Melbourne Python - November Gather Round

Our monthly meetup has rolled around again!

As we bid farewell to winter and embrace the warmth of summer, it's time to unwind and escape the daily grind. What can we do to relax? Say hello and mingle with fellow Python enthusiasts in Melbourne!

This is a group tailored for developers, data scientists, web programmers, and everyone passionate about Python. We're keen to discuss how Python as a versatile language simplifies complexities, cuts down development time, and empowers projects ranging from web development to artificial intelligence.

Join us at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, November 6th at Judo Bank, in the Queen and Collins building, Level 26/376-390 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia (https://maps.app.goo.gl/A9JQTYGrMqGn8AzAA)

Please note: Building entrance is located just next door to Rustica cafe. Press level 26 and you'll certainly find us.

Our agenda for the evening will be:

• 5:30 - 6pm - Networking, pizza and drinks
• 6:00 - 6:15pm - Welcome and Updates
• 6:15 - 6:45 - Talk 1 by Jane Ooi & Timothy Downs - Senior Solutions Architect @AWS on "GenAI coding with an OpenSource code companion aider.chat": aider.chat is an opensource AI programming companion. This talk will be focused on exploring Open aider.chat, and will present how it differs from the other GenAI code companions, with a live demo on using aider.chat to build a game to highlight its features. (https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider).
• 6:45 - 7pm - Grab a new drink, meet someone new and get ready for the last talk of the night.
• 7 - 7:30 pm - Talk 2 by Adolfo Villalobos - Machine Learning Engineer @orionx on "Introduction to Algorithmic Trading in Python": This talk will focused on, core building blocks on how to go about starting a new trading system from scratch building from there. Also, in this session, we will uncover about simple trading strategy called "liquidity mirroring", how to use message queues to propagate price data and decisions through the system, and core design patterns used to build the main micro-services involved: business logic using strategy patterns, price observer and order/trade observers. Minimal example of how to build an event-driven trading system using Python micro-services will be presented in the talk.
• Door closes at 8pm.

Special mentions to our sponsors Judo Bank, Just Digital People and AWS for making this event possible. We wouldn't have done it without your help. Forever grateful :)

If you are interested in giving a talk or sponsoring the event for a future meetup, please email melbournepython@gmail.com or fill in the speaking interest form directly at https://forms.gle/S5T1SL4ULY5aogf47.

We look forward to seeing you there!