Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering
Meet other local people interested in Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering: share experiences, inspire and encourage each other! Join a Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering group.
416
members
1
groups
Largest Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering groups
Newest Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering groups
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Check out hardware hacking and reverse engineering events happening today here. These are in-person gatherings where you can meet fellow enthusiasts and participate in activities right now.
Discover all the hardware hacking and reverse engineering events taking place this week here. Plan ahead and join exciting meetups throughout the week.
Absolutely! Find hardware hacking and reverse engineering events near your location here. Connect with your local community and discover events within your area.
Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Events Today
Join in-person Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering events happening right now
GrafanaCON Local meetup: Prague
**There is still capacity in the event!** đ **You just need to add yourself to WAITLIST - and we will review your registration and confirm you!** Just because the venue capacity is limited, to ensure the best experience & relevance for the community, the registrations are not auto-confirmed - but managed this way. Without a previous confirmation email, we won't be able to let you in! đą
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
Join your local observability community for an evening of open source inspiration, real-world stories, and meaningful connections - all in a laid-back, meetup-style setting.
This event will feature a recap of the [GrafanaCON](https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/) keynote, combined with fresh voices from your own community.
Grafana team members walk through Grafana 13 and the most impactful improvements across the platform. Learn about how Grafana is becoming easier and safer to operate as production infrastructure, with updates that improve configuration management, recovery, and long-term maintainability. The session showcases significant advances in core user workflows, including more flexible and powerful dashboards, with improved performance.
Whether youâre building dashboards, scaling Kubernetes, contributing to open source, or just getting started - this meetup is for you!
**đ Free to attend**
đ Pizza + soft drinks provided
đ€ Built for connection
đĄ Real talks from real practitioners
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
**AGENDA:**
**17:30 - 18:00**: Arrivals and small snacks
**18:00 - 18:30:** GrafanaCON recap presentation - by **Grafana Labs** team: **JĂĄra Benc,** Staff Software Engineer & **Juraj Michalek**, Senior Solutions Architect
**18:30 - 18:45:** Q & A
**18:45 - 19:40:** Community talks
***1\. "Who gets paged? Unit\-testing Grafana notification policies\.*" by Martin FryÄ, Staff Infrastructure Engineer at SentinelOne**
\*Grafana notification policies decide who wakes up at 3am, and a single mistyped label can silently reroute an alert into the wrong team's branch. Grafana 13 and grafana-operator let teams own their slice of the policy tree, but Alertmanager still evaluates one merged tree, so a too-broad matcher in team A's subtree can quietly swallow team B's alerts. This talk shows a small Go tool that treats routing as code: declarative "given these labels, expect these receivers" assertions, run in CI against the assembled policy. We will walk through the routing semantics, real misroutings the tool can catch, and why multi-tree provisioning makes this test layer more necessary, not less.
**2\. "*Using OpenTelemetry in development of resin 3D printers*" by** **Pavel Ć trobl**
\*In this talk we will take a look how it's possible to get metrics from upcoming resin printers from Prusa Research using OpenTelemetry, why it was not possible to use Prometheus Remote Write and the quirks while getting metrics from hardware constrained environment.
**19:40 - 21:30**: Discussion and pizza
Note that by registering for this event you consent to related event & product communications from Grafana Labs and agree to our[ code of conduc](https://grafana.com/events/events-code-of-conduct/)t
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
**âPLEASE NOTE**: at the SentinelOne office, in line with the venue security requirements - all meetup attendees will be required be verified by their\*\* ID card (or passport\*\*), also to\*\* sign a generic ND\*\*A used for all office visitors and to wear a visitor badge with their name during the whole event - to be able to attend the meetup
AI on Trial: What AI Act actually means for your company
Join us for another AI Transformers Prague meetup â a community for leaders, innovators, and practitioners who want to turn AI from buzzword into real business impact. This time organized in cooperation with KPMG.
**This session puts AI on trial â through the lens of the EU AI Act.**
As regulation becomes reality, companies are being forced to move from experimentation to accountability. The question is no longer *âCan we use AI?â* but *âAre we allowed to â and under what conditions?â*
The AI Act is set to reshape how organizations design, deploy, and govern AI systems. But what does it actually mean in practice? Who is responsible? Whatâs high-risk? And how do you stay compliant without slowing innovation to a halt?
***
đ§ **Theme: AI on Trial â Navigating the EU AI Act**
Weâll explore questions like:
* What does the AI Act require from companies today and in the near future?
* How do you determine if your AI system is âhigh-riskâ?
* What are the biggest compliance challenges organizations face?
* How can companies balance innovation with regulation?
* What practical steps should teams take now to prepare?
***
đ **Speakers**
Experts from consulting, corporate, and public sector bringing different perspectives on how the AI Act is interpreted and applied in practice:
[Martin Äapek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martincapeklawyer/) â KPMG
[Ivana KudlĂĄÄkovĂĄ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivana-kudl%C3%A1%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1-4b17923ab/) â ÄeskĂœ telekomunikaÄnĂ ĂșĆad
Petr BerĂĄnek â MSD
***
đ€ **Format**
Short expert talks followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A â focused on practical implications, not legal theory.
***
đ **Agenda (June 16)**
17:30â18:00 â Arrival, registration & networking
18:00â18:10 â Welcome & intro
18:10â19:00 â Expert talks
19:00â19:45 â Panel discussion & Q&A
19:45â20:30 â Networking, drinks & informal conversations
***
đ„ **Who Is This For?**
* Founders & startup leaders working with AI
* Product managers & engineering leaders
* Corporate innovators & transformation teams
* Legal, compliance, and risk professionals
* Data scientists and AI practitioners
* Anyone affected by upcoming AI regulation
Whether you're building AI products or evaluating their use, this session will help you understand what the AI Act means for your organization â and what to do next.
***
đ **Practical Info**
Date: June 16
Time: 17:30â20:30
Location: KPMG offices, Prague
Language: English
Attendance is free, but spots are limited.
RSVP to secure your place and join others navigating the future of AI in Europe.
By attending this event, you agree that photos and videos may be used for marketing purposes. If you do not consent, please inform the organizers in advance or at the venue.
Czech Conversation Sessions đšđż
Ahoj!
Want to work on your Czech in a fun and playful way?
Come join us to practice together!
âĄïžCan't make it at this time? No problem, join in when you can. Not available this time? Don't worry, we organise events regularly, so make sure to follow our page to stay updated!
âĄïž Mixed levels
You donât need to worry about your level of Czech, given that you already have some basic familiarity with the language.
We will provide guidance throughout the event adapted to different levels, so anyone who wants to learn can easily participate. You are also welcome just to listen, it can be very helpful!
This is a unique learning experience as well as a way to find like-minded language enthusiasts over a cup of coffee or a beer.
âĄïžFor organisational reasons we ask to rsvp if you plan to join. In order to guaranty qualitative learning for everyone present we will limit the inscriptions if we are getting too full.
âĄïžPrice: For you to decide! We accept donations to make sure we can continue organising regular events.
Looking forward to meet you! đ€
Das Ende der Code-Ăra: Domain Modeling & Harness Engineering
**Um was geht es dieses mal?**
**Das Ende der Code-Ăra: Warum Domain Modeling & Harness Engineering die wichtigsten Skills 2026 sind. - Benjamin Font Pera (codecentric)**
"Die Ăra, in der Softwareentwicklung primĂ€r durch das Beherrschen von Programmiersprachen und Frameworks definiert wurde, ist vorbei. Wer 2026 noch versucht, ĂŒber reine Syntax-Kenntnisse Wertschöpfung zu generieren, hat gegen agentische KI-Systeme bereits verloren. Die eigentliche Herausforderung hat sich nach links verschoben: in die prĂ€zise Definition von Problemen und die Konstruktion von Leitplanken.
In diesem Talk rĂ€ume ich mit dem Mythos auf, dass KI uns das Denken abnimmt. Im Gegenteil: Die Verantwortung steigt. Ich stelle das Konzept des Harness Engineering vor â die Kunst, fachliche Anforderungen so in Test- und EvaluationsgerĂŒste zu gieĂen, dass KI-Systeme darin verlĂ€sslich operieren können.
Als Agentic Coding Engineer und AI Coach zeige ich auf, warum Fachlichkeit zur wichtigsten technischen FĂ€higkeit wird. Wenn die KI Code generiert oder âhalluziniertâ, ist das tiefe VerstĂ€ndnis der DomĂ€ne das einzige verlĂ€ssliche Werkzeug zur QualitĂ€tssicherung.
Die Kernbotschaften:
Problem-Definition als Hard-Skill: Warum die FĂ€higkeit, komplexe Fachlichkeit prĂ€zise einzufangen, das neue âClean Codeâ ist.
Harness Engineering statt Code-Fixing: Wie wir die Kontrolle behalten, indem wir das âHarnischâ (Evals & Guardrails) bauen, statt Zeile fĂŒr Zeile zu reviewen.
Shift Left zur DomĂ€ne: Warum Entwickler:innen 2026 mehr wie System-Architekten und DomĂ€nen-Experten denken mĂŒssen, um relevant zu bleiben.
Lessons Learned vom AI Coach: Warum die gröĂten HĂŒrden dieser Transformation nicht technischer Natur sind, sondern im Mindset der âLösungs-Produzentenâ liegen.
Dieser Vortrag ist ein Weckruf fĂŒr alle, die Softwareentwicklung noch als Handwerk am Code verstehen â und ein Leitfaden fĂŒr diejenigen, die bereit sind, die nĂ€chste Ebene der Abstraktion zu besetzen."
**Hybrides Setup!**
Wir freuen uns, euch bei uns in den RĂ€umen der codecentric AG in Dortmund willkommen zu heiĂen. Vor Ort versorgen wir euch mit Snacks und GetrĂ€nken und freuen uns gleichzeitig ĂŒber interessante Diskussionen und einen guten Austausch. FĂŒr alle, die es nicht zu uns ins Office schaffen, werden wir das Meetup Hybrid durchfĂŒhren. Der Stream beginnt ca. 10 Minuten spĂ€ter, damit wir vor Ort ausreichend Möglichkeit fĂŒr persönliches Kennenlernen haben.
Den Live-Stream findet ihr auf dem [YouTube-Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@codecentricAG) der codecentric AG.
**Wichtig - Absage bitte rechtzeitig:**
Wir bestellen das Essen bereits 3 Tage vor dem Meetup. Falls ihr doch verhindert sein solltet, bitten wir euch um eine rechtzeitige Absage. Das ist wichtig, damit wir nicht unnötig Essen verschwenden mĂŒssen. Vielen Dank fĂŒr euer VerstĂ€ndnis!
**Anreise:**
Per Zug: Vom Dortmunder HBF sind es ca. 10 Minuten zu FuĂ.
Mit dem Auto: Rund um das Office gibt es einige ParkflÀchen, dazu befinden sich in dem Parkhaus der Thier-Galerie weitere ParkplÀtze.
CCC-BMG-MOON2-1 Defenders of Caer Moray
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
**RISING SHADOWS**
Far to the west of the Sword Coast, the Moonshae Isle rise from the storm-wracked Sea of Swords. Cloaked in mists and draped in legend, the Moonshaes are more than mere rocks. For them courses the primal power of the Earthmother who maintains the precarious Balance between creation and destruction. But now that is all in danger.
A new foe rises from the Shadowfell to threaten the Balance. Known only as the Slain, this mysterious adversary casts a deepening shadow of despair upon the Moonshaes.
**CCC-BMG-MOON2-1 Defenders of Caer Moray (Level 1 - 4)**
The most untamed of the Moonshaes, residents on Moray are accustomed to defending themselves. Recently something has stirred the dark forces that threaten the families of this strategically vital location. With every spare sword allocated to the homelands, who will answer their call for aid?
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
**CAST IDENTIFY: WHAT IS ADVENTURERS LEAGUE?**
Adventurers League (AL) is a D&D public play program - start the story at one table, and bring your character to the next part of the adventure at any AL table in the world!
**New to D&D?** No problem! Our DMs will be happy to help you - just bring your imagination and the items below!
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
**ADVENTURING GEAR: WHAT TO BRING**
Mandatory:
⊠200 CZK (pay in cash or by QR code)
Recommended:
⊠Snacks
⊠Pen or pencil
⊠Polyhedral dice (or borrow some of ours)
⊠A Lv 1 - 4 AL legal character
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
**STUCK IN A PIT TRAP: CANCELLATIONS**
If you realize you cannot join us, please do change your RSVP to "No" as soon as possible - there may be other players waiting to join.
See you there, Adventurer, and may your dice roll high!
⊠Discord: https://discord.gg/WXvRrksrT4
⊠Facebook: facebook.com/ddalprague
⊠Contact: ddalprague@gmail.com
⊠Adventurer's League: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1676-what-is-adventurers-league
⊠Current Player's Guide: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yaVW5QrBNCaXPJ1uOSCLaa7v4BCBnUBi/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yaVW5QrBNCaXPJ1uOSCLaa7v4BCBnUBi/view?usp=sharing)
Make Friends | International Meet-Up
\~FREE EVENT\~
Meet Locals & internationals People Every Tuesday & Make New Friendsđ
For introverts and shy people (we all are sometimes), we have ice-breaking games and more... so feel free to come by.
Everyone is invited to enjoy amazing Cocktails in 135kc onlyđž
Beer in 49 kc đ„đ»
It is organized after our Biggest Event in Central Europe with 234 people in a single event. đ
đLOCATION
TEQUILA TALES BAR & MUSIC CLUB
Ăjezd 409/19, 118 00 MalĂĄ Strana, 118 00 Prague, Czech Republic
(Nearest tram stop- Hellichova & Ujezd)
âQuestionsâ
Follow & write to
https://www.instagram.com/tequilatales_prg/
***
\~AKCE ZDARMA\~
KaĆŸdĂ© ĂșterĂœ se seznamte s mĂstnĂmi a mezinĂĄrodnĂmi lidmi a najdÄte si novĂ© pĆĂĄteleđ
Pro introverty a stydlivĂ© lidi (vĆĄichni jsme nÄkdy) mĂĄme hry na lĂĄmĂĄnĂ ledu a dalĆĄĂ... tak nevĂĄhejte a pĆijÄte.
VĆĄichni jsou zvĂĄni k vychutnĂĄnĂ ĂșĆŸasnĂœch koktejlĆŻ jen za 135 kÄđž
Pivo za 49 kÄ đ„đ»
Je poĆĂĄdĂĄna po naĆĄĂ nejvÄtĆĄĂ akci ve stĆednĂ EvropÄ s 234 lidmi na jedinĂ© akci. đ
đ POLOHA
TEQUILA TALES BAR & MUSIC CLUB
Ăjezd 409/19, 118 00 MalĂĄ Strana, 118 00 Praha, ÄeskĂĄ republika
(nejbliĆŸĆĄĂ tramvajovĂĄ zastĂĄvka- Hellichova & Ăjezd)
âOtĂĄzkyâ
Sledujte a piĆĄte
https://www.instagram.com/tequilatales_prg/
after-work pint :)
Anyone up for having an after work pint? :) Join me at Becketts Irish pub at 7pm! Try to come on time, the booking is on my name. :)
PS. A symbolic fee of 40 CZK will be collected in order to cover the Meetup membership subscription, thank you for understanding and hope to see you all there!
Maya
Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
#39 Prague: 5 Levels of AI Adoption. Which One Are You On? Prove it.
We give you a full **explanation of the KPI Framework.**
> âDo You **Measure** the Most Valuable KPIs? Red/Amber/Green Thresholds for Each of Your Levels Explained.
## âSituation
âYou burn $$$ on AI tokens. You run hackatons. Git repo full of AI pilots.
âYou're spending more on AI than last year.
âYet, you can't shake the feeling that you're paying faster than you're shipping.
> âđŁ We give you the manual to pick the top KPIs that demonstrate the value, based on the context of how far you are in AI adoption.
â3 CTOs share where they actually are on the AI adoption ladder, what worked, what they'd undo, and what comes next.
ââ
The 3 KPIs you should actually be tracking at each level. And the ones to stop tracking.
âThe 5 levels of AI adoption, mapped from engineering orgs.
â**1ïžâŁ L1: Nothing in production.** How to leave it without burning two quarters on pilots.
â**2ïžâŁ L2: Talent:** upskilling, reskilling and firing.
â**3ïžâŁ L3: Proof:** When the cost curve overtakes the delivery curve, and how to calculate AI efficiency proof?
â**4ïžâŁ L4: Going AI-native:** What concretely changes when AI moves from IDEs into production.
â**5ïžâŁ L5: You've won** the AI race. Where's the new edge in 2027?
âBring your situation. By the end you'll know which level you're on, what is your KPI, what your next move is, and what to stop doing this quarter.
âNo hype, no AI gospel. Two practitioners, real experience, with answers.
***
â20-minute lightning talks + Q&A followed by legendary networking!
***

## âWhat makes our meetups different:
* â**Action-oriented:** Every talk includes takeaway guides/frameworks you can photograph or access via QR code
* â**Case study focused:** Real implementations, real results, real failures
* â**Interactive:** Audience Q&A with people who've actually done this
* â**Practical:** Skip the vendor pitchesâhear from practitioners
***
> âPerfect for engineering leaders tired of AI marketing fluff who want practical insights.
đ€ Research Tuesday Friday Special: Jak nĂĄm AI mÄnĂ vĂœzkum pod rukama?
AKCE JEN PRO ZVANĂ
đ€ Ahoj, v rĂĄmci setkĂĄvĂĄnĂ Research Tuesday jsme naplĂĄnovaly Friday special. CĂtĂme uĆŸ nÄjakou dobu, ĆŸe naĆĄe researchovĂĄ komunita mĂĄ potĆebu sdĂlet, co novĂ©ho nĂĄm do prĂĄce pĆinesla umÄlĂĄ inteligence, jak nĂĄm mÄnĂ vĂœzkum pod rukama. Chceme si povĂdat, chceme si navzĂĄjem sdĂlet, chceme vytvoĆit mapu, kam si zaneseme, v jakĂœch fĂĄzĂch vĂœzkumu a jakĂœm zpĆŻsobem pouĆŸĂvĂĄme AI a co nĂĄm funguje dobĆe a co aĆŸ tolik ne.
Pracovat a sdĂlet se bude pĆevĂĄĆŸnÄ v menĆĄĂch skupinkĂĄch a vĂœstup se na konci odprezentuje ostatnĂm. Mapu pak pravdÄpodobnÄ dĂĄme k dispozici komunitÄ.
PĂĄtek 19. Äervna 9 - 12 do Slevomatu v praĆŸskĂ©m KarlĂnÄ. SetkĂĄnĂ se konĂĄ pouze offline, a kapacita je omezenĂĄ na 30 pozvanĂœch.
ĆœĂĄdnĂĄ velkĂĄ pĆĂprava netĆeba, jen teÄ dĂĄvej vĂc pozor, kdy a jak v rĂĄmci vĂœzkumnĂ©ho workflow pouĆŸĂvĂĄĆĄ AI a jak ti to funguje, aĆ„ se o to mĆŻĆŸeĆĄ podÄlit s ostatnĂmi.
**đ Agenda:**
* **08:30 AM** â OtevĆenĂ dveĆĂ & rannĂ networking
* **9:00 AM** Workshop
* **12:00 PM** â ZĂĄvÄr & moĆŸnĂœ spoleÄnĂœ obÄd
**đ§ž HlĂdĂĄnĂ dÄtĂ na vyĆŸĂĄdĂĄnĂ:**
Research Tuesday stavĂme na tom, ĆŸe profesnĂ rozvoj mĂĄ bĂœt pĆĂstupnĂœ vĆĄem. Chceme podpoĆit i rodiÄe malĂœch dÄtĂ, aby mohli zĆŻstat v kontaktu s oborem a potkĂĄvat se bez zbyteÄnĂœch pĆekĂĄĆŸek.
**MĂĄte zĂĄjem o hlĂdĂĄnĂ?** RĂĄdi ho na mĂstÄ zajistĂme, ale potĆebujeme vÄdÄt, jestli o nÄj bude zĂĄjem.
Dejte nĂĄm vÄdÄt v komentĂĄĆĂch nejpozdÄji do pondÄlĂ 15.6. do 8:00, jestli sluĆŸbu vyuĆŸijete a pro kolik dÄtĂ. Podle toho rozhodneme, jestli ji zajistĂme.
**Rezervace:** Zarezervuj si mĂsto vÄas. Pokud se ti plĂĄny zmÄnĂ, prosĂme, uvolni mĂsto ostatnĂm.
**TÄĆĄĂme se na znĂĄmĂ© tvĂĄĆe i novĂ© ĂșÄastnĂky!**
BÄla, Ivana, Lucie
June 2026 DevOps Meetup
Talk 1
**Title: The Platform Is the People: SLAs, DORA and Trust at Billions of Requests a Month**
By: Harry Bouras
Role / LinkedIn: AI & Cloud Engineering leader, formerly heading the API organisation of a leading, extremely global and multicultural corporation. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-bouras/
Abstract:
Most "platform" talks are about tools. This one isn't. Heading the API organisation of a leading, extremely global and multicultural corporation, interconnecting decades of legacy systems while serving billions of requests a month and scaling across both Azure and Google Cloud, taught me a contrarian lesson the hard way: at that volume, platforms don't fail on technology, and cloud bills don't explode because of bad Terraform. They fail, or succeed, on how the organisation is set up to own, deliver and grow the thing. The org chart is the real architecture.
I'll walk through the levers that actually moved the needle, each anchored in real moments from that scale. How SLAs, framed as clarity rather than punishment, change engineer behaviour more than any dashboard. Why extending trust and time to a team up front - the most uncomfortable thing a leader can do, is precisely what raises build quality and cuts the rework you can't afford at billions of requests. What genuinely changed when we dragged a waterfall-shaped organisation toward iterative, Scrum-based delivery, and why that was about shortening feedback loops, not adding ceremonies. And how DORA metrics became our objective answer to a question every team argues about: what actually makes a successful Senior Software Engineer and what a DevOps engineer?
Then the human core, told honestly, which means told as comedy. What makes a good manager in this world, narrated through the things I was certain about and was completely wrong about. The running joke is also the real point: nearly every instinct that made me a good engineer made me a mediocre manager until I unlearned it.
Finally, a look at what we're all about to get wrong together: AI is forcing DevOps to grow up into DevSecOps - and the teams that handle it well will be the ones that already have the ownership, trust and growth culture this talk is really about.
Talk 2
**Postmortem Culture: Turning Failures into Learning, Not Blame**
By: Dani Yelovitch
Most engineering teams treat incidents as embarrassments to bury â a quick fix, a vague Slack message, and everyone moves on. This talk argues for a different approach: treating every failure as a gift.
The core idea is blameless postmortems â a practice pioneered at Google and Netflix where the goal isn't to find a scapegoat, but to understand how the system (people, tools, processes) allowed a failure to happen in the first place. If a human made a mistake, the real question is: why did the system make that mistake easy to make?
The talk would cover:
What a good postmortem looks like (and the common ways they go wrong)
How to run a blameless review without it becoming a blame-by-committee session
Turning action items into actual change, not a graveyard doc nobody reads
Building psychological safety so engineers report problems early instead of hiding them
The key takeaway: teams that learn from failure faster than their competitors ship better software with fewer catastrophic incidents â not because they have better engineers, but because they've built better feedback loops.
**Talk 3:**
Title: From Service Organization to Self-Service: Platform Engineering in Action
By Pavel BureĆĄ from Sky
Modern engineering organisations accumulate platform silos faster than they can pay them down â each team picking its own way to provision workloads, databases, queues and caches, each with subtly different security, observability and cost profiles. In this talk we share how we are tackling that problem at scale through a Platform Engineering practice built on the principle of a unified, abstracted interface for application-centric configuration â an approach that shifts platform teams from "ticket-driven plumbing" to product thinking: stable contracts, golden paths, and self-service by default.
In the second half we zoom in on PEaaS (Persistence Engineering as a Service), our concrete implementation of these principles for stateful workloads. We will walk through the architecture â Crossplane 2.0 composition functions on EKS, application-centric Kubernetes claims (XRs), and a tenant-onboarding model that automates IAM, VPC endpoints, OIDC and S3 provisioning â and how it abstracts heterogeneous backends (Keyspaces, Aurora DSQL, Redis Cloud, and Kafka on EKS) behind one consistent interface.
Attendees will leave with: A practical pattern for designing engineering platforms in their own organisations.
A reference architecture for persistence-as-a-service on Crossplane.
Honest lessons on standardisation, tenant onboarding and platform adoption.
Double Feature: Backend-Performance mit Data Engineering & Projekte ruinieren
Hallo liebe Java User Group Mitglieder!
Diesmal haben wir zwei Bonner Kollegen zu Gast:
* Martin Stoller: **Backend-Performance in Hochlast-Systemen: LösungsansÀtze aus dem Data Engineering**
* Andreas Monschau: **Zehn goldene Regeln, um dein Softwareprojekt zuverlÀssig zu ruinieren**
Wir freuen uns euch zu sehen (virtuell oder vor Ort).
Dank an [codecentric](https://www.codecentric.de/standorte/nuernberg) fĂŒr Location, Bier und Pizza!
=================
Viele Hochlast-Systeme beginnen als kleine, unscheinbare Prototypen - gebaut mit bewÀhrten Mitteln wie relationalen Datenbanken, objektorientierter Business-Logik und klassischen Request-Response-Architekturen.
Doch was passiert, wenn diese Systeme plötzlich nicht mehr Tausende, sondern Millionen von Requests bedienen oder Terabytes an Daten verarbeiten mĂŒssen?
In der Praxis zeigt sich hĂ€ufig: Klassische Optimierungen wie Caching, horizontale Skalierung oder effizientere Algorithmen stoĂen irgendwann an ihre Grenzen, weil sie innerhalb desselben Paradigmas bleiben.
Dieser Vortrag zeigt, warum echte Skalierbarkeit oft ein Umdenken erfordert. Anhand eines durchgehenden Praxisbeispiels wird schrittweise demonstriert, wie sich ein System von einer latenzoptimierten Request-Response-Architektur hin zu einem durchsatzoptimierten, analytischen System entwickelt.
Dabei werden zentrale Konzepte aus dem Data Engineering greifbar gemacht - darunter Precomputation, Batch Processing, deklarative Verarbeitung und Denormalisierung - und in den Kontext klassischer Backend-Entwicklung eingeordnet.
Die Teilnehmenden lernen, typische Grenzen traditioneller Architekturen zu erkennen und erhalten ein alternatives Denkmodell, um High-Throughput-Systeme gezielt und nachhaltig zu skalieren.
=================
Softwareprojekte sind chaotisch, anstrengend und voller Ăberraschungen. Und ganz ehrlich: So soll es auch bleiben. Ordnung wĂŒrde ja nur den SpaĂ verderben. Trotzdem gibt es immer wieder Menschen, die glauben, man könnte Projekte wirklich zu Erfolg fĂŒhren⊠unglaublich, oder?
Damit dir so etwas nicht passiert, zeige ich dir in diesem Vortrag, wie du ein Softwareprojekt in 10 einfachen Schritten zuverlĂ€ssig an die Wand fĂ€hrst. Die âgoldenen Anti-Pattern fĂŒr maximalen Projektschadenâ entstammen jedoch nicht
meiner Fantasie, nein, sie werden in der RealitÀt tÀglich mit beeindruckender Konsequenz praktiziert. Und das Beste: Sie wirken nachhaltig. Manche dieser Muster entfalten ihre volle Zerstörungskraft erst Monate spÀter.
Nachdem du alle Regeln kennengelernt hast, kannst du selbst entscheiden: Möchtest du sie weiterhin anwenden, oder vielleicht doch etwas verÀndern?
Solltest du allerdings inspiriert sein, eines dieser Anti-Pattern kĂŒnftig noch konsequenter zu leben⊠dann sollten wir uns nach dem Talk dringend unterhalten.
=================
Dein Vortrag bei der Java Usergroup NĂŒrnberg!
Hast du dich in letzter Zeit in deinem Projekt oder privat mit einem interessanten Thema beschĂ€ftigt? Vermutlich ist das nicht nur fĂŒr dich selbst interessant! Hast du Lust, selber einmal einen Vortrag bei der Java-Usergroup NĂŒrnberg zu halten?
Wir sind nicht nur auf Java-Themen fokussiert, sondern beschĂ€ftigen uns gern mit und um alles ĂŒber Software Entwicklung und IT.
Wir wollen bei der JUG nicht nur bekannten Speaker\*innen eine Plattform geben und die neuesten State-of-the-Art Technologien vorstellen. Wir freuen uns auch besonders, wenn wir Themen aus unserem technologischen (Arbeits-)alltag Raum geben zu können. Melde dich gerne bei uns, wenn du dazu Lust hast, wir geben wenn gewĂŒnscht gerne auch Hilfestellung bei der Vorbereitung!
[Open] Happiness Hacks vs Evidence with Ăngel V. JimĂ©nez
**Please note that this event is not for free and we have limited spots! Save yours by signing up [here](https://locusworkspace.com/events/2026/06/17/happiness-hacks-vs-evidence/)!**
**đ§ What You'll Learn**
âHow can I be happier?â is a question we all ask ourselves at different points in life.
Many âhacksâ have been proposed to answer it:
â Think positively
â Practice gratitude
â Meditate
â Exercise more
â Socialise more
â Help others
â Reduce screen time
â Stop comparing yourself to others
â Act happy
But how strong is the evidence behind these recommendations? And do they work equally well for everyone?
In this workshop, we will critically explore the psychological science of well-being and learn how to design simple personal experiments to discover what genuinely helps you.
**đ€About the Speaker**
**Ăngel V. JimĂ©nez** is passionate about intentional living, scientific psychology, and the evolutionary study of human behaviour.
He holds a PhD in Evolutionary Social Psychology from the University of Exeter, where he studied status acquisition and interpersonal influence, with a particular focus on prestige and social learning. He has also conducted postdoctoral research at Brunel University London and the University of Exeter.
He currently works as a freelance psychology lecturer at the University of Essex Online and writes about personal development and intentional living at [www.incomparable.info](http://www.incomparable.info/).
**đFormat & Schedule**
17:15 â Doors open
17:30-19:00 â Talk by Ăngel V. JimĂ©nez, with an interactive format where participants are welcome to ask questions at any time.
19:00-20:00 â Networking time
**đïžPrice**
**100 CZK per person**. Includes a drink (beer, wine or non-alcoholic).
**Locus members can join for free!**
Pyvo Prague #181 - Summer Edition: Grill & Chill
It's summer! That means it's time for our special summer edition - grill & chill. The pub offers grilled food - you don't need to take your own.
Doors open at **18:30**. There will be only lightning talks.
You can have a lightning talk as well â please register at [Lightning Talks â bit.ly/prpylight](https://bit.ly/prpylight).
**Good to know**
* You donât have to register for this meetup â the actual attendance is much bigger (40â70 Pythonistas) than indicated in the âGoingâ list here.
* **Cash only payments â club doesnât accept cards.**
* Talks at Pyvo are mostly in Czech but it thereâs somebody who doesnât understand Czech talks are switched to English if the speaker is able to do so.
* Besides both soft drinks and beer it's possible to eat at the club. Choice is variable and consists of 4 to 7 options ranging from toast, sausages and soup to fried cheese in a bun, goulash or schnitzel.
* Club closes at midnight.
78. praĆŸskĂœ sraz pĆĂĄtel PHP@Keboola
Ahoj PĂ©hapkĂĄĆi!
Zveme vĂĄs na dalĆĄĂ sraz komunity.
đ€ Martin VaĆĄko - Benchmarking agentĆŻ
đ€ TomĂĄĆĄ Fejfar - Jak jsme potĆetĂ pĆepsali agenta
đ€ Adam Ć trauch - EfektivnĂ nasazenĂ kĂłdu pĆes AI agenta
17:30 â open doors
18:00 â pĆednĂĄĆĄka
18:40 â pĆednĂĄĆĄka
19:20 â pĆednĂĄĆĄka
20:00 - kvĂz & networking
DÄkujeme naĆĄim partnerĆŻm a tÄĆĄĂme se na vidÄnou!
Adresa: Keboola - DÄlnickĂĄ 191/27, Praha 7-HoleĆĄovice
\-\-\-
Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Events Near You
Connect with your local Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering community
Columbus Arduino Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts (CARPE) (Check Location)
Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration!
This session is open forum to share your current projectsâwhether complete or in progress, itâs all interesting! Whether youâre deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, youâll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired.
**New to electronics or curious about tinkering?**
Youâre absolutely welcome. If youâre a beginner and want to experiment, Iâll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things outâwhether thatâs blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience requiredâjust an interest in learning and building.
While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, weâll be using public library facilities based on availability. This session will be at the Worthington Park Library in the Olentangy Meeting Room.
BrowserStack QA Meetup | Columbus (July 9)
**Hello Columbus!**
**The community is buzzing and growing well. We are thrilled to bring our fourth BrowserStack QA Meetup on Thursday, July 9th!**
We are creating a space for deeper insights, meaningful connections, and a vibe you won't want to miss.
**What to expect:**
* **Connect:** Network with Columbus' top engineering and QA minds.
* **Learn:** Real-world tactics and trends you can use immediately.
* **Enjoy:** Food, drinks, and great community spirit.
**Agenda**
* **Two Roads Diverged in a Wood: Docker Compose vs. Kubernetes** by **[Doug Reeder](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdouglasreeder/)**
**RSVP Essential:** Space is limited, and we want to ensure a great experience for everyone. **RSVP now to secure your spot!**
đ **Venue:** Leading EDJE, 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 300, Dublin, OH 43017
đ **Free Parking:** 6725 Longshore Street, Dublin, OH 43017
đ
**Date & Time:** July 9, 6:00 PM
**Stay Connected!**
Want to continue the conversation beyond the meetup?
Join our **BrowserStack Discord Server** to get updates, connect with fellow QA professionals, and be part of an ongoing discussion. **Donât miss outâclick below to join!**
đ [\[](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW)**[Join the BrowserStack Discord Server](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW)**[\]](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW)
**A Few Notes:**
â
This is an **in-person event**
â
**RSVP does not guarantee a seat** â A confirmation email will be sent one day before the event.
**TALK ABSTRACT:**
Docker Compose and Kubernetes are two of the most popular tools for running containerized applications. Their feature lists are similar. Architects and senior developers need to know how their different paradigms lead to unexpectedly different experiences in production.
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio!
The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us!
And yes, there will be free food.
Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).
Coffee and Kaiwa: Casual Japanese/English Conversation âïž
â Coffee and Kaiwa: Casual Japanese Conversation
Please purchase a beverage or snack to support the venue.
Join us for a relaxed, informal hour of Japanese-English language exchange and cultural chat! Whether you are a native Japanese speaker, a fluent bilingual, or just starting your language journey, everyone is welcome. There is no set agendaâjust grab a drink, pull up a chair, and practice speaking at your own pace.
Who Should Attend?
Beginners: Practice basic greetings and phrases.
Advanced Speakers: Maintain your fluency.
Native Speakers: Meet locals and share your culture.
Customize the IDE: Building Extensions for Visual Studio Code - Alan Barber
**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**
*Customize the IDE: Building Extensions for Visual Studio Code*
Visual Studio Code is one of the most widely used development environments today, and much of its flexibility comes from its extension ecosystem. Extensions allow developers to customize the editor with new features, integrations, and workflow improvements tailored to their needs.
In this session, weâll cover what extensions are and the different types available, including full extensions written in TypeScript or JavaScript, along with lighter-weight extensions such as color themes, language packs, language support, code snippets, and keymaps. Weâll also look at practical reasons a developer might create an extension, from automating repetitive tasks to adding custom tooling.
The session includes a hands-on walkthrough of creating a new extension, testing it locally, and understanding the basic project structure. Weâll close with a brief overview of how extensions are packaged and published to the Visual Studio Marketplace and other distribution options.
**YouTube Link**
TBD
Free In-Person Events: How to Let Go of the Past and Move Forward
The emotional pain from past bad experiences easily lingers in the present, making it hard to enjoy life and create your future. Even when you think you've moved on, the negative emotions can be triggered, sending you back into the pain of that experience.
And we are talking about pain; emotions such as grief, depression, anxiety, fear (or terror), boiling anger, simmering resentment, feelings of shame, blaming and regret can leave you incapacitated to a greater or lesser degree.
In this local event we will be discussing the reasons why these past bad experiences have the power to affect you long after they occurred. We'll go over why the emotional pain can be so strong. We'll also discuss some simple solutions to overcome your emotional pain and be free to fully enjoy your life again.
Examples of painful experiences include:
* A broken relationship or divorce.
* Death or loss of a loved one.
* Death of a pet.
* A sudden shock or bad news.
* A betrayal.
* Being part of an abusive relationship.
* A bad injustice.
* Loss of a job, position or business.
* A grave illness or injury.
The negative emotions from these experiences don't just go away on their own. But the good news is there is a way to clear them out of your way.
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is sponsored the Dianetics & Scientology Self-Improvement Center.
Columbus Code & Coffee 87 @ Improving
Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you!
**What to Expect at the Intro Circle**
\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~
Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup:
* Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics
Round 1 - (7 secs max):
* Your name
* What you're working on
* What you can help others with
Round 2:
* Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too.
Round 3:
* Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool.
After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!












![[Open] Happiness Hacks vs Evidence with Ăngel V. JimĂ©nez](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/2/7/d/highres_534417981.webp?w=640)








