Frugal Living
Meet other locals who live, or who wish to live, a frugal/simple lifestyle. Discuss techniques and strategies to live more economically!
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Frugal Living Events Today
Join in-person Frugal Living events happening right now
Marzo 26, 2026
**AI Sec Eng Spain anteriormente DevSecCon España** en colaboración con **Madrid DevOps** y **HackerDreams %27**
**📅26 de marzo, 2026**
**🕖6pm CEST**
**Agenda:**
**Lugar**: Utopicus Paseo de la Habana
**Dirección**: [P.º de La Habana, 9, 11, Chamartín, 28036 Madrid](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0xd422931c8969f65:0x75d2a090890a4be2?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111)
**Ponencia**
**Título:** DB upgrade with terraform on AWS
**Ponente:** *Antonio Peña.*
**Mini-biografía:**
Senior Cloud Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect y CKA, con una amplia trayectoria en Linux, Open Source, Kubernetes y plataformas cloud. Especializado en DevOps, CI/CD, GitOps y automatización de infraestructura sobre AWS, Azure y GCP. Como organizador de MadridDevOps, impulsa la comunidad compartiendo experiencias reales sobre cultura DevOps, cloud engineering y modernización de plataformas.
**Descripción de la charla:**
En esta charla veremos cómo gestionar un proceso de **upgrade de base de datos en AWS usando Terraform**, de forma controlada, repetible y alineada con buenas prácticas de infraestructura como código. Hablaremos de cómo preparar el entorno, planificar cambios de versión, minimizar riesgos, y automatizar la infraestructura alrededor de la base de datos para que las actualizaciones sean más seguras y predecibles.
También repasaremos retos habituales como la compatibilidad entre versiones, backups, snapshots, ventanas de mantenimiento, rollback y coordinación con aplicaciones dependientes. Una sesión práctica para entender cómo Terraform puede ayudar no solo a crear infraestructura, sino también a mantenerla y evolucionarla en entornos cloud productivos.
***
Si aún no te has unido a la comunidad de Discord, ¡por favor, hazlo! Puedes encontrarnos en Discord en: **[https://devseccon.io/discordcommunity](https://devseccon.io/discordcommunity)**
**Telegram:**
[https://t.me/hackerdreamsdcomm](https://t.me/hackerdreamsdcomm)
[https://t.me/hackbcn](https://t.me/hackbcn)
[https://t.me/+EQXjdGyWYPAotmLG](https://t.me/+EQXjdGyWYPAotmLG)
[https://t.me/xopsnoticias](https://t.me/xopsnoticias)
[https://t.me/xopshispano](https://t.me/xopshispano)
**X:**
@hunters_flag
@hackerdreamsorg
@hackbcn
@xopsconference
Si es una empresa o su empresa quiere colaborar o patrocinar futuros eventos enviar correo a [info@hackerdreams.org](http://mailto:info@hackerdreams.org/)
O rellenar siguiente formulario:
[https://forms.gle/JbBwUGY26fAeLqJ78](https://forms.gle/JbBwUGY26fAeLqJ78)
Para cualquier aportación dineraria:
[https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8UHV5UN47J3DY](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8UHV5UN47J3DY)
[https://bmc.link/hackerdreams](https://bmc.link/hackerdreams)
Frugal Living Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Marzo 26, 2026
**AI Sec Eng Spain anteriormente DevSecCon España** en colaboración con **Madrid DevOps** y **HackerDreams %27**
**📅26 de marzo, 2026**
**🕖6pm CEST**
**Agenda:**
**Lugar**: Utopicus Paseo de la Habana
**Dirección**: [P.º de La Habana, 9, 11, Chamartín, 28036 Madrid](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0xd422931c8969f65:0x75d2a090890a4be2?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111)
**Ponencia**
**Título:** DB upgrade with terraform on AWS
**Ponente:** *Antonio Peña.*
**Mini-biografía:**
Senior Cloud Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect y CKA, con una amplia trayectoria en Linux, Open Source, Kubernetes y plataformas cloud. Especializado en DevOps, CI/CD, GitOps y automatización de infraestructura sobre AWS, Azure y GCP. Como organizador de MadridDevOps, impulsa la comunidad compartiendo experiencias reales sobre cultura DevOps, cloud engineering y modernización de plataformas.
**Descripción de la charla:**
En esta charla veremos cómo gestionar un proceso de **upgrade de base de datos en AWS usando Terraform**, de forma controlada, repetible y alineada con buenas prácticas de infraestructura como código. Hablaremos de cómo preparar el entorno, planificar cambios de versión, minimizar riesgos, y automatizar la infraestructura alrededor de la base de datos para que las actualizaciones sean más seguras y predecibles.
También repasaremos retos habituales como la compatibilidad entre versiones, backups, snapshots, ventanas de mantenimiento, rollback y coordinación con aplicaciones dependientes. Una sesión práctica para entender cómo Terraform puede ayudar no solo a crear infraestructura, sino también a mantenerla y evolucionarla en entornos cloud productivos.
***
Si aún no te has unido a la comunidad de Discord, ¡por favor, hazlo! Puedes encontrarnos en Discord en: **[https://devseccon.io/discordcommunity](https://devseccon.io/discordcommunity)**
**Telegram:**
[https://t.me/hackerdreamsdcomm](https://t.me/hackerdreamsdcomm)
[https://t.me/hackbcn](https://t.me/hackbcn)
[https://t.me/+EQXjdGyWYPAotmLG](https://t.me/+EQXjdGyWYPAotmLG)
[https://t.me/xopsnoticias](https://t.me/xopsnoticias)
[https://t.me/xopshispano](https://t.me/xopshispano)
**X:**
@hunters_flag
@hackerdreamsorg
@hackbcn
@xopsconference
Si es una empresa o su empresa quiere colaborar o patrocinar futuros eventos enviar correo a [info@hackerdreams.org](http://mailto:info@hackerdreams.org/)
O rellenar siguiente formulario:
[https://forms.gle/JbBwUGY26fAeLqJ78](https://forms.gle/JbBwUGY26fAeLqJ78)
Para cualquier aportación dineraria:
[https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8UHV5UN47J3DY](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8UHV5UN47J3DY)
[https://bmc.link/hackerdreams](https://bmc.link/hackerdreams)
Frugal Living Events Near You
Connect with your local Frugal Living community
Investing & Personal Finance Meeting
If you are interested in selecting investment choices for your 401(k) or other workplace savings plan, minimizing your income tax liability, or identifying the most effective investments for your brokerage account, we are the group for you.
We are a local chapter of Bogleheads**®**, whose investment strategy can be found here:
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy
Or you can peruse the Boglehead forum here:
https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php
I look forward to seeing you there.
Mark Vonder Haar
Dinner and Music!
I hope you'll join me at [Carfagna's](https://carfagnas.com/) AMAZING complex on Gemini/Polaris. *Live, local acoustic music during dinner.*
**Come by early for happy hour til 6pm.** Or, join us for dinner; show time is 6-9PM, Thursday.
Reservation at 6pm for 12 under Michele Z (overflow can linger near the bar).
Each Thursday they host live music in their beautiful upscale bar at **Carfagna's Ristorante**; but you need to check out everything this place has to offer Italian under one roof!!
Columbus Women's Investing & Personal Finance Meeting
**Welcome to the Women’s Columbus Bogleheads® Sub-Group**
This sub-group is for **women who want to learn and discuss finances in a safe, supportive space**. For those interested in moving towards financial independence and retirement by learning investment basics, choosing your 401(k) investments, minimizing taxes, and more. We’re a local chapter of **Bogleheads®**, following a long-term, practical investment philosophy:
[Investment Philosophy](https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy):
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy
[Bogleheads Forum](https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php):
https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php
No question is too small, and no experience is too simple. Share, ask, and learn — at your own pace, without judgment, in a group of like-minded women. Let’s build confidence and knowledge **together**!
Short North Gallery Hop
Let’s meet and wander the galleries and enjoy a spring evening out downtown!
Meeting place and approx route, tba.
*Fearure photo by Chalk Goblin
Let's try a Friday Night Fish Fry!
We thought of one of the interesting things that can be enjoyed at this time of the year. We will be meeting at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church for a "Fish Fry" in Marian Hall on Friday, March 27th at 5:00 PM.
It might be fun for you to experience what has become a tradition on the Fridays before Easter. They will have fried fish or baked fish, French fries and Cole slaw, as well as beverages, all for $16.00 for adults. They will have other beverages and desserts available for sale, as well. We have never tried this, and sometimes there are quite a few people at these events so we hope that we will be able to find each other easily. I'll try to have signs outside Marian Hall that Identify our group. We hope to have you join us!







