About us
Leicester Tech Meetup: Connect, Collaborate, Code
Welcome to the Leicester Tech Meetup – a place for all software developers, tech enthusiasts, and IT professionals in Leicestershire to connect, share ideas, and grow together as a community.
Whether you're a front-end developer, back-end engineer, data scientist, product manager, or just getting started in the tech world, this is your opportunity to meet like-minded people and explore exciting ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment.
Our First Meetup
For this inaugural session, we're keeping it simple:
☕ Coffee and Conversation – Let's get to know each other, share our tech journeys, and discuss what topics and activities excite us most.
💡 Shape the Future – Brainstorm ideas for future meetups, whether it's technical workshops, career-building sessions, hackathons, or industry talks.
Why Join Us?
Build connections with Leicester’s tech community.
Learn from others in the industry and share your expertise.
Help create a supportive and engaging community of tech enthusiasts in Leicestershire.
Upcoming events
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Vibe Coding: Build an AI Email Agent in Google Cloud
Leicester Tech Meetup, 42 London Road, Oadby, LE2 5DH, Oadby, GBWelcome to the era of Vibe Coding—where we guide the AI and let it handle the heavy lifting. This is a hands-on, live BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) workshop where we will build and deploy an autonomous AI Agent together in real-time.
💻 Laptop optional: If you’d prefer to just sit back, observe, and socialise without coding along, that is absolutely fine—you are more than welcome!
💡 No prior coding experience is required! Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned developer, this session is designed for everyone to easily follow along and build with AI.
### 💡 The Mission
We will build an AI Agent that can:
- Read incoming emails via the Gmail API.
- Analyse intent and decide which tools to use.
- Draft & send the perfect, tool-informed reply automatically.
### BYOL: What to Bring
To code along, please bring a laptop and have access to:
- A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account (Free tier is fine).
- A test/sandbox Gmail account for safe automation.
### Agenda (5:00 PM - 6:30 PM)
- 5:00 PM: Networking, setup help, and refreshments 🍕
- 5:20 PM: Live Code-Along workshop 💻
- 6:15 PM: Q&A, troubleshooting, and wrap-up 💬
Bring your laptop, your questions, and good vibes. See you there!
### Stay Connected
Join our WhatsApp group to stay connected, get updates, and chat with the community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BkLCZcI6mqK5hAoqV4dLKH
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Past events
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