Some thoughts about technology, community and contempt: particularly in the context of the PHP community: https://24daysindecember.net/2016/12/05/contempt-of-php/
Webhooks Provide an Efficient Alternative to API Polling
Nice writeup of my Webhooks talk from OSCON Europe: http://thenewstack.io/wonderful-world-webhooks/
Beyond MySQL
A talk I gave at CodeMotion in Berlin, covering some databases other than MySQL (spoiler: Postgres, Redis and CouchDB)
There is also a podcast of the presentation audio https://voicerepublic.com/talks/beyond-mysql
The Wonderful World of Webhooks
Delighted to have given this talk at OSCON Europe in London!