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Kris Wallsmith

@kriswallsmith.bsky.social

VP of Engineering at Vacatia Former Symfony core team, forever evangelist

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The Art of Technical Speaking: How I Went From Code Reviewer to Conference Speaker It’s not about what you know. It’s about how you share it. Here’s the story of how I learned that lesson.

How did I went from reviewer to #speaker?

After saying “yes” to my first live #talk, it was a piece of advice from @nicolasgrekas.bsky.social, that swept away the illegitimacy I felt. I have passed on this advice, whenever I could.

Here is the whole story: alex-daubois.medium.com/the-art-of-t...

12.09.2025 08:00 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

AGI next time!

11.07.2025 15:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This was very good 😋

02.06.2025 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff

05.04.2025 20:14 — 👍 81261    🔁 15590    💬 1030    📌 804

Looks like a beautiful day 😎 ☀️

05.04.2025 14:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025 SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025 (November 27 – 28, 2025) - Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Who’s going to be at #SymfonyCon Amsterdam?

live.symfony.com/2025-amsterd...

23.03.2025 20:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unleash the Power of Symfony Messenger Unleash the Power of Symfony Messenger - Download as a PDF or view online for free

Slides are here, if you want to check them out:

www.slideshare.net/slideshow/un...

23.03.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I talked about some of the cool things we’re doing with the Messenger component at Vacatia, including nested messages and message chains.

23.03.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I had a great time talking about #Symfony Messenger at SymfonyDay Chicago earlier this week!

📷 @jmikola.net

23.03.2025 20:56 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Whoa 😳

18.03.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A Composer conflict declaration could protect against that… but I’m not sure we want to go down that road.

15.03.2025 06:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Or, imagine an optional interface introducing a breaking change (e.g. a 2.0 release). All of the classes out there that implement it optionally would break.

15.03.2025 06:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I get what it’s trying to solve, but what if the class implements the optional interface incorrectly? If it’s not installed, no error. If it is installed… error?

15.03.2025 05:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I introduced my youngest to Avenue Q today and I kind of feel like my work as a parent is done!

08.03.2025 02:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How are we doing this evening?

18.02.2025 04:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My name is Kris and I cannot sleep

05.02.2025 07:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
SymfonyDay Chicago 2025illu-city-leftillu-city-right SymfonyDay Chicago 2025 (March 17, 2025) - Chicago (United States)

SymfonyDay Chicago! live.symfony.com/2025-chicago/

17.01.2025 20:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Senior PHP Software Engineer Job Title: Senior PHP Software Engineer - Portland, Oregon Department: Engineering Reports To: VP of Engineering Summary: Vacatia, an innovative hospitality company reinventing the timeshare experienc...

We’re looking for a #Symfony or #Laravel developer in Portland, Oregon. Know anyone?

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

17.01.2025 04:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for everything you do 🙏

31.12.2024 17:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hermes is sleepy 💤

29.12.2024 08:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My wife died almost 12 years ago and I still have vivid dreams of her becoming alive again. Does anyone else experience that, with people they’ve lost? #widower #grief

19.12.2024 15:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Me to my therapist: I can’t tell if I’m projecting or just really wise 😭💀

18.12.2024 23:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've been too doomer-y lately, need to balance it out a bit.

Did you know Brian Jacques was 47 when he wrote his first novel?

47.

And he wrote 22 more beloved and acclaimed children's novels before he passed.

There are admittedly some dreams you can age out of but creativity isn't one. Go for it

10.12.2024 06:36 — 👍 924    🔁 136    💬 35    📌 9
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a baby is making a sad face while sitting in a chair . Alt: a baby is making a sad face while sitting in a chair

When #SymfonyCon is scheduled for Thanksgiving 😢

08.12.2024 00:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hello friends 👋

30.11.2024 00:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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