WordPress has a native database caching system called the Transients API. This simple wrapper can be used for caching database queries, remote data, or other expensive routines.
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Everything is broken: an introduction to testing, logging, monitoring and metrics
‘You cannot make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.’ Things are inevitably going to break. And that’s stressful. If your triaging process involves manually seeking through log files or you only find out something is broken after a customer calls you, then you’re probably not fixing problems efficiently.
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Performance matters. Doug’s talk will take a look at some tools and techniques that will boost your site’s speed. There are three main places where speed can be impacted when delivering a site to an end user, and we can have differing levels of impact on each of those places.
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CSS is incredibly powerful for styling, but did you know it can also dramatically affect how accessible and inclusive your website is as well? Many operating systems now have advanced settings to allow users to customise and personalise their digital experiences.
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When done right, code review is a great tool for levelling up developers and sharing knowledge, but when done wrong it can have a hugely negative effect, causing stress, demoralisation and burn out.
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The early days of eCommerce were shaped by a paradigm of catalogs and carts. We grew up with eBay and Amazon shaping how we thought about eCommerce stores and the development of plugins for WordPress followed this trend.
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Great websites don’t just happen. Exceptional user experiences are part of a rich study of psychological principles that are more than pretty pictures. By mastering a few design concepts we can create UI patterns that make it easier for users to navigate pages, consume information, make purchases and interact with our online brand.
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While working as a digital sales consultant (as a designer and developer) for several years, Sonja has been able to work with a variety of companies and helped them to increase their sales online. In this talk she will quickly go through the basics of growth hacking from a designer’s point of view.
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People aren’t interested in what you have to offer, your products or services; people want their own desires and thoughts responded to. Ivana will describe in detail what it is you need to do so that your content produces the exact thing people want.
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About 90% of start-ups fail. What if better project and benefits management could lower that number? Vili’s presentation will discuss how benefits realisation through good project management can increase success.
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As business owners, we have big goals and dreams. To build a team, to launch a new product, to craft a business that works for us vs us being a slave to it. Yet with all the noise of daily to-dos, the distraction of shiny objects, and the world telling us what we “should” be doing vs what we want to be doing it’s no wonder we stay stuck.
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Are you a developer, designer, writer, or site builder? Did you start freelancing to have true work-life balance and follow your passions? Do you find yourself working really hard and not making enough money? This talk is for you.
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