Daniel Petrica tells the story of how an unpatched Livewire vulnerability on a forgotten side project exposed Mailcoach API keys and led to 50,000 spam emails being sent. It is a useful reminder to keep dormant apps updated, and a good real-world example of how Docker can limit the blast radius when something goes wrong.
PHP
PHP version stats: July, 2026
Brendt shares fresh Packagist-based PHP version stats for July 2026: PHP 8.4 is now the most-used version, while PHP 8.5 reached 16% adoption after six months. He also notes that package minimum requirements still lag Read more…