Is this an index of public talks I’ve given? Is it just a record of proposals? Who knows - I don’t!

(It shouldn’t be linked from anywhere though, so if you find this, um, hi?)

PaaS - why and how

Are you using a Platform as a Service, like Heroku or Elastic Beanstalk, for your webapps? If not, you probably should be.

I’ll show you how PaaS can help you with deployment, scaling, and general best practices, so you can focus on building the things that matter most to you.

Submissions

  • PyConUK 2015 - 2015/07/20

Document all the things

Producing good documentation is a bit like flossing. We all know we should, but somehow we never quite do.

Why do we find it so hard? What can we do about it? Why does it even matter? How can we get better?

Whatever you’re doing, whatever your background, these questions matter.

Submissions

  • PyConUK 2015 - 2015/07/20

The Twelve-Factor App

Are you building web services? Do you have passwords and keys embedded in your code, readable by everyone who works on the project? Are you tied to your production environment, unable to move, needing painful hacks for local testing? Is every app a special snowflake to configure and run?

The Twelve-Factor App is a language and framework agnostic set of principles for building easily configurable, easily deployable, well-structured services. Follow these principles; they’re low-effort and low-maintenance, and will make your life easier, whether you’re deploying or writing code.

If you work on any kind of web service, you should attend this talk.

Submissions

  • PyConUK 2014
    • Accepted