These are my raw notes from PHP Tek/JS 2026 Day 3.

AI Assisted Development - Mark Niebergall

• AI works best as a fast collaborative implementation engine
• Now
  • Describe intent
  • Guide the agent
• Classic Workflow
  • Ticket -> Analysis -> eng
• Modern Workflow
  • Ticket -> AI Prompt -> agent generates code -> engineer reviews changes
• Vibe Coding
  • Conversational development
  • Rapid iteration
  • Steering instead of typing
• AI is
  • Fast
  • Pattern Aware
• AI is not
  • Trustworth by default
• Augment phpstorm plug in
• AI works best iteratively
• Large context windows
  • Increase:
  • accuracy
  • cost
  • letency
• MCP = Model Context Protocol
  • A standard way for AI tools to connect to external servers
• Agents can connect to:
  • Ticketing
  • Source Control
  • Databases
  • Docs

A Beginner’s Guide to OAuth and OpenID Connect - Ben Ramsey

• Important pieces
  • Client
  • Resource Owner
  • Authorization Server
  • Resource Server
• Authorization code
  • most commont secure flow
• OpenID Connect sits on top
  • Has a document associated with it

Semantic Search and Embeddings: Modernizing PHP Search with Vector Databases - Eric Mann

• Voyage AI

Code, Culture, and Conflict: Leading When Alignment Breaks Down by Dr Jen Fry

• How do you bat ideas around?
  • "That sucks" - "Okay how do we do better?"
• What is your department's mistake spectrum?
  • 1 -> just fix it
  • 4 -> fix it and let me know
  • 8 -> let's bring in HR
• Are you clear with expectations?
• Undiscussed expectations are premediated resentments
• What am I saying that stops you from making decisions?
• Five points to work with your employees
  • Do not hesitate to ask questions
  • If documentation doesn't exist or is wrong fix it
  • If you have a problem come with a list of potential solutions
  • If you can't replicate a problem don't worry about it
• What does effective communiation look like
  • Be early
  • Give expectations
  • Who are in the middle of pressure
  • Is is urgent or emergency?
  • Use your words
  • No weaponizing HR
  • No conflict in text/slack/emails
  • Stop worrying about being nice
  • Don't stop being kind
  • No triangulation - using a third part to fix it
  • Be ok with upset people
  • No anonymous reviews
  • Nothing should be on a performance review that hasn't been