AI Engineer May 2026 Meetup

What does day-to-day production AI engineering actually look like once the novelty wears off? This month, two engineers share what they've converged on — the workflows, tools, and habits that make AI-assisted development sustainable.

Michael Osborne, Senior AI Engineer at Blank Metal, walks through Ghostty and a set of terminal quality-of-life upgrades that pay off hard when you're juggling multiple AI coding sessions at once. He'll cover splits in Ghostty (cmd+D to see everything happening at a glance), plus zoxide, fzf-history-widget, fzf-tab, eza, ripgrep, and fd. The names are forgettable; the combination is not. If you've ever felt like your terminal is holding you back from running parallel coding agents, this talk is for you.

Evan Oman, Senior Software Engineer at Omega Point, follows with Coding Agents: Not Just for Vibes — a walk through the workflow he's converged on over the last year of using coding agents on production code. At Omega Point, Evan leads AI architecture for agentic features and is his team's internal AI-coding champion, so the workflow is one he's been actively refining and teaching. Less about any one tool, more about the scaffolding and discipline around it. Evan will start with a quick primer on context engineering, then walk through how he uses agents to plan and decompose work, reviewing upstream to catch problems at the plan level instead of the code level, and closing the loop by giving agents ways to verify their own work. He'll close with the lighter side: rapid prototyping, scratching your own itch, and the voice + phone setup that lets him work from anywhere.

Whether you're refining your own AI-assisted workflow or just starting to wire one up, this session is practical and immediately applicable.

Agenda
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
🥨 4:00 PM – Doors open + snacks and networking
👋 4:30 PM – Welcome and intro remarks
🎤 4:40 PM – Michael Osborne presents: Terminal Tools for Agentic Coding
🎤 5:10 PM – Evan Oman presents: Coding Agents: Not Just for Vibes
💬 5:40 PM – Networking and discussion
🚗 6:00 PM – Go home and build

Address
Studio Common Area
10 2nd St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
See Meetup photo album Studio Common Area for map and photos.

Parking
Multiple parking options nearby:

• Studio parking ramp
• Street parking
• Parking ramp across 2nd St

Food + Drink
Food and beverages provided at 4:00 PM courtesy of our sponsor, Blank Metal.

What to Bring
Just yourself! We've got everything covered.

Important to Know
Registration is free but required — please RSVP so we can plan for capacity.

Accessibility
The Studio Common Area is wheelchair accessible.