https://snowdriven.com/ The research library (support deadlines, their data and method), modernization deadline guides, the readiness check, a sample audit report and how this site is built, from SnowDriven, a software engineering studio in Pittsburgh, PA. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/php-8-2-end-of-life/https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/php-8-2-end-of-life/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPHP 8.2 security support ends 31 December 2026; how to check the version, and the upgrade path to PHP 8.4 (or 8.3) for WordPress and WooCommerce sites and custom Laravel, Symfony or plain PHP apps. https://snowdriven.com/research/php-8-4-breaking-changes/https://snowdriven.com/research/php-8-4-breaking-changes/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe changes in PHP’s migration guides for 8.3 and 8.4 that can break a WordPress plugin or theme or a custom PHP app moving from PHP 8.2, rated likely, possible or rare, each with how to tell you’re affected, what to do and a link to php.net, with the extensions PHP 8.4 no longer ships, checked 26 October 2026. https://snowdriven.com/research/changelog/https://snowdriven.com/research/changelog/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEvery dated change to the library and its data: rows added, dates verified or corrected, pages and files published. https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/net-8-end-of-support/https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/net-8-end-of-support/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 (and EF Core 8 and 9) ends 10 November 2026; how to check what you run, the upgrade to .NET 10 LTS, what tends to bite, and a five-week plan. https://snowdriven.com/research/net-10-breaking-changes/https://snowdriven.com/research/net-10-breaking-changes/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe breaking changes on Microsoft’s six lists for .NET 9 and 10, ASP.NET Core 9 and 10 and EF Core 9 and 10 that can hit an ASP.NET Core web app, an API or a worker service moving from .NET 8, rated likely, possible or rare, each with how to tell you’re affected, what Microsoft says to do and a link to its page, checked 25 October 2026. https://snowdriven.com/research/claude-rollout/https://snowdriven.com/research/claude-rollout/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA practical checklist for an owner, operations or IT lead at a 10 to 200 person company rolling out Claude: the first jobs to try, a team plan or the API, workspace setup, the data and privacy settings in Anthropic’s own words, a usage policy template, training, Claude Code for developers, connecting other systems, how to measure it and a phased plan, with every product fact dated and sourced. https://snowdriven.com/research/wordpress-php/https://snowdriven.com/research/wordpress-php/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe share of WordPress sites reporting to WordPress.org that run a PHP version the PHP project no longer patches, and the share on PHP 8.2, from a daily snapshot of WordPress.org’s public statistics, with every version’s support status, the daily series as JSON and CSV, and the missing days listed. https://snowdriven.com/research/php2shell/https://snowdriven.com/research/php2shell/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat to do about CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, the critical PHP vulnerabilities fixed in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 on 21 October 2026 (CVSS v4.0 9.2, unauthenticated remote code execution): who is affected, how to check your version, what to do by situation, interim mitigations from the PHP project’s advisory, and how many WordPress sites run PHP 8.1 or older, with dated updates. https://snowdriven.com/research/https://snowdriven.com/research/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA free library of end-of-support dates for .NET, PHP, Windows Server and SQL Server, with deadline guides, free data files and the method behind them. https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/net-framework-4-6-2-end-of-support/https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/net-framework-4-6-2-end-of-support/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft support for .NET Framework 4.6.2 ends 12 January 2027 (4.7 and later follow the Windows lifecycle); how to check the installed version, and the options: 4.8.1, .NET 10 or replacing the app. https://snowdriven.com/data/lifecycle/https://snowdriven.com/data/lifecycle/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe deadline table as free data files: JSON, CSV and an iCalendar file, with every field described, how to cite it and its reuse terms. https://snowdriven.com/research/deadlines/https://snowdriven.com/research/deadlines/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEvery end-of-support date we track, one permanent link per row, each with its status, what ends, what to move to, its primary source and the day it was verified. https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/windows-server-2016-end-of-support/https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/windows-server-2016-end-of-support/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft’s extended support for Windows Server 2016 ends 12 January 2027, for every edition, the same day as .NET Framework 4.6.2; how to find every 2016 server, the supported upgrade paths to 2019, 2022 or 2025, Extended Security Updates, and a dated plan. https://snowdriven.com/approach/how-this-site-is-built/https://snowdriven.com/approach/how-this-site-is-built/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThis site's own measured performance, accessibility and JavaScript budgets. https://snowdriven.com/research/teardowns/reveal-day-launch-page/https://snowdriven.com/research/teardowns/reveal-day-launch-page/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPorsche’s Mission S reveal page, measured in the lab on reveal day (15 October 2026): how its design works, what it costs on a phone (Performance 31, LCP 8.5 s against 1.3 s on desktop), and five lessons for a business planning a launch page. https://snowdriven.com/research/methodology/https://snowdriven.com/research/methodology/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow each date is checked against the vendor’s own lifecycle page, when a deadline counts as ended, how often we re-check, and how corrections work. https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/sample-audit/https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/sample-audit/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn excerpt of an audit report for a fictional system (example only, not client work): risks ranked and a staged plan. https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/check/https://snowdriven.com/services/modernization/check/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTen yes-or-no questions about an existing system, and the first step we'd suggest.