alto, MI 49302.
If you’re able, please donate to his son’s fund: gofund.me/24932a6a
Here is my favorite picture of Ryan for your viewing pleasure!
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
Wow another packed release! 20 years and still striving 🤩
🌟 Symfony 7.3 curated new features
➡️ symfony.com/blog/symfony-7-3…
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Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
🤖 Ready to automate everything? @derrabus shows you how at #SymfonyOnline June 2025!
🔎 Details: live.symfony.com/2025-online…
👉 Join us: live.symfony.com/2025-online…
🧠 You write the code.
🤖 The robots do the rest.
🎤Join Alexander M. Turek at #SymfonyOnline June 2025 for "CI in PHP Projects: Automate Everything with Your Personal Army of Robots" symfony.com/blog/symfonyonli…
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
🔴Rolling in at #Symfony_Live Berlin: CI in PHP Projects: Automate Everything with Your Personal Army of Robots 🤖 with @derrabus !
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
🎤Meet #Symfony_Live Berlin 2025 speakers
Supercharge your PHP workflow with CI! Learn with Alexander M. Turek to automate testing, validation, and deployments using GitHub Actions & GitLab CI/CD—because robots never sleep! ⤵️ symfony.com/blog/symfonylive…
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
Following already accepted and implemented "Support Closures in constant expressions" RFC, the new "First Class Callables in constant expressions" #PHP RFC extends the initial proposal with FCC usage. Hot or not?
wiki.php.net/rfc/fcc_in_cons…
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
🔴 #SymfonyOnline January 2025: Let's join @derrabus in Symfony track! He is talking about Strict PHP and will be online for Q/A
Alexander M. Turek 👨🏻💻 retweeted
How best to interact with a database?
To help answer join Alexander M. Turek (@derrabus) on his deep dive into the Doctrine. You'll learn about the benefits and best use cases for ORM, DBAL and even native PHP extensions.
If you want more great talks in 2025, buy a ticket to PHP UK Conference buff.ly/3XW9PU8
Alexander's talk can be found here: buff.ly/4b4oPDb
#phpuk #phpuk25 #phpc #doctrine #symfony
