php[tek] 2024
23 - 25 Apr 2024 at Sheraton O’Hare Hotel

I really enjoyed Susan’s presentation style and storytelling. I’ve worked remote for a decade, and I’ve never found a good whiteboarding tool, and while I’ve worked with Miro, Susan showed some practical examples of how her team being using it to better understand difficult paths through code. I can’t wait to begin using these ideas with my team.

Great presentation presence, and a really good example of how to talk about an important topic adjacent to the company your represent, keeping everything relevant and useful.

And handling webhooks is something likely every developer could either improve, or can identify with the gaps Scott highlighted because of past code. The only thing that might make this better is to expand beyond security and talk about patterns to ensure that webhooks aren't missed, that actions that fail are retired, etc. A 'Guide to Handling Webhooks' perhaps.

Really solid talk about what attributes provide in the language, and then a great dive into `AttributeUtils`. Even if that library isn't something you end up using, it's a real world example of what's possible with attributes. Highly recommend for anyone interested in knowing more about what attributes make possible.

@john barclay Thanks for the feedback. Obviously I didn't do a great job communicating that this is really at the core a pattern, but a powerful one. I think the next version of this I'll hand wave away some of the boiler plate, so it's possible to talk more about how powerful simple can be. Appreciate you taking the time to provide detailed feedback.

I enjoyed this talk. I feel pretty comfortable with most of Git - except for messing with the reflog, and using interactive rebasing. So it was great to see Pauline cover this. She does great job of making these advanced topics less scary, and more approachable.

There's a lot involved with creating a good package - more than you might think. Ben does a great job explaining things. He spoke in a style that was clear, and easy to follow.

@john!

I wish you'd said something to me this week. I owe you a beverage!

After your legit criticism last year, I rewrote a portion of my talk to make it better. Yes, seriously: https://joind.in/event/phptek-2023/the-many-layers-of-oauth#comment-6b34cc

I enjoyed Jake's talk. The story of the pinball machine helped make the content relatable. Jake does a great job explaining how state machines work, which was reinforced by how he designed the slides. I look forward to trying out state machine code in a project. Improving the color contrast in the slides, would make it even better.

Incredible talk by an incredible human! I was definitely touched by multiple moments and Michelle reminded me of a few very relatable experiences from her youth as a young girl on the internet.

Super helpful tools, and automation to the tooling. Taking these concepts and changing slightly to any team is super simple too :D