PHP UK Conference 2016
18 - 19 Feb 2016 at The Brewery

very interesting

I thoroughly enjoyed the talk with lots of information presented clearly.

Lots of content, explaining how to use (and not to use) a tool but not being imprisoned in it; from one of the best sources on the project.
To keep the information current, I would acknowledge CQRS and if it fits with the Doctrine vision (maybe for the Command side of an application), as the issue of separating OLTP and OLAP continuously came up during the talk.
Little note about UUID: I often had problems with UUID4 (randomly generated) since PHP implementations depend on the quality of random numbers on the underlying machine. There are however other types of UUID, based on time and namespaces, that can be more robust; when advising to jump in this world it's important to give some guidance on it.

Very informative, often interactive and engaging, up-to-date even in a fast-moving world. The "first bit set to 1" explanation really shows the speaker's research on the topic.

We definitely need a reminder to get involved, and a keynote is the right place to reach all the attendees.
I have a couple points of criticism the speaker should be prepared to address:
- many involvements in open source are paid positions; acknowledging that will make stand out more the contributions of volunteers.
- It's not always a matter of committing time but also of personal energy; community involvement can take or give you energy for your other projects.

The content is very good, covering everything from the simplest syntax (*, +) to advanced topics such as look-ahead and backreferences. I only knew half of this content after years of regular expressions production usage.
However, I feel that for highly technical content another format would be best suited to keep people engaged; for example, an interactive REPL or code sample that attendees can tinker with on their laptop. Especially in an after lunch slot it's easy for them to get lost.

15mins taken to do Joind.in ! Can't add much more than the other 5 stars haven't already said.

Really took inspiration from how to get involved - always think it means coding, but as Liam pointed out, it's more than that.


Thanks.

Good fun - especially the VIM automation.

If I'm being really critical, felt it ran out of steam mid way through, could have done with a few more real world examples rather than just talking about tools, other than that, really enjoyed it. Thanks.

Really great talk, lots of good tips and reminders. Engaging talk, but as ? Marijus said in comment above, it really overlapped with the earlier talk (would have given this 5 stars otherwise). Yes, why did I attend if I had already been to the other talk - the other talks on the same time didn't appeal.

Can't say it's the most exciting of topics, but Rob made it interesting and I'll certainly be having a look at ZF3