Tech Events by Software Crafters Bristol

A panel on what AI coding agents actually do to delivery speed and code quality, from engineers already using them on real projects. Software Crafters Bristol hosts senior engineering leaders from Accenture and Codurance to talk through where coding agents add value, where human expertise still has to sit, and how teams keep security and maintainability intact while shipping faster. Accenture provides the room and drinks, Codurance sponsors the pizza. Runs 18:00 to 20:00, with networking after the panel. Free on Meetup. The organiser says the building has some accessibility limits out of hours, so get in touch in advance if that matters to you. Why go: a practitioner-level conversation about coding agents in production work, from a community that cares about craft more than hype. Best for developers and tech leads deciding how far to let agents into their workflow.

with Chris Willis (Principal Engagement Manager (host), Codurance) · Jamie Loudon (Principal Engineer, Babcock) · Justin Paul (Marketing Director, Open Gateway, GSMA)

A panel on how AI is changing software delivery in practice: where it genuinely speeds teams up, where it quietly adds risk, and how to adopt it without giving up quality, security, scalability or engineering discipline. Listed themes are craftsmanship, engineering guardrails, real adoption examples, and AI's different effect on experienced versus early-career engineers. Chris Willis, Principal Engagement Manager at Codurance, hosts the panel. He is joined by Jamie Loudon, Principal Engineer at Babcock and creator of Campaigns Never Die, and Justin Paul, Marketing Director for Open Gateway at GSMA. Codurance runs the session for Software Crafters Bristol, 18:00 to 20:00 at Lost & Found on Queens Road in Clifton, with pizza and drinks on arrival including vegetarian and vegan options. Free Meetup RSVP with no attendance cap, and guests are welcome if they RSVP in advance. Why go: Software Crafters is a practitioner room, so the AI conversation tends to stay concrete rather than drifting into hype. Go if you write or lead software and want to hear what guardrails other teams have actually put in.

Open Space format with Sam Griffiths and Mattsi Jansky: attendees set the agenda and argue out what engineering quality means when AI writes a lot of the code.