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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · 2d

🚀 Join us for brilliant speakers, practical .NET content, and a welcoming community of developers.

🎫 Tickets are FREE!
🍕 Pizza + drinks included
🍺 Pub afterwards for a chat

Get your free ticket here 👇 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · 2d

🎨 Meditations on Code As Art

This month, explore the artistic side of programming! Discover how developers imprint themselves on their work through history, from elegant patterns to deliberate artistic expression.

🗣️ @davidwhitney.co.uk
📍 Betfred, Manchester
🕕 Tue 14th Oct 18:00

Abstract visualization of colourful code syntax on black background, featuring flowing lines in vibrant colours (orange, blue, purple, pink, green) interweaving with programming keywords and functions like 'else', 'return', 'if', and 'var', creating an artistic representation of code structure

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Simon Painter @simonpainter.bsky.social · 28d

For anyone interested in some functional code & retro computing, I'll be speaking at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow

Mike Irving @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social · 28d

Tomorrow Night is @dotnetnorth.bsky.social, with a talk from @simonpainter.bsky.social

From 6pm at Bright HR

Tickets still available, it's FREE, and there is pizza 🍕
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#Manchester #DotNet #CSharp

Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Originally scheduled for July, we're delighted to have rescheduled the following talk: **Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#** \- Simon Painter Oregon Trail is often

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David Whitney @davidwhitney.co.uk · 26d

So I'm gonna be doing a new and ultra weird talk next year - and I'm doing a bit of a test run at DotNetNorth next month.

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It's gonna be weird, come out.

Meditations on Code As Art, Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Code can be beautiful, elegant and performant, but can it deliberately be artistic? Despite how important and prolific software and programming have become over the last 5

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚀 Join us for brilliant speakers, practical .NET content, and a welcoming community of developers.

🎫 Tickets are FREE!
🍕 Pizza + drinks included
🍺 Pub afterwards for a chat

Get your free ticket here 👇

Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Originally scheduled for July, we're delighted to have rescheduled the following talk: **Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#** \- Simon Painter Oregon Trail is often

www.meetup.com

Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎮 Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#

@simonpainter.bsky.social dives into functional programming techniques as we rebuild the classic Oregon Trail game using C# with immutable state, higher-order functions, monads, and near 100% test coverage!

📍 BrightHR, Manchester
🕕 Tue 16th Sept 18:00

A person in a red shirt sits on the ground with a laptop beside a covered wagon with large wooden wheels on a grassy plain under a cloudy sky, blending historical frontier imagery with modern technology

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Jul 19

🚀 Join us for brilliant speakers, practical .NET content, and a welcoming community of developers.
🎫 Tickets are FREE!
🍕 Pizza + drinks included
🍺 Pub afterwards for a chat

Get your free ticket here 👇

Predicting Risk on the UK Strategic Road Network, Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Data science's dirty little secret is that there's never enough data to train your model. But Gary Short wasn't bothered by that - whilst solving a problem he developed a m

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Jul 19

📊 Predicting Risk on the UK Strategic Road Network

This month Gary Short tackles data science's dirty secret - never enough training data! Learn his methodology combining estimation, forecasting & rigour.

🗣️ Gary Short
📍 Bonded Warehouse, Manchester
🕕 Tuesday 29th July, 6:00 PM

Futuristic digital visualization of a curved motorway with vehicles, overlaid with glowing blue holographic data circles and analytical interfaces, representing smart transportation technology and road network data analysis.

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you happen to find yourself around Manchester and at a loose end on a Tuesday do give us a shout. That looks super interesting!

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚀 Join Dot Net North this month for brilliant speakers, practical .NET content, and a welcoming community of developers.

🎫 Tickets are FREE!
🍕 Pizza + drinks included
🍺 Pub afterwards for a chat
Get your free ticket here 👇

DotNetNorth CHANGE - Xamarin: Moving On, Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control, we aren't able to bring you the originally advertised talk: "Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#" from Simon

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Jun 24

📱 Xamarin's evolution and what comes next! This month Mike Irving takes us through Native Apps, Xamarin.Forms, tooling migration, plus exploring .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, Avalonia UI & more.

🗣️ @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
📍 Peninsula Building, 2 Cheetham Hill Road
🕕 Tuesday 24th June, 6:00 PM

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Jun 22

Looks like we might have a change of speaker for Tuesday - bear with us, updates will be posted here as soon as we know more.

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Tony Edwards @tonyedwardspz.bsky.social · Apr 25

If you're in Manchester, you should come along to eat some pizza and throw things at me.

Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Apr 25

🎮Midi Birds: Playing games with .NET MAUI with @tonyedwardspz.bsky.social!

Can MIDI controllers, birdsong & a clown wig make the perfect game show? Find out!

📅 Tue May 20th, 18:00-21:00
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, Manchester
🔊 No prior knowledge needed!

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Apr 25

🆓 Free event with pizza & drinks provided. We'll continue conversations at a nearby venue afterward.

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Midi Birds: Playing games with .NET MAUI, Tue, May 20, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Can you use a MIDI controller to host TV game show games with the help of an event audience? Does bird song offer the perfect dataset for these games? Will a rainbow clown

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Apr 25

🎮Midi Birds: Playing games with .NET MAUI with @tonyedwardspz.bsky.social!

Can MIDI controllers, birdsong & a clown wig make the perfect game show? Find out!

📅 Tue May 20th, 18:00-21:00
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, Manchester
🔊 No prior knowledge needed!

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Apr 7

More details + free tickets here: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

Sweet Chocolatey Kernels!, Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Two talks for the price of zero. We have a double header for you **Semantic Kernel and MongoDB** \- Luce Carter Learn how to combine AI with C# and the most popular docum

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Apr 7

Double header at Dot Net North this month! @lucecarter.bsky.social on Semantic Kernel + MongoDB AI integration, and @stevefutcher.bsky.social making software installs smoother with Chocolatey. Tickets are free, and there's pizza + drinks!

📅 Tue 15th April, 18:00
📌 Spektrix, 196 Deansgate

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Mar 18

Oh yeah, and its totally free!

Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Mar 18

The talk is awesome, there's pizza, loads of awesome people to meet, AND YOU CAN WIN SOCKS! What's not to love?

Mike Irving @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social · Mar 18

Spoiler Alert: Tonight's @dotnetnorth.bsky.social Raffle Prizes include Socks! 🧦

Raffle Prizes: @jetbrains.com licences, Microsoft Azure socks, @platform.uno t-shirts

+ free for all: stickers from GitHub and Microsoft, Dot Net North beer mats

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Mar 6

🎟️ Tickets are free and available via our Meetup page now but act fast as spaces are limited! www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

A Victorian take on Rich Domain Plumbing, Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

At Victorian Plumbing we're fans of domain driven design. Instead of focusing on DDD for communication this talk focuses on the application of DDD in code. We're going to e

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Mar 6

Our next event is "A Victorian take on Rich Domain Plumbing" - Victorian Plumbing's approach to DDD in code: fewer bugs, simpler solutions!

🗣️ Dave Manton, Head of Architecture at Victorian Plumbing
📍 Peninsula Building, Manchester
🕕 Tue 18th March, 18:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Feb 12

📍 Finding us: We're next to Crystal Maze Manchester! Head towards MoSI - we're along the private road next to the café.

🎟️ Grab your free ticket here: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

Rust for .NET Developers, Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Rust regularly tops the StackOverflow developer survey as one of the most admired languages among developers. It's fast, it's safe, and with its beginnings as a systems pro

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Feb 12

🦀 Rust meets .NET! Join us for an exciting evening exploring Rust from a .NET developer's perspective!

🗣️ @jameseastham.co.uk , Microsoft MVP & Datadog Developer Advocate
📍 Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street, Manchester
🕕 Tues 25th Feb, 18:00-21:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Feb 2

DDD North returns to Hull University on Feb 22nd!

Join the developer community for a day of knowledge sharing, networking and top-notch tech talks. Free tickets available now 👉 dddnorth.co.uk/registration

Don't forget to give them a follow too @dddnorth.bsky.social

Registration - Developer! Developer! Developer! North

dddnorth.co.uk

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Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social · Jan 29

Awesome stuff! If you could ping us a DM on here we can get the ball rolling

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