‘It’s a caring environment’: how codebar is building a diverse tech community | New faces of tech | The Guardian
A profile of Codebar Brighton, with words of wisdom from Alice and Cassie.
CSS and SVG animation workshop by codebarbrighton
There were two days of Codebar workshopping on the weekend as part of the Brighton Digital Festival. Cassie talked people through this terrific CSS animation tutorial, making this nifty Brighton-based piece.
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upfront conversation with Amber Wilson - #upfront
Amber shares her story of becoming a web developer and a public speaker. She is an inspiration to me!
Less Bro-gramming: Net Natives host and sponsor Codebar | Net Natives
An excellent potted history from Cassie on women in computing.
NASA’s “Keypunch girls” would work in cramped rows translating programming instructions onto paper pads, whilst the machine operators would sit in comfort, feeding the code decks through card readers and enjoying the esteem of the end result (I imagine it a bit like Mad Men, but with more sexism and astronauts).
Codebar Brighton from Matchbox HQ - Matchbox Mobile
Jo writes about hosting Codebar Brighton. I share her enthusiasm—it feels like a great honour to be able to host such a great community event.
I’m speaking at Web Day Out 2026 - Manuel Matuzovic
The core idea of the event is to get you up to speed on the most powerful web platform features that you can use right now. I love that because it aligns perfectly with what I’ve been working on over the last couple of years: finding ways to break old habits to get the most out of CSS.
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Resources for learning to make websites from scratch.
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Day ninety three.
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Day forty four.
Codebar Brighton
Ongoing events in Brighton.
Manuel Matuzovič is speaking at Web Day Out
The line-up is now complete and you don’t want to miss this!