It was adapTo() time again, the first time again in an in-person format since 2019. And it’s definitely much different from the virtual formats we experienced during the pandemic. More personal, and allowing me to get away from the daily work routine; I remember that in 2020 and 2021 I constantly had work related topics (mostly Slack) on the other screen, while I was attending the virtual conference. That’s definitely different when you are at the venue 🙂
And it was great to see all the people again. Many of the people which are part of the community for years, but also many new faces. Nice to see that the community can still attract new people, although I think that the golden time of the backend-heavy web-development is over. And that was reflected on stage as well, with Edge Delivery Services being quite a topic.
As in the past years, the conference itself isn’t that large (this year maybe 200 attendees) and it gives you plenty of chances to get in touch and chat about projects, new features, bugs and everything else you can imagine. The location is nice, and Berlin gives you plenty of opportunities to go out for dinner. So while 3 days of conference can definitely be exhausting, I would have liked to spend much more dinners with attendees.
I got the chance to come on stage again with one of my favorite topics: Performance improvement in AEM, a classic backend topic. According to the talk feedback, people liked it 🙂
Also, the folks of the adaptTo() recorded all the talks and you can find both the recording and the slide deck on the talk’s page.
The next call for papers is already announced to start in February ’24), and I will definitely submit a talk again. Maybe you as well?
Things on a content management system 