IT DIY Budapest Meetup #1

Join us at the very first IT DIY Budapest Meetup at the end of June, where we'll share three exciting solutions with you. All levels of expertise are welcome. Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned practitioner in the world of home automation and microcontrollers, feel free to join us.

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Talk 1: (doable) Smart Home setup (Balázs Bozsogi)
Walkthrough of both trivial and a few unusual automation potentials around your home. My ecosystem is built around Apple Homekit, but mostly from non-certified components. How far can you go today without coding? What are the cases where you should do your own magic? What are the available/accessible components/platforms worth investing in?

Talk 2: Light up the Bass! - Music reactive LED lighting system (Roland Béres)
The project introduces a way to customize RGB LED lighting in your home. It also integrates with Spotify to synchronize the lights with the rhythm of any music and demonstrates proofs of concept about the limitless possibilities that are achievable with a custom solution.

Talk 3: Digital Busy Board (Gábor Farkas)
Modern times require modern toddler busy boards! I'll show how a bunch of buttons, switches and leds can entertain both the kids and their father! An extraordinary toy that automatically silences itself after 8pm!

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📣 Meet the speakers

Balázs Bozsogi - (VP of Engineering, Aliz)
I started my career as a software developer, but early on I realized that the development flow interested me more than actual coding. Since then, I have played many roles in software engineering, focusing on how to create better and better software. I have been with Aliz since 2016 in various positions: Project Manager, Head of Project Management, and Chief Operations Officer. Nowadays I lead the entire delivery organization as VP of Engineering and I am part of the management team.

Roland Béres (Software Engineer, Instructure)
I'm that kind of a developer who is not a master of any technology but able to tinker with anything. I worked at Nokia, Morgan Stanley as a software engineer and at GreenFox Academy as a mentor doing everything from full-stack development to low level C++ coding. Currently I'm working at Instructure on a learning management system written in Ruby on Rails and React.

Gábor Farkas (Cloud Architect, Aliz)
I wrote my first pieces of code as a child. I took the long journey from IS-BASIC to Java, going through Pascal, a lot of Assembler, carefully avoiding C++. And yes, also PHP. I was young and needed the money. I started working with Java Enterprise around 2007 and had a short detour to the finance industry. I was happy to arrive at Aliz ten years ago. I'm currently working for one of our large key accounts as a Cloud Architect. As a hobby, I enjoy building Lego Technic stuff with my kids. I can't wait for them to grow old enough for robotic sets.

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🍕 Three cool presentations from experts and a networking opportunity - pizza and beer are on us
🏎️ Free guarded parking
🐶 Dog-friendly venue
⌚️ Arrival from 18:30, presentations start at 19:00
🎫 The event is free, but seats are limited
⌛ Register here: https://aliz.ai/en/meetups/it-diy-meetup-by-aliz/
➡️ Would you share your IT DIY solution next time? Drop us a line: meetup@aliz.ai