I am travelling to Scotland on Wednesday 5th August to deliver my talk '.NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!' at .NET Edinburgh. For anyone in the area, please do come along. RSVP at www.meetup.com/dotnetedinbu... #DotNet #Edinburgh #IoT #MVPBuzz
Mike Irving
@mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
Cross-platform Software Developer, Speaker. Microsoft MVP. Co-organiser of Dot Net North and Macc Tech. Based in Macclesfield, often in Manchester #MVPBuzz
A full room at tonight’s @dotnetnorth.bsky.social watching @rachelbeezedev.bsky.social deliver her presentation ‘AI Is Here: PRs Are Dead, Long Live PRs’ #DotNet #Manchester #AI
I'd like to say thank you to the splendid audience at @macctech.bsky.social this week who watched me debut my new talk 'Local AI at the End of the Tunnel'. Special thanks to Blue Beck for being wonderful hosts. #MaccTech #Macclesfield #AI #DotNet #MVPBuzz
Thank you to all who joined us for our Wednesday night event at Blue Beck this week A brilliant turnout, inspiring talks from Adam Davis, Mike Irving and Robin Roy, plus busy and engaging networking We hope to see many of you again at our next event #MaccTech #Macclesfield
📢 AI Is Here: PRs Are Dead, Long Live PRs 📅Tuesday, Jul 28 · 18:00 PM to 21:00
AI Is Here: PRs Are Dead, Long Live PRs, Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Pull requests have become the default way teams collaborate, review code, and catch problems before they ship. But when AI can review a change in seconds, it's worth asking
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Next week I am debuting a new talk 'Local AI at the End of the Tunnel' at Macc Tech, our local #Macclesfield tech community meetup. More info, sign up at luma.com/3v4b8wv8 Wednesday 22nd July, from 6pm, at Blue Beck (George Street House) #AI #DotNet #Bollington #MVPBuzz
Next week I am debuting a new talk 'Local AI at the End of the Tunnel' at Macc Tech, our local #Macclesfield tech community meetup. More info, sign up at luma.com/3v4b8wv8 Wednesday 22nd July, from 6pm, at Blue Beck (George Street House) #AI #DotNet #Bollington #MVPBuzz
I am super honoured and excited to have been renewed as Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies (.NET and Web Development) for another year. Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey so far! #MVPBuzz
'Testing, AI, Thinking' is next week. Signup at luma.com/3v4b8wv8 Wednesday 22nd July, from 6pm at Blue Beck Please share #Macclesfield #Bollington #Cheshire #TechEvents #AI
Our next event "Testing, AI, Thinking" is at Blue Beck on the 22nd July An evening for the Macclesfield Tech Community 3 talks, networking, refreshments Please RSVP at: luma.com/3v4b8wv8 #Macclesfield #Bollington #CheshireEast #MaccTech
☀️ Macc Summer Tech Community Meetup + networking / social 'Testing, AI, Thinking' - RSVP: luma.com/3v4b8wv8 📅 Wednesday 22nd July 6-9pm 📍 Blue Beck - George street House, #Macclesfield 🍕Free event, refreshments provided #Bollington #MaccTech #CheshireEast
What a wonderful turnout for the talk from Nwizugbe Samson at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in #Manchester tonight! #TechCommunity #DotNet #Manchester #MVPBuzz
What a wonderful event we had last night, and a true message of inclusion and community that really resonated with our attendees. Thank you to Kim, Hilary, Jacqui, Joanne and Sue for presenting, and to @nexerdigital.com for being fantastic hosts. Until the next time! @nionwomen.bsky.social
📢 Microsoft Agent Framework: Reliable Agentic Orchestration in .NET 🗓️ Tuesday, Jun 9 · 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
Microsoft Agent Framework: Reliable Agentic Orchestration in .NET, Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Businesses are increasingly adopting AI-driven systems to automate decisions, coordinate processes, and operate at a scale beyond manual execution. As agentic behaviour is
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A massive thank you to all who came to see my talk at Weblica in Croatia last week What a wonderful event. 300+ attendees. Fantastic organisation from the Factory X team I am now back home, back in routine, but eager to do it all again one day #Weblica2026 #DotNet #MVPBuzz
Tomorrow night in Macclesfield. Please share and RSVP at luma.com/9xou3ogd Venue: @nexerdigital.com. Refreshments provided. #Macclesfield #Bollington #MaccTech
I am speaking at 16:00 in MURA III at Weblica this afternoon Hopefully my tech talk, of a system designed and built in #Macclesfield, goes down well in #Croatia .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs! 🦔 #Weblica2026 #DotNet #MVPBuzz
'Inclusive tech for community support' is next week RSVP: luma.com/9xou3ogd Wednesday 20th May, from 6pm at @nexerdigital.com Please share #Macclesfield #Bollington #Cheshire #TechEvents #Inclusion
Tonight’s @dotnetnorth.bsky.social is underway in Manchester tonight with @martindotnet.bsky.social teaching us all about OpenTelemetry for .NET Developers #DotNet #OpenTelemetry
📢 Engineering Your .NET Telemetry with OpenTelemetry Weaver 🗓️ Tuesday, May 12 · 6:00 PM www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
Engineering Your .NET Telemetry with OpenTelemetry Weaver, Tue, May 12, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Most telemetry is held together with string literals and good intentions. This talk shows how OpenTelemetry Weaver lets you treat your .NET application's telemetry like a p
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Our event 'Inclusive tech for community support' is in 2 weeks time: 20th May, 6pm at @nexerdigital.com #Macclesfield Complimentary pizza and drinks provided 🍕 Please share, RSVP at luma.com/9xou3ogd #Inclusion #MaccPride #CheshireEast
Did you know? We hold events at several #Macclesfield venues, currently @bluebeckai.bsky.social, LOVELIVE & @nexerdigital.com We began in The Park Tavern (Bollington Brewing Co) back in 2016 Our 26th event is coming up soon. Join the group and see event details at luma.com/MaccTech
In 2 weeks time I'll be delivering my talk '.NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!' at Weblica in Croatia! 🦔 Information and Tickets available at weblica.hr #Weblica2026 #DotNet #IoT #Croatia #Weblica #MVPBuzz
Inclusive tech for community support, our next event at @nexerdigital.com on 20th May, from 6pm RSVP Free at: luma.com/9xou3ogd Complimentary Pizza and Drinks provided #Macclesfield #Bollington #Inclusion #TechEvents #MaccTech
Our next event "Inclusive tech for community support" is on 20th May, 6-9pm at @nexerdigital.com #Macclesfield Please share, RSVP at luma.com/9xou3ogd Free to attend, 4 presentations, networking 🍕🍷 complimentary refreshments #Macclesfield #Bollington #MacclesfieldEvents
Thank you to all who came to @dotnetnorth.bsky.social last night to see @lottepitcher.bsky.social deliver her excellent talk 'Open Source Software in the Age of AI'. #Manchester #DotNet #MVPBuzz
Thank you to all who came to our busy event at Blue Beck on Wednesday evening. Our May 2026 Event will be announcing soon. Subscribe at luma.com/MaccTech to be informed when it goes live. #Macclesfield #Bollington #MaccTech
This April at Dot Net North — Lotte Pitcher is asking a question worth thinking about: now that AI can generate code on demand, do you still need that library? A look at what AI means for open source, and how to keep supporting the projects your code depends on.