codebar Festival 2025

codebar Festival is back!

Get ready for an exciting celebration of learning, connection, and community! codebar Festival brings together developers, mentors, and tech enthusiasts for 5 days of deep-dive technical workshops, and talks on all things learning, networking, and growth—all designed to support and empower underrepresented groups in tech.

Whether you're just starting your coding journey or looking to give back as a coach, there's something for everyone. Join us as we learn, grow, and build a more inclusive tech industry—together! 🚀💡

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Schedule

March 3rd, 2025

12:00pm – 12:40pm GMT
Day 1 - Lunchtime talks

Thriving Professionally in Managerial Silence - Harshita Jain

It’s your first tech job and you find out your manager is emotionally checked out. Feedback is scarce, recognition nonexistent. Instead of sinking, you choose to swim - advocating for yourself and managing up. This talk shall explore how to take control of your career, showcase your achievements, and thrive - even when no one else is advocating for you at your workplace.

March 4th, 2025

12:00pm – 1:30pm GMT
Day 2 - Lunchtime talks

How I got to grips with a large codebase - Aishah Omar

In this talk, Aishah will share what she found useful when starting work on a large codebase. She is a career switcher and found it quite a big jump from working on small repositories during her bootcamp to multiple repositories with hundreds of files on my first project.

How to Deal With Uncertainty from Layoffs - Leo Riviera

This talk is about Leo's own personal experience dealing with being let go, and how they managed to preserve their sanity while searching for a job. This includes many neat tips and tricks on maintaining a good support network of friends and family, how to hunt for a job and coping with your emotions (including feelings of worthlessness and imposter syndrome)

6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Day 2 - Technical workshop

From Numbers to Narratives: Building Dashboards For Data Storytelling - Charlene Kuye

In this workshop, we’ll explore how to create impactful dashboards using Tableau Public, a free and beginner-friendly data visualisation tool. Using the dataset "Daily Time Spent on Social Networking by Internet Users Worldwide (2012–2024)," we’ll uncover trends, share insights, and craft a compelling narrative.

March 5th, 2025

12:00pm – 1:30pm GMT
Day 3 - Lunchtime talks

Nurturing the designer and developer relationship - Rob Otim

Designers we will always care about the user experience and making sure that we are solving problems and addressing user needs. In addition, they also care about how something looks and can spot misaligned pixels a mile away. In this talk Rob is going provide and share knowledge on how designers and developers can work better together.  

6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Day 3 - Technical workshop

Ship with AI: End-to-end full-stack development using AI agents - James Murdza

March 6th, 2025

6:00pm – 8:00pm GMT
Day 4 - Technical workshop

Jumpstart Your First 2D Game in Unity - Harshita Jain

Ready to take your first step into the exciting world of game development? Join Harshita for a hands-on workshop where we’ll build a 2D platformer game from scratch - think classic Dino game! Perfect for absolute beginners, this session will walk you through the fundamentals of Unity, from setting up a project to designing a playable character and creating obstacles to jump over.

March 7th, 2025

12:00pm – 1:30pm GMT
Day 5 - Lunchtime talks

Debugging CSS - Feyikemi Agboola

Since CSS debugging is a key skill for web development, in this talk Feyikemi will cover - using browser developer tools effectively, common CSS problems and their solutions, CSS debugging tools and techniques as well as tips for finding and fixing layout issues.

The art of personal branding within and beyond the workplace - Jayashree Raja

Discover your unique value proposition, and successfully use digital platforms to stand out in today’s competitive landscape. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting, join us for a session filled with actionable insights on building an authentic and impactful personal brand that opens doors to new opportunities.