About us
A Cardiff-based meetup for those involved or interested in the Umbraco ecosystem, whether you’re an end-user or experienced developer.
If you are interested in giving a talk at one of our meetups, please get in touch via our Sessionize form:
https://sessionize.com/umbracymru/
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Upcoming events
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UmbraCymru - Umbraco AI Hackathon!
Aspire Systems, 12-14 Trade Street, Cardiff, CF10 5DT, Cardiff, GBWe’re getting together for a hands-on, low-pressure maker session: a few hours to build, experiment, and make progress with Umbraco. This isn’t a traditional hackathon - no pitches or prizes - just a relaxed space to build something you're genuinely excited about alongside other Umbraco developers, whether that’s starting something new or continuing an existing idea.
The Focus
Your mission is open-ended: dive into the newest tech in the Umbraco ecosystem. That could mean creating AI features or packages on top of Umbraco.AI, using AI to work with Umbraco itself (for example, driving the backoffice through the MCP Server), or getting hands-on with Umbraco Automate - the brand-new drag-and-drop automation engine that runs right in the backoffice, which officially launches on July 9th!Bring your own idea, or grab one of ours to get started. And of course, you can use AI as a learning partner to bridge the gap between an idea and a working prototype, but how you work is up to you.
Why Join?
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HQ Support: Get direct access to Umbraco’s AI, Automate, and Backoffice specialists. Umbraco HQ staff will be in attendance to pair-program, answer questions, and help you out, namely:
- Phil Whittaker - Staff Developer, AI / DXP Team
- Lee Kelleher – Senior Developer, CMS
- Lotte Pitcher – Head of Developer Relations -
Partner Benefits: If you're from a partner agency, your participation helps your firm earn the 'Contributing Partner' badge!
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Community & Learning: Work with the brilliant, friendly, and talented Umbraco community members you meet there. At the end, we'll have a quick show 'n tell for anyone who wants to demo what they worked on (but no pressure if you just spent the day learning!).
What to bring:
Your laptop, your curiosity, and your ideas — if you’ve already got some!Don’t worry if you can’t make the start time; you’re welcome to turn up any time, including much later in the afternoon. Just let us know when you sign up so we know when to expect you!
Venue
The meetup will be hosted at Aspire Systems, Trade Street, Cardiff, CF10 5DT, which is a less than 5-minute walk from Cardiff Central train station.
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/N7uVYE3tHSmF4aDc8Heading down Trade Street, our building is on the right hand side with the illuminated "Aspire Systems" sign. The main entrance will have an UmbraCymru poster on it with instructions on how to use the intercom to gain entry.
Parking options
- There is on-street pay & display (free after 6pm) parking at Trade Street, although spaces can be limited during work hours.
- Cardiff Central Train Station car park ~ 2-minute walk.
- Cardiff Central Quay Multistorey car park ~ 1-minute walk.
- John Lewis Car Park ~ 8-minute walk.
- St David's / Dewi Sant car park ~ 12-minute walk.
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If you’d like to contribute to this or a future meetup, please get in touch, we’d love to have you join us.
https://sessionize.com/umbracymru/-----
If you need any specific accessibility needs or accommodations, please get in touch with one of the hosts or message the UmbraCymru Twitter, Mastodon, or BlueSky accounts.
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UmbraCymru - August Talks
The Open University in Wales, 18 Custom House St, Cardiff CF10 1AP, Cardiff, GBJoin us for a community driven, relaxed evening, of talks, demos and friendly networking!
The Evening's Talks and Demos:
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From OU Apprentice to OU Graduate: Building a Career and a Degree at the Same Time
by Tom Prynn - Analyst Developer @ Aspire Systems
I’ll share my journey from Open University degree apprentice to graduate while building a career in software development. I’ll talk about the realities of balancing work, study, and life, the challenges along the way, and the lessons I learned from the experience. -
Copilot CLI: Testing AI Agents on a Production Project
by Vicky Howells - Analyst Developer @ Aspire Systems
GitHub Copilot CLI brings AI agents directly into the terminal — but what does that look like on a real, active codebase? This talk covers what GitHub Copilot CLI is, how to configure it, and what it looks like in practice: using it to deliver features from first prompt to PR and running AI-assisted code reviews. -
Learning how to host scalable websites on a home-made cluster!
by Carl Sargunar - Umbraco MVP & Technical Director @ Mondo Media
Bringing the cloud to the conference, I'll replicate a scalable, load-balanced environment to host Umbraco containers and demonstrate key concepts around Load Balancing in a fun and interactive way! Using a cluster of mini-computers, a router and some networking magic, we'll re-create a cloud in a mini-cluster and see how it copes with scaling, load-balancing, outages and downtime.
This talk will pull together a small cluster that anyone can build with some old hardware and networking, and with freely available open source software we can put together a highly available stack to host your applications and give you the tools and theory to do the same!
Why Join an Umbraco Meetup?
Umbraco Meetups are a great way to engage with the Umbraco community and meet other web developer and software engineers. These events allow both experienced users and those curious about the platform to learn, share experiences, and showcase their work. It is a welcoming space for asking questions and building professional connections. Whether you want to learn or contribute, a meetup is the perfect place to start!Venue
The meetup will be hosted at The Open University in Wales, 18 Custom House St, Cardiff CF10 1AP, which is a less than 5-minute walk from Cardiff Central train station.
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gDodss3cC7yXKQJ58Parking options
- Cardiff Central Train Station car park ~ 5-minute walk.
- Cardiff Central Quay Multistorey car park ~ 9-minute walk.
- John Lewis Car Park ~ 3-minute walk.
- St David's / Dewi Sant car park ~ 8-minute walk.
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If you’d like to contribute to this or a future meetup, please get in touch, we’d love to have you join us.
https://sessionize.com/umbracymru/
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If you need any specific accessibility needs or accommodations, please get in touch with one of the hosts or message the UmbraCymru Twitter, Mastodon, or BlueSky accounts.3 attendees-
UmbraCymru - September Meetup
Spindogs, Spindogs, 3, Sovereign Quay, Havannah St, Cardiff CF10 5SF, Cardiff, GBJoin us for a community driven, relaxed evening, of talks.
Talks
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The meetup will be hosted at Spindogs, 3, Sovereign Quay, Havannah St, Cardiff CF10 5SF, which is about a 10-15-minute walk from Cardiff Bay Train Station.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uJEAM4U4wqoTMV6W9Parking options
- Havannah Street Pay and Display Car Park ~ less than 1-minute walk.
- Q-Park Cardiff Bay ~ 15-minute walk.
- The Red Dragon Centre Cardiff ~ 15-minute walk.
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If you’d like to contribute to this or a future meetup, please get in touch, we’d love to have you join us.
https://sessionize.com/umbracymru/
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If you need any specific accessibility needs or accommodations, please get in touch with one of the hosts or message the UmbraCymru Twitter, Mastodon, or BlueSky accounts.2 attendees
UmbraCymru - October Meetup
Aspire Systems, 12-14 Trade Street, Cardiff, CF10 5DT, Cardiff, GBJoin us for a community driven, relaxed evening, of talks.
Talks
TBCVenue
The meetup will be hosted at Aspire Systems (Method4), Trade Street, Cardiff, CF10 5DT, which is a less than 5-minute walk from Cardiff Central train station.
Aspire Systems is still listed as "Method4" on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/N7uVYE3tHSmF4aDc8Heading down Trade Street, our building is on the right hand side with the illuminated "Aspire Systems" sign. The main entrance will have an UmbraCymru poster on it with instructions on how to use the intercom to gain entry.
Parking options
- There is on-street pay & display (free after 6pm) parking at Trade Street, although spaces can be limited during work hours.
- Cardiff Central Train Station car park ~ 2-minute walk.
- Cardiff Central Quay Multistorey car park ~ 1-minute walk.
- John Lewis Car Park ~ 8-minute walk.
- St David's / Dewi Sant car park ~ 12-minute walk.
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If you’d like to contribute to this or a future meetup, please get in touch, we’d love to have you join us.
https://sessionize.com/umbracymru/
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If you need any specific accessibility needs or accommodations, please get in touch with one of the hosts or message the UmbraCymru Twitter, Mastodon, or BlueSky accounts.2 attendees
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