Talks

A selection of talks I've given over the years on webhooks and event-driven applications, Developer Relations, and realtime web technology. More can be found on Notist, YouTube, and (for the older ones) SlideShare.

2026

  • Beyond Webhooks: The Future of Scalable API Event DeliveryWeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026Video
  • Reliably Handling Webhooks at Scale: Best Practices and Lessons LearnedShopify Partners North Developers MeetupSlides

2025

  • Beyond Webhooks: The Future of Scalable API Event DeliveryNordic APIs Platform Summit 2025Video
  • LiveCast: Asynchronous APIs for AI and Data ScienceNordic APIsVideo
  • Webhooks at Scale: Best Practices and Lessons LearnedStripe LondonVideoSlides
  • The #1 Thing Developers Overlook When Scaling EventsStripe DevelopersVideo
  • PagerDuty Partner Spotlight: HookdeckPagerDutyVideo
  • Beyond Webhooks: The Future of Scalable API Event Deliveryapidays New York 2025Slides (Notist)Slides (Speaker Deck)

2024

  • From Funnels to Flywheels: Tools for Thinking About DevRelDevRelCon New York 2024Slides

2023

  • A DevRel Hiring Manager's AdviceDevRel interviewVideo

2021

  • Where does DevRel fit into an org?FlylessSlides
  • Defining the Roles within Developer RelationsFlylessSlides

2020

  • DevRel Metrics panelDevRelCon Earth 2020Video
  • DevRel in the Time of CoronavirusDevRel.net interviewVideo

2019

  • Developer Relations: From Startup to EnterpriseDevRelCon London 2019VideoSlides
  • Developer Relations: From Startup to EnterpriseDevRelCon San Francisco 2019Slides

2016

  • Introduction to the AAARRRP DevRel Strategy FrameworkDevRelCon London 2016VideoFramework

2015

  • What is the ROI of Developer Relations?DevRelCon London 2015Video
  • Real-time Web Apps & Symfony. What are your options?SymfonyLive London 2015Video
  • Why You Should be Using Web Components Right Now. And HowForward 3 Web SummitVideo
  • Why You Should be Using Web Components - and HowDevWeek 2015Video
  • Patterns and Practices for Building Enterprise-Scale HTML5 AppsDevWeek 2015Video
  • How to Build Single Page HTML5 Apps that ScaleConference talkVideo
  • Real-Time Web Apps in 2015 & BeyondBristolJSVideo
  • Real-Time Web Apps in 2015 & BeyondPusherVideo
  • You Have Real-Time Data. You Just Don't Know It!Conference talkVideo
  • Tools, Tips and Techniques for Developing Real-time AppsPusherVideo

2014

  • The Realtime Web in 2014 & BeyondScreencastVideo
  • How to Build Front-End Web Apps that ScaleFutureJS 2014Video
  • Testing Ginormous JavaScript AppsScotlandJSVideo

2013

  • Building Front-End JavaScript Apps that ScaleSTV Tech TalksVideo
  • Realtime Web Apps in the WildPHP UK Conference 2013VideoSlides
  • Realtime Web Apps in the WildHackference 2013Slides