A collection of videos, articles, conference talks, and any other places I've been asked for a piece of my mind!
May, 2025
In May 2025, I'll be giving a talk at CyberWiseCon in Vilnius, Lithuania. From selling 10 Downing St, to moving the Eiffel Tower to Dublin, this talk covers real-world examples of unconventional ways to stop scrapers, phishers, and content thieves. You'll gain practical insights to protect assets, outsmart bad actors, and avoid the mistakes we made along the way!
June, 2025
In June 2025, I'll be speaking at the International PHP Conference in Berlin. I'll be talking about idempotency – what it is, why it’s so useful, and how big players like Stripe and AWS leverage it in production. Expect real-world examples, practical takeaways, and a deep dive into making your systems more robust and reliable.
March, 2025
In March 2025, at the Dutch PHP Conference in Amsterdam, I presented on the importance of idempotency – what it is, why it’s so useful, and how big players like Stripe and AWS leverage it in production.
November, 2024
In November 2024, I spoke at the International PHP Conference in Munich, Germany. I spoke about page speed wins available for backend developers, while also covering the times when it's better to have your team snowboarding instead of coding, challenges of policing dangerous drivers, and the impact of TV graphics on web design. A great conference, with lots of interesting take-aways!
June, 2024
In June 2024, I spoke at the PHPers Summit in Poznan, Poland, about the quick wins available for backend developers to improve front-end page speed. Eco-friendly badges, compelling talks, famous pastries and Lego history lessons - this event had it all!
February, 2024
In February 2024, I gave a talk at the PHP UK Conference in London, England. I covered the quick wins available to backend developers asked to deal with frontend speed issues. There are a number of fast and easy changes which can be made to load images, videos, and fonts, without getting bogged down in the complexities of frontend development tooling!
March, 2023
At the first of the Stripe Snacks sessions in the Dublin office, I was part of a panel where we had an enjoyable discussion about resilience and efficiency in today's environment. As a panel we discussed the challenges that come from scaling a business against challenging macroeconomic headwinds, and practical solutions.
November, 2022
After Stripe's report on the state of European checkouts in 2022, I was one of the speakers at a webinar discussing the findings. We spoke about common checkout mistakes, how to fix them, the rise of new payment methods, and best practices to prepare for international expansion.
July, 2022
As a Stripe Partner, we at Square1 need to ensure that our team are capable of consistently delivering high quality implementations. I spoke with Stripe's Head of Global Training and Certification Aarti Kumar about how Stripe's Training and Certification programme helps us to do this.
September, 2020
When Covid hit in 2019, a lot of businesses underwent a rapid digital transformation. In Square1, we've worked with many businesses adapting to the new normal. In this video, I put together a number of tips based on our experience, to help businesses ensure their online presence is set up for success!
SiliconRepublic.com
I've long been a sceptic of no-code/low-code tools, but the landscape has rapidly shigted in recent years, with far more capable tooling emerging. If you've not re-assessed these tools in a while, it's time to look again!
SiliconRepublic.com
Ahead of the rollout of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in Europe, I explained why it was needed, and the likely impact it would have on businesses and users across the continent.
September, 2023
I joined Liz Moy on Evervault's Decrypt podcast to talk about the importance of developing empathy for our users, managing competing demands on product roadmaps, and notable issues when trying to integrate AI tooling into development workflows. We also talked about a number of the struggles I had when moving from a developer role to a leadership one - changes in the types of feedback you get, different ways of measuring your own impact, and how best to enable your team to grow and shine.