Talk comments

Nick A at 20:38 on 3 Nov 2023

Do you want to know about documentation? Inline? External? Something else? This talk has you covered. I found the details of docblocks to be particularly useful. I also appreciated the comparisons of different documentation systems on the same set of code

And never forget: RTFM!

Nick A at 20:31 on 3 Nov 2023

This was a fun talk that explored the idea of breaking conventions with code organization that we normally just accept without even thinking about it. Thinking about how we organize files as us setting up boundaries is a great idea. Why not put things that work together... together? The comparison of how web pages used to be organized versus how frameworks like React have changed things for the better is the example that probably encapsulates the core of this talk the best. The takeaways from this presentation may be the driving force behind some paradigm shifts with code in the future. Great work, TJ!

Nick A at 20:22 on 3 Nov 2023

Given that this took place at a programming conference, I was expecting this to be about code ownership, like how developers or teams can stop being so protective if they have strong feelings about the code that they write and maintain. But the title was literally about "ownership" as a general concept and the inherent problems with it

Let Go of Ownership was a great philosophical speech on how everything is indeed temporary. Instead of trying to think about things in our lives as "ours", we should instead think about ourselves as temporary stewards who should see the opportunities that presently exist for each of us. After all, what we do is who we are, not the stuff we happen to possess at a given moment in time

In some ways, this made me think of Carl Jung's explanation of aging as a process that we should anticipate and grow into rather than trying to hold onto things that inevitably vanish from our grasp or reaching for unrealistic or unnecessary things that are beyond our control

I really appreciated the inclusion of the Parable of Talents too because it holds such an important message that should be kept close to the heart. It's one of my favorite passages in the Bible

Overall, this was a great keynote. Thank you, Tim!

Great content, great talk! My only advice would be to not shy away from text on slides - the icons were cute and useful, but a two-word text description in addition makes it easier to remember as we go between concepts.

Nick A at 19:57 on 3 Nov 2023

This was a casual but informative presentation. I really liked the live coding and audience interaction. It was also cool to have some repos that made it easy to kick around a variety of tools. The allocated time was quite a bit longer than the presentation itself, but Aaron delivered some great information

Nick A at 19:37 on 3 Nov 2023

For me, this talk was fantastic. Not only was it an overview of Composer, but it contained a lot of extra material and exercises that answered a lot of questions that I had related to packages and open source that I figured I would get to someday

During this presentation, we published packages onto Packagist and imported them into demo projects. Additionally, Ben covered a lot of details about different files and information that is typically published within a package on GitHub, such as the license information, contribution document, badges, and how GitHub recognizes/uses this information. I also haven't heard about CaptainHook before, but it looks like a powerful tool that I am going to start using right away

In short, this talk did a lot for me. Thank you Ben!

Ryan Howe at 19:12 on 3 Nov 2023

This was great, I had no idea of the level of additional integration that exists now to orchestrate and integrate containers into the development experience. This is just the start of me researching more into this, thank you for all the great information.

Ryan Howe at 19:07 on 3 Nov 2023

This was a great talk, lots of good things, examples, methods and strategies to employ in the never ending battle against bugs!!

Ryan Howe at 19:03 on 3 Nov 2023

This is going to get watched again and be the source of several investigation tickets getting entered!! Great talk

Steve Grunwell at 18:08 on 3 Nov 2023

Another great #RealBenRamsey talk where he both dumps a ton of information on you but also leaves you feeling confident that you could start using this information right away.