Since the dawn of forums, CodeProject and Stack Overflow - and more recently with Github, Discord, Youtube and blog posts - we've been building applications with strangers on the internet, copying and pasting other developers' code. And now with the advent of ChatGPT, GitHub CoPilot and other AI solutions, it's easier than ever to use code somebody (or something) else wrote... without necessarily understanding the code completely. We all copy and paste code, but a senior developer will often approach the task in different way to someone more junior. We'll look at how to level-up our Ctrl+V game through understanding the problem, assessing suitability and adapting code samples to meet our needs. Together, we can build something better and quicker... so long as we know what we're building.
You can find my current talks, past speaking engagements and recordings of some of my engagements below.
My sessions
If you'd like me to speak at your meetup or event, please contact me or drop by my Sessionize page.
Talk recordings
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Marcin, Joe, John, Owain and Delia discuss UmbracoTees Day, CODECABIN, LTS, the state of the Umbraco community and the usual Umbraco news and events.
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Building your own integrated platforms with Umbraco (a recording at Umbraco DK Festival 2022)
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"Everyone makes mistakes." We've heard it time and again. But there's always that nagging voice inside our heads telling us to hide it away somewhere. But why be ashamed?! Besides, this can lead to more mistakes in the future. We'll take a look at some of my mistakes and even look at some extreme cases where mistakes can cost lives.
As well as looking at how hiding mistakes can be damaging to our confidence as well as to our work, we'll discuss how and when to talk about our mistakes along with success stories and how highlighting past mistakes can help save time, effort, and - most importantly - shame as individuals, teams, and as a community.
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Accessibility is a fairly new concept to a lot of us in the tech industry, but Ordnance Survey have been making maps since 1791. What have they done over the last two centuries to make their maps easier to read and understand for everyone? And how can our comparatively juvenile industry learn from their experience?
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A recording of my extended “Why are you being such a git about it” talk from Developer! Developer! Developer! Day 2021.
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Live streaming Advent of Code 2021
My attempts at solving Advent of Code puzzles each day.
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My recorded talk “Why are you being such a git about it” from GitKon is available to watch.
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A recording of my talk at CodeGarden 2021. Also available in written form.
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Marcin and Callum together with their guests celebrate umbraCoffee's 3rd birthday and talk about the new Community site, the Community Teams "retreat", Hacktoberfest and more.
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This week's guests are Honorary & New Umbraco Community Teams members - Poornima Nayar (@PoornimaNayar) and Joe Glombek (@JoeGlombek)
Other past events
Not all speaking engagements are recorded, so I have provided a list of conferences I've spoken at.