php[tek] 2017
22 - 26 May 2017 at Sheraton Atlanta Airport

This was one of the most inspirational talks I've ever attended. I left feeling truly motivated and empowered to write tests for PHP source. The slides were technical and very helpful to show exactly how to do what talk description said would be learned. Sammy had superb delivery and enthusiasm. Amazing talk that I would highly recommend attending in the future.

Other than the hamburger patties being smaller than the buns, it was a pretty good lunch. The cookies were tasty.

Pizza, games, and good company. It was a fun night!

Was quite different from most talks in that it was focused on using Hack and their experiences migrating to it. I did learn a few things about Hack and some benefits, but with advancements made in PHP 7, having good unit tests, and recent discussions about future features in PHP it is hard to find good reasons to migrate. Overall a good keynote but not great.

Mac-n-cheese and chicken, what wasn't to love?

I liked the discussion about how we are standing on the shoulders of giants, a tribute to those who have helped us get to where we are today. In a professional talk, especially a keynote, Danese has a tremendous amount of experience, but the talk wondered a bit. I also felt it was in poor favor to use swear words during a talk, especially the f word during a keynote :(

5 Things I Hate About Your Presentation

1. It was Real. I found it way too easy to relate to this presenter. And her examples were too 'on the money' for my tastes. The same pitfalls she talks about are the same things that I hate about APIs.
2. Level of Clarity. The presenter was just too darn clear in presenting everything wrong with bad APIs. I didn't have to struggle to comprehend what was being presented at all.
3. Practicality of Solutions. How am I going to justify my crappy API, now that you've given me such clear solutions?
4. Lack of Excuses. My boss is probably going to expect me to actually make our API be something that is enjoyable to use now, and I have no excuse for anything less.
5. I had to come up with some snarky list as a way to comment on this presentation, and that took a lot out of me.

Ok, seriously, great presentation. I did a lot of research before building up my API, and I feel like I hit the major code-related pain points, but you opened my eyes to the surrounding ecosystem. We'll be adding examples, and demos for our API consumers, as a result of your talk. Thanks, Amanda.

This was definitely a good talk. Lots of examples of tools to utilize. Lots of methods to use to make marketing easy.

Very nice.
Warm Fuzzies for everyone!

Feels like this is tightly integrated with Test Driven Design, which is a good thing.