Is this event free to attend?

Yes, the event is free. Food and drinks are also provided at no cost, but you must RSVP with your full name to be eligible.

Where exactly is the venue?

Northern Monk Refectory Grub & Grog Shop, Marshalls Mill, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 9YJ.

Do I need to register in advance?

Yes. You must RSVP via Meetup with your full name. Without an RSVP you won't be eligible for the free food and drinks.

What time does the talk actually start?

Doors and food open at 17:00. The event formally starts at 18:00, with Atanas Chanev's talk beginning at 18:10.

Is there a prize draw and how do I enter?

Yes — one free ticket to SwiftLeeds and KotlinLeeds is being raffled. Pick up a raffle ticket on arrival and stay until 18:50 for the draw.

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An evening with Bitrise: remote development environments

Name: An evening with Bitrise: remote development environments
Start: 2026-06-17T16:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-06-17T18:00:00.000Z
Location: Northern Monk Refectory Grub & Grog Shop

Run mobile dev environments on CI infrastructure, no Apple hardware needed

When

Wednesday 17 June

Time

16:00

Venue

Northern Monk Refectory Grub & Grog Shop

Holbeck

Price

Free

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Leeds Mobile's June meetup centres on a single talk from Atanas Chanev, Staff Solutions Architect at Bitrise, on remote development environments for mobile app creation. The core argument: your development inner loop belongs on the same infrastructure that already runs your CI. That means building and running mobile apps without owning, managing or updating Apple hardware — a practical concern for any platform team dealing with the cost and overhead of a Mac fleet.

Chanev will cover how to run coding agents in secure, scalable environments that platform teams control, with the visibility, policies and enterprise guardrails that make AI-assisted development viable at scale. If your team is thinking about how to give developers consistent, auditable environments without handing out physical machines, this is the talk to catch.

The format is a single evening session: doors and food at 5pm, talk at 6:10pm, done by 7pm. Mexican street food comes from El Kantina; drinks — alcoholic and non-alcoholic — are provided by Northern Monk. There's also a raffle for one free ticket to SwiftLeeds and KotlinLeeds, drawn at 18:50. To be eligible for food and drinks, you must RSVP with your full name.

Leeds Mobile is one of the longer-running mobile-focused meetup groups in the city, bringing together iOS and Android developers, platform engineers and mobile-adjacent folk on a roughly monthly basis. Past events have covered Swift, Kotlin and mobile DevOps. This one is co-hosted by Luke S. and Adam A., and is run in partnership with Bitrise, the mobile CI/CD platform.

Why attend

If your team is wrestling with the cost or logistics of Apple hardware for mobile development, Chanev's talk offers a concrete alternative backed by 18+ years of hands-on consulting and DevOps experience. You'll hear a specific architectural approach, not a sales pitch overview.

Beyond the talk, it's a chance to meet Leeds-based iOS and Android developers in a relaxed setting. Free food and drinks lower the barrier, and the raffle adds a shot at a SwiftLeeds or KotlinLeeds ticket. Worth the hour out of your evening.

Agenda

17:00 Doors open
17:00 Food served by El Kantina
17:00 Drinks served by Northern Monk
18:00 Event starts
18:10 Talk: Remote Development Environments for Creating Mobile Apps — Atanas Chanev
18:50 Prize draw (SwiftLeeds / KotlinLeeds ticket)
19:00 Event closes (optional drinks continue)

Speakers

Atanas Chanev — Staff Solutions Architect at Bitrise; 18+ years of commercial experience across consulting, web, mobile and DevOps.

Organiser

Leeds Mobile

Leeds Mobile is a meetup group for iOS and Android developers and mobile engineers based in Leeds. They meet roughly monthly, covering topics across Swift, Kotlin, mobile DevOps and platform engineering. The group is hosted by Luke S. and Adam A.

Venue

Northern Monk Refectory Grub & Grog Shop, Holbeck

Northern Monk Refectory Grub & Grog Shop sits inside Marshalls Mill in Holbeck, LS11 9YJ — a converted Victorian flax mill that's become a familiar venue for Leeds tech events. Northern Monk brew on site and run the bar.

FAQs

Is this event free to attend?: Yes, the event is free. Food and drinks are also provided at no cost, but you must RSVP with your full name to be eligible.
Where exactly is the venue?: Northern Monk Refectory Grub & Grog Shop, Marshalls Mill, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 9YJ.
Do I need to register in advance?: Yes. You must RSVP via Meetup with your full name. Without an RSVP you won't be eligible for the free food and drinks.
What time does the talk actually start?: Doors and food open at 17:00. The event formally starts at 18:00, with Atanas Chanev's talk beginning at 18:10.
Is there a prize draw and how do I enter?: Yes — one free ticket to SwiftLeeds and KotlinLeeds is being raffled. Pick up a raffle ticket on arrival and stay until 18:50 for the draw.