PHP South Coast Conference 2015
18 Jul 2015
at Action Stations
Talk comments
Excellent *interactive* content, very well delivered. Liked the usage of the prepared shell scripts to increase throughput. Would like to suggest the usage of Git command aliases, to save some more time and avoid repetitive typos.
I'm a big fan of Joe. He's extremely honest, I love his anti-guff approach to technology. He says it as he see's it. I completely appreciate his message of "multi-threading is unlikely to solve your problem" and a detailed list of what you shouldn't try and do with threads. Overall it was a good introduction to a tool that people should be aware of (and may even find useful).
I think there was some assumed knowledge. He could have detailed exactly what a thread is, why they're dangerous and why we tend to avoid using a ton of them. Maybe it would have lost more of the audience than gained, who knows. Either way, the technical stuff is why I attend these things. It creates a buzz and gets people thinking. So thank you Joe, I hope to see your massive beard in the spotlight again soon.
The only thing lacking in this talk was overtime. As I mentioned before, this is keynote material.
Good talk, great delivery. As somebody who's recently took a dive into using it, I expected more hands-on examples or example cases where threads are the way to go.
-4 point for not drinking on stage, +9 points for making it up with a well structured talk delivered with humor, sarcasm and the occasional enjoyable foul language. Packed with take-away's. I bet any developer learned one or two things which will improve their understanding or change their approach during development.
I really like the format of the talk, but wouldn't quite classify the content as advanced.
The laserquest was ACE, the aftermatch of watching @rdohms failing to walk up stairs made it even better. The dinner service was a bit meh. After a long day a good bite is very welcome. A single serving was not quite sufficient, but I thought getting a second round was a bit rude, so I didn't. Then again, "free" food, so can't really complain.