Last week, PHOENIX MEDIA once again invited to the Magento Stammtisch in Stuttgart with the aim of bringing developers together and encouraging exchange on current commerce topics in a relaxed atmosphere. The following two exciting topics were on the agenda this time: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and image optimization.
Artificial Intelligence as a programming buddy
The first speaker of the evening was Mark Shust, who joined remotely from Ohio. Mark is an absolute expert when it comes to developing with Magento. With more than 20 years of experience in e-commerce and PHP, he has focused exclusively on Magento for the last 10 years. He has made it his top priority to provide knowledge about Magento, to make it accessible to everyone and to make complex topics easy to understand. This should help making developing with Magento easier. Therefore, he created the M.academy, where he regularly provides specially produced content about Magento and shares his knowledge with other developers and interested people.
For the first edition of the Stuttgart Magento Stammtisch in 2023, he brought a very special topic with him that everyone is talking about right now: Artificial Intelligence. After a brief explanation of the term, tools were demonstrated that developers can use at this point. On the one hand, Copilot from Github was introduced as well as ChatGPT as the latest achievement in the field of AI. Mark demonstrated what both tools are capable of and how they can support development with Magento. Above all, ChatGPT amazed the audience, but also made all guests laugh. The AI behind it is able to answer questions about almost any topic. It even created a specially written song in the style of Snoop Dogg especially for the Magento Stammtisch in Stuttgart. As always the session has been recorded and is now available on YouTube.
Why image optimization is also important in online business
After a short break, in which everyone could stock up on drinks and delicious snacks from the buffet, the presentation session continued. Vinai Kopp, who was originally planned as a speaker and wanted to provide information about Mage-OS, unfortunately was not able to attend spontaneously due to illness. Instead, there were exciting insights from PHOENIX MEDIA CTO Björn Kraus on the subject of image optimization. Right at the beginning, the audience was asked why it is important and relevant in online business to pay attention to this topic. The answer and other interesting insights can be found in the recording uploaded on YouTube.
Exciting talks, good conversations and pleasant anticipation about the next Magento Stammtisch
The Magento Stammtisch in Stuttgart once more offered interesting talks and exciting discussions this time. And the next events at our different locations are already being planned. We will announce the dates on time on our website. Also you will find more information on the event websites of the Magento Association and the Magento Stammtisch. We are always happy to receive feedback or presentation ideas. These can be sent by e-mail to stammtisch@phoenix-media.eu for Stuttgart and stammtisch@at.phoenix-media.eu for Vienna. We are already looking forward to seeing the Magento community again soon!
