php[tek] 2016
23 - 27 May 2016 at Sheraton Westport Chalet

Other than a few spots with the code examples, I think this was a very well done talk.

There are no enough ways for me to convey how awesome this talk was.

The trip down computing history lane, where all of today has come from, and our responsibility are cleanly laid out. This was an amazing talk through-and-through.

This was a wonder 'WAT' talk, especially because it did not focus on just one language. All languages suck, just in different ways.

For the most part I think this was a lot of things that people getting into working from home just don't consider (especially the parts about creating boundaries). This talk provided a lot of good tips for people getting into working from home.

Overall I don't think this was a bad talk, but as David mentioned at the beginning there wasn't anything new here. All of the advice was solid and well explained, its just that there wasn't much there for anyone who has been freelancing for a while. Newcomers might have gotten more than me.

Did a really good job of showing how redis can be used for much more than just key-value storage. Excellent mix of tips and real usage.

This was an excellent talk that goes over a complicated subject. The material presented was well explained.

The only gotcha was the demos. It would have been a bit smoother had each of the demos been running and he just had to show them off, but switching between them took a bit of time and was a bit of a distraction.

An excellent premise and idea for a talk.

A lot of the topics covered were (to me) common sense, but putting them together in a narrative really helps show how one can go through and figure out a codebase. There isn't any specific trick, it's just trying out all of these suggestions and digging in.

This was a good introduction to using the JSON data type inside MySQL. I know personally I'm investigating this type of setup as I migrate away from a fully NoSQL system, so the usage and how it interacts with structured data came at a good time.

It did feel like it ran up on time though, and he ran out of dolphins.

I love old man rants.

I love Cal's rants... which I guess qualify as old man rants.

As with many of his keynotes and inspirational talks, he knocked it out of the park. There isn't anything revolutionary in the talk, but he provides rock solid advice for developers of any experience. Go out and make your career your own.