In this episode, Scott talks with Damien Seguy about the history of the elePHPant, from Vincent Pontier’s logo doodle to 6,054 plush toys in Damien’s home, how the community trades them through the Community Postal Service, and what it takes to create your own.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:52 How the PHP logo became an elephant
• 03:53 Turning the logo into a plush toy
• 05:29 elePHPants for user groups, companies and conferences
• 07:56 Trading and the Community Postal Service
• 10:25 The chocolate factory handoff
• 15:55 How to create your own elePHPant
• 19:17 Colors, nails and accessories
• 24:33 Scratchy: elePHPants for small user groups
• 27:39 Exakat and the PHP onboarding book

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Exakat static analysis engine – https://www.exakat.io/
• PHP onboarding book (feedback welcome) – https://thephpbook.readthedocs.io/en/latest

Damien’s Links:

• Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/dseguy.bsky.social
• Mastodon – https://phpc.social/@dseguy
• GitHub – https://github.com/dseguy

Scott’s Links:

• Website – https://scott.keck-warren.com/
• Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social
• LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-keck-warren-91689810/
• Mastodon – https://phpc.social/@scottkeckwarren

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