Arkadiusz Kondas - Software Architect and Data Scientist writing about PHP, machine learning and software architecture. On his blog you will find practical posts on design patterns, clean testing with PHPUnit, compiling and benchmarking PHP with JIT, data structures like binary heaps, and architectural thinking for scalable systems. He also shares talks and workshops on Event Storming and pragmatic development, and maintains open-source projects including PHP-ML, a machine-learning library for PHP, and PHP Grandmaster, a chess engine deployed on AWS Lambda.
16 articles from this blog
Author details a DMCA takedown of his open-source php-ml library on GitHub, explaining the process and its impact on the project.
Explores definitions of software architecture, examining it as decisions, system structure, and design process to form a universal understanding.
A guide to 'Game Networking', an interactive method for meeting people at tech conferences, with a focus on machine learning events.
A personal review of Nick Bostrom's book on AI superintelligence, exploring its paths, dangers, and the crucial control problem.
A guide on running PHP 8 with JIT compilation enabled using a custom Docker image, including performance testing.
Analyzes different methods for calling assertions in PHPUnit, comparing their popularity and performance.
A guide to compiling PHP 8 from source with JIT support, including dependencies and configuration steps for Ubuntu systems.
Analysis of PHP's limitations for machine learning, focusing on visualization, Jupyter support, and GPU capabilities compared to Python.
A tutorial on text data classification using the BBC news dataset and PHP-ML for machine learning, covering data loading and preprocessing.
A technical tutorial on using the k-means clustering algorithm to analyze and visualize robbery location data from Chicago.
Learn to implement the k-Nearest Neighbors algorithm in PHP to predict air quality using public data and the php-ml library.
A guide to implementing a binary heap data structure in PHP from scratch, with comparisons to SPL and performance analysis.
A guide for technical experts transitioning into leadership roles, covering mindset shifts and practical techniques to succeed.
Learn to build a basic chess AI in PHP using algorithms, chess.js for rules, and chessboard.js for visualization.
Overview of new features, changes, and fixes in PHP-ML 0.7.0, a machine learning library for PHP developers.
Explains the Strategy design pattern, its goals, structure, and provides a PHP implementation example for flexible algorithm selection.
