Longhorn PHP Conference 2026 Recap: Austin, Tutorials, Lightning Talks & Testing Insights Dan Soppelsa and friends on the Torq'd Podcast recap Dan and Chris Lemon’s trip to Austin, Texas for Longhorn PHP Conference 2026.
00:00 Podcast Introductions
00:44 Trip To Longhorn PHP
01:04 Learned Liked Lacked Segment
01:56 DuckDB Discovery
04:48 AI Agent Memory Tools
07:30 Claude Code PR Workflow
09:50 Whimsy Side Projects
13:24 Community Events Rundown
16:13 Longhorn PHP Overview
17:26 First Time In Austin
19:16 Texas Capitol And Tex Mex
22:56 Cybercab Ride Story
29:15 Comedy Night In Austin
29:38 Tutorial Day Begins
30:11 Docs Plus Testing Tutorial
31:00 Tutorial Format Explained
31:47 AI Powered PHP Workflow
34:00 Frameworks Across PHP Tech
35:37 Rust PHP Extensions
39:45 Austin PHP Lightning Talks
45:28 PHP Foundation Update
46:27 JSON Table And Threads
50:43 Onboarding Staff Engineer
52:46 NGINX Talk Reflections
57:49 Tetris In PHP Talk
59:25 PHPUnit Beyond Assertions
01:03:27 Ethics Closing Keynote
01:05:43 Austin Nightlife 13th Floor
01:08:02 Conference Takeaways And Wrap