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title: Remembering Ryan Weaver
date: 2025-11-10
excerpt: |
    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 was sad to recently read that Ryan Weaver - co-founder of SymfonyCasts and Symfony core team
member - has [lost his battle with brain cancer][0].

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][1] 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][2] to raise funds for his son, Beckett's, educational fund which I'll
be donating to.

Thank you, Ryan.

You will be missed.

[0]: https://symfonycasts.com/blog/remembering-ryan-weaver
[1]: /podcast/10-ryan-weaver-symfonycasts
[2]: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-ryan-weaver-for-his-son-beckett