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Join us as we guide you through reading a surprise code excerpt and learn from each other how to better read unfamiliar code. As more and more code is generated due to AI, our ability to read code is increasingly important but a skill we rarely practice. At this meetup we will guide you through a series of prompts and activities to explore and discuss a small piece of code. This meeting is language agnostic - whether you know the language or it’s new to you, your perspective matters. Fresh eyes often spot what experts overlook.

This meetup is equally for those new to development as well as seasoned professionals - we can all get better at reading code (and understanding how others approach code so we can be better mentors and teammates). If you know what a variable is, this is for you!

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This month's discussion will be led by Jordan Williams!

Agenda
6:00 pm - Check-in & Networking
6:30 pm - Welcome & Introduction Kick-off
6:45 pm - Read some Code! The group will be guided through a series of questions and actions as we read a piece of unfamiliar code together
8:00 pm - Closing & Next Steps

Attendees should bring:

• themselves
• colored pencils/highlighters
• pen or pencil for writing on code

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Parking is available for visitor deck of the Star Metal Building (turn onto Vidalia Lane off of 11th Street)

MARTA is smarta: Both the 12 and 14 bus, departing from Midtown Station, will take you to west midtown. Transfer to bus from rail is free. Pro-tip, follow along on google maps or the transit app if you’re unfamiliar with the bus route and which stop to take.

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• Tons of food options inside the market
• Easy, low-pressure networking
• No agenda—just lunch and convo

Finding Us
Look for the tables with the REFACTR.TECH signs and come say hi.

Parking & Getting There

• On-site parking garage and surface lot available
• All visitors must register and pay for parking when they arrive
• Pay by scanning a QR code, texting a code, or using pay stations in the garage
• Garage rates start around $4 for the first hour before 4 pm
• Surface lot has a 3-hour max stay during the day
• For more parking and transit details, see the Krog Street Market website: https://www.thekrogdistrict.com/visit

Come as you are, bring a friend, grab something tasty, and let’s build community over lunch.

If you have trouble finding us or have questions, drop a comment on the Meetup.com page or ask in the #ask-us channel in our Discord.

Everyone participating in the REFACTR.TECH conference, events and Discord/Slack community—including, but not limited to attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at REFACTR.TECH, are required to agree to the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.

We're switching things up. Join us for a movie night at Atlantic Station to see Spider-Man: Brand New Day together. This is a casual way to hang out, meet people, and do something fun as a group. Whether you've been to events before or you're new, this is an easy one to jump into.

📅 Saturday, August 1
🕒 2:30 PM (afternoon screening)
📽️ Screen 6
📍 Regal Atlantic Station
261 19th Street NW #1250, Atlanta, GA 30363

👉 Buy tickets: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

### 🎟️ Tickets — get yours before they sell out
Theater seats sell out, especially for a release like this. Don't wait.
Beth, Erica, and Angel are already locked in at seats E9, E8, and E7.

If you want to sit near other REFACTR members, drop your seat number in the #events channel on our Discord once you've booked, so others can grab seats nearby. RSVP here too!

👉 Discord: bit.ly/REFACTR-Discord

If you're buying later, check Discord first to see where the group is sitting and try to grab a seat close to the rest of us.

### 🕷️ About the movie
Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is
now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself
from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a
New York that no longer knows his name, he's devoted himself entirely
to protecting his city, a full-time Spider-Man, but as the demands
on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution
that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes
gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.

Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon
Watch the trailer! 🍿

### 🍻 After the movie
After the movie, we'll head over to Yard House (right across from the theater) to hang out and talk about it.

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A joint meetup during Atlanta Tech Week Hosted by REFACTR.TECH, Atlanta JavaScript, ReactATL, Modern Web, and Atlanta Vue. Sponsored and hosted by CallRail.

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Some of the most influential voices in tech are in Atlanta for RenderATL, and we're getting them in a room with our community for a night of real career stories.

This is a joint meetup across five of Atlanta's developer communities, built around a simple idea: the people who shape the industry got there through pivots, detours, and lessons that rarely make it onto a conference slide. We're giving four of them the space to share those stories, then opening the floor for a conversation about where the industry is headed.

Come for the speakers. Stay for the conversations that happen after.

## Who it's for

Anyone technically minded and curious, whether you're early in your career, mid-pivot, or deep into senior and leadership work. Expect a friendly, engaged crowd from across Atlanta's JavaScript, React, Vue, and broader tech communities.

## Format

Career Stories — 4 speakers, 15 minutes each Fireside-style conversations focused on each speaker's journey: the key moments, the pivots, and the lessons learned along the way. We'll shape the questions together ahead of time.

Full Panel — 30 minutes A collaborative discussion on the future of the industry, practical advice you can actually use, and audience Q&A.

## Agenda

• 6:30–7:00pm — Arrivals and food
• 7:10pm — Welcome and overview from the joint meetup hosts and CallRail
• 7:15pm — Career Stories
• 8:15pm — Panel
• 8:45pm — Socializing

## Speakers

Kelsey Hightower — Distinguished Engineer One of the most influential voices in modern software development. A self-taught engineer who helped grow the open-source movement from the inside and shaped how the world builds and runs software at scale. Before becoming a Distinguished Engineer at Google Cloud, he passed through CoreOS, Puppet Labs, and New Relic, describing himself as "a system administrator by trade, a programmer by necessity, but a problem-solver at heart." An early and tireless evangelist for Kubernetes, he co-authored Kubernetes: Up and Running and created Kubernetes the Hard Way, which taught a generation of engineers how container orchestration actually works. He's known equally for his technical command and his gift for storytelling, making intricate infrastructure feel clear, human, and worth caring about. There's a fitting symmetry in this one: Kelsey came up in Atlanta, moving to the city with his mother at the start of high school before launching the IT career that would reshape the industry.

Sarah Drasner — Sr. Director of Engineering @ Google Sarah runs Core Infrastructure for Web, Android, iOS, Multiplatform, Client o11y, and Experimentation at Google, powering apps that billions use daily, including YouTube, Search, and Workspace. She's also the Reliability Lead for Google's internal infrastructure, handling incident management for Core. A former Vue core team member and VP at Netlify, Sarah co-organized Concatenate, a free conference for African developers.

Angie Jones — VP, Agentic Engineering @ Block, Inc. An award-winning educator and international keynote speaker, Angie shares her expertise with software companies and conferences around the globe. As a Master Inventor, she's celebrated for innovative thinking that has led to more than 25 patented inventions across fields like virtual worlds, collaboration software, social networking, and software development processes.

Bree Hall — Senior Developer Content Lead @ Sanity A frontend software engineer turned developer advocate, Bree has a passion for coding and for making technology more accessible to everyone. She creates technical content that helps developers build autonomously. When she's not working, you can find her playing video games, baking, or traveling to magical destinations.

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Heads up on entry: CallRail requires a full name and email address for each attendee for building security, so registration is handled through Luma rather than Meetup. Please register with the details requested so we can get you in smoothly.

Everyone participating in the REFACTR.TECH conference, events and Discord/Slack community—including, but not limited to attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at REFACTR.TECH, are required to agree to the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.