[🏫 In-Person] Avalonia with Michael Sivers and Dev Tools with Esanju Babatunde
Details
This event will be a two talks, first one being Avalonia Ul with Michael Sivers and Building Developer Tools with Esanju Babatunde
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Sheffield Tech Parks.
- Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xm9z5Wr97QbefVCP7
- Parking: Sheffield Tech Parks have limited parking, however provide free parking to our guests! Once at the barriers phone 0114 221 1800 and they'll let you in.
Agenda:
- Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
- Introduction (18:30)
- Avalonia UI
- Building Developer Tools in the Open
- Social @ Pub (after the talk)
Avalonia UI
TBC
Building Developer Tools in the Open: Lessons from PayBridge & CronCraft
Building a developer tool is one thing; building one that others actually adopt, contribute to, and integrate into their own production systems is something else entirely. In this talk, Babatunde will take you behind the scenes of two open-source projects: PayBridge.SDK, a unified .NET payment gateway abstraction adopted by developers across the .NET ecosystem, and CronCraft, a background job scheduling library that has been integrated into larger production projects and gained significant traction on GitHub.
He will unpack the full lifecycle of building developer tools in the open, from the initial problem-solving itch that sparked each project, through the painful API design decisions, versioning challenges, and documentation trade-offs, to the community dynamics that determine whether a library quietly fades or genuinely takes off. He will also explore what happens when your tool gets adopted by a larger project, and what that teaches you about writing code for an audience you'll never meet.
Whether you're thinking about open-sourcing your first library or you're already maintaining one, this talk will offer honest, practical insights into the craft of building tools that earn the trust of other engineers.