PHP North West 2017
29 Sep - 1 Oct 2017 at Manchester Conference Centre

Good as a high level and objective look at the different technologies out there and how they can handle storing/querying complex data. I did find myself wanting to know more of the in depth pros/cons of the technologies' approaches, but I understand that that wasn't the point of the talk, so that's fair enough.

Nice intro to symfony flex. Entertaining speaker.

Suggestions for improvements:

- Take the risk out of the live demos by recording screencasts of the demo and just playing back the video.
- Pull out the commands of interest and show them bigger on a slide. Sometimes it was hard to read the text on the screen.

Interesting talk. I'll definitely have a look at the library.

It felt that the tutorial needed some more structure, perhaps it could be broken down into a number of stages to follow with a clear goal to complete at each step.

Interesting to learn about nuclear meltdowns how the how analysis to mitigate the risks and reduce the impact of such disasters can be applied to software.

I'm also impressed that despite requiring a full computer reboot the talk went on smoothly.

I haven't really used Jenkins for probably around 4 years so I thought that this would be a good talk to refresh with. It definitely didn't disappoint! It was brave to essentially do a live demo for the whole talk but it was very effective. Even with some slight technical difficulties, in a short time it covered how to set up a project with continuous integration, including some very useful plugins as well as demonstrating new features and UI of the new version of Jenkins. I'm not sure there could be a better way to pick up that much useful information on the topic in the given amount of time. A great talk - one of my favourites of the conference.

I've not ventured too far into the world of noSQL data stores, so it was interesting to get an overview of them and to get an idea of where they might be useful.

The only thing I would suggest changing is the abstract. I think the amount of material, the pace of the talk and depth was right for the length of talk. I don't see how any more could have successfully been added. However judging by some of the feedback you received, people seem to expect more. Perhaps add something like "high level overview of various noSQL solutions" or words to that effect. Just to make sure attendees' expectations are aligned with what's possible in a 45min talk.

Microservices is a topic that I've heard a lot about through conversation but never actually made the effort to read about as I've not needed to implement them so far. This served as an ideal introduction by not only covering the basics but also going into nice detail on some of the best and worst practices with clear examples and reasoning. The pace and delivery of the talk was great and I was kept engaged throughout.

This talk addressed a lot of areas that I've been considering over time and definitely gave me a lot to look into. It was good to hear your experiences and what you have learnt from them for what works for you. The talk was delivered clearly and confidently and kept me engaged throughout.

Pretty much what everyone else said - great delivery, funny, lighthearted but with some great and important content and messages. Loved the drawings and the handwritten style of the slides. Couldn't have expected a better closing keynote!