Events
NN1 Dev Club is a free meet-up for a local community of Northamptonshire-based software enthusiasts. A place to meet, collaborate and share knowledge with each other. From devs for devs!
Upcoming events #
Upcoming event
#15: "Why the Best Engineers Don't Always Get Promoted" by Ainsley Clark and "TBC" by Jake Archibald
TBC
- Vulcan Works, 34-38 Guildhall Rd, Northampton, NN1 1EW
- FREE
Upcoming event
#14: "Still Curious: Open Source and AI" by Lotte Pitcher, "Solving for Y: The XY Problem in Practice" by Mitchell Nortje and Paul Dolby and "Don't lose your head" by Rehan Butt
Join Lotte Pitcher from Umbraco HQ and the Spinbox team for an evening of insight, discussion and networking. The event explores modern web development, CMS architecture, digital platforms, AI and open-source software. Through real-world talks and practical examples, speakers will challenge common assumptions, share lessons learned from delivering digital projects, and explore the future of technology in an AI-driven world.
- Vulcan Works, 34-38 Guildhall Rd, Northampton, NN1 1EW
- FREE
Past events #
#13: "Scrubs to scripts" by Diana Silva and "I spared no expense" by Ana Rodrigues
#12: "Resilient Payment Systems: How bank transfers actually work (most of the time)" by Jacek Miloszewski and "There's No Such Thing As Plain Text" by Dylan Beattie
#11: "Compiling JavaScript ahead-of-time" by Oliver Medhurst and "Future of Work is Async" by Rob Hough
#10: "Bad at CSS" by Keith Cirkel and "Start-Up to Exit: The Journey for Tech Companies" by Samantha Wildman and Talitha Heaton
#9: "The MCP Revolution: Building Your Personal AI Assistant - From Theory to Jarvis" by Emmanuella Okorie and "Effective Partnerships Between Developers and Product Teams" by Kiran Patel
#8: Hack & Share - a rundown of side projects by Northamptonshire geeks
#7: "The Future Needs More You" by Natalie de Weerd and "Charge or Cheat? The Ethics of Billing for AI-Generated Work" by Dr Kardi Somerfield
#6: "Move Fast and Build Things: A Non-Technical Guide to AI Agents" by Eric Bye and "Dark Side of the Moon" by Rehan Butt
#5: Hack & Share - a rundown of side projects by Northamptonshire geeks
#4: "Dunelm's Digital Journey" by Tom Keeber and "Designing for LLM's (or how to make ChatGPT suck less)" by Rob Hough
#3: "Visualising Data Pipelines in Diffusion Models" by Jordan Legg and "The impact of Generative AI on SEO" by James Bavington
#2: "Design Secrets for Developers" by Thomas Reeve and "Type-safe localization of Unsplash.com" by Oliver Ash
#1: "Boiling Nemo" by PJ Evans and "The Science of Software Engineering"by Junade Ali
What people say #
NN1 is a simply lovely local meetup that made me wish I lived closer to Northampton. The crowd is a mix of old hands and new graduates, working across a range of tech, and everyone is super friendly and excited to share ideas.
NN1 Dev Club has had a tremendous positive impact on our students who have engaged with the meetups. It has given them valuable opportunities to connect with local developers, hear directly from people working in industry. This kind of local, accessible industry engagement is incredibly valuable, and we are grateful for the role NN1 Dev Club is playing.
NN1 is the kind of fantastic meet-up that’s exactly what I love: a great community of people coming together and sharing a common passion. I’m glad it exists, it’s essential for the community and Pawel and co do an amazing job!
NN1 has built an incredibly community at the perfect time. The effort that goes into events has made for great experiences, and the work they do to highlight and support their members and the local area goes even further. Whether you're tech curious, or passionate about the details, it's an inviting and supportive group, and would recommend attending one of their events and supporting to anyone!
I really enjoy attending NN1 Dev Club. The variety of speakers keeps every event fresh and technically engaging, and there’s always something interesting to take away from it. It’s also a genuinely well run meet up with a relaxed atmosphere, which makes it easy to chat with like-minded people and feel part of the community. Events like this are incredibly valuable for bringing developers together, and NN1 Dev Club does an amazing job of creating that space.
As a designer, when I first heard about the NN1 Dev Club, I wasn’t particularly interested because I wrongly assumed, based on the name, that it was only for developers and engineers. I quickly realised the community is open to anyone with a passion for tech, regardless of their role or background. Huge shout-out to Paweł and Darren for organising these meetups and creating a space where people from across the tech community can connect!
Working remotely, I really appreciate having a local community of like-minded people to connect with. The meetups are a great mix of relaxed social interaction and genuinely interesting talks from speakers covering all sorts of topics. Every time I’ve been along, it’s been great to catch up with friends and geek out over tech.
NN1.dev has genuinely been game changing for me. Having an active Discord full of local developers has been amazing, and access to the Vulcan Works space has made it so much easier to actually meet people, collaborate, and feel part of a real tech community locally instead of just existing online. I’ve learned loads already and I’m really looking forward to future events.
NN1 has become the biggest talk of the town in the tech community. At NN1 events, you get to meet others from the region and discover small stories from the real world. It's really friendly; regulars have become friends. We're always ready to welcome new members and network with real people. Each talk is always interesting, sparks thought, and fuels the imagination. Recommend for everyone in the space.
A great meetup for prospective and existing developers, something the town was sorely lacking and helps massively to build the community of software developers here. Every other month I get to learn about someone’s passion project/obsession that normally I’d never have a clue about. Thanks to the organisers as it’s completely free and a credit to Northampton.
A wonderful opportunity to meet and chat with fellow techy people in the area. Interesting talks & presentations. (And the free pizza is great too!)
NN1 Dev Club is a great group of people. I'm a designer rather than a developer, and I've always felt right at home; it's genuinely inclusive of anyone working in or around tech, whatever their role. Every event I've been to has been welcoming, interesting, and full of good conversations. Northampton is lucky to have it.
