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AI Coding Agents: More than a code generator
AI has changed how we write code.
Now the bigger question is: how does it change engineering itself?
At [Sahaj Software](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sahajsoftware/)'s upcoming Devday in London, [Jyoti Singh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jyotisingh7/) and [Ash Shakrani](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-shakrani/) will explore how AI assistants are being used across the software delivery lifecycle, from story refinement and solution design to implementation and code reviews.
The session will also unpack:
🎯 Where should engineers rely on AI?
🎯 Where should they slow down?
🎯 And how do teams avoid handing over too much?
🗓️ **Save the Date:** 14th May, 2026
📍 **Location:** Sahaj Software, 1 Quality Court, London, WC2A 1HR
🕕 **Time:** 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (BST)
🔗 [https://lnkd.in/ggWCTuKn](https://lnkd.in/ggWCTuKn)
Curious about Intelligent Engineering? The 5 iE principles explained in under 3 minutes: Watch here- [https://lnkd.in/gPfyagri](https://lnkd.in/gPfyagri))
DevDay is a tech community event hosted to foster tech conversations, idea exchanges, and deep-dives in cutting-edge tech.
The evening will feature:
🎤 **One engaging talk** with Q&A
🤝 **Plenty of time for networking** over free pizza and non-alcoholic drinks
Don’t miss this chance to learn, connect, and share with fellow tech enthusiasts.
👉 Please click the link below to register.
https://sahaj.ai/events/ai-coding-agents-more-than-a-code-generator/
Meetup #16 Reimagining Software Development With AI
Shaping our future with AI. Creating opportunity through AI fluency, connection and community.
No jargon. No hype. No confusing terminology.
NOTE: This event will be focussed on the changing shape of software development. Everyone is welcome to attend but the content will be somewhat technical.
**Join us for our next in-person meetup in London on Thursday May 14th.**
Our theme for this meetup is **Reimagining Software Development with AI.** We're going to take a step back and think about the role we, the humans, play in the software development process now that coding agents have arrived.
This event provides a small glimpse of the future, from the innovators who are challenging everything and rebuilding the process of software development from the ground up, with humans at the centre!
**Where and When?**
* Thursday, May 14th
* Doors open at 18:00
* Talks start at 19:00
* AutogenAI, 123 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9LG
**Talk 1: The Validation Gap: We Need A Better Way To Review AI Generated Code** (Robert Werner, Co-Founder & CTO Leapter)
AI coding is fast. We're generating more code than ever. But more code means more code to verify, and agentic workflows are scaling that gap faster than review processes can keep up.
The bottleneck didn't disappear. It moved from writing code to verifying logic.
For most generated code, you can ship, test, and iterate. But what if we need to be sure? What about the code that runs our financial systems or decides if you qualify for a loan? It has to be right.
Hope is not a strategy, we need to better ways to review code. In this talk Robert will share his recent innovations, experiments and insights with you.
**About Robert:**
Robert Werner is the CTO of an AI startup dedicated to shaping the future of AI-native software development. He has over 20 years experience focussed on Software Engineering, Developer Experience and Transformational Platform Engineering, across Fortune 500 companies and FinTechs.
**Talk 2: Narrative Engineering: What Cognitive Science Actually Tells Us About Building with LLMs** (Sal Kimmich, Security Architect at Gadfly AI)
We keep treating LLMs like search engines that hallucinate. That is the wrong category, and it produces the wrong engineering.
LLMs are narrative generators. They do not retrieve facts or execute logic. They complete stories. That distinction is not philosophical. It determines what kind of system you can build with them and what kind you cannot. Neuroscience has been studying probabilistic, distributed, narrative-generating systems for decades. Most of the LLM engineering field is ignoring that work.
This talk walks through cyberneutics, an open source methodology and repository built on the premise that we need a new engineering discipline for narrative computing the way software engineering emerged from symbolic computing. The theoretical foundations come from second-order cybernetics, distributed cognition, and Minsky's Society of Mind. The empirical validation comes from 2025 mechanistic interpretability research showing that reasoning models internally simulate multi-agent dialogue to reason better. The practical techniques come from iterative practice: adversarial committees, pipeline algebra with formal quality propagation, observer-aware interaction design.
Three real lessons for practitioners building agentic systems: reliability is a property of the pipeline, not the prompt; repetition is latent space exploration, not failure; and if you want auditable AI reasoning, you need to externalise the dialogue structure, because the transcript is the explainability artifact.
The discipline does not exist yet. This is what building it looks like.
**About Sal:** Sal is a developer advocate for open source and passionate about helping engineers, ethical hackers and digital enthusiasts understand the complexity of modern software development. With over a decade of experience as building cloud-native machine learning pipelines in the healthcare and tech for good sectors, their work is now focused on filling the cracks in the open source software supply chain to build a better digital future for all of us.
**Thanks!**
We'd like to thank our sponsors [Leapter ](http://leapter.com/)and AutogenAI for making this event possible.
**Code of Conduct**
This event has a code of conduct that you can [review here.](https://aifortherestofus.live/code-of-conduct) By joining the community and registering for this event you agree to abide by our code of conduct.
**Providing Your Name and Email**
To register for this event you'll be asked to provide your email address. After the event you will be automatically subscribed to the newsletters from *AI for the rest of us* and Leapter GmbH. You can unsubscribe at any time (But why would you? They are really very good!)
Building with MCP
MCP is changing how developers build with AI, but we're just scratching the surface. Join us for an evening of talks that go beyond retrieval to explore what's actually possible when you give agents real tools, real constraints and real APIs.
**Agenda**
6:00 PM - Doors open, registration and networking
6:10 PM - Welcome (Upsun & Cloudflare)
6:20 PM - MCP: Context is Everything! - Carly Richmond, Elastic
6:45 PM - Sandboxes: how to limit agents so we can use them more - Patrick Dawkins, Upsun
7:00 PM - Break (Food & Drinks)
7:30 PM - Cooking with MCP in VS Code - Liam Hampton, Microsoft
7:55 PM - Efficient tools with MCP code mode - Confidence Okoghenun, Cloudflare
8:15 PM - Open networking and drinks
9:00 PM - Close
🗣️ **Talks**
**MCP: Context is Everything! - Carly Richmond (Developer Advocate Lead, Elastic)**
MCP is a powerful tool for giving LLMs capabilities to not just retrieve information, but to automate key actions based on relevant data. Let’s see how it can be used for retrieving relevant context and other activities such as observability.
**Efficient tools with MCP code mode - Confidence Okoghenun (Senior Developer Advocate, Cloudflare)**
Traditional MCP approaches choke on context windows: Cloudflare's 2,500+ endpoint API would require 1.17 million tokens. Code Mode flips the script by having LLMs write code against typed APIs instead of making direct tool calls, achieving 99.9% token reduction. Come learn how code mode works and how to optimize your MCP tools with it.
**Sandboxes: how to limit agents so we can use them more - Patrick Dawkins (Principal Engineer, Upsun)**
We want our agents to run longer and use more tools, but we're hampered by constant prompts for approval. Sandboxes are the practical middle ground: isolate the agent so you can stop watching every command and let it work. This talk covers what "sandbox" means, who provides them today and the Linux primitives that let you build one yourself.
**Cooking with MCP in VS Code - Liam Hampton (Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft)**
In this session Liam will show you how VS Code is fully supporting the MCP spec, from MCP Apps to sandboxing and elicitations.
📅 **Date and Time:**
Thursday, May 14, from 6:00-9:00 PM
📍 **Location:**
Cloudflare
Address: 6th Floor, County Hall/The, Riverside Building, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7PB, UK
👉 You can also register here: https://luma.com/eb8j6lhu
⚠️ Please make sure you provided your full name (no nicknames or abbreviations will be allowed) and to bring your ID card as it will be mandatory to show it upon check-in to security. Entry will be first come, first served. We recommend arriving early to make sure you get in.
**⚡️ Interested in giving a talk? ⚡️**
Have you ever considered presenting on your Elastic use case? We welcome 5-10 minute lightning talks, 45-minute deep dives, and everything in between. If you're interested, please submit via our [CFP](https://sessionize.com/elastic-meetups/) or send us an email at [meetups@elastic.co.](http://meetups@elastic.co./)
In Person: CoffeeOps
We are back! This is going to be a monthly IN PERSON meet up in London.
A very big thank you goes to Accurx who is hosting us in their amazing Shoreditch offices. This will include access to facilities including coffee! 😻☕️
**Want to know more? 👇**
As with all CoffeeOps, this is an interactive, chatty, build your own adventure type of meet-up. Instead of booking in experts to *learn* *from*, we gather a group of practitioners to ***learn*** ***with***. We have been running for over 4 years now and often get feedback that this is the most useful meetup people join!
The event is approximately 90 minutes and always starts by brainstorming topics to discuss. The group then votes on the most relevant/interesting to them and we then cycle through the topics trying to discuss each deeply, but in a time bound slot.
To get an idea of topics, you can check out our remote board [here](https://easyretro.io/publicboard/h404NF84Uje4tCcxpJdHr4Ycs9B3/a4a35d2b-181b-409b-832e-a729be1af79c). The general gist is anything is fair game, though we tend to revolve around software delivery and definitely lean towards the more Ops-y or DevOps-y side of things.
NSLondon 2026.2 at JustPark
We have three great talks lined up, plus time to chat and meet others in the community. We can’t wait to see you there!
We want NSLondon to be welcoming to everyone and support a broad range of voices. To help address existing imbalances in attendance, we’re offering a limited number of **early-access spots to women, non-binary people, and others who are currently underrepresented** in the iOS developer community. You can request one of these spaces by filling in [this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkWvVomYXUwESWHet2HDxTia4euvYcP2WKtkVQLXCzjmtbvA/viewform) before RSVPs open for general availability. (**Update:** This form is now closed.)
**💬 Talks:**
**Raphael Velasqua** — “Claude as Your iOS Pair Programmer”
*What if your codebase could teach Claude how your team codes — not just generic Swift? A glimpse of scaffolding, writing reliable tests and more with Claude.*
**Paul Shone** — “Turning Applications in to Apps: Tips on getting hired in a changing marketplace”
*Join Paul Shone, Co-Founder of Pixelated People, a recruitment leader with over 15 years of experience in building world-class mobile engineering teams. Paul shares invaluable insights on how to standout and secure your dream job in this changing and competitive job market. If you are a job seeker aiming to land the perfect role this session is packed with actionable advice that will set you apart from the competition.*
**Vadim Popov** — “From ARKit to Vision – How Far Can You Push the iOS Camera”
*This talk explores how far you can push the iOS camera by rebuilding core camera features using AVCaptureSession, comparing real-time face and skeleton detection across ARKit, Vision, and MediaPipe, and diving into live image analysis like sharpness, brightness, and composition scoring with Vision and Accelerate. It also reflects on what users actually value in a camera app, sharing practical lessons and missteps from the journey.*
**🕓 Schedule:**
6:30 PM Arrival and check-in at JustPark reception
7:00 PM Presentations start
9:00 PM Continue the conversation at the pub (TBA)
* **Arrival Time:** Arrive at 6:30 PM to complete the check-in process. If you need mobility assistance, let us know at least one day in advance.
* **Check-in Process:** Go to JustPark reception.
Provide your full name and mention the NSLondon event to receive your badge.
* **Full Names Required:** Ensure your Meetup profile has your full name or send it to us in a private message at least 48 hours before the event.
* **Late Arrival:** A JustPark staff member will guide us to the event space. If you arrive late, you may need to wait.
💎 **Acknowledgments:**
We'd like to thank JustPark for their generous support in hosting this event.
NSLondon is a community-driven group and needs your support!
Contact us for information about venues, speakers, or sponsorships.
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
See you there!
Please read our [Code of Conduct](https://nslondon.com/coc).
MC: Aled Samuel
Umbraco & AI evening hackathon
Join us for an informal evening of experimenting, building, and sharing ideas around Umbraco and AI. Whether you're curious about AI-powered content generation, the Umbraco MCP Server, AI-assisted development workflows, or other AI innovations in Umbraco - this is your chance to experiment, learn, and build alongside fellow community members in a relaxed, supportive environment.
Bring your laptop, your curiosity, and anything you’ve been meaning to try. You can come with a specific idea, jump into something with others, or just tinker and learn as you go. There’s no strict agenda, just a relaxed space to collaborate, swap ideas, and make progress together.
We’ll kick things off with a quick intro, then open the floor for hacking, discussion, and demos. If you end up building something cool (or even just interesting), you’ll have the chance to share it with the group at the end.
**EVENT HOSTS**
[Novicell](https://www.novicell.com/uk/services/software-development/umbraco/) (Umbraco Gold Partner) have kindly agreed to provide refreshments and host us for the evening in their offices in Shoreditch. If you think you will be making it, please sign up ASAP.
Novicell's offices are 21-33 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3EJ in a building called Fora, approximately an 8 min walk from Liverpool St and Old St stations. If you arrive between 6:00 and 6:15pm there will be someone to meet you in reception with instructions. If you arrive later you might need to phone us to be let in: we shall email all attendees with the contact numbers on the day.
**CODE OF CONDUCT**
Please read the [Code of Conduct](https://bit.ly/UmbLondonCodeOfConduct) for all our events.
AI Builders London Old St. - May 14
🎟️ **Get tickets: [luma.com/lon-may14](https://luma.com/lon-may14)** 🎟️
☝️This is a free meetup however a Luma ticket is required!
About Event
**Join our AI Builders community meetup for AI engineers & founders**
We share the latest insights about:
*AI dev tools, Agent frameworks, RAG, vibe coding, OpenClaw, Claude Code and more!*
**// FOR WHO**
✅ Devs, Product peeps, Data lovers, ML engineers, Founders
✅ Anyone building with AI
⚠️ Some LLM knowledge required!\*
**// AGENDA**
**🤝** 18:00 — Walk-in
🍕 18:20 — Pizza (be early!)
💻 19:00 — **How to Find a Job and Teach Yourself AI Skills as a Non-Technical Person**
Georgia Hirth
💻 19:15 — **How To Move from AI Experimentation and Chat Knowledge into Repeatable Team Workflows**
• Thomas Beckley • AscendPlatform & Accenture
💬 19:30 — Networking Break
💻 20:00 — **ClawBench: Can AI Agents Complete Everyday Online Tasks?**
• Thomas Mann • Research Engineer at Meta
🍻 20:15 — Drinks
👋 21:15 — End
**// FAQ**
• What is **AI Builders?**
A self-organizing nonprofit community of 5000+ AI nerds🤓. and yes.. we're building a democratic AI CEO and run on [opencollective.com](http://opencollective.com/aibuilders) donations.
• **Can I demo, give a talk, or just help out?**
Message Arthur [(+31636570260)](https://aib.club/whatsapp-arthurp) in case you want to shine✨ on stage and grow your network!
• \***I'm not technical. Can I come?**
Yes! To fully enjoy the meetup, we recommend chatting with AI to understand these basic LLM concepts: *Multimodal, Vector Embeddings, RAG, Chaining, Structured JSON Output, Function Calling, API calls, Knowledge Graphs, Reinforcement Learning, Fine-tuning, AI Agents.*
• **Why hangout at AI Builders?**
* NETWORKING: Connect with 80+ technical attendees and a larger community of 5000+ across Europe
* LATEST KNOW-HOW: We focus on innovative AI demos + slides with diagrams, code/prompt examples.
* FUN: a lot of time to chill, 10min demos, informal good vibes!
**Location**
We look forward to hang out with you:
207 Old St, London EC1V 9NR, United Kingdom
It's close to the Old Street Tube Station
**Thanks to our friends at [Beyond](https://www.wearebeyond.work/beyond-the-bower)**
![]()🎟️ Get tickets: [luma.com/lon-may14](https://luma.com/lon-may14) 🎟️
☝️This is a free meetup however a Luma ticket is required!
Coding Dojos Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
ADVANCED FIGHT CLUB
SUN 12.30pm
Battersea Dojo
FIGHT CLUB
SUNDAY SPARRING
Team Shark Dojo, Battersea Sports Centre, SW11 2DA
For Intermediate/Advanced 💪
Mixture of Boxing, Kickboxing & Muay Thai Sparring 🤜🤛
No beginners please
🙏
Bring Full Kit
ALL LEVELS K1
SUN 11.15am
Battersea Dojo
ALL LEVELS
Technique Class
Team Shark Dojo, Battersea Sports Centre, SW11 2DA
Best time to train is in the morning! Here are a few benefits:
* Gets that morning workout out of the way
* More productive rest of the weekend
* Kickstarts your metabolism
* More energy & focus for the day
* Develops positive sports/fitness mindset
What's involved:
* Drill & Hone K1 Techniques
* Flexibility exercises
* Light controlled Touch-Contact (if time permits)
What to bring:
* All your equipment
* Bottle of water
* Muay Thai Kickboxing Shorts are compulsory as they are sports specific! Can be worn over leggings. Please do not wear unsuitable clothing such as track & field shorts, surf or board shorts, tracksuit bottoms etc. MMA Shorts are acceptable as they have enough stretch for flexibility & splits training
*Note: If you arrive late, please dress in and join the class straight away. Do not keep the class or your training partner waiting. If you need to leave early just slide out and let your training partner or Instructor know*
DSF Big Birthday Bash 2026
✨🎊 Welcome to DSF Big Birthday Bash 🎊✨
THE TICKET BALLOT IS NOW OPEN!
Click the link below to enter the ballot 👇
[Click here!!!](https://datasciencefestival.com/event/big-birthday-bash-2026/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=meetup&utm_campaign=bigbdaybash)
Join us on Saturday 16th May 2026, for our 12th Festival, at our London home CodeNode, celebrating DSF turning 10, for one day only!
Enter the ticket ballot to be in with a chance of attending. 600 lucky people will get to attend this event for free 🎟️
40 speakers, 4 stream rooms, 14 partners, lunch, swag bags, and an entire day to learn, mingle, and be inspired!
Event time: 08:15 AM - 18:00 PM
Venue address: CodeNode, 10 South Pl, London, EC2M 7EB
Nearest tube station: Moorgate or Liverpool Street
Schedule and speaker details are updated weekly [here.](https://datasciencefestival.com/event/big-birthday-bash-2026/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=meetup&utm_campaign=bigbdaybash)
Please note this event will not be streamed, so please ensure you apply for a ballot ticket to watch these sessions live.
**PLEASE NOTE: CLICKING ATTENDING ON MEETUP DOES NOT GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THIS EVENT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK ABOVE OR BELOW TO REGISTER FOR TICKETS**.
Ticketing: Due to the popularity of Data Science Festival events, we are now allocating event tickets via a random ballot. Registering enters you into the ticket ballot for DSF Big Birthday Bash on Saturday 16th May 2026. The ballot will be drawn throughout the month of April 2026. If you have not received a ticket by May 7th 2026, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful in getting a ticket. Those who are randomly selected will then be e-mailed tickets for the event. Please read how the ticketing works in full here. ([[https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/](https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/)]([https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/](https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/)))
Event details:
🎟️ Please bring your ticket (a paper copy or on your phone) to the event to check in with your QR code. Tickets are non-transferable. Arrive before 10:00 AM for guaranteed entry.
☕️ There is no breakfast at the venue, however, there is tea, coffee, and water provided throughout the day. Lunch is also provided. Soft drinks and alcohol can be purchased from SpaceBar at Code Node.
⌚️ Doors will open at 8:15 AM sharp and attendee registration will begin at this time on Saturday 16th May 2026. Speaker sessions begin at 9:00 AM, but please arrive at least 45 minutes before the conference begins, to make sure you enter the event on time. Arrive before 10:00 AM for guaranteed entry.
📛 Please pick up your badge, schedule and SWAG bag at the registration table on the ground floor.
🤝 There will be networking at the Spacebar from 17:00 - 18:00 PM so come and say hello!
FAQ will be live in April 2026. Please take some time to review this ahead of the event.
Check out last year's DSF Game On here:
[https://datasciencefestival.com/event/game-on-2025/](https://datasciencefestival.com/event/game-on-2025/)
We can't wait to see you back in person! 👋
**#DSFBigBirthdayBash**
WRITE CLUB: one hour of silent writing (or reading) in the company of others
The first rule of WRITE CLUB is that you do not talk ***during*** WRITE CLUB.
This very simple meetup is based on the premise that public and peer accountability enables more productive writing than sitting at home and getting distracted by the fridge.
We will write/read for an hour in silence. (I will be writing thought experiments for my other meetup group: [THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN PUBS](https://www.meetup.com/thought-experiments-in-pubs))
If you'd like to hang out afterwards, or if you prefer just to hang out, I have another event immediately afterwards in the same place :-) You can find that here: [HANGING OUT AT THE SOUTHBANK](https://www.meetup.com/experimentsin/events/313686740)
And if you'd like to finish the evening with a dance, there is a free social salsa meetup just outside The Southbank Centre just afterwards. More info [here](https://www.instagram.com/salserosfriends/).
**This event will take place in the foyer of The Southbank Centre.** You can find us by looking out for:
* A tote bag with WRITE CLUB sewn onto it
* My T-Shirt, which will have HANGING OUT embroidered on the back of it
* A big red flag with THE SUNRISE CLUB emblazoned on it (though this clearly isn't THE SUNRISE CLUB! If you want to find out about that, you can do so [here](https://www.meetup.com/the-sunrise-club/).)
* Other writers - who may be spread out across the centre. They will have white pieces of paper with the WRITE CLUB stamp at the top of the page.
There are plenty of places to buy refreshments, but you can also bring your own if you prefer.
[WHATSAPP GROUP](https://chat.whatsapp.com/BpMwnRev0H237KMx4uPnek)
[INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/experimentsingroupwisdom)
[SUBSTACK](https://experimentsingroupwisdom.substack.com/)
Looking forward to meeting and writing with you :-)
Bonny
Future Capital : Summer Soiree
Dear Members,
As the **early evening from 5pm** [https://luma.com/he99iszf](https://luma.com/he99iszf) unfolds toward sunset, the tone deepens. Conversations shift from introductions to alignment:
* Capital meets narrative
* Ideas meet execution
* Ambition meets backing
* Complimentary nibbles & drinks
What to expect: Guests arrive at Flex @ Tide, stepping off the street into a space that feels deliberately curated—minimal, elegant, quietly confident.
**630-730pm There will be 5 Roundtables** \- Investment\, Tech & Ai\, Film & Music\, Scaleups & GovTech\. If you would like to head a table for discussion please reach out \(Zee Whatsapp 07588812528\)\.
**Thank you to Flex @ Tide, The Master Collective**, **YouYaa**, and the **Future Crowd.**
Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the river like a living artwork. There’s a subtle soundtrack—low, ambient, almost cinematic—punctuated by the clink of glasses and the first bursts of laughter from early connections forming.
Feel free to bring friends and colleagues. If you are looking for future collaborations please let us know.
**8pm Carriages**
With warm regards,
Zee & Team
NB For Partnerships or Sponsors zee@picnicbank.com & [zm@mastercollective.xyz](mailto:zm@mastercollective.xyz)
Pop-Up Manga Cafe (Trial)
Could this be the start of London's first ever Manga Cafe?! 😵
We're trying something new and exciting by combining our main club activities in our very own space. Add some food and drink, some nice vibes and activities, and we basically have our own café!
So if you fancy reading some manga, playing some board games, talking about anime and games and meeting new people over a cup of coffee or matcha, this is the place for you!
In addition, there will be music, art/drawing, icebreakers
and freebies for you to enjoy at your leisure 🙂
\*\*\*\*\*Entry cost is £5 at the door!\*\*\*\*\*
Feel free to cosplay!
Note: there will be signs as you leave the station to help you find our location, but please do contact us if you need any assistance - or please search 'City Island Social' on Google Maps.
Note II: There may be photography/filming taking place during the event, please let us know if you do not wish to be included in the filming.
AnimanJapan Anime & Manga Club!
If you love anime & manga then please join us for our weekly meetups, where we basically just sit, chat and read anime & manga!
We usually sit in the back of the pub. If the weather is nice we may sit outside at the back of the pub, or even outside on the downstairs floor.
In this meetup, you can BYOM (bring your own manga) or read one from the selection we will bring. See this as an opportunity to discover, recommend or simply enjoy Japanese comics & anime with like-minded people!
Note: This is not a book club.
Also, the TCR bar is kind enough to allow us to use their space to host this meetup, and has asked if possible for attendees to support the venue by purchasing a drink or food while you're there. Please don't bring your own food or drink to consume at the venue, as the venue does not allow this!
Coding Dojos Events Near You
Connect with your local Coding Dojos community
DoJo (Informal Python Meeting)
**Latest Dojo Location!**
**Knotty Pine Brewing**
1765 W 3rd Ave,
Columbus, OH 43212
We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works
Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead.
We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community.
https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9
Columbus Code & Coffee 86 @ 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!
NSCoder Night
Bring your work or your hobby, hang out, and code with us.
Follow @buckeyecocoa for more information.
CHROMA @CCAD
FREE event
[https://www.ccad.edu/chroma](https://www.ccad.edu/chroma)
Friday, May 15, 3–7 p.m.
CCAD campus, 60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH
Join Columbus College of Art & Design for *2025* *Chroma: Best of CCAD*, our annual campuswide exhibition showcasing outstanding student work from across the college’s academic programs. This faculty-juried show features select work from CCAD students of all class years, and is a can’t-miss end-of-year campus celebration recognizing their tremendous achievements.
It’ll be a night of fun and entertainment, with interactive games, animation and film screenings, art symposiums, poetry and prose readings, and more (along with some of the best local food trucks). *Chroma* is free and open to all.
Many exhibitions including...
**Game Art & Design:**
**DSB, first floor, Welcome Center lobby and Room 115**
COhPy Monthly Meeting
**Improving Office in Franklinton**
Physical location:
Improving Office
330 Rush Alley Suite #150
Columbus, OH 43215
Schedule:
6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages.
6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s).
Topic: This month John Lairson will share a notebook describing the Alpaca (Paper) Trading API and discuss different algorithms for evaluating stock trades.
We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com
TBD
**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you.
The building address is 4450 Bridge Park
The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400
You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge.
**Abstract**
TBD
**YouTube Link**
TBD
Game Dev Meetup (@Improving In-Person)
PLEASE NOTE!!!
This event will be In-Person for our very 1st Improving collab! If you know the [Columbus Unity group](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-unity-user-group/) location, we'll be at the same place. This is our 1st event and are doing a soft launch with limited attendance. 1st come 1st serve. If you want to be there and we fill up, please email me at [info@thecogg.com](mailto:info@thecogg.com) and I'll be in touch.
All street parking is free on Sundays but you can also pay to park in any of the local garages. See image of [parking map here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mr9_LFIggbs-0_Zd3AJTGNqEhgMf2TzQ/view?usp=sharing).
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On the last Sunday of the month, we're having our usual end-of-the-month social gathering with our GameDev Meetup meeting. There will be announcements and presentations followed by some social networking Let's continue the conversations with good vibes and friends.
All are welcomed from all ages and backgrounds to this public event. If we can, we'll be streaming or uploading the video later via our COGG YouTube channel here:
[https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams)
(Also please do subscribe if you have not done so!)
No game development experience required!
If you are interested in doing a 20 minute game development related presentation, please fill out our form online here:
[https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1](https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1)
Or e-mail us at info@thecogg.com
with the following:
Your Name, Company/Affiliation, Name of Your Game/Topic, Description, Tech Needs, and Your Contact.
Be sure to check out our Discord for real time news updates:
[https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ](https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ)






















