The Programmer's Fulcrum: 06 September, 2025
Here we feature the latest Symfony Station Communiqué and Battalion "Destroying Autocracy" Post along with their featured articles.
Symfony Station Communiqué - Stardate: ✦ 05 September 2025 ✦
Get the latest from the Symfony Universe and PHP development communities.
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As seen above, the PHP Foundation announces:
The PHP Foundation, Anthropic’s MCP team, and Symfony are collaborating on the official PHP SDK for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Our goal is a framework-agnostic, production-ready reference implementation the PHP ecosystem can rely on.
The Symfony team will lead maintenance, with contributions from the broader community, including Kyrian Obikwelu (PHP-MCP).
Announcing the Official PHP SDK for MCP
Gods I am glad I am retiring in December. With Symfony involved at least it will work.
Destroying Autocracy – September 04, 2025
Welcome to this week's "Destroying Autocracy". It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it.
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Scripting of WordLand fame writes:
I want you to see WordPress as comparable to Bluesky or Mastodon.
Internally, the software, WordPress, Mastodon, Bluesky, do a lot of the same things. But because WordPress is so long-lived relative to the other two, it’s more complete, scaled, and it federates easily. Lots of people do it.
WordPress also has excellent support for RSS, especially using a little-known feature called rssCloud. It enables real-time notification of new or changed feed items. And has a deep and powerful API. It’s well designed, documented, and they don’t break it.
BTW, Mastodon and Bluesky lack these.
Think Different about WordPress
Hamish Campbell has made a similar point.
This article is the type of coverage we will feature on The Fulcrum in 2026.
