Fremantle
On Saturday, August 3rd 2019 I went to my second DDD Perth conference. This is an annual one-day event that seems to bill itself as being something different from the usual tech conference and to be more accessible to people who might not normally go to these things. Which, I reckon, is pretty great; it feels like a more friendly place (even though I am the sort of person who usually goes to these sorts of things, I often don't really feel like I belong). There is something of a corporate vibe, though, which sort of mars the 'community' aspect — although that's where the low price of the tickets comes from, so I shouldn't complain!
The welcome to country was done by Nick Abraham, who gave an interesting talk. I liked the lists that he rattled off the names of families he's part of and places they're from.
All of the presentations that I went to were interesting, but the two that have stuck with me were about CSS Grid (Amy Kapernick), and WebAuthn (Ben Lowry). I want to experiment with both in my personal projects. Don't suppose I'll do so, though. (Too many fun things to explore; not enough time.)
I'm very glad that the Perth developer community is able to support this sort of event these days.
