Saturday, 24 October, 2026
Web's Backbone on a Shoestring: PHP Foundation Struggles with Single Employee
By TechShots Studio
Despite powering nearly 70% of websites worldwide, the PHP Foundation is severely under-funded and operates with just one full-time employee—its executive director—alongside part-time contractors. With AI dramatically increasing proposed code changes and security flaw reports without a corresponding rise in contributors, the foundation warns that human review capacity is stretched dangerously thin, creating structural risks for global web infrastructure.
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