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theodorejb/dev-thoughts
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Feature poignant quotes and funny sayings related to programming

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DevThoughts
===========

[](#devthoughts)

A collection of poignant quotes and funny sayings related to programming.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require theodorejb/dev-thoughts`

Or you can simply copy the JSON file into your project and use it with the language of your choice.

Note: thoughts may contain `` tags indicating italicized words.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create a new `theodorejb\DevThoughts\DevThoughts` instance. Then use one of the following methods:

### `getAllThoughts()`

[](#getallthoughts)

Parses `dev_thoughts.json` and returns the quotes as a list of `Thought` objects.

### `getThought(int $index)`

[](#getthoughtint-index)

Returns the `Thought` object at the specified index. If `$index` is greater than the length of the array, it will wrap around to the beginning rather than causing an error.

### `getDailyThought()`

[](#getdailythought)

Returns a different `Thought` object each day of the year.

The `Thought` object has the following public properties:

TypeProperty`string``text``string``author``string``reference`Author
------

[](#author)

Theodore Brown

###  Health Score

43

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FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance87

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~306 days

Total

5

Last Release

64d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.0 → v2.0.02025-05-19

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=8.0

v1.2.0PHP >=8.1

v2.0.1PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3053271?v=4)[Theodore Brown](/maintainers/theodorejb)[@theodorejb](https://github.com/theodorejb)

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Top Contributors

[![theodorejb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3053271?v=4)](https://github.com/theodorejb "theodorejb (22 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Type Coverage Yes

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