Name: BrightonPy: Data Intelligence Network | May 2026
Start: 2026-05-14T17:00:00.000Z
Location: Platf9rm

Async is now sixteen years old - old enough to work a full-time job, legally change its name, or have a pint with a meal in a restaurant (if accompanied by an adult). We won't be doing any of those, but we will be hosting another one of our show n tells!

Tell us about a project, a library, a technique, a story, or anything else to do with JavaScript and its extended family (HTML, CSS, SVG, animated GIFs) or the wider world of web.

If you would like to grab a speaking slot, please leave a comment on this event including:

\- Your name:
\- Your main website \(if you have one\):
\- Where to find you on the socials \(e\.g\. Twitter: @asyncjs\):
\- A sentence or two about your talk:
\- Any other relevant links:
\- Do you need your own machine? \(read below\)

Ideally presentations should be available online e.g. as Google slides or a similar service (as this allows us to load up everyone's stuff onto one machine to ease streaming, audio setup, etc), but we get that some stuff needs to be a real demo running on your machine. Please let us know how you need to present so that we can make the setup easy for everyone,

We welcome people of all backgrounds and experience levels, so whether you've got a few years under your belt, or you're just starting to look into development we'd love to have you along.

🍕🍻 Pizza and drinks will be provided thanks to sponsorship from [Puck - the open source visual editor for React](https://puckeditor.com/).

**In-person attendees**: Please arrive at Runway East (ground floor) between 19:00 and 19:15 for refreshments and socializing. Make sure you are registered to attend so we have an idea of numbers for catering.

**Remote attendees**: We will start broadcasting the event at 19:30 online [via YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFLkbJhkjp8), there is no need to register.

Don't forget to join the [Async Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/asyncjs/shared_invite/zt-1aguxx86q-XjF_yWcFoJ8fyYYzoqgDaQ) for updates.

Async (Web Tech Meetup)

Jake 'Sid' Smith

Alastair Lockie

Niall Coleman-clarke

Matt McCorry

Cj Taylor

Lloyd Falltrick

Matthew Taylor

Berker Erol

Adam Khan

Joby Harding

Rhys Giles

Jo Burnett

Pete Graham

Tristan Bailey

Giedrius Čeginskas

Kosidinna Umeigbo

Darren Mothersele

Dom Christie

Roger Carvalho

16th Birthday Show n Tell

Runway East Brighton

We’re back in April with another PHP Sussex meetup, this time featuring two excellent talks covering very different aspects of software development.

First up, **Oliver Davies** (Lead Software Developer at Transport for Wales) will introduce us to Nix, a different way of thinking about development environments and deployments.

After a short break, **[Gina Banyard](https://www.linkedin.com/in/girgias/)** (Core PHP Developer at The PHP Foundation) will take us into the world of backwards compatibility and why breaking it is sometimes the right thing to do.

We’re not live streaming events anymore, so be sure to join us at [Runway East](https://runwayea.st/?utm_source=SiliconBrighton&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Event+Sponsorship&utm_id=Silicon+Brighton+RWE+Sponsorship+email) in Brighton from 6:30 pm (talks from 7 pm).

**Nix for PHP Developers**

Nix is a package manager with more than 120,000 packages, an operating system with more than 20,000 options, and a build tool for creating reproducible and reliable software that works the same for everyone, every time.

In this talk, Oliver will explain what Nix is, show how to create development shells for PHP that mean you no longer need to use containers or virtual machines, and how to package PHP applications that are easy to deploy and distribute.

**Progress Lies Within Backwards Compatibility Breaks**

Backwards Compatibility (BC) is the notion that practices and designs conceived under some prior status quo remain correct in the current context.

Breaking BC is making changes that alter the underlying design, often with cascading and disruptive downstream effects. The benefits of maintaining compatibility are clear, so then why do various industries routinely break it?

In this talk, Gina will explore examples from various fields to show how breaking backwards compatibility is often the necessary and unavoidable price of progress.

As always, we’ll have food and drinks (big thanks to our new sponsor [Jump24](https://jump24.co.uk/)!), and plenty of time to chat with fellow developers before and after the talks.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

PHP Sussex is supported by [Silicon Brighton](https://siliconbrighton.com/), [Jump24](https://jump24.co.uk/), and [Runway East](https://runwayea.st/?utm_source=SiliconBrighton&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Event+Sponsorship&utm_id=Silicon+Brighton+RWE+Sponsorship+email).

Runway East has been fighting boring offices since 2014. Members get team bliss guaranteed, space to scale and Big Desk Energy.

PHP Sussex

Silicon Brighton

Yannick Chenot

Claire McEvoy

Paul Bunkham

Joshua McCabe

Julian Blundell

Melissa Hattersley

Oliver Davies

Julian Weaver

April | Nix for PHP Developers + Breaking Backwards Compatibility

Runway East

The Breaking Breadboards team are excited to announce our, **April 22nd Event at Freedom Works in Brighton**. This is the perfect opportunity for tech hardware enthusiasts in Brighton and beyond to connect, and share their passion for all things tinkering!

Whether you’re into Raspberry Pi, Arduino, modifying Game Boys, building robots, or any other hardware-based projects, this event is for you. From seasoned professionals to complete beginners, everyone is welcome.

The event is **hybrid**, so while we’d love to see you in person, you can also join us live on YouTube if you can’t make it to Brighton.

If you have any questions or want to get involved, please reach out.

Breaking Breadboards

Chetan Padia

Jon Durrant

Mike Brewer

Nikhil Dabas

Natalie Lam

Chris Conlan

Derek

Oleksii Shavykin

Breaking Breadboards April-2026

Freedom Works Brighton, Barts House

***\-\-\-\-\-\- Welcome\, Brighton Data Intelligence Network\! \-\-\-\-\-\-***

We’re a friendly community welcoming all skill levels—whether you’re curious, learning, or highly experienced.

This event will be brought to you by **Datacove**. We are a Data and Analytics Consultancy Team based in Brighton, working across Customer Analytics, Shiny and Reporting, Marketing Analytics and Process Automation.

As always, we are supported by **Silicon Brighton.**

***\-\-\-\-\-\- Talk Information \-\-\-\-\-\-***

**Talk One:**
We will be joined by Craig West, freelancer and self-proclaimed Pythonista.

Craig will be giving his talk, “From an AI Agent in HTML to our own Coding/EA Agent,” where he will break down AI agents in a way that’s easy to understand.

In this session, he’ll cover:

* Demystifying AI Agents and building a basic Coding/Executive Assistant Agent using HTML and API requests
* Exploring Tool Calling, Context Augmentation, Memory, and applying these principles to real-world examples
* Demonstrating full data intelligence on a Kaggle dataset, with slides and code available for experimentation afterwards.

***\-\-\-\-\-\- General Information \-\-\-\-\-\-***
Now, refreshments! Drinks and pizza will be served from 6pm. Talks will commence at 6:30pm/6:45pm and the event will conclude at 8:00pm.
The conversation will continue after the event at a local pub – obviously!

Please feel free to register guests and spread the word. We look forward to seeing you all again!

BrightonR: Data Intelligence Network

Abbie Brookes

Jeremy Horne

Sophie Desouza

David

Tom Packer

Brighton Data Intelligence Network | Meetup | May 2026

Platf9rm

***\-\-\-\-\-\- Welcome\, Brighton Data Intelligence Network*** ***Users! ------***

We’re a friendly community where all tools, languages, and industries are welcome — from Python and R to SQL, BI, and beyond. Our group aims to provide a friendly atmosphere where talks, knowledge, and community is shared.

This event is brought to you by **Datacove**. We are a Data and Analytics Consultancy Team based in Brighton, working across Customer Analytics, Shiny and Reporting, Marketing Analytics and Process Automation.

We are supported by **Silicon Brighton, Barclays Eagle Labs and Plat9rm Brighton.**

***\-\-\-\-\-\- Talk Information \-\-\-\-\-\-***

**Talk One:**
We will be joined by Craig West, freelancer and self-proclaimed Pythonista.

Craig will be giving his talk, “From an AI Agent in HTML to our own Coding/EA Agent,” where he will break down AI agents in a way that’s easy to understand.

In this session, he’ll cover:

* Demystifying AI Agents and building a basic Coding/Executive Assistant Agent using HTML and API requests
* Exploring Tool Calling, Context Augmentation, Memory, and applying these principles to real-world examples
* Demonstrating full data intelligence on a Kaggle dataset, with slides and code available for experimentation afterwards.

***\-\-\-\-\-\- General Information \-\-\-\-\-\-***
Now, refreshments! Drinks and pizza will be served from 6pm. Talks will commence at 6:30pm/6:45pm and the event will conclude at 8:00pm.
The conversation will continue after the event at a local pub – obviously!

Please feel free to register guests and spread the word. We look forward to seeing you all again!

BrightonPy: Data Intelligence Network

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Craig West

Andres Sebastian Salazar Alturo

Jason Goodman

Basil

BrightonPy: Data Intelligence Network | May 2026

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