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Created Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:15:22 +0100 Modified Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:07:55 +0000
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NN1 Dev Club

I don’t tend to do talks anymore, and certainly never about Skoolkit and disassembling ZX Spectrum game code! So this is very much a first for me.

I feel like I’ve really found a home at NN1 Dev Club, it started in March 2024 and runs an event every 2-3 months at Vulcan Works in Northampton, UK. I’ve been to other events before this, and never felt like they were quite right for me - just not quite technical enough … But, NN1 Dev Club is an event for developers run by developers and, it is exceptional!

Hack & Share

NN1 Dev Club has been running for a while now, and covers a very nice range of topics. Every now and then, they run a “Hack & Share” event - where speakers give short 15 minute segment presentations to showcase their side projects.

Obviously for me … I presented a little about Skoolkit, how it works and my work with disassembling various ZX Spectrum games.

Paul Maddern speaking at the NN1 Dev Club event.
Me! Speaking at the NN1 Dev Club Hack & Share event

It was only short, but I managed to get in a little about me, a little about how the Z80 works, and a little about how addresses “work”. I think it went down fairly well thankfully! I got some lovely feedback.

Not that it reflects my presentation, but I have written up a small “how-to” guide: here. This briefly touches on how I personally set up new projects and covers a little about how I go about working out what goes where 😄