Boston Code and Coffee @ CIC
Details
Please RSVP ahead of time so we can get an accurate count on coffee.
Everybody will check in at the ground floor security desk before heading up to the 4th floor. Please bring a government-issued ID for check-in.
Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Some people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and some come and (also optionally) socialize the entire time. We encourage everyone to attend our variety of workshops and events we host each meetup, but it's entirely up to you to just come in and hangout!
Feature Talk:
Works on my machine,... and yours, and in deployment, with Nix
Docker fixed reproducible deployments in prod by shipping the whole OS, but upstream in dev it still feels like duct tape.
Nix pins every input by hash — your deps, the compiler, system libs, even the OS — so the same inputs produce byte-for-byte identical results on any Mac or Linux box, with one tool unifying all those package managers.
The payoff: repos with one-step onboarding of their whole toolchain, CI pipelines that aren't flaky from drifting upstream tools and libs, and containers that build reproducibly.
With Nix, we solve "it works (only) on my machine."
The speaker is Karl Meissner. Karl is a Principal Software Engineer who develops low-latency, internet-scale services.
The Intro Circle
Near the beginning of the event (12:30 pm), we do a standup in a circle:
- We first announce organizer announcements, updates, and logistics
Round 1 - (7 secs max):
- Your name
- What you can help others with
- What you would like help with
- Job opportunities you're hiring for
Round 2:
- Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too.
After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. We sometimes have FEATURES in a nearby room; checkout those events on Meetup as well.
🧑🤝🧑 Community Discord - come hang out before and after!:
https://discord.com/invite/xZNGCz6uXg
We will be looking to take photos during the meet up. Let one of the organizers know if you would rather we not include you in the photos.
Venue Sponsor:
CIC Cambridge
We live our mission by creating the best possible environment and programming to enable startups, scale-ups, corporations, and public entities to tackle the biggest local and global challenges while fostering growth and connection.
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