Talks

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

  • PHP Serbia 2016 (Belgrade, RS)
  • May 28, 2016

As developers we write code everyday, only to frown at it a week after that. Why do we have such a hard time with code written by others and ourselves, this raging desire to rewrite everything we see? Writing code that survives the test of time and self judgment is a matter of clarity and simplicity. Let’s talk about growing, learning and improving our code with calisthenics, readability and good design.

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Composer the Right Way

Composer the Right Way

  • MM16NL (Utrecht, NL)
  • May 13, 2016

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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Composer The Right Way

Composer The Right Way

  • PHPUGMRN (Mannheim, DE)
  • April 14, 2016

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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A Journey into your Lizard Brain

A Journey into your Lizard Brain

  • Darkmira Tour PHP 2016 (Brasília, DF, BR)
  • March 20, 2016

Languages and syntax are the easy part of programming, the real challenge is in knowing how to solve a problem and how to find and understand which paths can take you to the solution, the moving parts. This talk will dive into this thought process, give you insights to train your lizard brain and expand your knowledge base.

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Composer the Right Way

Composer the Right Way

  • PHPBenelux Conference 2016 (Antwerp, BE)
  • January 30, 2016

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

  • PHPBenelux Conference 2016 (Antwerp, BE)
  • January 29, 2016

As developers we write code everyday, only to frown at it a week after that. Why do we have such a hard time with code written by others and ourselves, this raging desire to rewrite everything we see? Writing code that survives the test of time and self judgment is a matter of clarity and simplicity. Let’s talk about growing, learning and improving our code with calisthenics, readability and good design.

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A Journey into your Lizard Brain

A Journey into your Lizard Brain

  • PHP Conference Brasil 2015 (São Paulo, SP, BR)
  • December 4, 2015

Languages and syntax are the easy part of programming, the real challenge is in knowing how to solve a problem and how to find and understand which paths can take you to the solution, the moving parts. This talk will dive into this thought process, give you insights to train your lizard brain and expand your knowledge base.

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“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

  • DomCode (Utrecht, NL)
  • November 24, 2015

As developers we write code everyday, only to frown at it a week after that. Why do we have such a hard time with code written by others and ourselves, this raging desire to rewrite everything we see? Writing code that survives the test of time and self judgment is a matter of clarity and simplicity. Let’s talk about growing, learning and improving our code with calisthenics, readability and good design.

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“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

  • OSCON Amsterdam 2015 (Amsterdam, NL)
  • October 26, 2015

As developers we write code everyday, only to frown at it a week after that. Why do we have such a hard time with code written by others and ourselves, this raging desire to rewrite everything we see? Writing code that survives the test of time and self judgment is a matter of clarity and simplicity. Let’s talk about growing, learning and improving our code with calisthenics, readability and good design.

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“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

“Writing code that lasts” … or writing code you won’t hate tomorrow.

  • PHP Craft Cape Town (Cape Town, ZA)
  • October 6, 2015

As developers we write code everyday, only to frown at it a week after that. Why do we have such a hard time with code written by others and ourselves, this raging desire to rewrite everything we see? Writing code that survives the test of time and self judgment is a matter of clarity and simplicity. Let’s talk about growing, learning and improving our code with calisthenics, readability and good design.

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Journey into your Lizard Brain

Journey into your Lizard Brain

  • PHPJHB15 (Johannesburg, ZA)
  • October 2, 2015

Languages and syntax are the easy part of programming, the real challenge is in knowing how to solve a problem and how to find and understand which paths can take you to the solution, the moving parts. This talk will dive into this thought process, give you insights to train your lizard brain and expand your knowledge base.

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Composer The Right Way

Composer The Right Way

  • PHPJHB15 (Johannesburg, ZA)
  • October 1, 2015

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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Composer the right way

Composer the right way

  • BredaPHP Meetup (Breda, NL)
  • September 24, 2015

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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Composer the right way

Composer the right way

  • NijmegenPHP Meetup (Nijmegen, NL)
  • August 19, 2015

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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Composer the right way

Composer the right way

  • PHP South Coast Conference 2015 (Portsmouth, UK)
  • July 18, 2015

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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A journey into your Lizard Brain

A journey into your Lizard Brain

  • Joomla and Beyond 2015 (Prague, CZ)
  • June 27, 2015

Languages and syntax are the easy part of programming, the real challenge is in knowing how to solve a problem and how to find and understand which paths can take you to the solution, the moving parts. This talk will dive into this thought process, give you insights to train your lizard brain and expand your knowledge base.

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Composer the right way

Composer the right way

  • Dutch PHP Conference 2015 (Amsterdam, NL)
  • June 27, 2015

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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A journey into your Lizard Brain

A journey into your Lizard Brain

  • Dutch PHP Conference 2015 (Amsterdam, NL)
  • June 26, 2015

Languages and syntax are the easy part of programming, the real challenge is in knowing how to solve a problem and how to find and understand which paths can take you to the solution, the moving parts. This talk will dive into this thought process, give you insights to train your lizard brain and expand your knowledge base.

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Composer The Right Way

Composer The Right Way

  • BrabantPHP Meetup (Tilburg, NL)
  • June 12, 2015

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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Composer The Right Way

Composer The Right Way

  • Joomla and Beyond 2015 (Prague, CZ)
  • May 30, 2015

Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

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