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Dev Skill Share - July 2026

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Join us for this evening event!


The Dev Skill Share is a great opportunity to meet new people, make new connections, and learn new skills.

What's Happening

What to expect:

✽  Networking (6:00pm - 6:15pm)

  • Mingle
    A chance to meet new people and make industry connections
  • Ice-Breaker 
    There will be an ice-breaker question with a prize awarded for the best answer!
  • Refreshments
    A chance to re-charge your batteries after a hard day coding!

✽  Talks (6:15pm - 7:45pm)

  • MCP and AI Agents
    Join Richard Howell-Peak as he gives a run-down of how to execute code with natural language commands!
  • This talk covers the MCP protocol, including what it is, how it works, and how you can integrate it into an LLM.  Complete with full working example available on GitHub that you can try yourself and get building your own MCP server!
  • Building Web Applications on Cloudflare
    Jackie Chan will be sharing his experience building and deploying production applications onto Cloudflare.
  • They have many new features and services that can make serving your web applications faster and easier than ever before
  • Mutation Testing

    Code coverage tells you which lines were run. Mutation testing tells you whether your tests would actually fail if the code was wrong.


    Learn how mutation testing works, why it is useful, and how it can help you spot weak tests before production does.

  • Guest speaker Liam Russell has been implementing mutation testing to improve the stability of real-world applications.

✽  Afterwards (7:45pm - 8:00pm)

  • Prize Giving
    Prize is awarded for the best answer to the ice-breaker!
  • Packing up
    We ask that you help put your chair away while we pack the equipment and clean the space
  • Drinks
    If there's interest, join us for a drink at a local establishment.

Any Questions?

Anything not answered here please contact the event organiser, Richard, on: 0225831959.

Full details are in the right hand side of this page.

In case you missed it, it's the Mt Eden Village Centre.

https://mtedenvillagecentre.co.nz/

Mt Eden is well connected to public transport links including bus and train stations.

There is a car park on Essex road, or you can take your chances to find street parking nearby.

The event is free, but if you are willing to contribute a small donation for the room hire that would be very appreciated!

Of course!  The more the merrier.

Register now!

This will get you email reminders for the event and help us to plan better.

Registration button at the top of this page!