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We’re kicking things off with the first **Beach Conversations Barcelona** meetup. Join us on **Wednesday, May 6 from 18:00 to 20:00** for a relaxed evening on the beach — a light picnic, a swim, and good conversation in English. *** ### **What we’ll do:** We’ll meet on the sand, get settled, and start with some easy conversation to break the ice. From there, it’s a relaxed mix of chatting, eating, and (if you’re up for it) a swim. No pressure, no structure — just a good environment to talk and meet people. *** ### **What to bring:** * Something simple for a light picnic * Drinks * Swim gear (optional) *** ### **Who should come:** * Native speakers looking for a relaxed social setting * Non-native speakers with a decent level who want real conversation practice * Anyone who prefers smaller groups and a calmer vibe *** ### **A quick note:** This isn’t a typical language exchange or a big meetup. It’s a small, respectful, easy-going space focused on good conversation. If you’re looking for something relaxed and a bit different, you’ll probably enjoy it. The meetup is hosted by a native English speaker with 15+ years of teaching experience. I’m happy to help if you need it, but the focus is on natural conversation rather than lessons. *** ### **Details:** 📍 Somorrostro beach (on the grass verge next to Shoko nightclub) 🕕 18:00–20:00 💬 English only 💸 Free If you’re coming, please RSVP so I have an idea of numbers.

OFF DUTY PARTY — RAW RAVE ENERGY This week: PRODJ RAVE edition Get your ticket: https://xceed.me/en/barcelona/event/off-duty-party-prodj-rave-the-raw-energy-of-90s00s/228754 A midweek rave experience inspired by the iconic 90’s–00’s sound — raw, energetic and made for movement. For those who come to actually dance. 🗓 This Wednesday, May 6 🕐 20:30 — 00:00 📍 Unplug, Barcelona — This edition is all about pure rave energy — movement, intensity and connection through music. Inspired by the era of Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, Apollo 440, Underworld, Faithless. 90’s–00’s rave, big beat, breakbeat & electro energy. Powerful, dynamic and built for the dancefloor — nothing flat, nothing predictable. — What to expect: • Music that makes you move • Real dancefloor energy • Open, friendly crowd • Space to express yourself through movement — Guided by Olga Ples (@olkaples) Curated by @hedonismo.events • DJ set by Simon We start with groove and build into full rave intensity. — 🔥 €10 (welcome drink included) Limited capacity — secure your spot ↓ Get your ticket: https://xceed.me/en/barcelona/event/off-duty-party-prodj-rave-the-raw-energy-of-90s00s/228754 — 📍 Unplug, Barcelona Carrer d’Ataülf 18, Barrio Gótico

Del suelo industrial al territorio productivo: producción local, creatividad y derechos colectivos ¿Y si la regeneración urbana no solo tratara de reutilizar espacios abandonados, sino de **transformar la ciudad en un territorio productivo**? Esta jornada propone replantear el eje del Besòs como un espacio donde industria, cultura e infraestructura comunitaria se entrelazan, impulsando modelos alternativos de desarrollo urbano. El Besòs no es un lienzo vacío: es un paisaje con historia industrial, actualmente tensionado por dinámicas inmobiliarias, retos ambientales y procesos de transición económica. Pero también es un espacio de **innovación emergente**, donde ecosistemas industriales circulares y espacios de producción ciudadana y creatividad muestran nuevas posibilidades para la ciudad. Ubicado en un territorio de transición metropolitana, entre Barcelona (distrito de Sant Martí), Sant Adrià de Besòs y Santa Coloma de Gramenet, el Besòs se configura como un corredor estratégico donde confluyen escalas urbanas, sociales y productivas. Esta condición lo convierte en un laboratorio clave para imaginar futuros urbanos más inclusivos, resilientes y distribuidos. En este contexto, el encuentro se alinea con la iniciativa **[Barcelona Capital Mundial de la Arquitectura 2026 (UNESCO-UIA)](https://www.barcelona.cat/capitalmundialarquitectura/es "https://www.barcelona.cat/capitalmundialarquitectura/es")**, que propone extender el debate sobre arquitectura, urbanismo y paisaje a todos los barrios de la ciudad. Más allá de los centros tradicionales, el Besòs emerge como un territorio fundamental para repensar cómo la arquitectura y el urbanismo pueden activar procesos productivos, fortalecer comunidades y abrir nuevas formas de habitar y producir en la ciudad. Desde Territorio Besós, Fab Lab Barcelona (IAAC) y la Red Ensemble os invitamos a un diálogo sobre estas trayectorias, explorando cómo la producción puede ser **actividad económica, derecho colectivo, práctica cultural y estrategia territorial**. La mesa de debate incluirá ponentes representantes del sector creativo del Besòs, iniciativas públicas sobre regeneración urbana en la zona, expertos en urbanismo participativo y representantes institucionales y responsables de políticas públicas, aportando una mirada plural que conecte práctica, política y ciudadanía. ### **Objetivos del encuentro:** * Replantear la regeneración urbana desde la perspectiva del suelo productivo y la capacidad manufacturera. * Explorar el Besòs como laboratorio metropolitano de producción circular y distribuida. * Conectar estrategias institucionales, actores industriales y espacios de producción cívica. * Identificar mecanismos políticos y espaciales para apoyar y estabilizar ecosistemas productivos. * Abrir una conversación pública sobre el derecho a producir en la ciudad. Este encuentro quiere ser también un espacio abierto de intercambio: invitamos a todas las personas participantes a compartir sus ideas, experiencias y visiones para imaginar colectivamente el futuro productivo del Besòs. ### ### **Encuentro Territori Besòs** 📅 6 **de mayo** 🕢 **18:30h – 21:30h** 📍 **The Social Hub Barcelona** **🔗Reserva tu plaza a través del [enlace](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/besos-productivo-territorio-creativo-industria-y-futuros-circulares-tickets-1986903446695?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true)**

Join us for a fun afterwork hangout at Wild Rover Bar where you can socialize, make new friends, and enjoy a great time with like-minded individuals. Whether you're a sports fan looking to catch the game with fellow enthusiasts, or if you simply want to unwind after a long day at work, this event is perfect for you. Connect with international friends, network with others in a relaxed atmosphere, and create lasting memories while enjoying good food and drinks. Let's make this evening a memorable one filled with laughter, friendly conversations, and a vibrant social ambiance. Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 10pm! p.s. don’t forget about the happy hours! 2 pints of estrella 8€ 2 glasses of vine 8€ 2 mix drinks 12€

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**SREday: In-Person Event on SRE, DevOps & Cloud in BARCELONA** Conference focused on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, and cloud infrastructure, bringing together engineers, platform teams, and leaders to share real-world experience building, scaling, and operating reliable production systems. 🫆[CFP](https://cfp.ninja/e/sreday-2026-barcelona-q2) 🎟 Free Entrance

**Hello, fellow DevOps enthusiasts 🤓** On **May 7th**, we'll meet again for a couple of insightful talks, hosted by **[Dynatrace](https://www.dynatrace.com/)**! 📍**Location**: Avda Diagonal 211 \- 14th floor\, Torre Glòries\, Barcelona \| [https://maps.app.goo.gl/22q31ECkaW7BzDMD8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/22q31ECkaW7BzDMD8) \-\-\-\-\-\- 📅 **Agenda** * **18:30 - 18:40** Welcome from the hosts * **18:45 - 19:30** "The microservices kool-aid and what that means for SREs" * **19:30 - 20:15** "Observability in the AI-Native DevOps Age" * **20:15 - 21:00** Networking & Snacks \-\-\-\-\-\- **🎤 Talks & Speakers** * **Title: "The microservices kool-aid and what that means for SREs"** * **Speaker**: [Csaba Almási](https://www.linkedin.com/in/csaba-almasi/) - *Staff Platform Engineer at [Neonomics](https://www.neonomics.io/).* * **Duration**: 30-45 mins * **Abstract**: For years, the industry has treated microservices as the default architecture for any scaling project, but for SREs, this "Kool-Aid" often comes with a bitter aftertaste. This session moves past the hype to examine the true operational tax of service proliferation, specifically focusing on how fragmented architectures drive up observability costs and create silent performance bottlenecks through network overhead and resource contention. We will dive deep into the technical signals that reveal a "distributed monolith"—a system that shares the complexity of microservices but retains the rigid coupling of a legacy app—and provide a rubric for identifying when an architecture has become more of a liability than an asset. Beyond the theory, we’ll explore practical guidelines for determining when to actually decompose a monolith and, perhaps more importantly, when to move in the opposite direction. Using real-world examples from the field, we will walk through the architecture and design decisions behind both successful service extractions and strategic consolidations of over-engineered distributed systems. You’ll walk away with a framework for balancing technical depth with operational sanity, ensuring your architecture evolves based on performance data rather than industry trends. * **About**: Csaba Almási is a Staff Infrastructure Engineer at Neonomics, where he focuses on building reliable platforms and maximizing the business impact of observability. With extensive experience in SRE and distributed systems, he specializes in bridging the gap between technical architecture and operational efficiency in the fintech sector. \-\-\-\-\-\- * **Title: "Observability in the AI-Native DevOps Age"** * **Speaker**: [Andreas (Andi) Grabner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/grabnerandi/) - *CNCF Ambassador, Book Co-Author, and Fellow DevRel at [Dynatrace](https://www.dynatrace.com/)* * **Duration**: 30-45 mins * **Abstract**: *AI is here to stay!* *The question is: How to make it an efficient DevOps partner for the human to build, test and operate software?* The answer is simple: Just like humans, the AI can use observability to understand and optimize the impact of generated and deployed code and configuration. In this talk you learn the path through three important lessons on how observability as you know it is changing to become useful for the Human and the AI as we enter the AI-Native Age. **1.** **The Observability Primer**: “What’s different in observing an app, an AI or a workflow?" **2.** **The AI Delivery Lifecycle**: “How can my AI becomes better with observability?” **3\. Cost and Impact**: “How can we speed up while staying within budget?” You will walk away and know how to best apply open standards like OpenTelemetry and OpenLLMetry to get insights and optimize your own usage of AI. Whether its for coding, automation or to provide it as a business feature! * **About**: Andreas Grabner has 20+ years of experience as a software developer, tester, and architect, and is an advocate for high-performing cloud-scale applications. He is a CNCF ambassador, a contributor to the CNCF project keptn, a Co-Author of Platform Engineering for Architects, and a Fellow DevRel at Dynatrace. Andreas is also a regular contributor to the DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Cloud Native communities and a frequent speaker at technology conferences. In his spare time, you can most likely find him on one of the salsa dancefloors of the world! \-\-\-\-\-\- 🔑 **Important Access Note** Our host requires the attendees to provide their ID to grant us access to their offices. **Do not forget to fill in the "NIF - NIE - Passport" field** when registering, and do not forget to **bring your ID**!

A special edition meetup with a very special guest! International speaker Daniel Afonso will talk about the Framework wars and what he learned from them! Don't miss out! 🚀 ────────── **18:30: Welcome** **18:45 Intro by Host Neciu Dan** **19:00 React-Driven Development: Career Lessons from the Framework Wars** Speaker: Daniel Afonso, Senior Developer Advocate at PagerDuty "No one uses what I built!" "Why can't I get support to do this?" "I don't even know why we're using that?" "Why am I always the one doing everything?" Sound familiar? The truth is, friction is ever-present in our careers — in our influence, processes, relationships, and even the code we ship. But we're rarely taught how to handle it. Here's the fun fact: React's history is full of lessons in dealing with friction. From the early skepticism around JSX and the Virtual DOM to the chaos of Server Components, the React team has navigated many friction points you'll face: skeptical stakeholders, unclear messaging, delayed initiatives, and the challenge of getting buy-in. So let's recap the highlights since its birth to the latest release, understand what React got right (and wrong), and extract practical takeaways you can apply to your career, team, and developer experience initiatives. Whether you're leading a team, building internal tools, or advocating for a technical decision, you'll leave with concrete strategies for driving change, building trust, and shipping initiatives that actually get adopted. **20:00: Drinks and networking!** Do you want to talk at this meetup? Reach out to Dan Neciu [on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/neciudan/) And please help us spread the news and grow the community: **21:15 Meetup finished** **(FOR EARLY ACCESS: WE ALWAYS POST FIRST ON SOCIAL MEDIA)** [Twitter(X)](https://x.com/ReactJsBCN) [BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/reactbarcelona.bsky.social) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/reactjs-barcelona/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/reactjs_barcelona/) ────────── **Sponsors:** Perk The intelligent platform for travel and spend. Time-consuming bookings, endless approvals, hundreds of receipts: Perk is made to erase the work behind the work that is costing your business trillions and draining your teams of morale and productivity. At Perk, we call it shadow work. By automating bookings, expenses, and invoice processing, Perk takes care of shadow work so your teams can get down to business—all while keeping you in control. Founded in 2015, we’re trusted to power real work by over 12,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, and Breitling, and backed by first-class investors, such as SoftBank, Kinnevik, Felix Capital, Target Global, LocalGlobe, Spark Capital, and Noteous Partners. Work with Perk, and unlock the full potential of your people and your business. ────────── **Join the Master Security Course for FREE!** Modules 1 & 2 are live now — **Exploits and XSS** — completely free to access. * Understand how common vulnerabilities actually work * Learn to identify and prevent security flaws in your code * Get practical, real-world examples you can apply immediately * Types of XSS + real case studies of XSS in ReactJS and more This is just the beginning — start building security expertise today. [Join here](https://neciudan.dev/master-security)

# 🇪🇸 Improve Your Spanish Over Drinks with a Native Pro! 🍷✨ **Are you tired of traditional, boring language classes?** Do you want to practice your Spanish in a happy, relaxed, and real-world environment? **Now is your chance!** Hi everyone! I’m **Carolina**, a professional native Spanish teacher living and working here in beautiful Barcelona. I organize these Meetups for anyone who wants to boost their speaking skills, gain confidence, and have a great time doing it. ### 💬 **Why Join Our Group?** * 👩‍🏫 **Professional Guidance:** Learn from a native teacher who knows how to make language learning easy and fun. * 🚫 **No Stress, No Textbooks:** We focus on natural conversation—the way people actually talk in Barcelona! * 🥨 **Social & Fun:** Meet interesting locals and expats while enjoying a drink in a friendly atmosphere. * ✅ **All Levels Welcome:** Whether you are just starting or looking to polish your fluency, you are welcome here. *** ### 📍 **Event Details** * **📅 When:** Every Friday afternoon. * **📍 Location:** A cozy spot in Barcelona (Check the event pin!). * **🍻 The Plan:** Grab a drink, meet new friends, and let the conversation flow. *** ### 📲 **How to Join & Get More Info** I’d love to tell you more about our activities! To join us this Friday or to receive our full schedule, just send me a quick WhatsApp: 👉 **WhatsApp:** [+34 614 06 98 70](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&source=gmail&q=https://wa.me/34614069870) 👉 **Message:** Your Name + Age + "SPANISH MEETUP" **Don't stay home—come improve your Spanish and meet amazing people!** ☀️✨

Seas SysAdmin, Developer, DBA, InfoSec, Networking o de cualquier profesión ligada a sistemas. Incluso si te interesa este ámbito, las #AdminBirras 🍻 son tu lugar 🗓️ 5 de Febrero desde las 19:30 Hs. 📍[PIBÄ Barcelona (Sector Arriba) Carrer d'Enric Granados, 77, L'Eixample, 08008 Barcelona](https://maps.app.goo.gl/uDoiRDwDsjNBsWkcA?g_st=ipc) ¡Te esperamos!

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Join us for 2 loops of the 1.1 mile trail surrounding Civic Park In Reynoldsburg this Thursday (5/7) at 6:30 pm. This is a fully paved trail so no worries about mud after a rainy week. Just come and get some exercise while connecting with others.

Bienvenue! Columbus French Conversation group invites you to our Saturday morning French conversation club. Expect a casual and welcoming atmosphere in which to learn french! I will bring my laptop so we can look up new vocabulary as needed! The venue is a beautiful French restaurant so you can really get into the zone :)

We will show how to build custom agents with Microsoft Agent Framework. Attendees will learn how to build and custom host agents when Microsoft Foundry is not a viable option.

Do you want more motivation and confidence to build Lasting Relationships? This is a free, in-person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships. Are you burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival, while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This class is held at the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center.

Join us for this free, in person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships. Do you want more motivation and confidence to build lasting relationships? Are you burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival, while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is held at the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

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