php[tek] 2015
18 - 22 May 2015 at Sheraton Gateway Suites O’Hare

Excellent talk! Drop the "you don't know me" slide, though - I definitely appreciate a humble speaker, but you were almost a little too self-deprecating - be proud of your accomplishments and know that you're not as unknown as you think you are.

As someone who talks about TDD and BDD quite a bit, it was really cool seeing someone give a very real-world, honest overview of testing that could be taken and applied to a messy project right away.

Great talk about mindfulness. Michael didn't shy away from calling out some of the things we do as developers that can be counterproductive; loved the discussion of flow vs mindfulness.

A specific call to action at the end would've been great - challenge us with one thing to implement once we're back to work to make sure we're following through on the great ideas you're sharing with us.

Excellent keynote. Great lessons here not only for how we should be interacting with open source project maintainers, but also how we should be interacting with each other.

Really enjoyed this talk about reminding us that open source projects are run by people, not machines. Did a great job of showing us what challenges open source contributors face, especially on more prominent projects. Oh, and mailed cakes are a great way to show appreciation for an open source contributors.

Great presenter. Very knowledgeable. Did a great job walking through an example. Was able to cover a lot of information in a short amount of time and get the message across effectively.

Good talk, reminded us to practice good mindfulness to reduce stress and improve overall health.

Excellent talk. Did a great job providing adequate examples between JQuery and Javascript. Also provided a sample application to demonstrate the differences.

Good pacing with the talk and did a great job answering questions along the way.

Informative talk. Stayed on track with main topic and avoided getting stuck in arguments about decisions regarding the language specifics. Really enjoyed the performance benchmarks.

Anybody who has used WordPress remembers the TimThumb plug-in (and especially the slew of the attendant security-related problems). Glide promises to provide all the bells-and-whistles that TimThumb did, without being WordPress-specific or subject to a veritable plague of security concerns.

Mr. Reinink is a competent speaker who delivered his talk with clarity of mind and voice, responding cogently to several ad-hoc inquiries. I will attend his future talks and am looking forward to foregoing ImageMagick wherever appropriate in the meantime.