NN1 Dev Club

We are sending tonnes of love to all the PHP devs. If you host your PHP on Railway, we really feel your pain. If you manage to patch all the vulnerabilities before Friday, do not forget about the coworking day at Vulcan Works. PS. A lot of PHP pages could have been static websites 😜

In today's spotlight interview with Patryk Ben Saida. A young Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity graduate, pen tester, reverse engineering and binary exploitation fan. Really geeky setup! nn1.dev/spotlight/pa...

Our friends at CreateFuture are hiring like crazy. If you want to know some details, talk directly to @pawelgrzybek.com . If you are a Go dev, you may even end up working with him directly. ‣ Software Engineers (Go, .NET, Java, Kotlin, Python) ‣ Platform/Cloud Engineers ‣ Data Engineers #jobs

📝New spotlight interview In today's spotlight: a good friend of the community, past speaker and regular attendee. A fan of a good live gig and also a happy owner of a lovely set-up. Say hi to Kiran Patel! nn1.dev/spotlight/ki... #nn1dev

Our next meetup is on 26th November! 🗓️ Thursday, 26/11/2026, 18:00 📍 Vulcan Works, Northampton, NN1 1EW 💰 Free (ticket required, limited to 100) nn1.dev/events/14/

New feedback by @keithamus.social just landed on our website. Super kind of you! Thank you 🙏

A few pictures and video presentations from our last meetup with @ohhelloana.blog and Diana Silva are live. Enjoy 🍿 nn1.dev/events/13/#g... #nn1dev

✨ New post "The story of a crappy NN1 Dev Club logo" pawelgrzybek.com/the-story-of... #nn1dev

A lovely feedback from a recent attendee just landed on our page. Thank you so much @jakearchibald.com 🫶

What a superb evening it was. Thank you to all attendees, incredible speakers, sponsors and partners. We will see you all at the next one on the 26th of November 👋 #nn1dev @ohhelloana.blog

Our 13th meetup is happening today at 6pm at Vulcan Works. We still have 4 spots free, and it is not too late to register and join us. Two talks, free drinks and food, but most importantly a lovely community of geeks is awaiting you there. We will see you later ❣️ nn1.dev/events/13/

Before he graduated from the Software Engineering course, he studied Finance and Banking. Speaking in many languages like Romanian, Russian, French, and Ukrainian, he is also not too bad with C, C++, C#, Java, HTML, CSS, and Python. Meet Andrei 👋 nn1.dev/spotlight/an... #nn1dev

here's what's on my calendar for the upcoming months that I highly recommend: @londonwebstandards.org Tuesday! @nn1.dev come see me do a talk! @webdevconf.com just after my birthday too! (it's a hint 🍻) @ffconf.org as usual.

Only 30 tickets left for the upcoming meetup! Top speakers (@ohhelloana.blog & Diana Silva), a great local community of geeks, and tonnes of laughs are waiting for you. Looks like this one is going to be busy. Reserve your spot and join us on 24 September 🫶 #northampton #meetup

The hero of today's spotlight interview is not a software engineer, but a geek for sure and, most importantly, a good friend of the community and a regular attendee of our meetups. Say hi to Seb Radka 🫶🍻 nn1.dev/spotlight/se... #nn1dev #northampton

Time to meet another community member. Dan Barrett is a founder of NRCM Web Design and SQ1 Digital. A passionate geek from Northampton, building for the web for two decades at this point. A good fella and an awesome community member. Enjoy the read ☕ nn1.dev/spotlight/da...

Are you ready for the 13th meetup on the 24th of September? Two fantastic speakers (Diana Silva and @ohhelloana.blog ), and a good opportunity to hang out with other geeks after a long summer break. Get your ticket now for free on our website! #meetup #northampton #uk

What are some old (at least a few years old) conference tech talks that have aged well? We have two recommendations for you, but please send us your recommendations. "Simple Made Easy" by Rich Hickey (2011) youtu.be/SxdOUGdseq4 “The End of Navel Gazing” byPaul Adams (2018) vimeo.com/275265188

Hey, as we do on the last Friday of each month, today we are hosting a coworking day in the town centre of Northampton. If you ever fancy changing the comfort zone of a home office and being more social, come and join us. It is free, we usually grab lunch together. Good fun!

Time to meet another community member. In today’s spotlight is Joanna Gorska, formerly a care worker, and now a senior Python developer from Corby. She is a fan of a good ZSH shell and the owner of a really sweet setup. Enjoy the interview 😚 nn1.dev/spotlight/jo...

Yesterday we welcomed our friend @pawelgrzybek.com and organiser of @nn1.dev as a supporter of #SotB2027 2027.stateofthebrowser.com/supporters/#...

Hey! @ohhelloana.blog , one of the speakers at our upcoming September event, is a guest on the most recent episode of the codebar Stories podcast. So cool 🫶 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

We would love to invite you to the upcoming 13th @nn1.dev meetup! "Scrubs to scripts" by Diana Silva and "I spared no expense" by @ohhelloana.blog 🗓️ Thursday, 24/09/2026, 18:00 📍Vulcan Works, Northampton, NN1 1EW 💰 Free (ticket required, limited to 100) nn1.dev/events/13/ #meetup

We are super happy to share that Create Future has become an official sponsor of NN1 Dev Club. This will help us invite more industry-leading speakers to our events and open the door to plenty of other ideas we have for the future of this community. Thank you 🫶

Hey, some of our community members recently shared some really nice open-source projects they’re working on. We love it! Please send us some of the stuff you’re working on after hours. Is it a good time for another “Hack & Share” kind of event? Also, join us on Discord, it’s fun!

Like we do every other Friday, here is an interview with another member of our community. Jana is a UX/UI Designer, a metalcore/deathcore fan, and a keen open-world MMO player. Most importantly, she is a very lovely person and a good friend of the @nn1.dev crew. nn1.dev/spotlight/ja... #nn1dev

Time for another short form interview with one of our community members. In today’s spotlight is Rosie, senior PHP developer for the EV charging company, doing all sorts of interesting stuff after hours. Board games, crochet, running and more. Enjoy the read 🤗 nn1.dev/spotlight/ro... #nn1dev

Thanks a lot for yesterday folks! It was good one and was awesome to see all the regular attendees and a few new faces. Thanks to the great speakers of the evening: Jacek and @dylanbeatt.ie . You can watch the talks on our website. We'll see you at the next one! 😘 nn1.dev/events/12/#g... #nn1dev

If you need a diversity ticket for State of the Browser 2027 then you can apply for one on our site: 2027.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/#div... #SotB2027 #Diversity #Inclusion Please Share

Tomorrow's meetup will be busy folks. We still have 12 tickets. They are free but mandatory for attendees. Register on our website if you haven't already (it takes seconds). See you tomorrow 👋

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Hey Northampton - I'll be speaking at the @nn1.dev Club on May 28th, all about plain text... from the history of ASCII, to Unicode, emoji, Hungarian Scrabble, and what PIKE MATCHBOX has to do with driving in the Soviet Union. It's free but you'll need to sign up: nn1.dev/events/12/ See you there!

Time to meet another community member, and on this one we interviewed Jacob W. Applications Analyst from Maples Group. Super interesting fella, and really good links shared on this one. nn1.dev/spotlight/ja... #nn1dev

Today we have Jamie Francis in the spotlight. Ex C# dev, now Lead Platform Engineer and a fan of Italian cuisine. He thinks that the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is the best soundtrack and we absolutely agree. Meet Jamie ❣️ nn1.dev/spotlight/ja... #nn1dev

It's our monthly coworking session at Vulcan Works this Friday! Free entry as always. Come join us for the day, we'll grab lunch together and have a proper chat. See you Friday! 😘 #nn1dev #northampton

Have you ever been to a mass event, surrounded by tons of people, wondering who all these folks are? Ever wondered who the speaker is? Who's the organiser of this thing? Wonder no more! We have quality branded lanyards and 3D-printed name tags. Cool, right? #nn1dev

Today we'd like to introduce you to Richard Burt. Currently a founder at Safehold Solutions, with over two decades of experience in the healthcare tech sector. Lovely bloke, old enough to remember the Binatone console 👾 nn1.dev/spotlight/ri... #nn1dev

Time to meet another community member. In today's spotlight interview, we feature @pawelgrzybek.com , a front-end developer who ended up writing Go, a keen blogger and open-source contributor. He is quite an involved member of the @nn1.dev community. Enjoy the read 🤗 nn1.dev/spotlight/pa...

We would like to invite you all to the upcoming May meetup, and this one is going to be geeky! When: 28/05/2026, 18:00 Where: Vulcan Works How much: Free (ticket required) nn1.dev/events/12/ #meetup #northampton

Thank you all for attending yesterday. We were happy to see all the returning attendees, and it was fab to see new faces too. It's brilliant that the community is growing organically. We're looking forward to seeing you at the next one. P.S. You can sign up for the May event on our website 🫶

We are looking forward to seeing you in two weeks. Book your slot today if you haven't already on our website, and we will see you on 26 March at Vulcan Works. nn1.dev/events/11/ #nn1dev #northampton #meetup

It is time to meet another community member. Preston is a 16-year-old web engineer from Northampton, and he is one of the most active contributors to the NN1 Dev Club codebase (backend and frontend). He's a super bright young fella, and a regular attendee of our meetups! nn1.dev/spotlight/pr...

Paul Maddern, active contributor to the NN1 Dev Club codebase, past speaker and very active community member, has just released a game. Go to the app store and download "Lights Out Arcade" by ArcadeGeek LTD. Do not be too stingy, and get the ad-free version, please! Well done, Paul!

This year at Merged Futures we have a full room so you can expect a full day of exciting talks, workshops and discussions with fellow Northants geeks. We cannot wait to see you all on the 26th of June 🫶 #nn1dev #mergedfutures8

Hey, we have a cool thing to share. We did a little bit of web scraping, and if we're going to keep the ratio of our very organic growth, soon we will be able to call ourselves "the biggest tech meetup in the UK." Pretty cool, right?

Time to meet another great member of our community. Meet Louie, a postgraduate student at the University of Northampton, originally from the Philippines. Security researcher and eSport fan. Good fella! nn1.dev/spotlight/lo...

You know that we love to promote good stuff, and this one is just the best. We have a special discount just for NN1 folks that’s going to give you a 50% cut of the online ticket for the upcoming State of the Browsers 2026! Discount Code: NN1SotBOnline ti.to/lws/sotb2026...

It is time to meet another community member. In todays spotlight we have a real, NN1 born and raised bloke, keen skateboarder and ex-fan of semi-legal video editing software. Professionally, an automation hero of the print industry. Top story by the one and only Phil Leach 🦸 nn1.dev/spotlight/ph...