Enterprise Servers & Storage

We're back with our first meetup in Singapore for 2026! Come join us for an evening of learning from database experts, and great conversations with the ClickHouse community. **🗓️ AGENDA:** * 6:30 PM: Registration, Dinner & Chitchat * 7:00 PM: Welcome and Introductions * 7:10 PM: **The Journey to Zero-Copy: How chDB Became the Fastest SQL Engine on Pandas DataFrame** by Auxten Wang, Technical Director @ ClickHouse * 7:40 PM: **Powering Bullet's Sub-millisecond Perpetuals Trading Platform** by Tristan Frizza, Co-Founder and CTO @ Sierra Research * 8:10 PM: Q&A & Networking **👉🏼 RSVP to secure your spot!** **Interested in sharing a talk at this meetup or future events? Complete this [CFP form](https://clickhou.se/chmeetup-cfp) and we’ll be in touch.** **_____________________________________** **🎤 Session Details: The Journey to Zero-Copy: How chDB Became the Fastest SQL Engine on Pandas DataFrame** In this talk, Auxten Wang, creator and lead developer of chDB, shares the story of how the world’s fastest OLAP engine was made to fly on Pandas DataFrames, reducing query times from 30 seconds to just 0.5 seconds. He walks through chDB’s evolution from a serialization-bound prototype into a fully zero-copy SQL engine for Pandas, covering how DataFrame and Parquet round-trips were eliminated, how Python GIL limitations were overcome, and how string handling was rethought for parallel performance. The result is true DataFrame in and DataFrame out SQL with ClickHouse speed, delivering up to 200× faster analytics, native JSON support, streaming for data larger than RAM, and a complete zero copy loop with no servers, no setup, and no friction. **Speaker: Auxten Wang, Technical Director @ ClickHouse** Auxten Wang is a Technical Director at ClickHouse with 15 years of experience designing high-performance databases, recommender of systems, and infrastructure across startups and major tech firms. He co-founded CovenantSQL and contributed storage-layer and write-query functionality to a decentralized SQL database with blockchain features, and is an active author/contributor to ClickHouse and low-level projects like jemalloc, Kubernetes, and Memcached. His background includes leading RecSys and infrastructure teams as Principal Engineer at Shopee and director-level roles at 4Paradigm, combining production ML/recsys experience with rigorous systems engineering. Early at Baidu he architected and implemented Gingko—the company’s p2p large-dataset distribution system—writing the majority of its C++ code and applying a Dynamo-inspired design. Based in Singapore, he brings a rare mix of hands-on C/C++ systems work, testing and storage engineering, and product-driven startup leadership. **🎤 Session Details: Powering Bullet's Sub-millisecond Perpetuals Trading Platform** Tristan Frizza, Co-Founder and CTO of Sierra Research, shares their multi-year journey to delivering low latency and near real time trading data, charts, leaderboards, and analytics at scale. This talk explores the evolution from data lakes and complex, painful serving architectures to a streamlined single source of truth powered by ClickHouse Cloud, highlighting the technical lessons learned in building fast, reliable analytics for demanding trading workloads. **Speaker: Tristan Frizza, Co-Founder and CTO @ Sierra Research** Tristan Frizza is the Co-Founder and CTO of Sierra Research, focused on building the financial infrastructure the world deserves. Originally from Australia and now based in Singapore, he has led the development of high-performance trading and consumer systems, including a decentralized trading platform with over 100,000 users and $15B in notional volume. Previously, Tristan worked in machine learning and data science roles at Atlassian, Nearmap, and Lumaway, to name a few, building large-scale ML systems and data infrastructure used by tens of millions of users.

We will begin our jog/run from Anchorvale CC towards Punggol using Sengkang Riverside Park running route, U-turn back to Anchorvale CC once we hit 2.5KM mark (Total distance 5KM) After that, we will end our run @ Anchorvale Village Hawker Centre to mingle and chit chat (No obligation to join for post run session) Notes: ► As there is no storage space for your belongings, do travel light. ► We will do a warm-up at 7.30PM and the run will start at 7.45PM sharp. ► This is a rain-or-shine event. In case of bad weather, we will do static training nearby.

**Just another Tuesday?** ​Join us for another casual morning coffee to meet new tech and data industry people - to discuss and explore data innovation in use cases such as Robotics, ML, AI, Quantum Computing, synthetic data, Data Regulation, finance, state of data talent demand, investment environment and more! *** # ​**This month’s topic: Scaling AI together – data and operating models** ​By now many organisations have experimented with AI, but scaling it is a very different challenge. ​Join this month’s Data Tuesday Singapore for a peer to peer discussion on what data governance practices and operating model choices actually help - and what we’re still collectively figuring out. ​Share your own experiences and learn from others! *** **​​Location** ​The location is The Terrace Cafe at Conrad Centennial, next to the Millennia Walk Monument Square. Please try to locate organizer (Desiree, Zhijing, Michael, Robert or Ville) we do not have specific signage. ​ **Two rules of the DT event:** 1. ​**Strictly no soliciting or shilling.** 2. ​**Coffee is not free. In fact, it is expensive (but of great quality). Please do the right thing and order a coffee or drink, so we can appreciate the amazing venue we have. Breakfast available.** ## ​Thank you - we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday morning! \-\-\- ​How to find us: Location: The Terrace cafe - Conrad Centennial Singapore 2 Temasek Blvd Singapore 038982 Cafe is next to Monument Square of Millenia Walk (18-metre tall white marble spiral helix and roundabout). ​From Conrad lobby walk through to the other side. You can see The Terrace cafe at the corner of roundabout. Ask Lobby for directions if you can't find.

In Jan, we are focusing on content that Builds our lives! So, why not meet new faces to share our resolutions, personal or geeky and, the list of books, comic books, manga, movies, games and streaming shows we wanna consume this year! Meet at SCAPE! Find a cafe/fast food place and have a good time together! See you there. Event Organiser: Mark Pereira Contact: 97907544

RESTORATIVE YOGA Tuesday 12pm $20 per class 3 sessions for $50 Class may be cancelled if minimum number of 3 attendees is not reached. Please pm host for confirmation. For hygiene purposes, please bring your own yoga mats. Blocks and yoga straps are available for use.

大家好， 全球华商联谊会将会举办下一个现场交流会 日期：1 月 27 日，星期2， 时间：黄昏 730PM \~ 930PM 地点：International Plaza, 10 Anson Road, #13-04, S079903 聚会计划： 7pm \~ 745pm: 与新朋友见面并打招呼 745pm \~ 830pm: 社交互动时间 830pm \~ 930pm: 嘉宾演讲 ## **UHNW 超高净值圈层交流分享｜如何专业接触与服务超高净值客户** 我们近期在 **WSQ 体系下**， 设计了一门 **不公开招生的高端课程**， **仅限特定专业人士参与**。 本课程 **只面向以下人群**： * **保险专业顾问（Insurance Agents）** * **银行从业者（Bankers / Private Banking）** * **公司秘书 / 企业服务专业人士（Corporate Secretaries）** 期待届时见到您！

✨ Dear Future Me A letter, sealed in time. Participants write a letter to a future version of themselves — one year from now — capturing thoughts, hopes, questions, or reminders they want to return to later. Each person is given beautiful stationery, envelopes, and a wax seal set. After writing, they melt wax and seal their letter by hand, turning the moment into a small ritual of intention and closure. The sealed letters are collected and safely kept, then mailed back to participants one year later — creating a quiet, surprising moment of reflection in the future. This is not about perfection or performance. It’s about pausing long enough to speak honestly to the version of yourself you haven’t met yet. Includes Guided writing prompt Premium paper + envelope Wax & seal stamping ritual One drink (coffee / tea) Letter storage + future delivery

🚀 **Kicking Off 2026 Together – First AWS Meetup of the Year** Hello AWS Community! A new year is here, and we are starting 2026 the best way we know how, by coming together to learn, build, and share real world AWS experiences. Join us on **Thursday, 29th January 2026**, for the first AWS User Group Singapore Meetup of the year at the AWS Singapore Office, IOI Central Boulevard. This meetup marks the beginning of another exciting year for the community. Expect fresh perspectives, practical cloud lessons, and conversations shaped by what teams are building right now. Whether you are setting goals for the year ahead, exploring new architectures, or simply reconnecting with fellow builders, this is the perfect place to start 2026 strong. Let us set the tone for the year ahead and grow together as one AWS community. 📢 **IMPORTANT! Registration Information** To ensure a smooth check-in process, please take note of the following: ✅ Confirmed attendees will receive a confirmation email before the event titled **"AWS User Group Singapore: Registration Confirmed for AWS User Group Meetup – January 2026"**. You must present this email at the Level 1 Concierge to gain access to Level 5 for attendance verification. 🚶 Walk-ins (those without a confirmation email) will only be considered if the venue has not reached full capacity. Priority will be given to registered attendees with confirmation emails. 🔒 Strictly enforced: No confirmation email = walk-in. Entry not guaranteed. 📅 **Date**: Thursday, 29th January 2026 🕡 **Time**: 6.30pm 📍 **Location**: AWS Singapore; 2 Central Blvd, IOI Central Boulevard East Towers, Level 5 🎤 **Meetup Track** ✅ **Lessons from Simulating AWS T3 CPU Throttling** *📌 Goh Chun Lin - Grafana Community Lead, Singapore* Chun Lin explores the CPU Credits system of AWS burstable instances (T3) and the architectural risks of the credit system. The session combines observability techniques with Amazon CloudWatch, Grafana, and Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to reveal how to visualise and model the token bucket algorithm in AWS. **✅ Automate and Optimize your Kubernetes / EKS** *📌 Amit Pahwa - Director, Solutions Engineering - APAC Cast AI* **✅ The Real Battle Begins After You Build the Agent** *📌 Lahiru Ratnayaka - Software Engineer (Leading Southeast Asian Bank)* Building an AI agent is just the beginning. This session looks beyond the initial build to explore the challenges that emerge as agents move toward real-world use and how AWS Bedrock AgentCore fits into this journey from an engineering perspective **Workshop Track:** 🚨 Complete **BOTH** Steps to Confirm Your Workshop Registration! 1. RSVP on Meetup 2. Fill out this [Google Form](https://forms.gle/dLkxS26dJQ1dunPr9) ✅Topic: Amazon GuardDuty & Amazon Detective 📌Host: *Loi Liang Yang – Principal Security Specialist Technical Account Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)* This workshop is a deep dive in threat detection and response use cases for Amazon GuardDuty and Amazon Detective. Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors your AWS accounts and workloads for malicious activity. Amazon Detective simplifies the investigative process and helps security teams conduct faster and more effective investigations. 💡 **Pro Tip:** Arrive early to avoid queues and secure your seat for the sharing sessions! Additional Highlights: 🍕 Pizza Time: Begin your evening with some delicious pizza at 6:30 PM, courtesy of our generous sponsor, AWS. Vegetarian and halal options will be available. 🍻 Post-Meetup Networking: Stick around for casual networking over drinks. Let’s forge new connections and continue the conversations! 🎁 AWS Swag & Promo Codes: Don’t miss the chance to win exclusive AWS swag and promo codes. Prizes will be drawn for attendees present at the event—so stay till the end! **Connect with us here!** Meetup: [AWS User Group Singapore](https://www.meetup.com/aws-sg/) LinkedIn: [AWS User Group Singapore](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aws-user-group-singapore/) Discord: [https://discord.com/invite/nkZagBG](https://discord.com/invite/nkZagBG) Please reach out to us at **[aws.usergroup.singapore@gmail.com](mailto:aws.usergroup.singapore@gmail.com)** for collaboration or other enquiries!

Whatsapp Philip for any questions: 8452 0693 Hola! Come and pick up some Spanish at Saturday Spanish: Sábado de Español. Learners of all ages and all levels are welcome. All our language-learning meetup events are free of charge. WE WANT SPANISH SPEAKERS TOO! We are on a constant lookout for proficient Spanish speakers (not necessarily native) to come and share their knowledge of the language and culture. If you speak the language, come and join us and make lots of friends. See you there amigos! Directions: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mRfYKAMXaL9rLLEz8 *** 1. NO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES We welcome anyone who is keen to learn a language or help others learn the language. However, this is NOT the platform for individuals who have other intentions, such as recruiting members for their business/organisation, WhatsApp groups or selling products or services. We will not hesitate to ask such individuals to stop attending our meetups if they have been found to be pestering our members for such purposes. 2\. GETTING THERE Take Downtown Line or Circle Line to Promenade MRT. At Promenade MRT take Exit C, turn right and walk into Suntec City, take the escalators or lift to level 3, you will find FOOD ARENA foodcourt next to Burger King. 3\. LOCATING US INSIDE THE FOOD COURT We usually will have a "SPANISH" sign at our table. You can ask the other language groups at the food court where the Spanish Group is sitting, they will help guide you.

🚨 **IMPORTANT – REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED VIA THE AWS UG SINGAPORE MEETUP PAGE** 👉 **Please RSVP here:** 🔗 [https://www.meetup.com/aws-sg/events/312539597/](https://www.meetup.com/aws-sg/events/312539597/) 📌 **This event is hosted under the AWS Users Group Singapore.** 📩 All attendees **MUST** register via the link above to receive a confirmation email and secure access to the AWS Singapore building. ❗ Registrations on this Grafana Meetup page will **NOT** be considered valid for building entry. **👋 Hello Grafana & Friends!** This month, we are excited to partner with the **AWS User Group** for a collaborative evening of tech! We are bringing the worlds of **Observability** and **Cloud** together. You can expect a mix of sessions covering architectural deep dives, cloud best practices, and advanced monitoring techniques. **🚀 Grafana Feature Session:** **Topic:** **Lessons from Simulating AWS T3 CPU Throttling** **Speaker:** Goh Chun Lin – Grafana & Friends Community Lead, Singapore **Synopsis:** We often use AWS burstable instances (T3/T4g) to save money, but "Unlimited Mode" can mask architectural inefficiencies by converting performance bottlenecks into silent financial debt. In this session, we go beyond standard metrics to demonstrate **Predictive Engineering**. We will show how to use **Grafana** to visualise invisible infrastructure limits and expose the true cost of performance and how to use **Discrete Event Simulation** to predict architectural breaking points as well. **🤝 Full Agenda:** In addition to the Grafana session, we will be joined by speakers invited by the AWS User Group sharing insights on cloud and infrastructure at scale. **👉 Please check the [Main Registration Page](https://www.meetup.com/aws-sg/events/312539597) for the complete lineup of speakers and topics as they are announced!** See you there!

⚠️ **REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED VIA [THIS GOOGLE FORM](https://forms.gle/fKG6vXcPmNK1APP39)**[ ](forms.gle/saLWmbr5XbwUX8Jp8)⚠️ **ABSTRACT** Conference badges are more than just simple cards. Combining cyber security challenges with creative hardware electronics, #BadgeLife is a growing movement that bridges the gap between the digital and physical security. At this meetup, we will explore the history of #BadgeLife with Singapore’s local scene rapidly carving out its own unique identity. **ABOUT BADGELIFE QUARTER** Badge Life Quarter provides a focused gathering for those curious about the intersection of cybersecurity, hardware hacking, and electronics design. No prior experience in electronics design or soldering is required. Whether you are a seasoned engineer or a complete beginner, this meetup is the perfect starting point. **SPEAKERS** * **Terence Chan** \| Terence is a 3rd year NUS Computer Engineering student\, and also an electronic badge enthusiast\. He has made various Electronic Badges for NUS Greyhats GreyCTF and other similar events\. He is also currently interning at Espressif Systems as a Digital IC Designer\. [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/terence-chan-zun-mun/) **SPONSORS** * VENUE SPONSOR: [CyberSG TIG Collaboration Centre](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersg-tig-collaboration-centre) **IMPORTANT NOTICES** * Code of Conduct: [https://www.div0.sg/code-of-conduct](https://www.div0.sg/code-of-conduct) * Terms of Use & Disclaimer Notice: [https://www.div0.sg/terms-of-use-disclaimer-notice](https://www.div0.sg/terms-of-use-disclaimer-notice)

### **Longevity Networking Dinner at Robertson Quay** hosted by Kamil Pabis Open networking session, pay as you go. Get to know other people interested in health, longevity, exercise, geroscience, medicine or radical lifespan extension and technological progress. Special guest Dr. Jake P. Taylor-King who works on age-related bone loss using singe-cell data and AI. Jan 28, at 7pm Bella Pizza 30 Robertson Quay, #01-09 Riverside View

Systemic family constellation was founded by Bert Hellinger (and I trained with him and many other practitioners). It uses energy and subtle movement and invites healing. Those with issues offer a question and participants are selected to move into the circle as 'representatives' of people or issues. Then an amazing unfolding occurs in which knowledge arrives quietly and 'unknots' the glitches of the past' - our ancestry and the difficulties we carry in our familial lines. Few words, just trust and patience... come and see. You could google this but experiencing it is quite a unique experience which provides information about past problems that affect your harmony today - generating a gentle unravelling which provides more optimistic futures. There is no charge but if you are able a donation to the room costs is very welcome

### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way? This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents. Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to: Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture. Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases. Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI. Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem. Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does. Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! [https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)

Connected Westerville Night of Networking flips the script on networking, with surprises and connections that'll make you say, "Who knew networking could be this much fun?!"

## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️ **Joint Meetup: Azure CBUS × Columbus HashiCorp User Group × DevOps Columbus** What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game? Join us for a joint Azure CBUS, Columbus HashiCorp User Group, and DevOps Columbus meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts. In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure. ### What we’ll cover * Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform** * Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure** * Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning) * How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click* * Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time ### Who should attend * Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers * Terraform users (new or experienced) * Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples * Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way. Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐 Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/

## Details \#\# Learn Infrastructure\-as\-Code \(the FUN Way\) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️ **Joint Meetup: DevOps Columbus - Azure CBUS - Columbus HashiCorp User Group** What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game? Join us for a joint DevOps Columbus, Azure CBUS and Columbus HashiCorp User Group meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts. In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure. \#\#\# What we’ll cover * Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform** * Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure** * Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning) * How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click* * Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time \#\#\# Who should attend * Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers * Terraform users (new or experienced) * Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples * Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way. Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐

WQC has weekly Thursday night social nights at the Westerville Java Central. Come and grab a coffee and connect with the community: low stakes, chill environment, and tasty drinks. No registration is required; come as you are.

## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️ **Joint Meetup: Azure CBUS × Columbus HashiCorp User Group** What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game? Join us for a joint Azure CBUS and Columbus HashiCorp User Group meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts. In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure. ### What we’ll cover * Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform** * Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure** * Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning) * How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click* * Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time ### Who should attend * Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers * Terraform users (new or experienced) * Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples * Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way. Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐 Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! https://sessionize.com/cbus-hug-2026/

I love my job and one of the main things I do is help customers get going with any of the data technologies at Microsoft. Right now there are a lot of my customers asking about Microsoft Fabric. It's hard to weave across all the shiny new options across the Fabric landscape, let alone figure out where it fits into your organization. In this session we'll focus on answering one question - how can I get data into Fabric? We'll talk through the "it depends" options and see some of the options in live demos.