Tacoma Code & Coffee @ The Pioneer Collective

NOTE: Please read description on free parking, pastries, and coffee! Please RSVP to secure your spot and help us get an accurate count on coffee.

Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people bring projects to work on, and many other people socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you!

The Intro Circle
Around 30 minutes into the event (12:30 pm), we will do a standup in a circle.

Round 1:
Your name
Your occupation/professional interests
What would you like help with/what can you help with?

Round 2:
Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool.
Community events you wanna plug.

After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. Talks/demos will be hosted in a nearby meeting room (details below).

Presentation
Programming Art: Math Techniques for Artistic Coding - Nathan Whitehead
Abstract: This talk showcases the work of digital artists and unpacks the mathematical programming techniques behind it, including pseudorandom numbers and probability distributions, noise, color formulas for shaders, divergence-free vector fields, and iterated function system fractals. Aimed at programmers who want to make generative art but aren't sure what math to learn or direction to go.
Presenter: Nathan is a retired professional software developer and the founder of Shimmer Math Labs. Nathan received their PhD in computer science from the University of California, Santa Cruz. They have worked at NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Amazon, as well as taught computer science as a lecturer at UCSC. Nathan’s interests include math, AI, performance optimization, visual novels, audio algorithms, and poetry.

FREE coffee and pastries ☕️ + 🥐
There will be free pastries and coffee.

🚗 Parking at The Pioneer Collective
Free street parking is available all day Sunday in Tacoma. You can also park for free all day at the Tacoma Dome station. From there, hop on the T Line for a 10-minute ride to Courthouse Square (exit at the Theater District Station and head east down the hill towards Pacific and A Street).

Find us on…
Discord
Instagram
Official website

We will be looking to take photos during the meetup. 📸 Let one of the organizers know if you would rather we not include you in the photos!