David Buchmann

David Buchmann

David Buchmann works at Liip AG as lead developer and Symfony coach. He is an open source enthusiast, co-author of PSR-18 and Httplug, maintainer of FOSHttpCache and contributor to the Symfony framework. When he is not coding, he enjoys travelling with his girlfriend, music and boardgames.

Montreal 2023 sessions

Beyond REST maturity levels

English session - Intermediate

Insights from building a real life, high-load REST API
Implementing a REST API is not only about designing correct resource URLs. I will talk about the software and system engineering part it takes to build a data API. I will show concrete examples from a project where we gather data from dozens of different services and systems and build a real-time capable data API. The main technology stack is Symfony, Elasticsearch and Varnish.

Deploying PHP applications with zero downtime

English session - Beginner

The process of replacing your code with a new version can be tricky. In this talk, I will present strategies to deploy your code without interrupting the application, including how to handle database schema changes without breaking running code.

Montreal 2022 sessions

Vancouver 2016 sessions

Montreal 2016 sessions