About us
The Auckland Software Development Group (formerly Auckland Web Meetup) is for creative professionals working in the software industry from designers, developers to business owners to project managers.
We encourage any web professional to join this group and come along to our semi regular monthly meetings.
Our meetings will always cover a variety of topics and have a break for food and beer in-between sessions.
Please read our Code of Conduct:
https://mate.dev/codeofconduct
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This group was founded in December 2002 and was led in its early years by Nathan O'Hanlon, followed later by John Ballinger. My sincere appreciation and thanks for their years of dedication. Chris .-
Upcoming events
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Claude Can Code. Can It Build What You Want?
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Hi everybody! After a long break, I’m really excited to bring this meetup back to life with our April online edition of the Auckland Software Development Group.
Whether you’ve been working with AI tools for years or you’re a full-stack dev curious about AI, LLMs, you’re more than welcome here.
Come along to dive into real projects, share ideas, talk through challenges, and learn from each other. Most importantly, let’s reconnect and build this community again.
LINK TO THE EVENT WILL BE SHARED CLOSER TO THE EVENT DATE
And if you can help share the event, I’d really appreciate it:
https://www.linkedin.com/event/manage/7442489136478851072/The session:
Claude Can Code. Can It Build What You Want?
Claude is an impressive coding assistant, but left to its own devices, it'll confidently build the wrong thing. The missing ingredient isn't better prompts; it's better thinking. Developers need to rediscover the lost art of spec-driven design: knowing what you're building before you build it.
In this session, Ben walks through how to use Claude Code as a true development partner, not just a code generator. We'll explore how to think big-picture first, write specs that give Claude the context it needs to stay on track, and then work iteratively so you get the agility of modern development without the chaos of vibe-coding. We'll cover the standard Claude Code workflow and go hands-on with the Ralph loop: an autonomous build cycle that takes a solid spec and runs with it.
If you've been flying by the seat of your pants with AI-assisted development, this session will change how you think about the whole process.About the speaker / Ben Dechrai:
Ben's been a software engineer for over 25 years, he's a Microsoft MVP, and he's been knee-deep in security and developer relations for most of his career. He's spoken at DEFCON, NDC, DevIntersection, you name it. These days he's knee deep in the LLM security and evaluations space.About the host / Chris Mazur
Helping to connect the Software Development Community in the Southern Hemisphere since 2011. Software & DevOps Engineer, CNCF Ambassador. Building communities, one Mate 🧉 ( or a coffee ☕ ;) at a time!
https://mate.dev/chris11 attendees
Past events
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