Tech Events by PHPSW

PHPSW's last meetup of the year, given over to lightning talks of around ten minutes each. The call for speakers is still open, so the running order is not published yet; the suggested subjects are an AI product you actually use, anything in PHP and the wider ecosystem, or a good story from a Wednesday. Doors from 18:30 with food free thanks to the sponsors, welcome and community announcements at 19:00, talks from about 19:05, finishing around 20:30, then drinks. Lamp Bristol and Temple Studios are hosting. PHPSW has run for years and has about 1,350 members. Why go: an established Bristol engineering community on its end-of-year night, and the lightning format means you hear from working developers rather than a booked speaker. Best for PHP and web developers, and anyone who wants the local engineering scene without a conference ticket.

with Oliver Davies (Speaker, PHPSW)

Oliver Davies introduces jj (Jujutsu), a version-control system that works on top of your existing Git repositories and forges but makes rewriting history, splitting commits and undoing mistakes far less painful. He'll show how to work without branches, reshape commits and undo anything, comparing each idea with its Git equivalent so you know where your existing knowledge still applies. The usual PHPSW format: arrive from 18:30 for free food, welcome and community announcements at 19:00, the talk from about 19:05, finish at 20:30, then drinks. Hosted with help from Lamp Bristol at DeskLodge House, Redcliffe Way. Free. Why go: a concrete, Git-literate introduction to a tool many developers are quietly switching to. Best for any developer, PHP or not, who has fought a rebase and lost.

Bristol's long-running PHP user group meets for two talks: Mike Page on raising the profile of PHP today, and Ade on "Vibing with Pikachu". Pizza, drinks and a pub afterwards.

PHPSW — Bristol's long-running PHP community — hosts a themed evening of AI lightning talks at its new Temple Studios venue. Practical experience shares on AI tooling for developers: what's worked, what hasn't, and the tricks people have actually found useful. Free food and drinks from 18:30; talks from 19:00. Near capacity at curation (18/25).