I’ve been to nor(DEV):con , East Anglia’s Largest Developer Conference , most years since its inception as syncConf in 2013. 2026 has been by far my favorite year, and not just because I had the opportunity to speak to a packed conference room with standing room only! Learning Go by becoming a drone pilot - Andrew Haine When Andrew first posted about his keynote at nor(DEV):con, it was just too easy to tease him he’d be droning on about Go ! Fortunately for me, he saw the funny side! In reality the talk was interesting, and expertly and charismatically delivered. Especially considering that there’d been a fairly major technology failure just before Andrew started. So he couldn’t share his laptop on the main screen. However, we did see him control a small drone hovering just above the stage and even saw it take a picture, all through code. Learning Python to buy shoes: A tale of studying, selectors and sneakers - Isaac Oldwood Isaac is one of the up and coming stars of the Eastang...