Mage Titans Manchester 2023 conference review

Last weekend I was giving a talk at the Mage Titans Conference in Manchester.

It has been a while since I have been in Manchester and this was my first time attending a MageTitans conference. I heard a lot of good things about the past conferences and was really curious what to expect.

The ABC Roofdeck & Dome venue was a good choice for a single-track conference like this. The crowd was awesome which is usually the case for events in the UK. I had a lot of fun on stage presenting my "The road to more resilience" talk and according to the feedback the audience enjoyed the talk as well.

In general, the content was a really good mix of developer-related talks (e.g. Core Web Vitals, Cybersecurity Strategies, Docker for Magento) and non-developer-related talks. Personally, for me Rebecca Brocton's Passion vs Paycheck talk was really good with lots of advice on how to deal with mental health issues. A lot of people in our industry are dealing with mental health issues, and talks like that are important to raise awareness.