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3D London | 3D Networking Community
Its Springtime, and the gardens and landscape are bursting into life!
To celebrate this in our digital world, 3D London has partnered with ITOOSOFT, the makers of ForestPack, to bring you an evening of 3D horticultural inspiration.
**Headline Presentations**
* **Paul Roberts**, Training and Content Manager - ITOOSOFT
"The Craft of Parametric Thinking"
https://www.itoosoft.com/
* **Karen Gazzard**, The Ruby Cube.
"How I have taken the skills learnt in arch-vis and applied them to a different industry - visualisation for ecology."
https://therubycube.com/
**First-time Presentation**
**Alesandros Vounatsos** \- Alvo Headquarters Production Company
"Presenting his short film, produced in Blender".
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandros-vounatsos-aa3b3175/
The ITOO team kindly sponsored April's meetup. Thank you!
Thanks to our sponsors for supporting our monthly meetups.
**[SiNi Software](https://www.sinisoftware.com/)** , **[Chaos](https://www.chaos.com/) , [ITOOSOFT](https://www.itoosoft.com/) , [NTI](https://www.nti-group.com/uk/) , [Heata](https://www.heata.co/)**
#3dlondon #monthlymeetup
Free 1-1 English Class for BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS who need RESULTS!
## EVENT TITLE
Free Professional English Diagnostic Session (Working Professionals ONLY)
A structured session to discuss your English, identify priorities, and get clear direction.
***
## EVENT DESCRIPTION
This session is designed for **working professionals** who want to improve how they use English at work and are looking for clear, practical guidance.
The session gives you space to:
* talk about how you currently use English professionally
* identify where problems are actually coming from
* understand which areas to prioritise
* get direction on how to work on your English more effectively
It’s a focused, professional environment intended to help you **understand your English more clearly** and decide what would be useful to work on next.
***
## WHAT WE’LL WORK ON
During the session, we’ll look at:
* how you use English in real work situations
* typical problem areas (pronunciation, tenses, clarity, confidence)
* patterns that may be holding you back without you realising
* how to approach improvement in a structured way
* which resources are worth using for self-study (and which aren’t)
You’ll leave with **clear guidance and direction**, even after a single session.
***
## WHO THIS IS FOR
* Working professionals using English at work
* People who want structure and clarity
* Professionals who want to improve how they sound and communicate
***
## WHO THIS IS NOT FOR
* Students
* Hobby or casual learners
* People looking for passive or listen-only sessions
* People who are not working or looking for work
This is a professional-only environment.
***
## HOW TO JOIN
To attend:
1. RSVP on Meetup
2. Approved attendees will be contacted by email to arrange the 1-1 session - please note that it won't be at the time indicated on Meetup.
**Microsoft Teams link will be shared with confirmed attendees who meet the group criteria (working business professionals only).**
***
## QUALIFYING QUESTIONS
You'll be asked a series of questions when you RSVP on Meetup. This is to help me understand your situation and needs BEFORE we start the class - which saves us time and means we can spend time on the things that really matter. Please make an effort to fill in the answers properly and with effort. I'm looking for people who want SERIOUS RESULTS. Zero effort people will not be contacted for the free class. Thank you
Cloud Native London, April 2026
Hi folks!
Welcome to our April Cloud Native London meetup! Join us to hear from our three great speakers and network with your fellow techies over pizza and drinks, or alternatively chat and following along on Youtube or LinkedIn!
6:00 Pizza and drinks
6:30 Welcome
6:45 From "Trust Then Verify" to "Verify Then Trust": Securing the AI-Accelerated Software Supply Chain (Meghan McGowan, Cloudsmith)
7:15 Keeping Up: Testing in the Age of AI and Cloud-Native (Ole Lensmar, Testkube)
7:45 Wrap up
See you there!
Cheryl (@oicheryl)
**From "Trust Then Verify" to "Verify Then Trust": Securing the AI-Accelerated Software Supply Chain (Meghan McGowan, Cloudsmith)**
With AI accelerating code generation and GitOps driving continuous deployments, testing is under more pressure than ever to keep up.
Ole will take a step back to see what’s driving the evolution of testing as adoption of Cloud Native technologies and AI for code generation attempts to drive velocity through the roof. How can engineering and platform teams deliver on the need for continuous testing as a scalable approach to quality assurance across the enterprise? And how can DevOps teams leverage AI in testing pipelines for root-cause analysis, automated remediation and intelligent test scheduling - to help push the AI-infused velocity of their dev teams all the way into production?
*Ole started building with XML APIs in the late 90:ies and has since then worked with multiple technologies and startups, most notably as creator of SoapUI in 2004 and Chairman of the Swagger / OpenAPI Initiative in 2015. He joined Testkube at its inception in 2021 and is now entirely focused on ensuring its success at bringing continuous testing to the cloud-native space. When not at his laptop he can be found playing a guitar or riding a bike, but rarely both at the same time.*
**Keeping Up: Testing in the Age of AI and Cloud-Native (Ole Lensmar, Testkube)**
AI has made software teams faster than ever, but it's also quietly outpacing the security and infrastructure built to support them. Drawing on findings from Cloudsmith's 2026 Artifact Management Report, a survey of 505 engineering practitioners across technology, finance, healthcare, and retail, this session examines the compounding challenges that come with near-universal AI code adoption: expanded attack surfaces, hallucinated dependencies, fragmented AI model governance, and the growing operational tax of manual security remediation on top of aging infrastructure.
The session moves from data to diagnosis to direction, challenging teams to rethink a foundational assumption — that you can trust code first and verify it later. At AI scale, that posture is no longer safe. Attendees will leave with a clear picture of where the industry's most critical gaps are, how their peers are investing in 2026, and three concrete questions they can bring back to their own teams to identify where to act first.
*Meghan McGowan is Principal Product Marketing Manager at Cloudsmith. Before joining Cloudsmith, Meghan spent nearly a decade in the cybersecurity industry focused on security integrations and automation, helping teams operationalize tooling that actually fits their workflows.*
*Based in London, she also worked closely on how threat intelligence can be applied to meet specific regulatory requirements, particularly NIS2 and DORA, giving her a grounded understanding of both the technical and compliance dimensions of modern software security.*
*About Cloudsmith: Cloudsmith is a fully managed, cloud-native artifact management platform that gives engineering teams a single, secure source of truth for all their software artifacts: packages, containers, binaries, and AI/ML models. Built for the scale and speed of modern software delivery, Cloudsmith provides universal repository support, automated security scanning, and policy enforcement at ingestion needed to meet today's compliance requirements.*
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-mcgowan-4b6bb81b/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-mcgowan-4b6bb81b/)*
***Check out [https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon](https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon) if you're interested in speaking or sponsoring.***
Women's Basketball Scrimmage (Wednesday Night)
Our Women's only Basketball Scrimmage returns from Wednesday 13th September 2023
Two hours of non-stop scrimmage with good music and great vibes.
Just Basketball and fun - no drills!
£8 when block booking sessions - message for more details
Block booking sessions encouraged
10 sessions -£85
5 sessions - £45
£10 - Pay as you go - [Sportas](https://www.sportas.co.uk/games?gender=FEMALE&sportIds=1)
You can book **pay-as-you-go** sessions via Sportas but spaces are limited:
[https://www.sportas.co.uk/games?gender=FEMALE&sportIds=1](https://www.sportas.co.uk/games?gender=FEMALE&sportIds=1)
Spaces are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
7:30pm - 9:30pm @ King Solomon Academy
Penfold Street · London
NW1 6RX
**Please note that your space is not confirmed until payment has been made.**
Weds British sign language (BSL) practice at the National Theatre, Southbank
This a BSL practice group for level 1 students and above. We will be meeting at the national theatre in southbank
Pop The Balloon Dating in Camden (Ages 21-45)
**\*\*To book your tickets please go here [https://dateinadash.com/events/london/camden/pop-the-balloon/01Apr2026-7834](https://dateinadash.com/events/london/camden/pop-the-balloon/01Apr2026-7834)\*\***
Get ready for a bold, flirty, and unforgettable night at our Pop the Balloon [Speed Dating](https://dateinadash.com) event, designed for singles aged 21–45 (age guide). This is speed dating with a playful twist, combining real chemistry with high-energy fun and the chance to win an exciting prize.
At the event, you’ll take part in a series of short, fast-paced mini-dates designed to keep things exciting and pressure-free. But this isn’t your average speed dating night — each date comes with a decision that could keep you in the game… or pop you out. Here’s how it works:
Men start the night holding balloons. Women are given pins. After each mini-date, women decide whether to match or pop.
If a man’s balloon is popped, he stays in the game but receives a new balloon in a different colour. Each pop brings him closer to elimination — once all balloon colours are popped, he’s out of the running for the prize.
As the night progresses, the stakes rise and the energy builds. At the final stage, any men still holding balloons will line up, and one woman will be randomly selected to pop balloons until just one remains.
The man with the final unpopped balloon wins the prize — and if there is a winner, he may choose to share it with someone of the opposite sex he connected with during the evening.
Registration opens at 7:30pm, giving you time to check in, grab a drink, and settle in before the event begins promptly at 8:00pm. Late arrivals may not be able to participate, so we recommend arriving early to avoid missing out.
Once everyone is ready, the host will guide you through the rules and flow of the evening to ensure everything runs smoothly and fun for all involved.
After the final balloon has been popped, we encourage everyone to stay on, mingle, and enjoy the atmosphere — whether you’re celebrating a win, continuing a great conversation, or simply soaking up the vibes.
Spaces are limited and demand is high for this Speed Dating event, so early booking is strongly recommended.
For any questions about this event, please contact us at [enquiries@dateinadash.com ](mailto:enquiries@dateinadash.com)or call our bookings hotline on 0845 862 1448 (9am–5pm).
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Speed Dating ❤️ Main Event ❤️ London ❤️ Age: 20s & 30s
Hey! 😊
We share this event in lots of places!
This is a **Speed Dating event** ❤️
**😊 ❤️ Meet your new girlfriend / boyfriend! ❤️😊**
🎫 **GET YOUR TICKET HERE:** (Update: only a few tickets left) 🎫
1 drink comes FREE 🍸🍹
**www.datemap.net/london1 ← Age group: 20s & 30s**
**www.datemap.net/london2 ← Age group: 30s & 40s**
🧑🤝👩We share this in many places - expect **50+ people**. 🙂
😇 No match? Get **50% OFF** your next event! ❤️
🕊️ **REFUND POLICY:** Just DM us 24h before the event to get a full refund! 😊
❗We usually sell out about **1 week** before!
❤️ **Why People Love Our Events:**
⚖️ **50/50 gender ratio guaranteed** — we make sure numbers are equal
😌 **Professional host included** — we guide everything for you
☺️ **Relaxed, welcoming atmosphere** — no stress, no awkward moments
✨ **Friendly people** — you’ll be surprised how kind everyone is!
🧭 **HOW IT WORKS:** 🧭
You get a **6 min conversation** with each person ⏱️
You will see question cards on every table!
Men move every 6 minutes, women stay seated.
At the end, you get your matches. ❤️
📍**LOCATION:**
The venue location is sent to **ticket holders** after you buy.
It is always a cafe lounge in the city center.
💌 **QUESTIONS?**
Email us! We reply to everyone!
🎫 **GET YOUR TICKET HERE:** (Update: only a few tickets left) 🎫
1 drink comes FREE 🍸🍹
**www.datemap.net/london1 ← Age group: 20s & 30s**
**www.datemap.net/london2 ← Age group: 30s & 40s**
🧑🤝👩We share this in many places - expect **50+ people**. 🙂
😇 No match? Get **50% OFF** your next event!
🕊️ **REFUND POLICY:** Just DM us 24h before the event to get a full refund!
❗We usually sell out about **1 week** before!
**😊 ❤️ Meet your new girlfriend / boyfriend! ❤️😊**
See you on Saturday! **😊**
DevOps Society London Event #2 2026
Welcome to our second London meetup of 2026, where we discuss Gen AI and Kubernetes! Details below:
**Location:** Civo Tech Junction, First Floor, 32-37 Cowper St, London EC2A 4AW
**Time:** Doors open at 6PM
**Drinks, snacks, talks, and networking.**
We’re excited to invite you to our second in-person **DevOps Society Meetup** of 2026, proudly **sponsored by Cast AI**.
This event is focussed around Gen AI and Kubernetes, with two really exciting speakers lined up for this one in Carly and Kunal.
Format of the Meetup:
6:00pm – 6:30pm — Networking on arrival, with food and drinks provided by CastAI
6:30pm – 7:10pm — First speaker + Q&A
7:10pm – 7:20pm — Break for refreshments and networking
7:20pm – 8:00pm — Second speaker + Q&A
8:00pm onwards — More networking at the venue, then at a nearby pub.
*Timings can vary slightly depending on Q&A.*
We’re excited to welcome everyone to our next DevOps Society London meetup, where we’ll be diving into two incredibly relevant topics in modern infrastructure: observing GenAI applications in production and optimising Kubernetes clusters.
We’ll be joined by two brilliant speakers from the ecosystem who are working at the forefront of developer tooling and cloud infrastructure.
As always, expect a relaxed evening of technical learning, discussion, and networking with fellow engineers from across the London tech community.
***
## 🎤 Speaker 1 - Carly Richmond
**Developer Advocate Lead @ Elastic**
### Observing AI Applications with OpenLit and OpenTelemetry
Observability is the ability to measure the current state of a system. With the rapid emergence of LLMs and GenAI applications moving into production, teams now need deeper insight into how these systems behave in real-world environments.
In this talk, Carly will explore best practices for observing production AI applications, covering how engineers can capture logs, traces, and metrics to better understand how LLMs interact within their application ecosystem.
She’ll walk through a real example of instrumenting an AI agent application written in TypeScript, using OpenLit to generate OpenTelemetry signals. The session will show the types of telemetry data teams can capture to identify usage patterns, detect errors, and troubleshoot issues commonly seen in production GenAI applications.
### About Carly
Carly Richmond is Developer Advocate Lead at Elastic, based in London. She’s a UI developer who also writes backend services, a keynote speaker, and a tech writer who is passionate about helping developers build better systems.
Outside of tech, Carly enjoys cooking, photography, drinking tea, and chasing after her young son.
***
## 🎤 Speaker 2 - Kunal Kushwaha
**Senior Developer Advocate @ CAST AI**
### Optimizing Kubernetes and Unlocking Blockers with Container Live Migration
Kubernetes promises automation, yet most clusters run at around **10% CPU utilisation**, leaving large amounts of infrastructure sitting idle.
With endless instance types, constantly shifting prices, and the complexity of modern workloads, maintaining efficient clusters can quickly become a full-time job.
In this talk, Kunal explores the real-world challenges teams face when running Kubernetes in production. He’ll cover where Kubernetes automation works well, where it falls short, and why optimisation remains difficult for many teams.
Topics include:
* Why most Kubernetes clusters are underutilised
* The realities of autoscaling in production environments
* Challenges around instance types and Spot capacity
* Common mistakes teams make with HPA and VPA
Once these challenges are laid out, Kunal introduces Container Live Migration as a way to overcome some of these long-standing blockers.
To bring the concept to life, he’ll run a live technical demo where Pods running a small video game are migrated across nodes in real time, while the audience participates. The game continues running without downtime, demonstrating how live migration can improve cluster efficiency without disrupting workloads.
Please register below to secure your spot. Spaces are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
We’re really looking forward to getting the community back together again for our first event of 2026.
[Our slack community](https://join.slack.com/t/devopssociety/shared_invite/zt-3mswuylw7-MhJg1IZ70rX_GpJTluG2Cw) \- join in and introduce yourself\!
[Our Youtube Channel ](https://www.youtube.com/@DevOpsSociety)for regular podcasts with DevOps professionals + more DevOps content.
[Website](https://thedevopsociety.com/)
[To partner with us](https://thedevopsociety.com/partnerships)
CAST AI website - https://cast.ai/
Thanks!
From the DevOps Society team [Ben](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benwhitmarsh/) and [Vytas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vytasdevops/)
Women's Basketball & Fitness Sessions (Saturday mornings)
Training session for women of all levels!
We welcome complete beginners and advanced players with coaching tailored to your skill level⛹️♀️
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
* Basketball Fundamentals, Basketball Drills, Skills, Defence and Offensive Plays, Fitness session
Costs for sessions
£10.0 for all
Directions
The venue is less than 5 mins from Latimer Road Station
please call if you have any problems
P.s. All parking spaces have pay and display bays until 1:30pm (£1 per hour)
07958484045
Website: mbsoul.co.uk
Twitter: @MBS_SOUL
Facebook: SOUL \| Basketball\, Sports\, Skills & Fitness
Instagram: mbs_soul
TikTok: mbs_soul
LDN Talks Spring Community Showcase
We are excited to announce our upcoming Spring Community Showcase. This event is an opportunity for individuals at all skill levels to come together and share their experiences with Rust. Whether you’re working on a personal project, contributing to an open-source initiative, or teaching a concept related to Rust, we invite you to present your work and insights.
Take this opportunity to build your confidence and share what you are doing.
Speakers
===
If you would like to give a presentation, please send Ernest a direct message with your talk title and a brief abstract of approximately 60 words. Each presentation will last about 25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions and answers, for a total of 30 minutes. We have four slots available this month.
**Dan Groshev**
Okmain Library: You have an image, but you want a colour
How do you pick a colour that represents an image but also looks good? Dan will talk about his Okmain library, colour science, auto-vectorisation, SIMD, and his experience building it in Rust and PyO3.
**Jérôme Étévé**
Mockapot: A percolator library in Rust
Jérôme is the author of the Mokcaccino library, which started as a way to marry my interests for Rust and for search technology. He will discuss the design, the tricky aspects of Rust he learned along the way, and how Rust and Python complement each other.
**Evadne Wu**
JavaScript Sandboxing using Deno on top of Elixir & Erlang/OTP.
Intelligent AI agents can write code that calls existing APIs in secure sandboxes, allowing higher token efficiency, better performance, and lower per-turn latency. Deno’s primitives in Rust can be integrated into such an agent harness, utilising the Elixir programming language and the Erlang/OTP runtime, which allows you to construct agentic systems that are massively concurrent and fault-tolerant.
The Product Group London April 2026
Join fellow product people at The Product Group London on **Thu 2nd April** for an evening of learning, sharing and networking.
**Topic of the Night: Product Outcomes Over Outputs**
Product management is changing to be much more focused on achieving quantifiable outcomes over outputs and hitting dates. So how do product people make the shift and stay in the outcomes lane? On the night, we’ll explore what this really means incl. the important outcomes to focus on; making the culture shift to outcome focused; adjusting success metrics; using outcomes to drive product strategies, roadmaps, discovery and delivery; getting stakeholders onboard with a different way of thinking, and much more.
**Featured Guest: Phil Hornby, Global Product Lead, ZF Group**
Phil is a product leader, coach and technologist with over 20 years of experience across SaaS, IoT and Automotive. His career has spanned development, sales and operations, but product management is where he found his home, focusing on solving complex customer problems with scalable solutions.
Today, Phil works as Global Product Lead at ZF, leading a tier 1 commercial vehicle diagnostics platform. As a senior IC, he works across multiple product teams to shape cohesive products that combine commercial thinking with deep technical expertise. He also founded a ZF community of practice to connect and grow digital product professionals.
Alongside his ZF role, Phil continues to coach product leaders and teams, having supported thousands of individuals across hundreds of companies. He is known for helping people think clearly, make better decisions and take action that drives real impact. Phil is also a regular speaker and co-host of the Talking Roadmaps podcast.
**About The Product Group London**
The Product Group London is a monthly meetup designed to bring product people of all levels together for topical discussions, as a group and with our guest speakers.
With attendees from startups to large enterprises, there is no shortage of opportunities to network and make new connections. And whilst the focus is on product management, we welcome product designers and engineers to join for some friendly and lively discussions.
**A word about our sponsor and host, BrainStation**
[BrainStation](https://brainstation.io/london) is a global leader in digital skills training, empowering businesses and brands to succeed in the digital age.
Established in 2012, BrainStation has worked with over 500 instructors from the most innovative companies, developing cutting-edge, real-world digital education that has empowered professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world.
Arabic Grammar Revision
We will revise the basic grammar of the Arabic language.
The book, **Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar**, by Jane Wightwick (Third Edition), can be purchased from Foyles or Waterstones or online.
[https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/arabic-verbs-and-essentials-of-grammar-third-edition/jane-wightwick/9781260030990](https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/arabic-verbs-and-essentials-of-grammar-third-edition/jane-wightwick/9781260030990)
We will cover chapter one.
Level: beginners, but you must already be able to read the alphabet.
This is a monthly event.
Note: to make the most of this session, you should read the chapter before hand. Anything you do not understand, we can discuss during the session
4 April Easter Weekend | Sparks & Steps| Meet people through dancing!
[TICKETS are on sale NOW!](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/4-april-easter-weekend-sparks-steps-singles-event-age-50-tickets-1984410538339?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl)
**Early bird and 2 for 1 are on sale NOW! Don't miss out!**
**DONE WITH SWIPING? READY FOR REAL CHEMISTRY?**
London professionals — it’s time to log off and show up. **Welcoming Drink!**
If you’re 50+, social, and completely over dating apps, this night is for you. No algorithms. No ghosting. No endless texting. Just real conversations, real energy, and real sparks.
### 💃 Ice Break the Right Way
Forget awkward small talk. We kick things off with guided dance sessions designed to loosen you up, get you laughing, and make introductions feel natural — not forced. Movement creates chemistry. Trust us.
### ❤️ Back to Traditional Dating
Remember when dating meant:
* Meeting face-to-face
* Making eye contact
* Feeling nervous (in a good way)
* Asking someone for their number
* Actually planning a proper date
That’s what we’re bringing back.
This is traditional dating with a modern twist — respectful introductions, genuine conversation, and the chance to build real connection from the very first hello.
### 📍Barbican-City of London, Convenient Location
Easy to get to after work. Close to transport links. Stylish venue. Effortless vibe.
### ✨ Who’s It For?
People who:
* Are serious about meeting someone
* Miss traditional dating values
* Prefer presence over profiles
* Want quality connections in a relaxed setting
### 🥂 What to Expect
### Welcome to Sparks & Steps — where we bring back traditional dating with elegance, confidence, and a touch of excitement.
* Your evening begins with a complimentary welcome drink — the perfect way to relax and settle into the atmosphere.
* Then we turn up the energy with salsa dancing and Latino vibes — fun, guided, and designed to break the ice naturally. No pressure, no awkward introductions — just movement, laughter, and connection.
* As the night unfolds, the music softens into a more relaxed rhythm, creating space for meaningful conversations.
* Not sure how to start the chat? Don’t worry — we’ve placed conversation cards on each table to help spark engaging, effortless discussions.
**And here’s where it gets exciting…**
🌹 If you meet someone you’d like to know better, simply pick up a rose and ask for their number. A simple, confident gesture — just like traditional dating should be.
This isn’t speed dating.
This isn’t a night club.
This is dating the way it used to be — confident, intentional, and in person.
**Limited spaces. Real people. Real potential.**
Ready to meet someone the traditional way?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/4-april-easter-weekend-sparks-steps-singles-event-age-50-tickets-1984410538339?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
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Database Professionals Events Near You
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CBusData: The Fellowship of the Star Schema: Transforming OLTP Data for Power BI
The Fellowship of the Star Schema: Transforming OLTP Data for Power BI
One does not simply build reports on OLTP data. Join us on an epic journey from the depths of raw, normalized tables to the shining halls of a well-modeled star schema fit for Power BI greatness. We will demystify the differences between OLTP and OLAP, walk through star schema vs snowflake (and why Power BI has a clear favorite), and show you the compression differences between normalized and columnar storage that will make you never look at an OLTP model the same way again.
We will cover the different types of dimensions, when to use them, and how to handle Slowly Changing Dimensions without losing your mind. You will leave knowing exactly how to identify a bad model, how to convert OLTP data into a clean star schema, and how to forge relationships that rule them all.
Whether you are a data wizard, a curious hobbit, or somewhere in between, your models will never be the same.
Accidental Friends: How a DBA and an SRE worked together
The April Ohio North Database Training user group meeting will be held on **April 7th, 2026 at 5:00PM**. This will be a **HYBRID** event and we will be joined online by **Kayla Boor**.
You're welcome to come meet in-person at our meeting location, the offices of Improving at
**[6000 Freedom Square Dr,](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Improving/@41.4004167,-81.6614462,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x8830e5b8255c5919:0xd8297060eb68fe04!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830dc7a0fe35dc9:0xbfc4710ecadfc5c!8m2!3d41.4004127!4d-81.6588713!16s%2Fg%2F1hm3hkqp3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)**
**[Unit 110,](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Improving/@41.4004167,-81.6614462,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x8830e5b8255c5919:0xd8297060eb68fe04!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830dc7a0fe35dc9:0xbfc4710ecadfc5c!8m2!3d41.4004127!4d-81.6588713!16s%2Fg%2F1hm3hkqp3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)**
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[Teams Link ](https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/22562814501129?p=w1cSxeUXFTVeIpZiMw)if anyone needs it after RSVP-ing for in person.
If you would like to subscribe to our email list outside of Meetup, we have changed platforms recently and you will need to register [here in Kit ](https://ohio-north-data-training.kit.com/b8f036f615)instead to receive emails.
Agenda:
**5:00 PM EST**: Online and in-person meeting begins with a social hour. This is an unstructured hour where you can join us to catch up and meet other group members before the session starts. There will be food brought in for in-person attendees.
**6:00 PM EST**: Updates and announcements, followed by our feature presentation. See below for presentation details.
**7:30 PM EST**: Optionally after the main presentations, the in-person crowd may go out for snacks and drinks at a local establishment.
We hope to see you there!
Session Abstract
**Accidental friends: How a DBA and an SRE worked together to optimize the system.**
This session is focused on how to communicate effectively between teams to improve alert fatigue, performance, and observability.
\*\*NEW SPEAKER
\*Please note, that we will be using Microsoft Teams for the online portion of this meeting. You may want to join a few minutes early to ensure you do not have any issues. If you are attending in person, there are large TVs at the office, and you do not need to bring a laptop or use Teams.
Columbus, Ohio, USA Low-Pressure Speed Dating for Locals
**💘 Virtual Speed Dating – Columbus, Ohio, USA Singles, Matched by Personality**
A simple, fun way to meet local singles without leaving the house. It's straightforward: take a short personality quiz, hop on Zoom, and meet Columbus, Ohio, USA singles in guided one-on-one rounds. Matches revealed after.
**Choose your age range to sign up:**
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**⚠️ Your RSVP doesn't confirm a place.** Click your age group link below, register, and take the personality quiz to secure your spot. Limited places.
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🎯 **Perfect for:**
- Busy professionals who value their time
- Introverts who do better in one-on-one chats
- Anyone who prefers connecting online before meeting in person
- Singles in Columbus, Ohio, USA who want to meet locals from home
**Event Details**
- **Format:** Virtual on Zoom – hosted and structured
- **Location:** Your place – couch, desk, wherever works
- **Host:** Experienced host running the evening
- **Vibe:** Relaxed one-on-one chats with Columbus, Ohio, USA locals
**How It Works**
1. **Sign up** – Click the link for your age range above.
2. **Take the personality quiz** – We use it to match you with compatible Columbus, Ohio, USA singles.
3. **Log in** – Join the Zoom session from home. The host runs everything.
4. **Meet your matches** – Rotate through quick chats with compatible Columbus, Ohio, USA singles.
5. **See your matches** – Find out who you clicked with after the event.
⭐ *"Way better than apps. Real conversations with real people."* – Columbus, Ohio, USA attendee
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✨ Real people, real conversations — all from home. 🫶 ✨
IxDA Chat ‘n Pancakes
Pay attention! We’re delaying a week for those of you who may be on Spring break and/or celebrating the holiday. Ok, no pancakes, but waffles-a-plenty.
Join the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast.
Look for us upstairs!
Columbus PHP: Monthly Meetup
Our monthly PHP meetup.
A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm
💘 Columbus Speed Dating for Singles Age 50s/60s Ohio 💘
**\*\*\*TO ATTEND THE EVENT, YOU MUST PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE\*\*\***
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Hosted by Pre-Dating Speed Dating, the experts, bringing people together since 2001!
*Our events have been featured on CNN, CBS, Axios, Miami New Times, TLC's 90 Day Fiance - The Single Life, Tampa Bay Times, Southbend Times, Citylink Magazine, Essence, The Wall Street Journal, Best of Baltimore, AM New York, Chicago Tribune, WINK FM, Woman's World Magazine, and 100s more -- but come see for yourself!*
Join us for a night of fun, flirtation, and possible romance at our singles speed dating event! If you're tired of swiping left and right on dating apps, speed dating is a great way to meet new people in person, in a relaxed, safe, and comfortable environment.
**HOW IT WORKS:**
We'll introduce you to at least 5, and up to 12 - or more - single women or men. Spend a little time with each one, during a series of 6-minute Pre-Dates. Then tell us who you'd like to speak with again & we'll do the rest! It's the modern, civilized, effective, and fun way to meet other professional-level singles. If you're finished with the games and ineffectiveness of online dating and apps, join us to share a wonderful evening of enjoyable conversation with interesting people... and maybe something magical will happen!
**GET TICKETS:**
A Meetup RSVP is not a ticket, you must purchase on our website.
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**DOES IT WORK?**
Yes! According to the New York Times, at a speed dating event, people like 2-3 out of 10 people they meet. Online daters only match with 1 in 100 or fewer of the profiles they study. This is the best way to meet new people, and it works! Just ask the thousands of people that have met at our events and had successful relationships and marriages.
**WHAT DOES IT COST?**
We put a lot of time and effort into creating the best singles events possible, so we collect a fee for our hard work. Our events are an excellent value at about $3 per introduction. Get your ticket for the best singles event in town.
**NOTE FOR NEWCOMERS:**
We post our events on various platforms. Our events often sell out, so expect plenty of fellow singles, regardless of the numbers you see here :)
So what are you waiting for?
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Who will you meet?
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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






























