What we’re about
Bringing together professional and aspiring software developers in the Charlotte, NC metro area. Topics include technical aspects of development, software project management, software architecture, and hands-on solutions for your projects.
What to expect:
- Welcoming atmosphere to learn and share
- Variety of topics and presenters
- Chance to meet and chat with others
Whether you are a seasoned developer or just starting in the industry, all are welcome! It’s all about learning.
Upcoming events
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Dev Roundtable
Flywheel Coworking, 57 Union St S, Concord, NC, USBring your software development questions, challenges, and projects to show & tell. This will be a fun time to hang out and talk shop! If you are brand new to development, you are welcome to take part and get valuable guidance from mentors ready to help!
Important Parking and Directions
The address for the Cabarrus Center is 57 Union St. S Concord, NC 28025. Free parking is available in the Cabarrus County Parking Deck located at 81 Spring St. SW Concord, NC 28025. There is also the 3-hour Bicentennial Lot behind our building. Here is a map of downtown parking options for your reference.
Sponsors
- FocalGroove provides groovy marketing and facilitation.
- Special thanks to Flywheel Coworking for providing our meeting space in their fantastic Concord facility!
6 attendees
Concord AI Lab: Lunch & Learn for Builders and Creators
Flywheel Coworking, 57 Union St S, Concord, NC, US🧠 Concord AI Lab: Lunch & Learn for Builders, Creators & Agents
Welcome to the Concord AI Lab — a monthly Lunch & Learn meetup where local innovators explore advanced AI tools, automation strategies, and emerging agent-to-agent (A2A) workflows.
This is where curious minds and creative builders come together to screen share real projects, trade tips, and solve problems live. Whether you’re chaining GPTs, experimenting with Google’s A2A ecosystem, or building no-code/low-code tools using Zapier, n8n, or LangChain—this is your lab.
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🔍 What We Explore
• AI agent workflows (custom, open source, or GPT-powered)
• Google’s A2A (Agent-to-Agent) integrations and real-world use
• Prompt engineering & Multi-Channel Prompting (MCP)
• Workflow design across platforms like Zapier, Airtable, Make, and beyond
• Open discussions, project sharing, and group troubleshooting
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🍕 What to Expect
• BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch)
• Live demos & hands-on workflows
• Collaborative atmosphere with room for questions, experiments, and feedback
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👥 Who’s It For?
Tech folks, indie hackers, marketers, creatives (writers, designers, video editors), and startup founders—anyone working with or curious about AI tooling and automation.
You don’t have to be an expert—just bring your curiosity (and your laptop if you want to build along).
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Let’s turn big ideas into real tools—together.
Join us every 3rd Tuesday at Flywheel Cowork.
Sponsors
- FocalGroove provides groovy marketing and facilitation.
- Special thanks to Flywheel Coworking for providing our meeting space in their fantastic Concord facility!
4 attendeesLessons Learned Building with AI: From Zero Trust to High Confidence
Flywheel Coworking, 57 Union St S, Concord, NC, USWhat does it take to go from skepticism to shipping production code with AI assistance? This talk chronicles my journey from zero trust in AI tooling to confidently integrating it into my daily development workflow—and the hard-won lessons learned along the way.
I'll share how I incrementally adopted AI over the last 18 months, starting with low-risk, high-value tasks like generating commit messages and automating pull request reviews, then building towards more critical use cases like generating comprehensive test suites, drafting application requirements, and eventually writing production code. Each stage taught me something new about where AI excels, where it fails, and how to structure my workflow to maximize success.
Attendees will leave this talk with a clear understanding of how to approach AI. You'll gain actionable strategies to thoughtfully integrate AI into your workflow, offload repetitive tasks, and dedicate more of your valuable time to solving complex problems and building impactful features. Whether you're skeptical or curious, you'll walk away knowing exactly how to start—and how to measure whether it's actually working for you.
Key Takeaways
- An understanding of how to adopt AI incrementally in your development workflow
- Objective criteria for evaluating AI tools beyond hype
- Patterns and techniques that increase acceptance rates
About the Speaker - Ryan Edge
Ryan Edge is a Google Developer Expert in Flutter and who is passionate about civic hacking and front-end development on mobile, desktop, and web platforms. He blogs somewhat regularly on hashnode. A native of Louisiana ⚜️ Currently residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ryan is a nerd jock 🤓🏃, an anime enthusiast, an epicure, and an advocate for equality ✊🏾 🦄.
Important Parking and Directions
The address for the Cabarrus Center is 57 Union St. S Concord, NC 28025. Free parking is available in the Cabarrus County Parking Deck located at 81 Spring St. SW Concord, NC 28025. There is also the 3-hour Bicentennial Lot behind our building. Here is a map of downtown parking options for your reference.
Sponsors
- FocalGroove provides groovy marketing and facilitation.
- Special thanks to Flywheel Coworking for providing our meeting space in their fantastic Concord facility!
3 attendeesConcord AI Lab: Lunch & Learn for Builders and Creators
Flywheel Coworking, 57 Union St S, Concord, NC, US🧠 Concord AI Lab: Lunch & Learn for Builders, Creators & Agents
Welcome to the Concord AI Lab — a monthly Lunch & Learn meetup where local innovators explore advanced AI tools, automation strategies, and emerging agent-to-agent (A2A) workflows.
This is where curious minds and creative builders come together to screen share real projects, trade tips, and solve problems live. Whether you’re chaining GPTs, experimenting with Google’s A2A ecosystem, or building no-code/low-code tools using Zapier, n8n, or LangChain—this is your lab.
⸻
🔍 What We Explore
• AI agent workflows (custom, open source, or GPT-powered)
• Google’s A2A (Agent-to-Agent) integrations and real-world use
• Prompt engineering & Multi-Channel Prompting (MCP)
• Workflow design across platforms like Zapier, Airtable, Make, and beyond
• Open discussions, project sharing, and group troubleshooting
⸻
🍕 What to Expect
• BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch)
• Live demos & hands-on workflows
• Collaborative atmosphere with room for questions, experiments, and feedback
⸻
👥 Who’s It For?
Tech folks, indie hackers, marketers, creatives (writers, designers, video editors), and startup founders—anyone working with or curious about AI tooling and automation.
You don’t have to be an expert—just bring your curiosity (and your laptop if you want to build along).
⸻
Let’s turn big ideas into real tools—together.
Join us every 3rd Tuesday at Flywheel Cowork.
Sponsors
- FocalGroove provides groovy marketing and facilitation.
- Special thanks to Flywheel Coworking for providing our meeting space in their fantastic Concord facility!
2 attendees
Past events
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