The first bilingual WordCamp, and also my first in Poland, is now over. And what can I say, the long journey was really worth it! It was a successful three-day event with workshops and lots of talks.
The concept was a little different than usual. Day 1 was full of workshops, but there was also a Contributor Day section. Days 2 and 3 were lectures, divided into two tracks (Polish and English). That made it quite easy for me. I just sat in the English track and waited to see what would happen. I wasn’t disappointed.
The focus, perhaps only in the English track, was very noticeable: security and performance. For me, it was really the perfect mix. Except for maybe two talks, this time it was again a WordCamp with a lot of input from them. That is probably the benefit of smaller WordCamp events.
AI is omnipresent
As is currently customary at all conferences, there are hardly any topics left that do not involve AI. However, it is now apparent that the peak has been reached and we are currently on the path to finding real, genuine applications for it.
Whereas last year it was simply printed on the packaging that a product ‘now contains AI’, useful implementations are now coming to light that can really offer added value.
In the security sector in particular, AI can search and analyse code faster, more thoroughly and more consistently than any human ever could. AI is also giving rise to ideas that humans would not have come up with directly. Of course, this could also be very useful for the other side, but yes, the genie is out of the bottle and we have to make the best of it.
Social media is dead, long live blogging
It’s not just in recent years that we’ve noticed that social media no longer has anything to do with socialising. Of course, such thoughts come up more quickly at a WordCamp, where the focus is on WordPress. But projects such as ActivityPub and Friends show that the idea of an IndieWeb is already in some people’s minds. Tim also saw a presentation by Ana Rodrigues (slides) at LoopConf, which inspired him to write more on the free internet again.
I had imposed this on myself so many times before, but somehow always strayed from it. This blog post is yet another small attempt to follow through on that. 😊
And as usual, here are a few pictures.
