Januari Meetup @ Take The Lead

Dear members

For our January meetup, we’re excited to welcome you to Take The Lead.

Thanks to Take The Lead, we’ll have food (🍕) and drinks (🍻) available to make the evening even more enjoyable.

This month, we’ve lined up two fantastic speakers:

• Thijs Feryn will share insights on Developing Cacheable PHP Applications.
• Bert De Swaef will talk about Helping out frustrated Bob

We look forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards
Joren & Dante

P.S. Please remember to update your RSVP if you can’t make it.

SCHEDULE
19:00 Doors Open (🍻 & 🍕)
20:00 Developing Cacheable PHP Applications
20:45 Pit stop (short break)
21:00 Helping out frustrated Bob
21:30 Socialising & networking
22:?? That's all folks

TALKS

Developing Cacheable PHP Applications by Thijs Feryn (45 min)

Most of us are familiar with HTTP, but when it actually comes to creating cacheable web content, there is still a lot to be learned.
In this presentation I will show you how to leverage specific HTTP caching mechanism to achieve a good hit rate without losing touch with some of the challenges of real-world PHP projects.
Keywords: cache control, cache invalidation, cache revalidation, cache variations, conditional requests, stateful content, HTTP fragments, content negotiation, and edge compute.
The goals is to empower developers to control the behavior of reverse caching proxies like Varnish, Content Delivery Networks, or even browser cache, using the power of HTTP.

SPEAKER
As the Technical Evangelist at Varnish Software, Thijs Feryn focuses on web performance, software scalability, and content delivery. He demonstrates content-driven and technical messaging through presentations, videos, books, blog posts, social media posts, podcasts, and other media.

Thijs is a published author and wrote Getting Started with Varnish Cache and Varnish 6 by Example. As a public speaker, he has a track record of over 360 presentations in 25 different countries, where he is often praised for his energetic and engaging presentation style.

As an evangelist, Thijs is also active in many open-source communities, most notably the Varnish and PHP community. He has contributed to various communities for over 15 years both technically and as an organizer and facilitator.

Prior to joining Varnish Software, Thijs Feryn spent 15 years in the web hosting industry, tackling web performance and scalability issues on a daily basis and evangelizing these topics.
For more information about Thijs’ past & upcoming presentations, please visit https://feryn.eu/speaking

Helping out frustrated Bob by Bert De Swaef (30 min)

Helping out Frustrated Bob is all about improving an app while the customers business grows. Tips and tricks from a true story.

SPEAKER
Bert is a software developer from Ghent, Belgium, with a passion for automatisation. Besides crafting awesome products, he enjoys creating tutorials on YouTube, and talking with fellow developers at conferences, on or off stage... When he's not writing code or talking about his passion. He competes in Dogfrisbee and Triathlon.