Podcasting 2.0 - Episode 277: "x402 Bitch!"

WGKM · Oct 30, 2026 · 1h 31m · transcript

Podcasting 2.0 October 30th 2026 Episode 277 - "x402 Bitch!"

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00 - THE WEEK THE INDEX WENT DARK ON PURPOSE — PHP, NODE AND THE SCRAPERS

Tue 20 Oct, steven: "PHP 9.2 CVE" → php.net archive. Two critical unauthenticated RCEs (Castopod lists CVE-2026-109618 & -109619, PHP below 8.4.27).

Dave, 21 Oct 12:25 UTC: "Heads up, if Podcast Index api goes down at 9:00 am central time you'll know why." Then: "I've taken all the php servers offline until details…