[IN PERSON & VIRTUAL] - Engineering World-Class Experiences in Flutter!
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Flutter Austin x Foresight Sports - World-Class Experiences in Flutter! 🔥
GDG Austin is beyond excited to bring you another incredible event for May! We're welcoming Kody Peterson, Sr. Director of Engineering at Foresight Sports & Flutter pioneer, to Austin for a next-level tech talk around engineering world-class experiences using Flutter.
At Foresight Sports, Kody leads the teams building apps that help golfers understand and improve their game through data and visualization ⛳️ . His work lives at the intersection of hardware, software, and user experience — translating precise physical measurements into interfaces people actually trust.
Most apps are built as collections of screens. But the best products feel like experiences — intentional, polished, and cohesive from the very first pixel.
At Foresight Sports, their mobile app must match the precision and quality of the hardware it supports. That pressure forced Kody and his team to develop a firm belief: apps aren't collections of screens — they're experiences, and every pixel, every transition, and every moment of waiting is either serving that experience or eroding it. Living by that belief pushes an engineering team into problems that go far beyond typical application development.
In this talk, Kody will work through three case studies from real production features — each one born from a design brief that had no obvious engineering answer. Some problems turned out to need less complexity than expected. Some needed architectures they had to invent. All of them required asking a question most engineering teams don't ask often enough: not "does this work?" but "will users believe it?"
Along the way, Kody will explore what it really takes to translate design ambition into production software — and why the most important engineering work is often the work users never notice.
Whether you are a full-time Flutter engineer, exploring the ecosystem, or just curious about where Flutter is headed, this is a rare chance to hear it straight from someone who is actively pushing its boundaries.
🍕 Food, snacks, and drinks provided (first come, first serve)
💙 Great community and conversation
🚗 Validated parking for $7
📍 Capital Factory/Station Austin - ACL Room (16th Floor)
🕡 6:30pm-8:30pm (tech talk will begin at 7pm!)
Thank you to Station Austin for sponsoring Flutter Austin. Station Austin is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They bring together the best entrepreneurs in the state and connect them with their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. To sign up for a Station Austin membership, click here.
See you soon! 🙌
This is a hybrid event. Join the event virtually at https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-austin-presents-in-person-amp-virtual-engineering-world-class-experiences-in-flutter/
or in person at
Capital Factory - ACL Room (16th Floor) - 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX 78701
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Agenda
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Speaker
Kody Peterson - Foresight Sports (Sr. Director of Engineering)
Kody Peterson is the Senior Director of Software Engineering at Foresight Sports, where he leads the teams building apps that help golfers understand and improve their game through data and visualization. His work lives at the intersection of hardware, software, and user experience — translating precise physical measurements into interfaces people actually trust. He started his career as a han…
Hosts
Ryan Francis - Whisler Inc. (CEO & Co-Founder)
I’m Ryan and as the CEO/Co-Founder of Whisler, I partner with companies across the US to find top-tier mobile engineering talent within Flutter, iOS, Android, and React Native. I can do a bit of everything outside of mobile (FE, BE, DevOps/Cloud, QA, ML, Marketing, Product), but mobile is my true specialization 📲.
I am a proven, dedicated, and hard-working recruiter who will always go th…
Chad Pavliska - Self-Employed (Indie Developer & Fractional CTO)
A product-minded engineering leader with 20+ years delivering mobile transformation projects. A team player who can work alongside and communicate with other leaders to challenge and lift up an organization to do great things.
I maintain a vibrant network of like-minded people who love the game as much as I do. Don't hesitate to reach out to me and introduce yourself. I enjoy talking ab…
Mike Miller - NearByNext (Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)
I'm a software engineer passionate about using technology to enable and support creators and artists. I used to work for Pixar developing tools for the animators before working on some projects of my own aimed at helping independent creators reach their audience and boost their income. I'm currently working on Videate, a new platform for video creators to share their work.
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Partners
Whisler Inc (https://www.whisler.io)
Whisler is a hyper-specialized staffing solutions business with a focus in the Flutter framework.
Foresight Sports (https://www.foresightsports.com)
Foresight Sports is a San Diego-based designer and manufacturer of golf performance analysis and game enhancement technologies. Founded in 2009, they pioneered camera-based launch monitors and are best known for products like the GCQuad, GCHawk, and GC3, which are widely used by tour professionals and everyday golfers alike. They've grown into a total technology provider with over 10,000 launch monitors and simulation solutions deployed across retail stores, driving ranges, commercial facilities, and homes worldwide. They now operate as part of the Revelyst brand family.
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