Remembering Ryan Weaver

I was sad to recently read that Ryan Weaver - co-founder of SymfonyCasts and Symfony core team member - has lost his battle with brain cancer.

I've been a long-time subscriber to SymfonyCasts/KNP University, which was my primary source of Symfony learning as well as object-orientated PHP, Drupal 8 and Twig, design patterns and Stimulus.

I was lucky to meet Ryan once at DrupalCon and he was one of my first guests on the Beyond Blocks podcast.

After he announced his diagnosis, I was inspired by his positivity and determination, and honoured to raise funds for his first GoFundMe during one of my 10K races.

I will continue to subscribe to SymfonyCasts and learn from its new videos, but it won't be the same without Ryan.

There is also a new GoFundMe to raise funds for his son, Beckett's, educational fund which I'll be donating to.

Thank you, Ryan.

You will be missed.