We organise this conference in the open, and you're very welcome to chat with the organisers to help, ask questions, give feedback, or simply to watch. You can reach us on the #ev_socratesuk slack channel (slack.softwarecrafters.org), on mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky, or by commenting on this post.

For more information on the training day, visit socratesuk.org/training_day...

Tickets are first-come, first-served, so book yours before we sell out!

#SoftwareCraft #Unconference #TDD #Refactoring

Exciting news! We've confirmed @emilybache.bsky.social as a trainer for the training day at our event in June!

Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!

Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html

Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? How about giving yourself or a friend something to look forward to...

...because we have exciting news before the winter break: Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!

Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html

Deal of the Day November 21 (ending at midnight Eastern time): Save 45% on my book Effective Behavior-Driven Development and other selected titles @manning.com : mng.bz/WrEx

SIX new chapters (6 to 11) have been added to the MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) release of our “Effective Behavior-Driven Development" book. They cover Formulation, the practice of turning concrete examples into business-readable specs

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#BDD #Cucumber #Specflow #Reqnroll

Do you enjoy learning? What about teaching?

I’ve been a software engineer for well over 25 years now (I’ve stopped counting), and something that’s been true throughout my career is that I’ve found myself teaching and mentoring.

Keep an eye on our website to find out about next year’s event and sign up early to beat the rush: socratesuk.org

#SoCraTesUK #SoCraTes #SoftwareCraft, #DeliberatePractice

…I’ve joined the SoCraTes UK organising committee (@Organisers SoCraTes UK )! Watch this space for lots more, but the main news is that I’m planning to organise another training day for next year’s event, at least as good as last year’s training day: socratesuk.org/training_day...

Thank you to everyone who made SoCraTes UK a great success a couple of weeks ago.

An open space conference only happens thanks to the participants, and the ideas that they bring to the conference:

There were 57 sessions over the two days. We'll highlight some of the sessions in the coming weeks!

Good article on AI assisted coding best practices

blog.nilenso.com/blog/2025/05...

Nothing beats getting your devs to see the whites of your customers' eyes.

Recognise there are real people at the other end of what you're building.

Don’t complain devs aren’t commercially minded or outcome focused when they’re three layers away and communicated to through decks or Jira tickets.

#SoCraTesUK 2025 is happening in a little over a week, on 29th May - 1st June, once again at Milton Hill House Hotel near Oxford.

The hotel currently has a few more free rooms than expected, so if you want to come to the conference then you can still register: socratesuk.org

#SoCraTesUK

I'm very much looking forward to #SoCraTesUK in three weeks!

There's still a few places available for SoCraTes UK, in 3 weeks!

Join a group of curious and passionate software practitioners. It's the ideal place if, for example, you'd like to practice a talk, get to the bottom of a gnarly bug, or connect with other people in tech.

socratesuk.org/tickets.html

SoCraTes UK is happening from 29th May to 1st June 2025. It's an unconference, which means the agenda is created by us, the attendees, each morning!

It's a great format to combine ideas and refine discussions or workshops from one day to the next.

Join us! Registration is open: socratesuk.org

Hello, we have a new profile here.

We are an #unconference that takes place in the summer in the south of England.
It is a gathering of open-minded software makers (developers, testers, analysts, and others!) who want to improve their craft and the software industry as a whole.

socratesuk.org