Our sixth talk from All Day Hey! 2025 was a lightning talk from Imran Hussain with "With great community comes great responsibility". Imran, who runs one of the UK’s biggest design communities for the GOV.UK Design System, explores the challenges of ethical community design.

We've rounded up almost all the talk details and have updated the site! We're looking forward to seeing you in October! webdevconf.com

I wrote about the true cost of inclusion, triggered by a frustration at tech awards ceremonies utilising communities and underrepresented groups for profit.

You'll find takeaways on how to overcome these cultural challenges, and why it’s OK to be wrong. Watch the talk and find out more below!

Come write for us!

📺 In this weeks episode of Off Script, @mrjameshall.bsky.social and I discuss the significance of pen and paper in an increasingly digital world. We also touch on what you remember in your dreams 💤

Luke's talk covered the challenging transition from a technical role into leadership, dishing out several effective strategies for becoming a tech lead while remaining true to yourself and kind to others. Watch the talk and find out more 👇

In this weeks episode of Off Script, @mrjameshall.bsky.social and I discuss the concept of user manuals for humans. I loved this chat where we talked a bit about what makes us tick at work.

Sareh's talk covered the specific groups who are excluded when we take a digital-first approach to services, with some sage advice on how we can consider everyone as we build digital-first experiences. Watch the talk and find out more.

Our third talk from All Day Hey! 2025 was from the wonderful Sareh Heidari with "No signal, no service: digital exclusion and how to change it".

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This talk was so good, Thalita is awesome.

🧪 Is Test Driven Development actually better now we have AI? Me and @mrjameshall.bsky.social discuss the implications of Test-Driven Development (TDD) in the context of the rapid advancements in AI tools.

Lola's talk was the perfect opener to the day back in May. Check it out below and subscribe for more talks over the coming months!

Following on from the Genio webinar last night on AI's impact on education, I've published some thoughts on AI and the future of learning. genio.co/blog/product...

😎 ☀️ A day out, creative inspiration, an opportunity to learn from the best, a chance to network and meetup with old friends. All of the above, or just for the experience. 🚨 Today is your last day to grab a ticket before Front End North on Thursday! www.tickettailor.com/events/front...

I don’t know what it is, but I’ve got a really good feeling about Front End North. I’m so excited to speak and hear the other talks, meet new people, have some fun, learn some things, get energised again. If you’re on the fence about a ticket, come and hang out - it’s going to be awesome.

amazing q&a with paul krugman

💼 In this weeks episode of Off Script, me and @mrjameshall.bsky.social discuss the challenges of securing a job in the tech industry, focusing on the impact of ageism, evolving expectations for tech roles, and the influence of AI on the interview process.

Mornin’! It’s not long now! We’ve published the full schedule for the day: complete with 8 fab speakers, coffee breaks, and lunch recommendations frontendnorth.com/schedule/

Morning campers. Did you see our websites' 2025 design is live and the start of the speaker and sessions are going up: 2025.ffconf.org First round of tickets released next Thursday morning - set those clocks!

🏗️ I wrote about how investing in culture and infrastructure brings a sense of calm to high-pressure moments (and why we should never use the term "war room" ever again).

🫨 How do we as leaders respond to the pressure to use AI in our daily lives and professional careers? How can we look past the hype to have productive conversations surrounding it?

Did you know that abortion is a crime in the UK? Now you do - and it's time that changed. Please lend your support by signing this petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

Sad to be missing @middlesbroughfe.co.uk today. Hope everyone heading down had a great day ☀️

Me and @mrjameshall.bsky.social have been working on revising the podcast we do together to help it grow. If you haven't seen it already, you can see past episodes on the site: heypresents.com/podcast

We've got availability at Set Studio this summer! We're wrapping up some great work which we can't wait to show you, but for now check out some of the stuff we've achieved 👇 If you've got a project idea cooking, we'd love to hear it. set.studio or hit me up with [email protected]

🫠 We're doing a rubbish job of talking about AI. It’s possible to believe AI is one of the most transformative tools of our time and that most of what’s being sold as AI is smoke and mirrors, or worse, complete bollocks. Both can be true.

Morning fam! I thought I'd just share some ways that you can support @piccalil.li. We're completely independent and focus everything on providing high quality education. We can do so much more and want to do it full time, but we need your support to do that. First we have an open collective.

🎙️ I sat down with @mrjameshall.bsky.social to discuss AI interoperability and the concept of MCP (Model Context Protocol). We talked about the initial skepticism surrounding MCP, the process of building custom MCP servers, and the importance of permissions and security in AI integrations.

I wrote about non-performative allyship, because I think it's important that we build the kind of communities, companies and industries where more people can thrive.

I love this post from Steve. Nail on the head in terms of people completely missing each other in conversation.

This will be wonderful. A few seats left, if this is your jam, do not miss out 👇

Alright, we're actually doing this open working thing. We're going to work on projects, for real clients who are set up to make people's lives tangibly better. We can only do that if it works financially though because we've got mortgages etc. Your support will make this happen.

Love this from Salma. It was a tough year this year. Posts like this set in concrete why I do this.

I recently wrote to my MP about the political climate surrounding trans rights. This action was specifically triggered by a conversation I had last week that made me better understand the dangerous position the recent ruling is putting the trans community in.

Photos are up!

No disrespect to anyone enjoying ConFig (genuinely, some of my good friends are involved in the organising and others are speaking), but it really makes me sad to watch the hype whilst seeing the amazing indie conference organisers I know struggling to sell tickets.

> The bloody and untimely demise of Twitter has sincerely been one of the great tragedies of my online life. Not an understatement. Great post.

Read Katie’s experience, then get to work drafting that email 👇

An exhausting and rewarding day yesterday, what an incredible production team there is around this event. The smoothest one yet in terms of production logistics, it's rare things actually stick to the run of show but somehow this one did, and in live events you need to take those wins!

Thank you, everyone! It means so much to us to be able to put All Day Hey! on and you make it all possible. The community, the speakers, our sponsors, the team behind the scenes. A wonderful day that we will remember. 🧡

Thanks for having me @heypresents.com & shout out to the team, it was great! & the best talk I’ve ever given. #AllDayHey I’m an indie standards person & self-fund most of my work but you can help! Consider sponsoring my work & the cool stuff I’m doing 👉🏾 give.lolaslab.co

Oh yessss. We end with @katiefenn.bsky.social talking about the Web MIDI API and there is some interesting looking equipment on the stage. This is going to be good! #AllDayHey

It’s always a good sign when the venue tells you you’re playing Daft Punk too loud and it’s affecting the screening of Minecraft next door. *turns it up louder*

Amanda is absolutely world class ⌨️

Only the best infrastructure supports the live captioning at All Day Hey! 2025 🔌

Shall we?

🚨 Last call for the conference this Thursday! There's still time to grab a ticket if you're planning on heading down this Thursday. The day is jam packed full of 8 wonderful talks, a sun filled social and the friendliest bunch of people all gathering together in the heart of Leeds.

You’re damn right it is!