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Precise info about the PHP foundation is hard to find. They have an annual budget of ≈500k USD, half of it assigned to developers[^1]. From a 2024 presentation video, they claim that the foundation has a "language impact" of 43% on the PHP core, with 57% for "other developers" ; but the graph does not state the metric used[^2].

But I could not find an answer to the most obvious questions:

What did they do last year? There is no annual public report of their activity.

Do they pay developers to work on whatever they want on the PHP core? Or does the foundation have an internal roadmap and assign tasks to developers?

[^1]: https://opencollective.com/phpfoundation#category-BUDGET

[^2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4g1Tl6RQw at 06:45

Does this answer your question?

https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/12/02/can-we-count-on-yo...

This is amazing news. More trans people means more inclusive programming communities.

Sometimes, but not necessarily. It depends on the competence of the DEI "figurehead".

Some communities had a figurehead installed by committee who provoked negative reactions due to bad decisions. Sometimes the leadership arose naturally or just turned out very competent.

There are so many generalities and so much hand-waving in your comment that it's really hard for me to understand what situations or which people you're referring to. It would be much improved with some specifics.

She's not a figurehead, she's trans herself

Then there's the rich irony of the transphobic belligerent alcoholic anti-DEI social injustice warrior DUI hire Pete Hegseth running the Department of War into the ground and the War on Iran into WWIII.

Don't you have more important things to worry about than trans women in technical leadership positions?

And frequently, the trans or gay or whoever is called incompetent and DEI regardless of "naturally" they rose and how good decisions they make. Their decisions arw bad faith twisted for ideological reasons.

And no one even worry about someone not rising naturally when he is not demographic, regardless of level of nepotism and good old boys network that got him in.

I’m 100% aligned with Brianna Wu on the subject.

In programming communities it just means more males.

Unpopular opinion, but so true. I find it sad that at least 50% of the time when I see a female name in tech circles, and am already happy for a positive example of more women in IT, I realize it is a trans person.

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