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

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 Start Talks

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

TBD by Bert De Swaef