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Pizza Gravel Zurich
https://www.komoot.com/de-de/collection/2875816/-pizza-gravel-zurich
Pizza Gravel Zurich plans social rides on mixed surface around Zurich. Enjoy a nice ride and pizza afterwards. Please check the Komoot Pizza Gravel Zuruch collection for the upcoming tour.
ZurichJS Meetup: May the source maps be with you
JavaScript is single-threaded, yet it powers the world's most complex real-time interfaces. Behind that magic lies the event loop; a mechanism that is often misunderstood, feared, or simply ignored until a performance bottleneck brings your app to a screeching halt.
This May, we’re celebrating Star Wars month by traveling to the core of the JS galaxy to bridge the gap between "it just works" and "I know why it works".
Join us for an evening of live-coding and deep dives. Whether you’re a Padawan or a Jedi Master, come learn how to make the runtime work for you, not against you.
**Agenda**
* 17:30 – **Doors open**
* 18:30 - 18:50 – **Settling in & Intro**
* 18:50 - 20:30 – **Talks and pizza**
* 20:30 – **Networking**
**Explore the detailed agenda and speaker info: [https://zurichjs.com/events/may-2026](https://zurichjs.com/events/may-2026/?utm_source=zurichjs&utm_medium=meetup&utm_campaign=meetup_track)**
**About the organizers**
* **[Bogdan Ilie](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilie-bogdan/)** is a user advocate. He's dipped his toes into Web Development, Technical Writing, Marketing, Design, and more. That makes him uniquely predisposed to identify improvement opportunities anywhere in the chain, or come up with unique solutions to problems. Nowadays, he's building websites and webapps at novu ag, using his beloved framework, Vue.
* **[Faris Aziz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/farisaziz12/)** is a front-end master and Staff Software Engineer at Smallpdf, after his Engineering management job at Navro, a fintech company in the UK. Faris is a mentor, conference speaker, and workshop instructor, most recently at CityJS and other major conferences. He has contributed to open-source projects like Raycast and has mentored on platforms like Mentor Cruise. His projects include work on GCN, Eurosport, Discovery+, Fiit (a top UK fitness app), and he was the founding engineer of Navro in London. He also serves as a technical mentor at the Bletchley Institute.
* **[Nadja Hesselbjerg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadja-r%C3%B8mer-hesselbjerg-47002a12b/)** is a Zurich-based frontend developer with a flair for crafting sleek, user-friendly web experiences. With a passion for innovative UX/UI design, she transforms complex ideas into intuitive digital solutions. Her multicultural background adds a unique perspective to her work. When she's not coding, Nadja is likely exploring the latest design trends or enjoying the vibrant Swiss tech scene.
**Who are the awesome sponsors and partners?**
* **[Vercel](https://vercel.com/?utm_source=zurichjs&utm_medium=sponsored_meetup&utm_campaign=zurichjs_partner_2026)** is THE platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability needed to create at the moment of inspiration. We love Vercel because they’ve turned the "manual labor" of deployment into a simple `git push`. By handling the heavy lifting of global infrastructure and serverless scaling, Vercel allows us to focus on what we actually enjoy: building great user experiences. Whether you’re using Next.js, Nuxt, or SvelteKit, Vercel is the gold standard for shipping fast and staying in the flow.
* **[GYFF](https://www.getyourfreefast.ch/?utm_source=zurichjs&utm_medium=sponsored_meetup&utm_campaign=zurichjs_partner_2026)** is a Swiss platform that facilitates connections between IT experts and businesses, where they vet both the companies and the freelancers, so the collaboration goes smoothly.
**Get involved**
* Have an interesting idea?
* Something missing from all meetups in this space?
* Do you have feedback?
* Wanna buy us a coffee?
* **Got a venue idea?** We love rotating locations to showcase Zurich’s tech ecosystem. Reach out, we’re always scouting fresh spots for our upcoming events.
There are multiple ways to get in touch:
* **[conf.zurichjs.com](https://conf.zurichjs.com)** \- get your conference ticket and find out more\!
* **[zurichjs.com](http://www.zurichjs.com/)** \- the source of truth for all things zurichjs\, including all social links to follow us and interact with us online
Our goal is to create a space where everyone can bring value and feel like they are getting something out of it.
We are open to sponsorships and partnerships, and we would appreciate you **sharing the event** and message us about opportunities.
We are also committed to fostering a respectful and psychologically safe space where anyone can share their ideas. If this is your first time speaking, or if you need help preparing for a talk, we are happy to offer guidance and support.
Cloud Native Computing Meetup | May 2026
Let's meet at the CNC meetup on Thursday, May 21st, 2026, at 15:00 CET.
**Location:**
VSHNtower, 8th floor, Neugasse 10, 8005 Zürich
**Agenda:**
Would you like to speak at this event? Contact us at [https://cnc-meetup.ch](https://cnc-meetup.ch)! Guidelines:
* All sessions are held in English.
* No product or sales pitches are allowed.
* All projects showcased should be open source.
* We cannot cover travel costs, but we welcome speakers from other regions.
* We're seeking more diversity among our speakers: underrepresented groups are welcome!
14:30 – Door Opening
15:00 – Welcome, Intro, & Announcements
15:05 – Kuberik: Safe, Hands-Off Deployments for Kubernetes (Luka Rumora)
15:35 – 5 minutes pause
15:40 – Kubernetes Without the Operator: A Minecraft Panel with Rust and kube-rs (Hadi Cherkaoui, CM Informatik AG)
16:10 – 5 minutes pause
16:15 – Vibe Code Survival Guide for Open-Source (Vadim Bauer, 8gears)
16:45 – 5 minutes pause
16:50 - Writing a Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler Provider with externalgrpc (Marco De Luca, VSHN)
17:20 – Final words, networking & apéro
Kuberik: Safe, Hands-Off Deployments for Kubernetes (Luka Rumora)
Most teams deploying to Kubernetes end up in one of two places: either GitOps that stops at applying manifests, or brittle CI pipelines full of bash and glue. Both fall short of true end-to-end delivery.
The ideal is well known—canaries, health checks, smoke tests, promotions, rollback—but Kubernetes lacks a native, reusable way to compose these without reinventing everything.
Existing tools solve pieces (Argo Rollouts, Flagger, Kargo), but not the whole pipeline.
Kuberik fills that gap: it orchestrates the full journey from release to production—detecting, gating, rolling out, verifying, and promoting—using opinionated, pluggable Kubernetes resources that integrate with existing GitOps setups.
Luka is a Lead SRE with 10 years of experience building platform infrastructure and internal developer tooling, always with the same focus: systems that are robust, easy to maintain, and a pleasure to use. Over the years, he has watched the delivery tooling landscape change, from Jenkins to GitLab CI to Drone to GitHub Actions, yet the fundamental approach to CD has stayed the same: step-based pipelines with the same challenges they had a decade ago. He built Kuberik because he believes we can do better.
Kubernetes Without the Operator: A Minecraft Panel with Rust and kube-rs (Hadi Cherkaoui, CM Informatik AG)
Anvil is a Kubernetes-native Minecraft server panel written in
Rust. It creates one StatefulSet, PVC, and Service per server
through direct kube-rs calls, with no CRD and no controller. The
Kubernetes API itself is the runtime state store; every user
action is a direct API call.
This 20-minute talk argues that the operator pattern is sometimes the
wrong tool. Controllers earn their complexity when there's
autonomous state to reconcile. They become a ceremony when there
isn't. Anvil is a worked example of the imperative alternative,
running on a home lab k0s cluster.
Hadi Cherkaoui is a 17-year-old EFZ Plattformentwickler apprentice
at CM Informatik AG in Schwerzenbach, ZH. He works daily with k0s
and FluxCD, and is interested in Kubernetes, Rust, infrastructure
automation, and homelab projects.
Vibe Code Survival Guide for Open-Source (Vadim Bauer, Container-Registry.ch)
Vibe code is flooding open-source projects with an ever-growing volume of pull requests and ideas.
Banning AI contributions isn't the answer, yet it is difficult to resist.
How can open source projects survive and keep progressing despite the pressure?
This talk covers the project playbook we're building in CNCF Harbor and Harbor Satellite: defining a clear project direction so contributors, human or AI-assisted, know what's in scope before they contribute. Setting explicit acceptance criteria and guardrails. Using AI on the maintainer side to triage, review, and filter the growing volume of contributions. Deciding as a project where your boundaries are, what's core, what's an extension, and what's out of scope, so you stop drowning in well-intentioned feature PRs that slowly erode coherence.
We share what works, what fails, and how we are rethinking open-source, contributions, community, and project
Vadim Bauer is a Container Silverback with over a decade of experience in running containers in production. As a maintainer of the CNCF project Harbor, he focuses on extending the boundaries of OCI artifact management, adoption, and developer experience. At 8gears, Vadim helps cloud providers, ISVs, and enterprises adopt Harbor and use OCI capabilities.
Writing a Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler Provider with externalgrpc (Marco De Luca, VSHN)
The Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler decides when to scale, but it doesn't know how to create a VM. That's the cloud provider's job, and the upstream tree covers mostly big clouds. With externalgrpc, you can plug virtually any cloud into the autoscaler over gRPC.
This talk first looks at how the Cluster Autoscaler works under the hood and where the cloud provider fits in. Then we walk through implementing one for a Swiss IaaS provider as an out-of-tree gRPC service: the design choices, the parts of the contract that matter, and the gotchas you only find by reading the autoscaler source. By the end, you'll know how to attach autoscaling to a cloud that isn't on the upstream list.
Marco De Luca is a software/infrastructure engineer at VSHN AG. He spends most of his time on Kubernetes platforms, developer tooling, and making sure things don't break at 3 AM. At mdnix.io, he writes about infrastructure, Linux, Kubernetes, and the things he builds along the way. When he's not behind a terminal, he's somewhere in the Alps with his camera or having a private jam session with his guitar.
The event will be recorded and made available on VSHN's YouTube channel: [https://vshn.tv](https://vshn.tv). Subscribe to stay notified of updates.
We expect all participants to abide by VSHN's Conference Code of Conduct: [https://www.vshn.ch/en/code-of-conduct/](https://www.vshn.ch/en/code-of-conduct/)
If you would like to share your cloud-native projects at the CNC Switzerland meetup events or sponsor future events, just send us your talk suggestion here: https://cnc-meetup.ch. We look forward to hearing from you!
LGBTQ+ Pub Quiz
⚠️ **[>>Ticket needed (click here)<<](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/eating-drinking/lgbtq-pub-quiz-7461035107228344109.html)** or
**[www.social-circle.ch](https://social-circle.ch/)**
🌈 LGBTQ+ Pub Quiz & Social Night 🧠Looking to flex your brain cells and meet new people in a fun, welcoming, and low-pressure environment? Join us for an evening of **Trivia and Connection** designed especially for the **LGBTQ+ community and allies**.
**Join our group for updates on this event:** [https://chat.whatsapp.com/JlkpwME8g6n3GaCBFV5uhW?mode=gi_t](https://chat.whatsapp.com/JlkpwME8g6n3GaCBFV5uhW?mode=gi_t)
We’ll start the evening by forming teams—a perfect way to meet many new people in a relaxed and structured way. No awkward small talk, just a shared mission to answer some fun questions and claim the title of Quiz Champions.
Expect rounds covering everything from **Pop Culture and History** to **Iconic Queer Anthems**. Whether you are a walking encyclopedia or just here for the "good vibes," you’ll have a great chance to connect with friendly faces.
This event is perfect if you want to:
* **Make new friends** in the LGBTQ+ community through friendly competition.
* **Meet people** in a relaxed, structured, and inclusive atmosphere.
* **Show off your niche knowledge** (or just enjoy the show!).
* **Spend a joyful evening** full of connection and community spirit.
**Come solo or bring friends** – everyone is welcome. Many people attend alone, and we’ll match you with a team so you can jump right into the fun.
What to expect:
* ✨ **Structured Team Quiz** to make meeting people easy and fun.
* 🧠 **Multiple Trivia Rounds** covering a variety of exciting topics.
* 🌈 **Inclusive, friendly atmosphere** for the whole community.
* 🍹 **Drinks available at the bar** to keep the brain fuel flowing.
**Let’s create a night of connection, trivia, and great vibes. See you at the buzzer!** 🌈💡
📸 *Photos and short videos may be taken during the event. Let the host know if you prefer not to be in them. Tickets are non-refundable.*
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Language Exchange (Flip Lingoes)
We keep it a fun and practical language exchange. First thing you'll notice is we match you with **fluent speakers** in your target language.
**Event Flow**
**18:45–19:15** → Registration
Scan the QR code to tell us your fluent and target languages.
**19:15–20:30** → Language Exchange
Powered by our **Learn by Flipping** method.
**20:30 onwards** → Stay, chat, or head off — totally up to you 😉
**What is "Learn by Flipping"?**
**Practical** → You speak with fluent speakers in your target language.
**Collaborative** → Every 5 minutes, you switch roles: learner ↔ helper.
**Fun** → Small groups, good energy, and a bar atmosphere — without the chaos.
Save some time by [Signing up to our web app](https://fliplingoes.com/) beforehand.
**Entrance:** 10 CHF (includes a tapa)
Please note, event registration closes after 7:15PM
ZH3 Hash # 1728: The SOLAvision Postlube: Chafing the Dream
Hares are Big Top & Spermalbad. Come and join us!
**Where**:
Zürich Hegibachplatz / Minervastrasse, Forchstrasse 95, 8032 Zürich.
Look for English speakers wearing running gear.
**When:**
We'll meet at 6:50 pm to start at 7:00 pm.
There's a charge of CHF 5 for participating, which covers all you can drink beer/cider (and non-alcoholic alternatives) plus snacks afterwards.
**All Welcome:**
If you are new, curious, and want to get out of the house, stretch your legs, talk shit, enjoy a drink, and hopefully a laugh, then here's what you need to know:
• We are a social running/walking group. Physical fitness is not required, but a sense of humour is helpful.
• The aim is to find the '*Beer Stop*' at the end of the '*trail*' and to have fun.
• 'True Trail' is 4-7 km. Some will go less (especially those walking or walk/running), and some over-achieving fast runners will go further.
• The '*Hare*', who (along with the location) changes with each event, cleverly lays the trail, marking it with chalk, flour, and/or sawdust so that everyone reaches the end more or less at the same time.
• There is always a place to deposit your bag, and sometimes a place to change.
• **After Trail**, we group in the '*Circle*' for \~30-40 minutes for drinks, snacks, songs, and fun. This is typically outside, so leave something warm in your bag in winter (and bring a flashlight when it's dark). If you don't want to stand around drinking afterwards, you can head home. We occasionally all go to a restaurant afterwards.
**Why bother leaving your warm & dry sofa?**
If you enjoy getting outside, being around people, and doing something a bit different, you will probably enjoy hashing. Exercise is important, and this is probably the least boring way to get it.
'Hashing' and the idea of some physical activity to work up a thirst, have been around for almost 90 years and there are groups (*Hashes*) in most major cities. Its humor and 'traditions' can be explored on the internet - **or you can just come along and find out.** *See you there.*
We are of many nationalities, all ages, full of misfits and idiots (at least there is no one taking themselves seriously!) and always welcome newbies 'Virgin Hashers' and visitors from other groups.
For more about Zürich Hash House Harriers, check out [www.zh3.ch](http://www.zh3.ch/) ( [http://www.zh3.ch/](http://www.zh3.ch/) )
GraphQL Events This Week
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Longevity event (Cryotherapy+ Red Light Therapy)
🔥 CRYO & RED LIGHT THERAPY EVENT 🔥
📍23.05 at [CryoCare](https://www.cryocare.ch?utm_source=chatgpt.com) in Zurich
Experience the power of recovery, regeneration & wellness on a whole new level.
✨ Cryotherapy Session – 20 CHF
✨ Red Light Therapy – 20 CHF
⚠️ Limited spots available — only 40 participants max!
Registration required.
What’s waiting for you:
✔️ Guided treatments with professional explanation
✔️ Healthy snacks & drinks
✔️ Exclusive event discounts
✔️ Special offers & surprises
✔️ Great atmosphere & wellness vibes
Perfect for recovery, energy, skin health, performance & overall wellbeing.
Reserve your spot before we are fully booked! ❄️🔴
Street Photography workshop
Join us for a street photography workshop along Zurich’s vibrant lakefront and riverside, ending in the winding alleys of the old city.
Participants of the workshop will have a particular street photography mission (assignment), starting first as a group and then splitting into separate teams.
We're meeting in front of the Opera House – facing Sechseläutenplatz
If you would like to join the workshop, please add yourself to the waitlist!
The organizer of the workshop will move the participants to "Going"!
Pokémon League Challenge Event @Kabooom Comic Shop
Get started in the world of competitive Pokémon at League Challenge tournaments. These events are smaller, local events at recognized Play!
League Challenges are entry-level competitions suitable for players of all experience levels.
In Pokémon League Challenge players can earn season-long rewards, as well as [Championship Points](https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-events/championship-series/2025/about#championship-points) that go toward earning an invitation to the [World Championships!](https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-events/championship-series/2025/world-championships)
League Challenge events are open to all players. Some of these events may have special promotions.
While we frequently update our event schedule, we recommend that you check with our [Event Calender ](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=kabooomentertainment@gmail.com&ctz=Europe/Rome) and our [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/XeEKXnk).
Constructed Event following the current official [latest regulations](https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/about/tournaments-rules-and-resources)
Doors Open: 10:00
Start: 11:00
Entry fee: CHF 15.-
Please be here 10 - 15 mins prior, so we have enough time to register you.
The Tournament Participants will receive a Boosters from the current Set and Price Packs.
If you never been at our store before, make sure to have your [Pokémon ID](https://www.pokemon.com/us/account/) ready.
**Follow us on:**
Facekbook:
[www.facebook.com/kabooom.comicshop](http://www.facebook.com/kabooom.comicshop)
*Instagram:*
[https://www.instagram.com/kabooom_comics/](https://www.instagram.com/kabooom_comics/)
Join our Discord community:
[https://discord.com/invite/XeEKXnk](https://discord.com/invite/XeEKXnk)
Grill Together 🔥
**⚠️ Attention: Date changed due to uncertain weather!**
Come hang out with us for a full day of grilling, chilling, and soaking up the summery vibes in the park!
We’ll have the grills going, music playing, and plenty of space to lounge, play games, and enjoy the day in nature together. Whether you pop by for a bit or stay the whole time, you’re welcome to join the fun.
Let’s make it a day full of laughter, good eats, and laid-back vibes!
**📌 Location**
We'll try to claim the [grillstelle by Käferberg](https://maps.app.goo.gl/xiYLW2G7jZ9XZyM49). If it happens to be taken, we'll check the ones near by and send updates both here and in the WhatsApp chat.
**🎒 What to Bring**
Food for the grill, drinks, picnic stuff, outdoor games, coins for the bathrooms and anything else you might want to be comfy and happy!
🌤 **Weather**
The weather is [forecasted](https://www.srf.ch/meteo/wetter/Z%C3%BCrich/47.3797,8.5342) to be sunny, and between 17-25 degrees. Bring sunglasses and maybe a funny hat!
**🚻 Bathrooms**
There will be public toilets in [Bucheggplatz, Buchegg GZ and Waidberg](https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/stadtleben/zusammenleben/oeffentlicher-raum/zueriwc.html) \- bring some coins\!
**💬 Event Chat**
Join the event's WhatsApp chat to get updates, coordinate stuff and share things with other attendees! [\[Join Chat\]](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EKtYiOv0r3kJrVUBOOcA9s)
Pub Quiz XL (Optional matching for singles)
**[⚠️ >>Ticket needed (click here)<<](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/eating-drinking/pub-quiz-xl-optional-matching-for-singles-7459988777957650012.html) or**
**[www.social-circle.ch](www.social-circle.ch)**
🎉 **Pub Quiz Night at Casa Helvetia** 🎉
Join us for a night full of **mind-bending questions**, **unexpected twists**, and **more laughs than right answers** (probably). Whether you're a trivia wizard or just really good at pretending you know stuff, this night’s for you!
Join our whatsapp group for updates on this event: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/FY1WpeStk5x8WyIXQ5hl66](https://chat.whatsapp.com/FY1WpeStk5x8WyIXQ5hl66)
📍 **Location:** Casa Helvetia
💰 **Price:** 15.- (includes tasty snacks + a prize for the winning team 🍾)
👥 **How Teams Work:**
🔹 Got a crew? Awesome, bring your squad and show us what you've got!
🔹 Looking to mingle with singles? We’ve got you! → Think 2 girls + 2 guys = the perfect cocktail of brainpower and awkward icebreakers
🔹 Not single? No problem! We’ll still team you up with some brilliant minds and maybe a few terrible guessers for balance
🏆 **What’s in it for you?**
Glory, bragging rights, and the sweet, sweet taste of Prosecco-fueled victory.
💬 **Come for the trivia, stay for the chaos.**
Spots are limited, so grab your seat before your smarter friend does! 🎟️
P.S. Pictures might be taken during the event, if you do not want it please let the organizer know.
Tickets are non-refundable.
**Want more events like this? Join our WhatsApp community:** [https://chat.whatsapp.com/KWSK2jINyuG9uHHjtxfnmP](https://chat.whatsapp.com/KWSK2jINyuG9uHHjtxfnmP)
Train & Connect | Outdoor Workout and Community Picnic
**⚠️ [>>Ticket needed (click here)<<](https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/sport-fitness/fitness/train-connect-outdoor-workout-and-community-picnic-7460832985748652832.html)** or
**[www.social-circle.ch](http://www.social-circle.ch/)**
Limited to **15 participants**.
Start your Sunday feeling energized, active, and connected with great people! 🏋️♂️🌿
We'll kick off the morning with a **professionally** **guided** **outdoor** **fitness** **session** led by **experienced** **physiotherapists**. The workout is suitable for all fitness levels and combines functional training, movement, and fun in a motivating group atmosphere.
After the workout, we'll wind down together with a **relaxed picnic** on the Chinawiese. Fresh fruit and protein shakes will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snacks and a picnic blanket as well.
**📲Stay in the loop:** Join our WhatsApp Sport group for updates and the live meeting location on the day: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/BAn5mFYP2CSDt78ZklXAZo](https://chat.whatsapp.com/BAn5mFYP2CSDt78ZklXAZo) *If the link doesn't open on your phone, try using WhatsApp Web on your computer.*
**Who are we?**
Behind P&P Performance are Peter and Patrick — two physiotherapists with many years of experience in personal and group training. Peter has worked as a therapist with professional athletes from ice hockey, basketball, rugby, and field hockey 💪 Patrick complements the athletic approach with his background in sports psychology and mental performance. Together, their mission is to help people train sustainably, stay healthy, and enjoy movement 🧠
**⏰Timeline**
* **10:00** – Outdoor Training Session
* **11:00** – Community Picnic at Chinawiese
🎒 **What to Bring**
* Sportswear
* Water bottle
* Optional: workout/yoga mat
* Snacks or food for the picnic
**Disclaimer**
Participation in this event requires a valid ticket, which must be purchased in advance via the link provided in the event description. Please note that tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. We do not accept cash payments on the day of the event. To ensure a smooth and safe experience, we kindly ask all participants to follow the instructions and announcements from the event organizers. While our team works hard to create an enjoyable and welcoming atmosphere, attendance is at your own risk. We want everyone to feel comfortable and respected. If you encounter any issues or uncomfortable situations during the event, please speak directly to a member of our team — we're here to help. We reserve the right to exclude participants from the event if they do not adhere to basic standards of respectful interpersonal behavior. This decision is at the discretion of the responsible organizers. By signing up, you agree that any content captured during the event (including photos and videos) may be used on Social Circle's social media channels and those of our partners.
**Want more events like this? Join our WhatsApp community:** [https://chat.whatsapp.com/KWSK2jINyuG9uHHjtxfnmP](https://chat.whatsapp.com/KWSK2jINyuG9uHHjtxfnmP)
GraphQL Events Near You
Connect with your local GraphQL community
Sunday Afternoon Coffee at Grandview Grind
Who else is ready to sit outside?
Join us for a casual chat over coffee & tea at Grandview Grind! Come out and meet some new people, enjoy your favorite drink, and make some new friends!
NSCoder Night
Bring your work or your hobby, hang out, and code with us.
Follow @buckeyecocoa for more information.
Ensuring Software Quality in the world of AI Developers - Matt Eland
**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**
Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod.
**YouTube Link**
TBD
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
Cocoaheads
Come out to Improving for our monthly iOS and Mac meetings.
This Month's Presentation:
Nothing yet. (You should volunteer).
What is Cocoaheads (http://cocoaheads.org/)?
CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iOS (including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch). During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics.
What is BuckeyeCocoa (http://buckeyecocoa.org/)?
BuckeyeCocoa is a group of Objective-C/Swift developers/enthusiasts. We host monthly Cocoaheads and near-weekly NSCoder meetings in Columbus, Ohio. The meetings are free to attend.
Presentations!
Presenters welcome! We are always in need of people willing to present material. Any Swift and/or Objective-C related topic is welcome. Times can be 5 minutes (i.e. lightning talks) to a maximum of 2 hours. Interested? Contact info is on the BuckeyeCocoa website.
To volunteer for a presentation contact us at @BuckeyeCocoa on Twitter.
Follow us on Twitter! @BuckeyeCocoa (https://twitter.com/#!/Buckeyecocoa/) For more information: http://buckeyecocoa.org/
Prompting Is Not Magic: How to Give AI Better Context
Most people use AI like a search box: they type one sentence, hope for the best, and get frustrated when the answer is generic, wrong, or useless.
But getting better results from tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI systems is not about memorizing magic prompts. It is about learning how to give the AI better context.
In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll break down how to make AI dramatically more useful by improving the way you communicate with it. You’ll learn how to give clearer instructions, provide examples, set constraints, ask for better output formats, and use follow-up questions to turn a mediocre answer into a genuinely useful one.
We’ll cover practical techniques you can use immediately for work, learning, writing, coding, planning, research, and everyday problem solving. We’ll also touch on why these same ideas show up in more advanced AI systems, including RAG, agents, evaluations, and AI workflows.
No technical background required. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and maybe one real task you wish AI was better at helping you with.
**What you’ll learn:**
* Why “better prompting” is really about better context
* How to structure requests so AI gives more useful answers
* How to use examples, constraints, and output formats
* How to iterate when the first answer is not good enough
* How these skills connect to more advanced AI workflows
This meetup is for anyone who wants to move beyond basic ChatGPT usage and start getting more practical value out of AI.
LOGISTICS AND PARKING:
The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks!
The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.
🍕Pizza House 🍕
Who’s up for a pizza night at the highly requested Pizza House? 🍕🍻
Join us at for great pizza, good laughs, and even better company!
Come hungry and ready for a cheesy good time.





















