Dot Net North
@dotnetnorth.bsky.social
Dot Net North has been connecting #dotnet developers in Manchester since 2011! Join our monthly in-person meetups for insightful talks, networking, community events, and more!
🔗 dotnetnorth.org.uk
🗓️ meetup.com/dotnetnorth
🔗 dotnetnorth.org.uk
🗓️ meetup.com/dotnetnorth
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💻 Take a Note of UI in .NET 10
This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!
🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!
🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
💻 Take a Note of UI in .NET 10
This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!
🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!
🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
💻 Take a Note of UI in .NET 10
This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!
🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!
🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
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Cute speaker souvenir from @dotnetnorth.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Cute speaker souvenir from @dotnetnorth.bsky.social
🎨 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
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
October 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎨 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
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
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For anyone interested in some functional code & retro computing, I'll be speaking at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow
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 🍕
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
#Manchester #DotNet #CSharp
From 6pm at Bright HR
Tickets still available, it's FREE, and there is pizza 🍕
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
#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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September 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For anyone interested in some functional code & retro computing, I'll be speaking at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow
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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.
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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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September 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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.
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
It's gonna be weird, come out.
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
It's gonna be weird, come out.
🎮 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
@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
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🎮 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
@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
📊 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
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
July 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📊 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
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
📱 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
🗣️ @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
📍 Peninsula Building, 2 Cheetham Hill Road
🕕 Tuesday 24th June, 6:00 PM
June 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📱 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
🗣️ @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
📍 Peninsula Building, 2 Cheetham Hill Road
🕕 Tuesday 24th June, 6:00 PM
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.
June 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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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If you're in Manchester, you should come along to eat some pizza and throw things at me.
🎮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!
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!
April 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you're in Manchester, you should come along to eat some pizza and throw things at me.
🎮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!
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!
April 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎮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!
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!
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
📅 Tue 15th April, 18:00
📌 Spektrix, 196 Deansgate
April 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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
📅 Tue 15th April, 18:00
📌 Spektrix, 196 Deansgate
The talk is awesome, there's pizza, loads of awesome people to meet, AND YOU CAN WIN SOCKS! What's not to love?
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
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
March 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The talk is awesome, there's pizza, loads of awesome people to meet, AND YOU CAN WIN SOCKS! What's not to love?
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!
🗣️ Dave Manton, Head of Architecture at Victorian Plumbing
📍 Peninsula Building, Manchester
🕕 Tue 18th March, 18:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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!
🗣️ Dave Manton, Head of Architecture at Victorian Plumbing
📍 Peninsula Building, Manchester
🕕 Tue 18th March, 18:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
🦀 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!
🗣️ @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!
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🦀 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!
🗣️ @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!
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
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
February 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
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
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Thank you @dotnetnorth.bsky.social for hosting me and letting me geek out on how copilots and other LLM based apps work, and show off my Star Wars copilot powered by @getpieces.bsky.social.
January 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Thank you @dotnetnorth.bsky.social for hosting me and letting me geek out on how copilots and other LLM based apps work, and show off my Star Wars copilot powered by @getpieces.bsky.social.
🚀 Join us as @jimbobbennett.dev shows how to build your own Jedi-powered dev co-pilot! We'll use PiecesOS to create a context-aware AI assistant (Death Star plans optional) #dotnet #manchester
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, M2 4JG
🕕 Tue 28th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, M2 4JG
🕕 Tue 28th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
January 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚀 Join us as @jimbobbennett.dev shows how to build your own Jedi-powered dev co-pilot! We'll use PiecesOS to create a context-aware AI assistant (Death Star plans optional) #dotnet #manchester
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, M2 4JG
🕕 Tue 28th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, M2 4JG
🕕 Tue 28th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
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@dotnetnorth.bsky.social
as promised follow up links:
The announcement of free #GitHubCopilot for #VisualStudioCode code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/1...
Simplified Setup code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...
Copilot Trust Centre copilot.github.trust.page?wt.mc_id=MVP... 1/2
as promised follow up links:
The announcement of free #GitHubCopilot for #VisualStudioCode code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/1...
Simplified Setup code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...
Copilot Trust Centre copilot.github.trust.page?wt.mc_id=MVP... 1/2
Announcing a free GitHub Copilot for VS Code
Announcing a free plan for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.
code.visualstudio.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@dotnetnorth.bsky.social
as promised follow up links:
The announcement of free #GitHubCopilot for #VisualStudioCode code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/1...
Simplified Setup code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...
Copilot Trust Centre copilot.github.trust.page?wt.mc_id=MVP... 1/2
as promised follow up links:
The announcement of free #GitHubCopilot for #VisualStudioCode code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/1...
Simplified Setup code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...
Copilot Trust Centre copilot.github.trust.page?wt.mc_id=MVP... 1/2
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Here’s the repo that compliments tonight’s @dotnetnorth.bsky.social talk on ”What’s new in Aspire” github.com/adenearnshaw...
GitHub - adenearnshaw/dnn-aspire: Distributed application to highlight the use of .NET Aspire
Distributed application to highlight the use of .NET Aspire - adenearnshaw/dnn-aspire
github.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Here’s the repo that compliments tonight’s @dotnetnorth.bsky.social talk on ”What’s new in Aspire” github.com/adenearnshaw...
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UK folks - I'll be at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester on the 28th January talking about building a Star Wars copilot with C# and @getpieces.bsky.social! Come join me.
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The force is strong in LLMs – building a Star Wars inspired copilot using Pieces, Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
In the Star Wars universe, many pilots have an astromech copilot. Luke had R2-D2 in the back of his X-Wing for example. As developers, we too have copilots. Although these
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January 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
UK folks - I'll be at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester on the 28th January talking about building a Star Wars copilot with C# and @getpieces.bsky.social! Come join me.
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
🎯 Deep dive into .NET Conf with talks on Aspire, .NET 9 changes, GitHub Co-pilot & Uno Platform and more from our amazing speakers! #dotnet #manchester
📍 Manchester Tech Centre (on Oxford Road by Hatch)
🕕 Tue 14th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🎟️ Free!
🍕 Food included
Register: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
📍 Manchester Tech Centre (on Oxford Road by Hatch)
🕕 Tue 14th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🎟️ Free!
🍕 Food included
Register: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
.NET Conf 2024 Local, Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
We will be recapping and reviewing some of the interesting announcements from .NET Conf.
Aden Earnshaw:
\- \.NET Aspire
Mike Irving:
\- \.NET 9 Breaking Changes
Rachel B
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January 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🎯 Deep dive into .NET Conf with talks on Aspire, .NET 9 changes, GitHub Co-pilot & Uno Platform and more from our amazing speakers! #dotnet #manchester
📍 Manchester Tech Centre (on Oxford Road by Hatch)
🕕 Tue 14th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🎟️ Free!
🍕 Food included
Register: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
📍 Manchester Tech Centre (on Oxford Road by Hatch)
🕕 Tue 14th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🎟️ Free!
🍕 Food included
Register: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
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We're having a little pre-Christmas get together collab with Umbraco Manchester on 3rd December. No speaker this time, just your lovely faces!
RSVP & deets 👉 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
RSVP & deets 👉 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
Festive Meal 2024, with Umbraco Manchester, Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Main Event (Meal) at 7pm.
6:00 pm: Pre-meal drinks (optional, at Society)
7:00 pm: Meal at **Society**
9:00 pm: Post-meal drinks (optional)
Society: Basement, 100 Barbiro
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November 17, 2024 at 8:58 PM
We're having a little pre-Christmas get together collab with Umbraco Manchester on 3rd December. No speaker this time, just your lovely faces!
RSVP & deets 👉 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
RSVP & deets 👉 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
Time really does move faster this time of year; our Christmas do is next week!
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We're having a little pre-Christmas get together collab with Umbraco Manchester on 3rd December. No speaker this time, just your lovely faces!
RSVP & deets 👉 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
RSVP & deets 👉 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
Festive Meal 2024, with Umbraco Manchester, Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Main Event (Meal) at 7pm.
6:00 pm: Pre-meal drinks (optional, at Society)
7:00 pm: Meal at **Society**
9:00 pm: Post-meal drinks (optional)
Society: Basement, 100 Barbiro
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November 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Time really does move faster this time of year; our Christmas do is next week!
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Manchester tech folks, raise your hand!
🐝🐝🐝
(Sorry if I know you and not already added you)
go.bsky.app/UzwaD5
🐝🐝🐝
(Sorry if I know you and not already added you)
go.bsky.app/UzwaD5
November 18, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Manchester tech folks, raise your hand!
🐝🐝🐝
(Sorry if I know you and not already added you)
go.bsky.app/UzwaD5
🐝🐝🐝
(Sorry if I know you and not already added you)
go.bsky.app/UzwaD5