About us
Hello developers, engineers and technical problem-solvers đź‘‹
Welcome to Beyond the Code, a community built for people who love technology — not just the syntax, but the thinking, learning and collaboration that sit behind it.
This group is for front‑end, back‑end and full‑stack developers, engineers, architects and technologists who want to explore what it really means to build great software today; from clean code and modern frameworks to engineering culture, career growth and everything in between.
Whether you’re deep in the codebase, shaping systems at a higher level, or just curious about what’s next, you’ll find a home here.
What to expect
We will host a mix of virtual and in‑person events, featuring industry experts, practitioners and thought leaders covering topics such as:
Front‑end, back‑end and full‑stack development
Modern architectures, APIs and scalability
Tooling, frameworks and best practices
Real‑world engineering challenges and lessons learned
Careers, growth and life beyond the day-to-day coding
Get involved
We’d love this to be a community-led group.
If you’d like to give a talk, share a case study, run a workshop, or suggest a topic you’d love to see, please shout, we’re always keen to hear new ideas.
A global mindset
We’re based in London, but proudly welcome developers from anywhere in the world to join our events and conversations.
We can’t wait to meet you, learn together, and go beyond the code 🚀
Upcoming events
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Software Engineering: Extinction or Evolution?
The Loading Bay - at Techspace, The Loading Bay, Clifton St, London EC2A 4HT, UK, London, GBAI is changing software engineering at a pace that is difficult to ignore, but how much has actually changed, and what does it mean for the people building software today?
Beyond the Code’s first live panel brings together an elite panel of experts for a candid discussion about what AI is genuinely changing on the ground, what is still hype, and what the future could mean for engineering teams and individual careers.
The panel will be split into two distinct halves:
- What’s Actually Changed? AI coding tools, copilots, agents and increasingly capable models are already changing how software is built. But beyond the headlines, what does that look like in practice?
- Betting on What Survives. Looking beyond the current wave of AI adoption, what might software engineering look like in the years ahead, and how should people prepare for it?
The aim is not to predict the future with certainty, but to have a frank, practical conversation about the signals worth watching and what engineers and organisations can do about them.
Whether you're building software, leading engineering teams, hiring technical talent or thinking about where your own career goes next, this event will offer a practical look at what AI is really changing and what may be next.
Expect drinks, pizzas and lots of discussions around the room.
Panelists
- Abby Bangser, Founding Principal Engineer, Syntasso
- David Denton, Independent Lead Engineer, http4k
- Dom Maurice, AI Developer Coach
- Louis Thorne, Associate Director, SGI
- Jon Courtois, Director of Engineering, Sky
Stay tuned for more names to be dropped...
Agenda
17:30 – Arrival
18:00 – Welcome
18:15 – Part 1: What’s Actually Changed?
18:45 – Break
19:00 – Part 2: Betting on What Survives
19:30 – Networking
21:00 – Event Ends17 attendees
Past events
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