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notrab — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:29:31 +0000

send me an email jamie @

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notrab — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:52:07 +0000

if anyone reading this would like access to S3, i can get you added.

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notrab — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:18:02 +0000

Jamie from bunny.net here. Apologies for the delay after announcing S3. Building this required deeper changes to our storage foundation than initially anticipated, while ensuring that existing storage customers remained unaffected.

For clarity, S3 compatibility for Bunny Storage is now live in closed preview (since Jan 2026) with a select set of users.

We’ll soon introduce a sign-up page where users can register their interest, and in the next phase we’ll grant access to invited users.

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notrab — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:51:51 +0000

turso deprecated their edge replica offering when they went all-in on rewriting sqlite so bunny fills a nice void here. while turso didn't pull the plug for existing customers, new customers were left looking for alternatives with edge replica (that couldn't replicate on-device), and bunny does a nice job here.

turso also made it so your primary had to be in one location, but bunny will move it around based on latency on next boot.

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notrab — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:06:43 +0000

S3 is currently in closed preview with some users. It's quite easy to get added for those keen to try it. More using it and providing feedback, the quicker it'll become public preview.

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notrab — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:55:37 +0000

Agreed, it looks pretty nice!

New comment by notrab in "Show HN: Dumbo – Hono inspired framework for PHP"

notrab — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:22:42 +0000

Sinatra is beautiful!

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notrab — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:59:23 +0000

Yay PHP! Let me know how you get on

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notrab — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:59:03 +0000

Thanks Campak!

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:33:19 +0000

True true. I went back and forth so much in the early days of CodeIgniter, Rails, Fuel and Cake.

Eventually discovered just building stuff was going to bring me the most joy, no matter the tool. It's been a joy learning PHP again though, even if I do suck at it right now.

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:51:25 +0000

Is FuelPHP or CodeIgniter still going? Those were my two favourites back in the day before Laravel came on the scene.

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:48:34 +0000

Appreciate the feedback, I'll work on it. I have lots to learn it seems!

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:17:31 +0000

I think it looks cute

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:16:09 +0000

Thanks!

1) When I started this, I thought could this be an HTMX-PHP framework. If you see the examples directory, I added a few HTMX examples early days. Maybe I can niche down on this...

2) If I'm honest, I don't know yet. I first started building the router, then I was told through some feedback that there's been a lot of research (rightly so) into this area and I would be better off implementing the FastRouter that's in Slim, so I switched to that...

As mentioned above, if I could make this framework fit with HTMX more, I could have a PHP framework that talks HTMX with less of the wiring up. I still need to figure this out.

3) I've avoided building an official site/docs for it, but I might have to. I had hoped the examples were a good source, but as more features were added, creating official docs site might have to be my next task.

PHP isn't yet part of my default stack, but I am trying to thanks to what I've been learning building Dumbo.

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:10:42 +0000

That looks awesome!

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:09:45 +0000

Hono is to credit for the design, really nice!

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:46:19 +0000

100% like every other framework. I'm primarily a JS dev, so it's in my nature to create yet another framework...

But seriously, this has been a tool for me to relearn PHP, and those contributing so far have also been learning PHP. If it ends up just bein (and nothing more than) something helps me, as well as others learn more about PHP, it's a success.

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:55:34 +0000

I guess that's still to figure out... it's mostly been an experiment to relearn PHP... I guess keeping a similar DX to Hono's context->X is where I was coming from originally.

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notrab — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:37:16 +0000

Hey HN, I last PHP professionally over 15 years ago, and I loved it. I switched to Ruby on Rails, then Node/Go/React/GraphQL as there was a lot more demand for those roles. However, PHP is back!

In true JavaScript fashion, I decided to learn PHP again by building a framework to put all the pieces together in my brain.

I absolutely love Hono.dev, and decided to base the PHP framework on that. Dumbo isn't intended to compete with Laravel, Symphony or Slim, if anything, it's something people can use in production, but also contribute to and be used as a learning resource for others.

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notrab — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:52:50 +0000

I was researching effective ways to advertise the dropshipping store I had created on Shopify, I stumbled upon the fact that an old colleague was actually working on this Order Legend tool. Paying a 12% fee for orders I wouldn't have acquired otherwise seems like a fair price.