Keynote - The Symfony Console Gets a Makeover!

Room "Gratin Dauphinois" Hall Audience All attendees Time Slot Jeudi 14:00 - 14:40 (09/04/2026)
Description

The Console is one of the most downloaded PHP packages in the world. Frameworks, CMS and e-commerce platforms: it's everywhere.

The more widely a package is used, the harder it is to evolve. Every fix can impact millions of users.
Yet since 2010, the component has never stopped improving thanks to its countless contributors — without ever breaking its backward-compatibility promise.

Today, the Console is getting a makeover. A few key contributors have been working hard to rethink it from the ground up: eliminating long-standing limitations and unlocking new possibilities. Kicked off in Symfony 7.3, this transformation will reach its peak with version 8.1, releasing just days after AFUP Day 2026.

Join me for an exclusive preview!

Length of the session
40 min
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Langue de présentation
English

About the Speaker

Robin Chalas

CEO et consultant at baksla.sh

Lyon, France

Robin est architecte logiciel et mainteneur Open-Source impliqué dans l'écosystème PHP/Symfony depuis plus d'une décénnie. Il co-dirige la société baksla.sh pour laquelle via laquelle il fait également du consulting.

En tant que membre de la Core Team Symfony, il contribue au framework en corrigeant des bugs et des failles de sécurité mais aussi en apportant de nouvelles fonctionnalités, en améliorant continuellement son design et en aidant les contributeurs à mener à terme leur contributions à Symfony et à d'autres packages communautaires qu'il maintient.
En tant que consultant, il aime guider les équipes techniques de toutes tailles dans la bonne direction en s'appuyant sur son expérience dans la conception et le développement de systèmes logiciels.

Il aime aider et partager ses connaissances en étant actif sur les plateformes de support, en relisant des PR et en intervenant lors de conférences techniques à travers le monde.
Quand il n'est pas devant son clavier, Robin aime s'occuper de ses chats et de ses plantes, voyager et prendre l'apéro autour d'une partie de pétanque.
 

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Robin is a Software Architect & OSS Maintainer involved into the PHP/Symfony ecosystem for a more than a decade, and works as CEO and consultant @baksla.sh.

As a Symfony Core Team Member, he contributes to the framework by fixing bugs and security vulnerabilities but also bringing new features to its core, continuously improving its design but also helping contributors to contribute on Symfony and other popular community packages he maintains.
As a Consultant, he enjoys pointing technical teams of any size to the right direction based on his experience with designing large software systems.

Also, he loves helping and sharing his knowledge through participating to support platforms, reviewing contributions and speaking at tech conferences wordwide
When he's away from keyboard, Robin is either petting his cats, growing his plants or taking an apero while playing Pétanque.

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