Takeaways

So OSCON came and went, and whilst I haven’t seen the recording for any of the sessions, the keynotes (and a bunch of interviews) are available on YouTube.

Unlike most conferences, the OSCON keynotes are really short (average 10–15 mins each) and having…

On a personal level, it’s been a great 6 months, I have spoken at 10 conferences in as many cities and as you read this post I’m at Polyconf in Poznan!

Don’t worry if you weren’t one of the lucky 100 or so that made it, most of the talks are available online on…

Joy of Coding has totally exceeded my expectations and proved to be one of the best conferences I have attended this year (and there has been a few already

). Rotterdam is also a city I’d like to visit again — it’s quiet, clean, packed full of…

This is another good talk on micro-services at CraftConf, where Tammer Saleh talks about common antipatterns with micro-services and some of the ways you can avoid them.

One of the great things about CraftConf is the plethora of big name tech speakers that the organizers have managed to attract.

There were a couple of micro-services related talks at this year’s edition of CraftConf. The first was by Adrian Trenaman of Gilt, who talked about their journey from a monolithic architecture to micro-services, and from…

This was one of my favourite talks at the conference and having seen quite a few of his talks Dan North is always a safe bet!

Rantifesto about Agile Methodology

Phew, what a week, finally back in the UK after a good few days in Budapest for CraftConf. What a beautiful city and what a great conference.

On a personal level it’s been a good trip, caught up with some old friends, and met some new ones. Big…