Dutch PHP Conference 2018
7 - 9 Jun 2018 at RAI amsterdam

It's very hard work to narrow down a big topic to the bare essentials. Tobias did an excellent job, with very easy to grasp examples but not so simple that they become useless in practice. The finishing touch for me was the "if your database looks like this, you can probably use a state-machine", that should resonate with most of the audience even if they have never heard of state machines before.
I would definitely watch other talks by Tobias as well, he's funny and relaxed on stage.

I loved the message of the talk, this is a subject which is important for every professional. Great role playing and it was clear you did your research (Remco! ;-).

That being said; to me there were a few things that distracted me in the performance. In my opinion the pace was a little low, a lot of repetition, drinking lots of water, long breaks. In my opinion you lost the momentum / energy sometimes with that.

A very well prepared talk, which makes you think (and immediately want to apply!) the concepts being explained. Ace delivery too.

As a regular talk, this is a 5-star easy. We should have a lot more history and ethics during the sharing of technical knowledge, and it was *very* entertaining. As a keynote, I think going over time was a little off, and I missed the "call to action" so that's why I chose to give four stars.

I enjoyed this, but I feel that there is a little more going on under the hood that wasn't covered at all. And some of what was covered was covered a little too deep maybe... And yet, I learned some good stuff that's immediately applicable - so I would recommend taking this workshop for sure.

Excellent workshop, with a good mix between explanation and do-it-yourself.

The two separate application to build where simple, but still quite challenging to complete in the given time. I guess this would be a little nicer in a full-day workshop. I still give it a 5 star review though, Denis is a very capable teacher.

I thought it was an inspiring story and interesting to see how you got where you are now.
Luck isn't something that just finds you. You have to get out there and put yourself in a position to be lucky.
This can be done in a lot of different ways. Your keynote showed a few entertaining examples.

I can relate with the less favorable reviews, though it really depends on how you define success.
You can still be successful even without being a speaker for example.

Showing 3 Gary Vaynerchuk videos was a bit too much for me. One would have been fine :)

Slidedeck: absolutely brilliant, you sir raised the bar once again.

Content: It could have been perceived as a very selfish talk if people do not know you at all. Since we know each other for quite a while, I know how you meant things, so that was fine for me.

Nice to see and hear how companies deal with legacy. I liked the metaphor with the bridge and the interactive demo.

The slides with the Kafka architecture diagrams could use a bit more explanation as I felt there was a lot of information to digest.

Pim is an engaging and entertaining speaker. As mentioned by others this is keynote material. Well done!

If I had to say something to improve this I'd say to drop one of the scenarios with the boss/overtime/pizza story as that felt a bit too long.