SunshinePHP 2016
4 - 6 Feb 2016
at Embassy Suites Miami International
Talk comments
A good talk, presented well by a good speaker.
That said, my constructive criticism would be:
SQL filter injection is a bit over-played in all security talks at this point; more attention could be paid to some of the lesser-known attack vectors: using string combinations that exploit escaping and filtering, SQL select/table parameter injection, anything TLS before 1.2, etc.
Holy hell can Cal give a keynote. High energy, relatable topic, and just enough edge (at first when I heard "Groupie" I was a little nervous where it was going, but Cal made it work).
A great closing to a great conference!
A solid presentation full of great advice for dealing with customers, an area where many developers don't have much experience.
Perhaps a victim of timing (the last breakout session on the last day), but the presentation seemed to start slow and struggle to pick up the audience. Fortunately, Heather seemed to get more excited as the talk went on (about the time the cats took over the slides), and by the middle of the presentation she seemed to have engaged the entire room.
I would second Paul's comment regarding the slides feeling a little stock-Powerpoint, but I'm here to rate the talk, not the aesthetics of the slide deck :)
When I first heard that Margaret was working on a MMO-RPG, I was like "yeah, that's cool." Then I heard she was doing it in Symfony, and I was like "well, that's a weird choice..." *Then* I saw she was presenting a talk on it at SunshinePHP and I was like "okay, I'm not missing that!"
The talk goes through the game's humble beginnings, the hurdles Margaret had to deal with along the way, and why certain decisions were made at the time (and why she would or wouldn't make them again). Margaret herself is an captivating (if not a little too excited) speaker who's able to express her voice through the presentation.
Incredible talk about working in a team setting where the stakes actually matter (as opposed to most software, which is a playground compared to the open water). Stephanie had the audience hanging on every word yet wasn't afraid to admit when she made mistakes in the race.
First time I've had the pleasure of hearing Phil speak live about APIs, and it's clear that it's a topic he's both knowledgeable and passionate about. He carried the audience well, didn't let the low-contract projector rattle him, and was quick to give reasonable, well-thought answers to audience questions both at the end and throughout.
As someone who usually participates in rather "boring" development it was inspiring to hear your story of taking what life had handed you and tenaciously following your dream to make it a reality. Made me quite jealous. I loved it when your passion shown through. Might have been nice to have some more takeaways other than inspiration.
Came in a bit late, but was able to get a good sense of how things worked with Docker and what is possible. As other's have commented, I wasn't quite sure if this was supposed to be "hands on" or "show and tell". If hands on then it went too fast to keep up for a noob (I tried for a bit). Might have worked better with smaller audience. It was hard to see the screen captures if you were at the back of the room, and wasn't quite sure how they added much.
Good talk. Perhaps stayed a bit abstract but he made it clear that that was what he was going to do. I think the talk successfully explained what the word "pattern" means. Could have been a talk on polymorphism; a lot of the content would be reusable. I would recommend this talk.