Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG)

Accso is in Suite 302 in the Clock Tower building. Nearest parking is in the Clock Tower parking.

This event is 17:30 for 18:00. The session content will start promptly at 18:00 PM. Attendees are welcome to arrive earlier for networking and snacks!

Agenda

18:00 - Community Intro and Welcoming

18:05 - Mastering Prompt Engineering – Unlocking the Power of AI

Curious about how to get the most out of today’s powerful AI tools? Join us for an engaging session on Prompt Engineering, the essential skillset for anyone working with large language models and generative AI. We’ll demystify prompt engineering—what it is, why it matters, and how you can use proven techniques to achieve more accurate, efficient, and creative results.

Discover hands-on strategies including zero-shot, few-shot, system, role, contextual, and chain-of-thought prompting. See real-world examples and learn how to design prompts that guide AI to deliver exactly what you need—whether it’s code, text, or images. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or tech enthusiast, this talk will give you practical tools to master the art and science of communicating with AI.

Speaker: Abed Matini

Senior Backend Developer at Ogilvy South Africa

19:00 - Hybrid Apps: More Than Just WebViews—Unlocking True Flexibility

Have you ever built an app and wished you could easily mix languages or technologies—perhaps combining native C++ with C# or JavaScript? Have you ever wanted AI-powered features but needed them to work offline? What about designing apps that seamlessly switch between local and cloud data storage?

When you hear "hybrid apps," you might picture a native wrapper around a WebView running JavaScript—but hybrid development is so much more than that. It’s about blending technologies in ways that allow apps to seamlessly integrate native and managed code, local and cloud data, web and mobile UI components, and even AI models that function both online and offline. Hybrid isn’t just about mixing web and native tech—it’s about unlocking new capabilities that wouldn’t be possible with a single approach.

To bring these ideas to life, I’ll demo some cool examples of how hybrid approaches unlock new possibilities. You'll see how AI models work even when disconnected, how web technologies extend native apps, and how offline-first design ensures a smooth user experience. Whether you're a web developer curious about native integration or a mobile developer eager to integrate cloud solutions, this session will give you fresh insights into the endless possibilities of hybrid development!

Speaker: Matthew Leibowitz

Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

20:00 - Closing and SWAGS exchange

Join us for the GitHub Copilot Global Bootcamp

The bootcamp is open to developers of all levels and learn by doing with this hands-on experience. Various modules will be presented covering what's on offer with Github Copilot and AI-Assisted coding!

The bootcamp is open to developers of all levels and focuses on leveraging AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot

If you are a developer, student, startup or technology enthusiast, this bootcamp is for you!!

Full agenda TBA.

Accso is in Suite 302 in the Clock Tower building. Nearest parking is in the Clock Tower parking.

This event is 17:30 for 18:15. The session content will start promptly at 18:15 PM. Attendees are welcome to arrive earlier for networking and snacks!

Join us for this Fourth Season of AI mini event.

Dive into the world of artificial intelligence with us for an evening filled with exploration and insight. Discover the latest advancements, engage in thought-provoking discussions, and gain a deeper understanding of the impact of AI on our lives. Join us as we navigate through the complexities of this fascinating field and uncover the potential it holds for the future.

Agenda
18:15 - Community Intro and Welcoming

Full Agenda TBA

20:00 - Closing and SWAGS exchange

Accso is in Suite 302 in the Clock Tower building. Nearest parking is in the Clock Tower parking.

This event is 17:30 for 18:15. The session content will start promptly at 18:15 PM. Attendees are welcome to arrive earlier for networking and snacks!

Agenda

Community Intro and Welcoming

18:15 - Community Intro and Welcoming

18:20 - MAYDAY! Monkeys on the loose in Production!

A mischievous primate let loose in your production environment, gleefully creating chaos to test your system's resilience. Its job? To find out if your application can handle unexpected disruptions, from random instance terminations to network outages.

How to Use It Correctly:

1. Prepare for Mayhem: Start in a staging environment. Only a brave soul would unleash Chaos Monkey straight into production!

2. Define Your Chaos: Specify the types of faults you want to inject. Will it be a server crash, a latency spike, or an entire availability zone going down?

3. Monitor Like a Hawk: Keep a close eye on your systems. Log everything. You’ll want to know exactly what that monkey's up to.

4. Analyze and Adapt: Use the results to strengthen your system’s resilience. Patch the holes that Chaos Monkey finds.

5. Gradually Escalate: Increase the scope of the chaos over time, moving towards production as your confidence grows.

Unleash the chaos, learn from the mayhem, and emerge with a battle-hardened, resilient system. Just remember, the monkey might be cheeky, but it's there to make your system stronger! 🐒💥

Speaker: Hennie Francis

19:00 Title TBA

Session TBA

Speaker: Lemi Masalu

20:00 - Closing and SWAGS exchange