What we’re about
Welcome to the Deschutes Tech Guild! Join us every second Tuesday at Embark for tacos, tech talks and the CloudBeers Bend Afterparty!
We're local technology professionals and enthusiasts interested in the wide ecosystem of technology. Join experts, beginners, students, and friends all intent on learning, growing and celebrating our passions for technology together.
We aim to foster an inclusive and diverse technology community in Central Oregon. Our group is open to anyone from junior engineers to seasoned technology executives, who would like to help our efforts to connect educators, technology talent, great companies, and resources for personal and professional development.
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Catch recordings of past presentations on our Youtube Channel!
Deschutes Tech Guild is Sponsored By:
Snyk - Develop fast. Stay secure.
Snyk is the go-to solution for securing code, open source dependencies, containers, and Infrastucture-as-Code with ease. Powered by cutting-edge security intelligence and DeepCode AI, Snyk automatically finds and fixes vulnerabilities fast. Get started today with their free-forever plan for personal projects!
Craft CMS - Craft empowers the entire creative process.
Craft CMS is a top open-source content management system for leading web agencies and creative professionals and developers worldwide, recognized for its versatility and power. It has earned multiple awards, including Best CMS for SMBs, Best CMS for Developers, and Best WordPress Alternative.
Upcoming events
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Deschutes Tech Guild - January Meetup
EMBARK, 2843 NW Lolo Ave, Bend, OR, USWelcome to the Deschutes Tech Guild! Join us every second Tuesday at Embark for food, drinks, tech talks and the CloudBeers Bend Afterparty.
Who: Christian
What: AI Prototyping on DGX Spark
Detail: Developers keep running into the same wall when they try to run modern AI models locally. Laptops throttle, cloud costs sting, and the tooling feels scattered. This session explores what happens when you drop a DGX Spark onto your desk and pair it with the full NVIDIA ecosystem. We look at why the hardware architecture matters, how CUDA lights up on both transformer inference and high throughput embedding generation, and what real benchmarks say about latency, throughput, and sustained load under proper batching. The goal is simple. Show how a small but serious machine can turn local inference from a compromise into a superpower.
About the speaker: Christian has been building software since 2001, moving through the full stack from web and frontend work to large scale backend and distributed systems. His recent exploration of the DGX Spark is part of a broader effort to understand how modern AI and open source infrastructure fit together in practice.
Deschutes Tech Guild is Sponsored By:
Snyk - Develop fast. Stay secure.
Snyk is the go-to solution for securing code, open source dependencies, containers, and Infrastucture-as-Code with ease. Powered by cutting-edge security intelligence and DeepCode AI, Snyk automatically finds and fixes vulnerabilities fast. Get started today with their free-forever plan for personal projects!
Craft CMS - Craft empowers the entire creative process.
Craft CMS is a top open-source content management system for leading web agencies and creative professionals and developers worldwide, recognized for its versatility and power. It has earned multiple awards, including Best CMS for SMBs, Best CMS for Developers, and Best WordPress Alternative.
Attending a Deschutes Tech Guild event or joining our virtual forums means that you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.5 attendeesDeschutes Tech Guild - February Meetup
EMBARK, 2843 NW Lolo Ave, Bend, OR, USWelcome to the Deschutes Tech Guild! Join us every second Tuesday at Embark for food, drinks, tech talks and the CloudBeers Bend Afterparty.
Who: Kyle Rose
What: Business for developers
Detail: TBD
About the speakers:
TBD
Deschutes Tech Guild is Sponsored By:
Snyk - Develop fast. Stay secure.
Snyk is the go-to solution for securing code, open source dependencies, containers, and Infrastucture-as-Code with ease. Powered by cutting-edge security intelligence and DeepCode AI, Snyk automatically finds and fixes vulnerabilities fast. Get started today with their free-forever plan for personal projects!
Craft CMS - Craft empowers the entire creative process.
Craft CMS is a top open-source content management system for leading web agencies and creative professionals and developers worldwide, recognized for its versatility and power. It has earned multiple awards, including Best CMS for SMBs, Best CMS for Developers, and Best WordPress Alternative.
Attending a Deschutes Tech Guild event or joining our virtual forums means that you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.3 attendeesDeschutes Tech Guild - March Meetup
EMBARK, 2843 NW Lolo Ave, Bend, OR, USWelcome to the Deschutes Tech Guild! Join us every second Tuesday at Embark for food, drinks, tech talks and the CloudBeers Bend Afterparty.
Who: John Weald
What: Data security and cryptography
Detail: Overview of the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption and which should be used to protect customer data. John will also touch on what encryption to use to future proof against quantum attacks.
About the speaker:
Over his career John spent ~20 years in development of security products, including developing innovative encryption such as Format Preserving Encryption and Identity Based Encryption at Voltage Security.
Deschutes Tech Guild is Sponsored By:
Snyk - Develop fast. Stay secure.
Snyk is the go-to solution for securing code, open source dependencies, containers, and Infrastucture-as-Code with ease. Powered by cutting-edge security intelligence and DeepCode AI, Snyk automatically finds and fixes vulnerabilities fast. Get started today with their free-forever plan for personal projects!
Craft CMS - Craft empowers the entire creative process.
Craft CMS is a top open-source content management system for leading web agencies and creative professionals and developers worldwide, recognized for its versatility and power. It has earned multiple awards, including Best CMS for SMBs, Best CMS for Developers, and Best WordPress Alternative.
Attending a Deschutes Tech Guild event or joining our virtual forums means that you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.3 attendeesDeschutes Tech Guild - April Meetup
BendTECH Coworking, 395 SW Bluff Dr UNIT 10, Bend, OR, USWelcome to the Deschutes Tech Guild! Join us every second Tuesday at BendTech Coworking for food, drinks, tech talks and the CloudBeers Bend Afterparty.
More details to come!
Deschutes Tech Guild is Sponsored By:
Snyk - Develop fast. Stay secure.
Snyk is the go-to solution for securing code, open source dependencies, containers, and Infrastucture-as-Code with ease. Powered by cutting-edge security intelligence and DeepCode AI, Snyk automatically finds and fixes vulnerabilities fast. Get started today with their free-forever plan for personal projects!
Craft CMS - Craft empowers the entire creative process.
Craft CMS is a top open-source content management system for leading web agencies and creative professionals and developers worldwide, recognized for its versatility and power. It has earned multiple awards, including Best CMS for SMBs, Best CMS for Developers, and Best WordPress Alternative.
BendTECH Coworking - Empowering Freelancers, Remote Workers, and Tech Entrepreneurs
BendTech offers an inspiring space for our Meetups and the local community. Whether you're seeking to escape home-office distractions or need a supportive community to bring your ideas to life, BendTECH has you covered. Join us to leverage our resources and network, and grow your business in a collaborative environment!
Attending a Deschutes Tech Guild event or joining our virtual forums means that you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.3 attendees
Past events
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