Architecture Groups Near Me

Beyond the Screen: Designing Products for the Spatial Computing Era

For decades, product teams have translated a three-dimensional world into two-dimensional interfaces. We’ve gotten incredibly good at taps, clicks, menus, and scrolls—but what if the screen was never the destination? **ProductTank Columbus welcomes Omari Hitson, VP Lead Product Designer: Emerging Technologies at JPMorgan Chase and President of the Ohio Chapter of the VR/AR Association, for a practical look at what changes when digital products move beyond the screen and into the world around us.** Omari Hitson designs where emerging technology meets real-world product problems. He has experience designing and prototyping across the evolution from traditional mobile and desktop experiences to spatial computing—all within a regulated enterprise environment where new technology has to solve an actual problem, not simply generate excitement. He also serves as Chapter President of the VR/AR Association of Ohio and hosts the OhioXR conferences, putting him at the center of Ohio’s growing XR community. Come connect, learn, and swap stories with fellow product professionals. \-\-\- Food and drinks will be provided by Switchbox, our generous host. Free parking will be available at the front and back sides of the Switchbox Office.

Back to Basics - Forward to the Future: What's Next for Central Ohio Agile

For years, the Central Ohio Agile Association (COHAA) has served as a cornerstone for IT and business professionals dedicated to finding better ways to inspire creativity and innovation in the delivery of value. But as workplaces, team dynamics, and expectations shift, our community needs to evolve right along with them. * Are your teams facing new forms of organizational friction? * Are traditional Agile frameworks and practices feeling stale, misunderstood, or bogged down by enterprise bureaucracy? * As the Agile landscape changes, let's discuss how our community can continue to provide meaningful connections, learning, and support. **What to Expect** Join us for a high-engagement, collaborative evening. Attendees will drive the agenda. We are gathering Central Ohio's practitioners, leaders, and change-agents to tackle the real challenges happening in our day-to-day work lives. Through a focused interactive conversation, we will consider three critical questions: 1. What dysfunctions are you seeing in the workplace right now? Where are teams getting stuck, and what roadblocks are slowing down delivery? 2. What do you actually need from an Agile user group today? How can COHAA serve as a practical, high-value resource for your career and organization? 3. How can we support each other moving forward? What formats, topics, or connections will make showing up worthwhile for you? *500pm-530pm* Connecting & Networking *530pm-630pm* Community Conversation *630pm* Following the conversation, stick around for open networking with fellow local professionals **Who Should Attend?** * Practitioners, Scrum Masters & Delivery Leads navigating daily team dysfunctions and looking for fresh tactics * Product Owners & Business Analysts trying to maximize business value in shifting environments * IT Leaders & Executives seeking better ways to scale agility and support their people * Anyone in Central Ohio passionate about continuous improvement and looking to help shape the future of our local Agile community Come ready to share your thoughts, vent your workplace frustrations, and help us build a stronger, more resilient community together!

< $200 /Month, Ready for Infinity: Modernizing CRM with Claude + AWS in 90 Days

What happens when a fast-growing business outgrows a CRM built to handle 100–200 customers a year? In this session, I'll walk through how I used Claude and AWS to modernize the entire operation in just three months, scaling it to handle an unlimited number of customers for under $200 a month. We'll start with the foundation: a serverless sync that pulls CRM data into RDS Postgres every hour during business hours, plus on demand when key operations happen. This gives the business fast, flexible reporting without overloading the CRM. From there, we'll look at how leads from multiple sources now flow through a single Lambda function, and how new front-end and back-end tools transformed lead handling, sales pipeline visibility, and company-wide reporting. You'll also get the behind-the-scenes examples that made this pace possible: * CI/CD pipelines that let you deploy quickly and often * Using code reviews as the main quality gate for every release * Tips for writing a CLAUDE.md file that maximizes your workflow * A shared STYLE.md that keeps standards consistent across projects * Splitting and combining projects with separate CloudFormation templates so they stay easy to update and simple to maintain Whether you're a solo developer, a consultant, or part of a lean team, you'll leave with practical patterns for building scalable, low-cost systems on AWS, and for getting the most out of AI as a development partner. **SPEAKER BIO** Angelo Mandato is an AWS Columbus User Group leader, AWS Community Builder, and Certified Solutions Architect - Associate who has been developing solutions on AWS since 2007. https://angelo.mandato.com **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/) **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/) **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

Architecting with AI

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, we will meet at the 700N Conference Room at 700 N Hurstbourne Pkwy. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m., and the presentations will begin sharply at 6:30 p.m. In addition to an excellent presentation, TEKsystems will provide food. Please RSVP so we know how much food to order. Afterward, we will go to Brick House Tavern for drinks and food to continue the conversation. The session will also be broadcast at https://twitch.tv/TaleLearnCode. ### **Architecting with AI: From Requirements to Reality** AI is changing how architects work, not by replacing architectural judgment, but by expanding the space of possibilities we can explore. This session shows how senior engineers and architects can use AI as a thinking partner across the architectural lifecycle: clarifying ambiguous requirements, generating and comparing design options, and stress‑testing assumptions before they become expensive mistakes. Through a live, end‑to‑end walkthrough, you’ll see how AI can expose hidden constraints, uncover risks early, and broaden the problem space in ways that accelerate human insight. You’ll also see where AI fails: hallucinated APIs, invented constraints, false confidence, and shallow reasoning. The session focuses on practical techniques for steering AI toward constraint‑aware analysis and forcing it to justify trade‑offs rather than regurgitating patterns. The second half shifts to human accountability. You’ll learn how to review, correct, and refine AI‑generated ideas and convert them into durable architectural artifacts: ADRs, decision logs, and intent‑preserving documentation that support governance and long‑term maintainability. Attendees leave with a repeatable workflow they can apply immediately: clarify with AI, explore with AI, and codify with human judgment. It’s a practical, honest look at how to architect responsibly in an AI‑accelerated world.

DevOps Columbus: Text to 3D Printing

Presentation Title: TT3DP (Text To 3d Print) Summary: A walkthrough of building and demonstrating a cloud-free image-to-3D printing pipeline on high-end consumer hardware. Speaker: K. Alan Bates Software Developer Principal - American Electric Power My name is K. Alan Bates and I have now lived in Ohio for 19 years after graduating from Purdue in 2005 with a degree in Computer Technology. I had previously been a Computer Science major but switched to focus studies on Telecommunications and Networking. I live south of Circleville with my wife Amanda, our three sons (Kolton 14, Asher 12, Finnick 2) our 18 year old Dachsund Duke, 3 cats, two horses, and my two Mustangs (of the Ford variety) Presentation Description: You've likely either used or at least seen an ad for online services that will 3d print a model for you from an image you provide. If you've wondered how they do that or would like to try to set up your own image->3D printing pipeline, I will show you how I achieved that on consumer (albeit high end know that we are in the GPU-pocalypse) hardware without using any cloud providers. I will give a brief overview of the hardware involved to list what the performance is pinned against. I will provide some of the sample documentation written and reposited during the build to give a sense of the iterative process flow. I will show you inside the automated 3d generation pipeline. I will show a recorded demo (quite a bit of wait time if it were live. I'll explain why) of the automation in action through my harness. Location: Improving Office, doors open @ 5:45, food and drinks provided.

October Childfree Connection Night!!

Ohio Paper Folders Oct folding session Oct 18th

Our monthly meeting will be Sunday Oct 18th 1-4 PM This will be held at 4049 Garrett W Dr, Columbus, 43214 This is off of Olentangy River Rd, north of Riverside Hospital. This is the home of one of our members. Everyone is welcome - beginner to expert. This is a casual folding session. People will teach a few models.

Saturday Mornings @ East Market

Let's grab some coffee/food and share a morning chat! The East Market has an ample parking lot and outdoor and indoor seating. Grab a cup of coffee from Winston's Coffee & Waffles or on your way to East Market and meet us on the second floor - table behind or east of the elevator. Per what this group is about: "Everyone is welcome! International transplants to Columbus who want to improve language skills, Columbus residents who enjoy talking to people from other countries, and those who would like to discuss international travel and culture, and who enjoy getting together for good conversations."

Columbus Code & Coffee 91 @ Improving

Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! **What to Expect at the Intro Circle** \~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~ Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup: * Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics Round 1 - (7 secs max): * Your name * What you're working on * What you can help others with Round 2: * Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. Round 3: * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!

Simply Living Film Series presents: BOMBSHELL

🎬💥 Simply Living Film Series + Special Guest Panel! Join Us for BOMBSHELL! History doesn't just shape our past—it shapes the conversations we're having today! Join Simply Living's Film Series at Gateway Film Center for a special screening of BOMBSHELL, a compelling documentary exploring how the story of the atomic bomb was presented to the public—and the courageous journalists who challenged official narratives and worked to uncover the human cost, even as government censorship limited what could be reported. From local conversations to national headlines and global events, the film raises questions that resonate today: Who shapes the stories we hear? Whose voices are missing? And why does independent journalism matter in a world of competing narratives? ✨ Stay for a special panel discussion featuring director Ben Loeterman, producer Gaia de Simoni, and historian Felecia Ross, moderated by Spencer Hunt, Director of Student Media for The Lantern at Ohio State. Come for the film, stay for the conversation, and discover how lessons from history can deepen our understanding of today's world. 📍 Gateway Film Center \| Columbus\, OH 📅 October 26 \| 6:30–8:30 PM \(Doors open at 6:15 PM\) 🎟️ Tickets $10 (stay tuned for ticket link!) Bring a friend, bring your curiosity, and join the conversation! #SimplyLiving #BOMBSHELL #GatewayFilmCenter #ColumbusEvents #IndependentJournalism

Columbus Claude Vibe Coding for Founders and Builders

**🚀 Unlock Claude for Real Work – A Hands-On Vibe Coding Session** Two hours, zero filler. Learn how to turn Claude into a daily workhorse for your actual job. 🧑‍💻 **Your host:** a vibe-coded entrepreneur earning 4 figures a day with Claude — and he's sharing the exact blueprint he used to get there. **⚠️ Limited seats.** RSVP here, then complete your registration via the link below to lock in your spot. ### [🚀 REGISTER HERE 🚀](https://brook-3e4c2.aiventurelab.org/product/ClaudeVibeCode?city=Columbus&groupurlname=meetup-group-vxtvnngl&productId=130001&startgmtdatetime=2026-10-18T21:15:00Z) --- You'll learn how Claude really works under the hood, practice prompting approaches that consistently produce better output, and build a small toolkit of use cases tailored to your own work. 🔍 **What You'll Walk Away With:** - Prompting techniques that noticeably improve your results - Real hands-on practice — not just slides and theory - A solid grasp of how Claude actually thinks and responds - Templates and patterns you can reuse for your daily work 💡 **Real use cases we'll cover:** - Summarizing meetings and long documents in seconds - Breaking down complex problems into clear next steps - Writing and refining PRDs and project plans ⏱️ **2 hours of hands-on practice.** ✨ Two hours of practical skill-building — bring your curiosity. 🔥 ✨

From Prompt to Code: AI Agents in Microsoft Foundry

Building an AI agent is the easy part. Hosting, extending, and understanding what it’s doing is where things get interesting. In this developer-focused session, we’ll explore how to host both Prompt Agents and code-based Hosted Agents in Microsoft Foundry, including using Microsoft Agent Framework to build and deploy hosted agents. We’ll also look at how Foundry Tools can extend what agents can do and how built-in observability helps you trace, debug, and understand agent behavior. Through demos and practical examples, you’ll get a hands-on look at the capabilities Microsoft Foundry provides for building, hosting, and operating AI agents.