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Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux, at the final regular meetup of 2025, and the "It most definitely is not Christmas, yet" edition. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

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Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February 2025, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will open shortly before the end of the May gathering.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

IMPORTANT -- PLEASE SIGN UP ON LUMA BELOW

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We’re thrilled to be hosted by Aladdin Engineering in Bank for an evening of practical, hands-on data engineering insights. ​We’ve got a great lineup of speakers already, with one slot still open — if you or someone you know is interested in sharing experiences around building data platforms, get in touch!

Aladdin is one of the biggest success stories in financial software to date. This is an unrivalled chance to learn about how one of the biggest asset managers developed a software that is used by an astonishingly high proportion of asset managers and now manages trillions of dollars worth of assets. NOT to be missed.

​Timings:

​18:00 - 19:00 - Drinks, Food and Networking ​19.00 - 19:30 - Tim Mayhew: Aladdin Streams - how we modernised the Analytics Platform using real-time, event-driven scalable architecture in Financial Services

1. ​Top level explanation of Aladdin Streams and what it is designed to do
2. ​The use case in Analytics Platform Modernisation
3. ​The technologies used and how they all fit together to create the system

​19:30- 19:45 - Break ​19:45 - 20:15 - Talk 2: TBA ​20:15 onwards - Drinks, Networking and Pub

​Come and join us, meet other data folks talking about real challenges over good food and a few drinks. 🍻

​Bios ​Tim Mayhew leads data ingestion and reporting for the Analytics Platform Modernisation project at Aladdin, focused on replacing legacy overnight analytics with a real-time, event driven scalable architecture. He was also the original lead on the Aladdin Streams framework, a real-time calculation engine now central to the platform, now lead by Parisa Jalili Marandi. With over two decades at Aladdin, Tim has deep experience building systems that improve performance, reduce risk, and scale complex data pipelines.

Aladdin (Asset, Liability and Debt and Derivative Investment Network) is an electronic system built by one of the world's largest investment management corporations. As of 2020, Aladdin managed $21.6 trillion in assets.

​Can’t wait to see you there! ​DET Team

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and whilst it is the wrong end of the month for that most geeky of celebrations, Star Wars day, it would be remiss not to tip the hat. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will open shortly before the end of the May gathering.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and whilst it is the wrong end of the month for that most geeky of celebrations, Star Wars day, it would be remiss not to tip the hat. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will after the previous event.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we meet on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and this April's just happens to fall on St. George's Day. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups for this event are now open.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Hi JavaScript London,

We're thrilled to host the second meet-up of 2025!

We have loveholidays hosting our March edition!! 😃 🏝️

We have some fantastic tech talks lined up, there will be plenty of pizzas 🍕, and of course drinks 🍻, plus plenty of networking with fellow tech enthusiasts. Don't miss out on a night of great conversations and new connections!

Address: 5th Floor, 3 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London, W6 8DA

Registration - Please register on the website: https://www.javascriptlondon.com/

Talks: Igor Naumov + Jamie Thirlwell - How Page Speed Impacts Customer Experience in Online Travel.

"As one of the UK’s leading online travel agencies, loveholidays sees itself not just in travel but at the forefront of tech innovation.Join us as we share how we tackled the challenge of building a fast, scalable front-end that that outperforms Google.com on core web vitals. Learn how we gathered actionable user data, bridged tooling gaps, and linked web performance to business outcomes. Discover how we aligned technical goals with organisational success, uniting business and technical teams through the shared language of core web vitals and page speed."

Tsotne Gvadzabia - React + Security: Dynamic Web, Static Security.

In this talk, we’ll explore the challenges of securing modern front-end applications against XSS. From real-world examples to solutions like CSP, hashes, and nonces, we’ll examine the gap between static security and the dynamic nature of the modern web. Join me as we go down the rabbit hole of front-end security!

Full agenda: 6:00 PM: Doors Open. Grab a pizza slice, sip a beer, and start chatting with other attendees.

6:30 PM: Welcome remarks by Sam, Richard and Justin

6:35 PM: First talk

7:05 PM: Toilet break

7:15 PM: Second talk

8:00 PM: Closing remarks and an optional pub visit!

Directions to loveholidays:

The closest train station: Hammersmith

Sponsor: loveholidays:

loveholidays is an online travel agency that specialises in offering flexible and affordable package holidays, including flights and hotel stays. They provide a wide range of holiday options to destinations around the world, catering to different budgets and preferences. loveholidays allows customers to book trips with low deposits and flexible payment plans. They also offer deals on last-minute getaways, all-inclusive holidays, and city breaks. Their platform enables users to search for holidays based on factors such as budget, board basis, and departure airport, making it easy to find and customise trips.

The March 2025 gathering of the London Linux social, meeting every fourth Wednesday of the month at the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Get ready for the first Data Engineer Things meetup of 2025!!! 🥳🥳

We're super excited to be hosted by the Information Lab at their chic offices in St. Pauls and boy do we have some cool talks! We're still looking for ONE Speaker so if you know anyone who wants to chat data platforms, let us know!

🗣️ Robert Vadai - Data Engineer at Merlin Entertainment 💡 Scaling similarity: running algorithmically complex computation at scale in Spark for ELT Robert's is a Data Engineer and Big Data Architect, and most recently built an anti-money laundering analytics engine with scalable optimisations implemented in Spark. This has recursive machine learning models to process 500m transactions a day. Currently, Robert is building data platforms where he focusses on advancing a data product mindset, a platform anyone can use, Data Governance and Security

🗣️ Sanchit Agarwal - Data Engineer@BJSS 💡 Building a Data Platform in AWS, dbt, Iceberg Glue and Athena: a data engineer's perspective

🗣️ Hugo Lu - CEO@Orchestra 💡 Data Platforms without Boundaries: a crash course in Data Architecture and building platforms for scale on AWS, GCP and Azure

18:00 - 18:45 - Drinks, Food and Networking 18:45 - 19.15 - Scaling similarity: running algorithmically complex computation at scale in Spark for ELT 19:15 - 19.30 - Break 19.30 - 20:00 - Building a Data Platform in AWS, dbt, Iceberg Glue and Athena: a data engineer's perspective 20:00 - 20:15 - Data Platforms without Boundaries 20:15 onwards - Drinks, Networking and Pub

Sign-up if: you want to meet other folks in the data space and talk about real data engineering work :) Not just theory!

Really looking forward to seeing as many of you there as possible! DET Team

Yup! It's true. We're back. After something of a hiatus, starting on Wednesday February 26th, we will be meeting on every fourth Wednesday of the month at the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Hi JavaScript London,

We're thrilled to host the first meet-up of 2025!

We are kicking things off with Trainline!! 😃 🚝

We have some fantastic tech talks lined up, there will be plenty of pizzas 🍕, and of course drinks 🍻, plus plenty of networking with fellow tech enthusiasts. Don't miss out on a night of great conversations and new connections!

Address: 120 Holborn, London EC1N 2TD

Registration - The website is in the process of being updated however we wanted to put the event live... We will email everyone who is attending reminding them to sign-up via the website closer to the event!

Talks: Stephen Cooper - The challenges/approaches of reducing the bundle size of a component library.

Simon McManus & Paul Kiddie - Observability of repository health in the web platform at Trainline

Full agenda: 6:00 PM: Doors Open. Grab a pizza slice, sip a beer, and start chatting with other attendees.

6:30 PM: Welcome remarks by Sam and Richard

6:35 PM: First talk

7:05 PM: Toilet break

7:15 PM: Second talk

8:00 PM: Closing remarks and an optional pub visit!

Directions to Trainline:

The closest train stations: Chancery Lane & Farringdon

Sponsor: Trainline:

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries.

We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, and affordable as it should be.

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh, Berlin, Madrid, and Brussels.

As usual, we'll be gathering for a drink and face-to-face at the Festival of Genomics (https://festivalofgenomics.com/london/en/page/2025-homepage). No agenda, no talk, just catching up. There will be two parts to this:

1. On Day 1 of the Festival\, there's a drinks reception at 6pm. Grab your drink and meet us by the Mixer tent inside the Festival. (That's the inflatable white igloo just in front and slightly right of the entrance. NOTE: you need a ticket to get into the festival. Most people can get in for free.)

2. At about 7\, we'll leave the Festival and move to the pub just outside\, the Fox (https://maps.app.goo.gl/vkT8Vw22GUVUnUBd7).

We'll update details here and on the Whatsapp group. See you there!

Join us at the historic pub, the Last Judgment (Formerly, the Knight's Templar) for the first event in the Data Engineer Things 2025 Calendar! 🍻🍻🍻

You can sign-up using the Luma here and we'll let you know the details.

Sign-up --> https://lu.ma/05ee8ga4​

​This year we're kicking off the year with two types of event - our regular quarterly meet-up and more casual get togethers focussed around topics and themes for data engineers, architects, analytics folks, and everything in between! ​ ​This is a "low-key" event so there is no sponsors, and just a topic set for discussion. So come, get some merch, have a drink and meet some other Data and AI folks for some much-needed January Therapy! 😌

​See you there.

​DET Team

Hi JavaScript London,

We're thrilled to host our 4th and final meet-up of the year and this time we are going big!! 😃

We are in the Lloyds Building and we have plenty of space for attendees!

We have some fantastic tech talks lined up, there will be plenty of pizzas 🍕, and of course drinks 🍻, plus plenty of networking with fellow tech enthusiasts. Don't miss out on a night of great conversations and new connections!

Address: Lloyds building, 1 lime st, ec3m 7dq

IMPORTANT: YOU MUST REGISTER FOR BUILDING ENTRY, PLEASE GO TO https://www.javascriptlondon.com/ AND SELECT "REGISTER FOR NEXT EVENT" - We have added a much-requested new feature to the website that should see you get a pop-up confirmation once you have registered.

Talks: Anton Roslov - Stop Wasting Time: Master Reusable API Development in TypeScript

"Learn how to make your API development process DRY by separating API design from business logic and infrastructure code. Discover efficient ways to perform API validation, security, testing, mocking, and code generation in other languages - all without leaving the comfort of the TypeScript environment."

Ana Sampaio - Building an engaging frontend community within a fast-growing company.

Richard Moss - LLM application architectures and observability with LangSmith (round 2 😉)

Full agenda: 6:00 PM: Doors Open. Grab a pizza slice, sip a beer, and start chatting with other attendees.

6:30 PM: Welcome remarks by Sam and Richard. We'll set the stage for an enriching night of learning and fun.

6:35 PM – 7:00 PM: First talk

7:05 PM: Second talk

7:30 PM: Toilet break

7:40: Third talk

8:00 PM: Closing remarks and an optional pub visit to Leadenhall market

Directions to InsurX:

We are located in the iconic Lloyds building in the City of London!

Come to the main reception at 1 Lime Street, London, UK, EC3M 7DQ. The team will be on hand to sign you in and direct you to the Lloyds Lab on the fourth floor. Please bring a form of id - eg a drivers license or a passport!

Sponsor: InsurX:

At InsurX we are working to bring the commercial insurance industry into the 21st century. We operate a two-sided marketplace allowing brokers and insurers to trade complex, specialty risks with simplicity and speed. The risks are many and varied - ships, hotel chains, concerts and events, - just for a start. We bring together market-leading expertise in specialty insurance with outstanding experience in technology and data. We are a small, talented and innovative team who are passionate building the right things for our customers.

🎉 Come along to the London Scala Talks! 🎉 In this event you'll hear from Olga Mazhara & James Talbot.

Agenda 6:00pm - 🥤 Doors open. Come along and grab a drink! 6:40pm - 🗣️ Welcome and community news 6:45pm - 🗣️ Olga Mazhara - Embracing Failure: Insights into Functional Web Development with Scala 7:20pm - 🍕 Intermission: Join us for some free food and drinks! Vegan, vegetarian, halal and gluten-free options are provided. Let us know if you'd like something special - we'd be happy to accommodate. 8:00pm - 🗣️ James Talbot - Dioids: an interesting (but practical) approach to synchronizing state across devices 8:15pm - 🥤 Socialising: Grab a drink and let's discuss the talks. 9:00pm - 🍻 Join us in The Slaughtered Lamb pub to discuss the talks!

🌐 This event has a live stream. Join the webinar at 18:40PM London time. Join on Zoom with password Q4g#LMME

🗣️ Olga Mazhara - Embracing Failure: Insights into Functional Web Development with Scala Learning web development through courses and books often leaves us unprepared for real-world challenges. Missing configurations, absent tests, version mismatches, and poor documentation are common hurdles that aren't covered in simplified examples. This talk shares my journey of developing web applications with Scala, highlighting common pitfalls and unexpected difficulties. ⭐ Speaker ⭐ I've been immersed in functional programming for about 5 wonderful years. Recently, I started speaking at conferences and love soaking up the vibrant energy of the FP community. My journey includes teaching functional programming at university and organising cozy meet-ups with friends. 🗣️ James Talbot - Dioids: an interesting (but practical) approach to synchronizing state across devices This talk aims to describe how Permutive keeps device states in sync across billions of end user devices using an approach based on the concept of "dioids." It will attempt to do this without assuming prior maths geekiness. We will begin with an overview of the particular problem Permutive is trying to solve in this case. We will recap the common FP concepts of semigroups and monoids, and see how these are nearly, but not quite, the right tools to solve our problem. Finally we will introduce the (very much non-standard) concept of dioids, and see how they make solving our problem much more manageable. ⭐ Speaker ⭐ James is a Software Engineer at Permutive. He has been writing primarily Scala for 7+ years, with occasional Haskell, TypeScript, Kotlin, Elm and others. Likes: functional programming. Dislikes: referring to self in third person.

🗣️ Would you like to present, but are not sure how to start? Give a talk with us and you'll receive mentorship from a trained toastmaster! Get in touch through this form and we'll get you started 🏡 Interested in hosting or supporting us? Please get in touch through this form and we can discuss how you can get involved. 📜 All London Scala User Group events operate under the Scala Community Code of Conduct:

We encourage each of you to report the breach of the conduct, either anonymously through this form or by contacting one of our team members. We guarantee privacy and confidentiality, as well as that we will take your report seriously and react quickly.

Hi JavaScript London,

We're thrilled to host our third meet-up of the year 😃

We'll be gathering at their awesome King's Cross office.

Expect some fantastic tech talks, 🍕 pizzas, and 🍻 drinks, plus plenty of networking with fellow tech enthusiasts. Don't miss out on a night of great conversations and new connections!

IMPORTANT: YOU MUST REGISTER FOR BUILDING ENTRY, PLEASE GO TO https://www.javascriptlondon.com/ AND SELECT "REGISTER FOR NEXT EVENT" - We have added a much-requested new feature to the website that should see you get a pop-up confirmation once you have registered.

Talks: 1st Talk - Suyash Joshi - Smart Home Automation with Node-RED, Raspberry Pi, and InfluxDB

2nd Talk - Paul Braganza - Unleashing the Power of Chrome DevTools: Master Debugging & Supercharge Web Performance.

3rd Talk - Richard Moss - LLM application architectures and observability with LangSmith

Full agenda: 6:00 PM: Doors Open. Grab a pizza slice, sip a beer, and start chatting with other attendees.

6:30 PM: Welcome remarks by Sam and Richard. We'll set the stage for an enriching night of learning and fun.

6:35 PM – 7:00 PM: First talk

7:05 PM: Second talk

7:30 PM: Toilet break

7:40: Third talk

8:00 PM: Closing remarks and an optional pub visit.

Directions to Checkatrade: Located a 5 minutes walk from King's Cross Station the address is: Focus Point, 21 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9GB

Sponsor: Checkatrade

Checkatrade is an online directory and review platform that connects consumers with vetted and approved tradespeople for various home improvement and repair services in the UK. It allows users to search for professionals in their area, view customer reviews, and ensure the quality and reliability of the tradespeople they hire. The platform aims to provide peace of mind to consumers by offering a trusted source for finding reputable service providers.

For this event the plan is very simple: we meet in a nice place in the city center where we can drink, eat and most of all chat about Data and Python and whatever comes up! 🍻🍔🥗

The talks might be the reason, you first go to a meetup, 🤓 but the social event later and the people you meet is often the reason you keep coming back! 🥳

This time, we decided to make our usual after meetup dinner the main event. We will meet at East River American Pub in Milan City center (Piazza Vetra 17, close to Missori🟨 and not far from Duomo🟥 or Sant'Ambrogio🟩) starting from 19 to drink and start chatting until the last one decides to go home!

Apart from connecting with new and old acquaintances, this is also the perfect moment to pitch your new talk proposal! ;) ✨

PS: it is definitely ok to sign up even if you are not sure you will be able to come, but in case at some point you realize you are not going to make it, please let us know by Wed lunch time, so we can adjust the numbers of our reservation.