PHPxSYD 2026 August Meetup

Join us at the Cover Genius HQ in Sydney, we have some fantastic talks prepared! Please try and arrive from 5:30pm for pizza & drinks, and a 6pm start, otherwise we'll have to let you up as the elevator will be locked. In this case, please SMS Max on 0466029946 (do not call).

Glue Work in the AI Age - Jade Edward

Agents and an AI augmented SDLC are shining a light on how thinking, talking about, and managing glue work is more important than ever, no matter who needs it or does the work.

The latest in AI application development with PHP - Max Snow

Lightning talk to kick off the night!

Calendars, Dates and Time - Nigel James

Dates and times seem simple — until your cron job vanishes into a DST gap, Samoa skips a Friday, or Excel insists 1900 was a leap year. Strap yourself in for a fast-paced tour of the calendar chaos, timezone traps, and real production bugs hiding in every codebase — with practical rules for storing, transferring, and displaying time correctly.

You can live-stream the meetup here: https://meet.google.com/pet-yscq-qai

Join the PHP Australia Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/phpaustralia/shared_invite/zt-8t0xmjpz-MVdkkbgtIkek31IzcVVCgA

Join the Australia JS Discord: https://ausjs.au

We are also always looking for more sponsors, so please reach out if you're interested.