{"id":2259,"date":"2016-02-05T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T11:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ee.yelkdev.site\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:24:48","slug":"news-from-nitetech-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equalexperts.com\/blog\/ee-life\/news-from-nitetech-north\/","title":{"rendered":"News from NiteTech North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hosted our first event of the year last Wednesday, with the launch of NiteTech North.<\/p>\n<p>An enthusiastic crowd joined us at MadLab in Manchester\u2019s Northern Quarter, and we were thrilled to see so many attending. It was the first in a new series of NiteTech events, held outside London for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re currently growing our UK presence outside the south east \u2013 especially in Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle \u2013 so if you\u2019re an experienced developer based up north, get in touch!<\/p>\n<h3>What is NiteTech?<\/h3>\n<p>NiteTech is both a social and professional forum, allowing us to share our experiences and learnings in agile development. The events serve the growing network of Equal Experts Associates as well as members of the wider agile development community, and are always an excellent opportunity to meet informally over drinks and nibbles \u2013\u00a0 as well as network with like-minded agile software development practitioners.<\/p>\n<h3>A successful debut in Manchester<\/h3>\n<p>After some drinks and chat, our guest speakers took to the stage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/redahmeid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reda Hmeid<\/a> \u2013 an Equal Experts Technical Architect and part of our team at HMRC \u2013 delivered an engaging talk about the HMRC API strategy. He spoke about the four rules the team has adopted to guide the design of the HMRC API platform, making APIs easy to consume and maintain. With the rise in popularity of APIs, the talk was relevant to many in the audience that had faced similar challenges.<\/p>\n<p>After a brief refuel\/refill, Jon Dickinson (one of Equal Experts\u2019 Partners) led the second half of the evening. His talk and Q&amp;A were focussed on a DevOps theme; he discussed the challenges we faced (and overcame) in creating an automated pipeline. This enabled application engineers and infrastructure engineers to validate their changes to infrastructure code, all within a heavily compliance-driven environment.<\/p>\n<p>Jon explained how the pipeline allows product teams to check their infrastructure changes. Accompanied by a practical demonstration and followed up with a lively Q&amp;A, it proved to be another useful, enjoyable talk.<\/p>\n<p>Our thanks go to MadLab for hosting our first Manchester NiteTech \u00a0\u2013 the venue was excellent, as was their great taste in pizza!<\/p>\n<h3>Next up north&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>If you missed the event in Manchester, join us in Leeds instead! We\u2019re holding another NiteTech event in Leeds on Wednesday 24 February, and it\u2019ll be another chance to hear from Reda and Jon.<\/p>\n<p>As with all Equal Experts events, attendance is free and food and drink is provided. We\u2019d love to see you there \u2013 if you\u2019d like to join us, or want to be notified of future events, join our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Equal-Experts-North\/events\/228279812\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NiteTech North page on meetup<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EqualExperts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow us on Twitter<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hosted our first event of the year last Wednesday, with the launch of NiteTech North. An enthusiastic crowd joined us at MadLab in Manchester\u2019s Northern Quarter, and we were thrilled to see so many attending. It was the first in a new series of NiteTech events, held outside London for the first time. 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