Hugh Evans

Senior Product Advocate, Aiven

Based in London, United Kingdom

Hi, I'm Hugh.

I'm an experienced developer advocate and community manager with a particular interest in data and AI. I have been working in IT for over 5 years, working on large scale software projects and cloud infrastructure.

Out of office hours I organise AI and Deep Learning for Enterprise (aidle.uk) , a Meetup group which hosts talks on real world applications of AI.

I'm a former apprentice and an advocate for vocational learning as a pathway into an IT career.

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Speaking activities

Past

  • Oct 19, 2026 - Oct 20, 2026

    All Things Open 2026

    Let Agents Cook: Without Roasting your Budget

    The way that we build has changed and that means that it’s easier to build personal projects to production standards. We’ll explore how a meetup mapping project evolved from prompt, to skill, to script, and finally to a global event search tool on Aiven’s Data Cloud. This migration reduced token usage eventually to zero.

    This talk highlights reliable open source data services that can scale all the way down to your laptop and architectural patterns that work regardless of your cloud provider, scale, or budget.

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