PHP Yorkshire 2019
11 - 13 Apr 2019 at University of York

Really good overview of what key things make an application cloud friendly. And how to focus on being cloud agnostic and avoiding vendor lock in.

I saw the big push for using open source products as a highly encouraged recommendation, not doctrine. Which was backed up by all the points made prior about vendor lock-in. Something I thought I already made a priority in my own company but it definitely triggered my brain to think "hmm there are actually some dependencies we're not entirely safe from"

I would highly recommend this talk to anyone wanting to take the step from traditional shared/metal box hosting to hosting with a cloud provider.

As someone with all but a high level understanding of the concept of machine learning/neural networks. It was really interesting to see a more practical example to give a bit more realism to the whole "okay cool but how does it actually work" you get after any machine learning/AI type talk.

I agree with some others that it maybe is a little too much to try and cram into 1 talk, especially with the math. But I understand the idea was to show how (relatively) easy it is to get started with a neural network. I think this in-depth level is maybe better suited for a longer workshop where people who really want to dig into the math can get more out of it.

For a talk I personally think it could be improved (or maybe a different talk for more wider non-math audience). If you keep everything the same but instead of needing to stick to a simple XOR example. Take away the math part, replace the actual implementation details of how you write the code with just general "this is where you calculate" "this is where you work out the error" etc. so that you can maybe find a more complex/real world use case that helps bridge the gap between neural networks and real world usage, and leaves the nitty gritty of how you calculate stuff to when someone tries to implement it.

I still really enjoyed and got a lot out of the talk as someone with zero practical experience in this area and very little math knowledge.

Vitor is a really excellent speaker who brings enthusiasm and excitement in his presentation style.

This talk was a really fun and enlightening talk.

I had played around with a graph database a while ago as I really love the idea of them. But never carried on/got to build in production.

This was great to see either as a refresher but even if you've never looked at graph databases before. And I discovered theres an OGM which I didnt realise existed :D

Great talk and good job building it from scratch in php ;)

Fantastic talk, kept the momentum going and explained the solutions to some prickly testing scenarios really well.

The talk was also funny and very entertaining the whole way through

Overall a well researched, thought provoking talk that raises some important points every developer has an obligation to think seriously about.

That said, the talk came across as overly-spirited and even hostile in many places, felt less like sharing knowledge and more like getting chewed out for the actions of large tech companies.

Was glad to be sat right up at the back put it that way!

Fantastic talk, was very entertaining and engaging from start to finish

Great talk, loads of really useful information and a few examples I've not seen in the wild, will certainly save me a few hours of head scratching in the future.

Could've really done with slowing down a touch though, I was trying to keep up taking notes and missed more than I caught

this talk is full of great tips for both folk new to the process and those of us that have been doing it a while.

might be a few process changes on Monday :)

well presented talk on what can be a very dry subject, some security talks Ive been to in the past Ive wished I hadnt, but Clinton is a great speaker and nobody was nodding off :)

it was a nice introduction but not sure it answered all the questions in the talk description, feels like we need a part 2.