PHPSW

January is a PHP-UK conference preview night. We've got Gary Hockin with his brand new interactive talk "It Depends"

It Depends
As a consultant I'm often asked absolute questions, "Is $x better than $y?". The answer is nearly always

"It Depends".

Software development is a constant game of give and take. Every day we (consciously or not) make numerous decisions and trade-offs in order to get our code shipped. I've found that making these tradeoffs front of mind when I'm working means easier and better decisions.

Let's take a look at some of the more common decisions we make day-to-day and try and figure out what the compromises
are. Hopefully you'll start looking at more decisions as tradeoffs, and make better choices yourself in future.

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Don't forget to sign up if you'd like to see this talk. See you all next week,

PHP-SW team
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Lamp Bristol and Pinnaca are kindly helping us host this evening. Thanks to them!
Your first time coming to PHPSW? Welcome!
Here's how the evening tends to run:

• Feel free to turn up from 6:30pm.
• We'll have a selection of pizzas available from about 6:30pm, all free of charge thanks to our sponsors. It's a great chance to speak to people (we're a friendly bunch!) and do a bit of networking. Just speak to an organiser if you'd like an introduction to people, or just dive in and say "hello!".
• At 7pm, we'll do a quick welcome talk and some community announcements
• At ~7:05pm we'll start the talks
• We finish at 8:30pm. We always go for a drink at Small Bar afterwards to discuss the talks and anything else that takes your fancy. 🐘