NDC London 2026

After a three year hiatus, last week I returned to the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster to attend NDC London.

QE II Centre

As I’ve done before, I was part of the crew helping out at the event. In exchange for a free ticket, you help out with the setup and registration of attendees, and spend 50% of each day room monitoring. While I did not know most of the crew when I turned up, we formed our own little community within the conference and got to know each other in just a few days.

NDC Crew 2026

.Net Meets MCP - Build Your Own AI-Powered Service With C#

by Gerald Versluis

.Net Meets MCP - Build Your Own AI-Powered Service With C# by Gerald Versluis

Advanced Pattern Matching In C#

by Oliver Sturm

Advanced Pattern Matching In C# by Oliver Sturm

10 Tips To Level Up Your AI Assisted Coding

by Aleksander Stensby

10 Tips To Level Up Your AI Assisted Coding by Aleksander Stensby

Modern .Net Configuration Practices

by Chris Ayers

Modern .Net Configuration Practices by Chris Ayers

Notebooks And .Net

by Alexander Hall

Notebooks And .Net by Alexander Hall

Immutable Patterns Of System Design

by James Eastham

Immutable Patterns Of System Design by James Eastham

Progressive Collapse

by Sam Newman

Progressive Collapse by Sam Newman

Application Performance Optimisation In Practice

by Steve Gordon

Application Performance Optimisation In Practice by Steve Gordon

Modular Code

by Ian Cooper

Modular Code by Ian Cooper

Optimising HttpClient Usage

by Nico Vermeir

Optimising HttpClient Usage by Nico Vermier

Code That Writes Code - .Net Source Generators

by Glenn F. Henriksen

Code That Writes Code - .Net Source Generators by Glenn F. Henriksen

AI-Powered App Development

by Steve Sanderson

AI-Powered App Development by Steve Sanderson

Supercharging Local Development With Aspire

by Jimmy Bogard

Supercharging Local Development With Aspire by Jimmy Bogard


DDD South West 13

As is becoming customary each April, I did my annual trip to DDD South West last weekend. Another really good event.

Surviving Complexity Through Software Design

by Jacqui Read

Surviving Complexity Through Software Design by Jacqui Read

Modern Software Architecture Review Best Practices

by Steven Read

Modern Software Architecture Review Best Practices by Steven Read

Why Am I Being Such A Git About Best Practices?

by Joe Glombek

Why Am I Being Such A Git About Best Practices? by Joe Glombek

A Developers Guide To Getting The Most Out Of Containers

by John Kilmister

A Developers Guide To Getting The Most Out Of Containers by John Kilmister

Mutation Testing

by Stuart Lang

Mutation Testing by Stuart Lang

Let’s Ship This Thing!

by Gary Ewan Park

Let's Ship This Thing! by Gary Ewan Park


StaffPlus London 2024

After previously attending last year’s inaugural event, I recently went back to StaffPlus London. This year was compèred by Suhail Patel, one of the speakers from 2023.

Influencing Through Getting Your Carrots In A Row

by Joy Ebertz

Influencing Through Getting Your Carrots In A Row by Joy Ebertz

Architecting For Scale And Simplicity

by Segun Viktor Orekoya

Architecting For Scale And Simplicity by Segun Viktor Orekoya

Deming’s Wisdom For Staff+ Engineers: A Modern Take On Timeless Principles

by Annie Vella

Deming's Wisdom For Staff+ Engineers: A Modern Take On Timeless Principles by Annie Vella

Filling The Void: Operating As A Staff Engineer In A Leaderless Scope

by Sami Farhat and Guillaume Mazollier

Filling The Void: Operating As A Staff Engineer In A Leaderless Scope by Sami Farhat + Guillaume Mazollier

Doing “The Most Important Thing” Is A Trap

by James Ford

Doing "The Most Important Thing" Is A Trap by James Ford

Letting The Best Ideas Win

by Tristan Heal

Letting The Best Ideas Win by Tristan Heal

Sunsetting Legacy: Navigating The Shop Merchant Eligibilty Data Pipeline Migration

by Dianing Yudono

Sunsetting Legacy: Navigating The Shop Merchant Eligibilty Data Pipeline Migration by Dianing Yudono

by Mahmut Canga

Navigating Complex Projects: Finding The Right Mode Of Operation by Mahmut Canga

Understanding Complex Systems Without Simplifying Them

by Rita Sodt

Understanding Complex Systems Without Simplifying Them by Rita Sodt

Have AI Got News For You

by Katie Koschland

Have AI Got News For You by Katie Koschland

Is Staff Engineering Valuable At A Small Company?

by Glen Mailer

Is Staff Engineering Valuable At A Small Company? by Glen Mailer

Fitness Functions: Creating Consistency Across 100s Of Services

by Bijan Chokoufe Nejad

Fitness Functions: Creating Consistency Across 100s Of Services by Bijan Chokoufe Nejad


DDD South West 12

I attended the latest DDD South West last weekend. It’s become one of my favourite of the DDD events, partly because of the venue and the relaxed feeling of the conference, but also because of Bristol - one of my favourite cities in the UK.

#FAIL

by Kevlin Henney

#FAIL by Kevlin Henney

Confident Communication For Developers

by Aaron Green

Confident Communication For Developers by Aaron Green

An Above Average Tech Ecosystem

by Jennifer D Daniel

An Above Average Tech Ecosystem by Jennifer D Daniel

Celibrate You’re Misteaks

by Joe Glombek

Celibrate You're Misteaks by Joe Glombek

Debugging: More Than Breakpoints And Log Analysis

by Rachel Breeze

Debugging: More Than Breakpoints And Log Analysis by Rachel Breeze

Rest, gRPC, GraphQL Or Asynchronous Messaging

by Poornima Nayar

Rest, gRPC, GraphQL Or Asynchronous Messaging by Poornima Nayar


nor(DEV):con

I was at nor(DEV):con a few weeks ago. It’s the first time I’ve been to this event, event though it’s fairly local to me and has been running for many years.

The Heat Death Of Enterprise IT

by Garth Gilmour & Eamonn Boyle

The Heat Death Of Enterprise IT by Garth Gilmour & Eamonn Boyle

How To Protect Yourself From the Biggest Internet Threats

by Ignat Korchagin

How To Protect Yourself From the Biggest Internet Threats by Ignat Korchagin

Introduction To Property Based Testing In (Mostly) C#

by Steve Love

Introduction To Property Based Testing In (Mostly) C# by Steve Love

Predict The Future (With Old-School Maths)

by Dani Papamaximou

Predict The Future (With Old-School Maths by Dani Papamaximou

Authentic Storytelling

by Elle Overvoorde

Authentic Storytelling by Elle Overvoorde

Rethinking Content Modelling For Unfogettable User Experiences

by Esther Agbaje

Rethinking Content Modelling For Unfogettable User Experiences by Esther Agbaje

GenAI For Automating Business Processes

by Maryleen Amaizu

GenAI For Automating Business Processes by Maryleen Amaizu

The Erosion Of Consumer Ownership: From Posession To Subscriptions

by Alexio Rodrigues

The Erosion Of Consumer Ownership: From Posession To Subscriptions by Alexio Rodrigues

Cedar: Next Generation Authz For Your Apps

by Ricardo Sueiras

Cedar: Next Generation Authz For Your Apps by Ricardo Sueiras

Escaping The Hype Train

by Anna Aitchison

Escaping The Hype Train by Anna Aitchison