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Hands-on developer workshop - From RAG to Agent Memory
**Important:** Register on the [event website](https://bit.ly/4rmQlDf) is required for admission.
RSVP on meetup is turned off.
This full-day session is designed for developers who want practical experience building AI applications with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agent memory.
During the workshop, you’ll work through real coding exercises that take you from AI data fundamentals to building production-style RAG pipelines and implementing persistent memory for AI agents.
Bring your laptop and be ready to build.
### What You Will Learn
* AI data fundamentals for application development
* Vector search and similarity metrics
* Building RAG pipelines with LangChain and Python
* Implementing agent memory and context management
* Designing production-ready AI workflows
### Workshop Topics
**Data Fundamentals for AI Applications**
Learn the database and data modeling concepts behind modern AI applications, including vector data, similarity search, and data structures used in AI systems.
**Building RAG and Agentic Applications**
Build a production-style RAG pipeline using LangChain and Python, covering data ingestion, vector search, retrieval, and response generation.
**Agent Memory and Context Engineering**
Implement persistent agent memory using Oracle AI Database, including episodic, semantic, and procedural memory, cross-session recall, and context management.
**Important:** Register on the [event website](https://bit.ly/4rmQlDf) is required for admission.
DSOLG March 2026 - Double-header
## Details
Welcome to the DevSecOps London Gathering March Event on Wednesday 26 March. We bring you two amazing talks, as well as the usual conversations, pizza and beer!
📍 **Hosted at Autogen AI, Pentonville Road, London**
📅 **Wednesday, 26 March**
🕕 **6:00–8:00 PM**
## Talk 1
**Abstract:**
Software supply chain attacks are no longer rare or theoretical. They are happening every day. Recent incidents show how easily malicious packages can enter trusted registries and make their way into production systems before anyone notices.
Today’s package managers host millions of components and support billions of downloads each week. That scale enables modern software development, but it also creates an enormous attack surface. Typosquatting, dependency confusion, malicious install scripts, and credential harvesting are no longer unusual techniques. They are now common and repeatable attack patterns.
This session looks at how these attacks are playing out. Using malicious code detection data from Veracode, we walk-through real-world supply chain attack campaigns, the techniques attackers use, and the indicators that separate legitimate open-source packages from malicious ones. Attendees will see how weaponized components are identified, sometimes before they reach production and sometimes after damage has already begun.
The talk also draws on industry research, including findings from the Veracode State of Software Security report, to put hard numbers behind the risk introduced by open-source dependencies and transitive trust.
The session concludes with practical guidance for reducing exposure without slowing development. Topics include dependency controls, CI CD enforcement, malicious code detection, and continuous monitoring approaches that fit modern engineering workflows.
## Talk 2
**Abstract**
[The National Archives](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/") is the official archive and publisher for the UK Government. Our records include physical records such as the Domesday Book and Magna Carta, along with digital records from UK Government departments, Enquiries, and other public bodies, held both on premise and in public cloud.
It's vitally important to protect our digital records from accidental deletion and the increasing threat of ransomware. We therefore initiated a programme to implement immutable cloud backups using the AWS Backup service within a central, segregated AWS account.
In this talk, we'll share our learnings from this programme of work, including:
* why AWS Backup compliance mode vault locks are not always truly immutable
* which KMS key types should be selected to support backup and restore to a central vault
* the importance of Logically Air Gapped (LAG) vaults
* how each AWS service has implemented backups differently
* which widely used AWS database option doesn't support centralised backup
* cost considerations for setting up backup plans
We soon learnt that it's not just a case of "Turn on AWS Backup". To deploy a centralised solution, we needed to:
* configure centralised AWS Backup vaults and vault policies
* deploy components to workload accounts, including Backup vaults, EventBridge, IAM roles
* select the appropriate vault type depending on AWS resource type
We decided to implement our solution as an open-source, public Terraform Module which deploys immutable AWS Backups across an AWS Organization, to handle this complexity, and simplify onboarding new accounts and resources to be backed up.
You'll come away with an increased understanding of AWS Backup, an appreciation of its complexity and limitations, and the opportunity to greatly simplify deployment of truly immutable backups across your AWS accounts, using our public Terraform module.
Social Badminton Session for Corinthians Badminton Club
Join the Corinthians Badminton Club for a fun and social evening of badminton! This event is perfect for anyone at **Intermediate level** looking to improve their skills, meet new people, and have a great time on the court. We will have friendly matches and plenty of opportunities to socialize with fellow badminton enthusiasts. Feel free to share the event with a friend so they too can come along and enjoy a night of sports and recreation in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
We play with feather shuttlecocks and unfortunately cannot accommodate beginners. This is to ensure games are fair and enjoyable for everyone. We currently have 15 regular members and are opening up 8-10 guest slots using MeetUp.
Guest fees are £10 per session, please arrange payment 24 hours before session starts otherwise we would have to release your place. We are unable to offer refunds at this point.
Bank Transfer Details:
Account: Corinthians BC
Account No: 22788263
Sort Code: 60-19-01
Reference: Your Full Name
Venue:
Emerson Park Academy
Wych Elm Road
Wingletye Lane
Hornchurch
Essex
RM11 3AD
Resilient Java Systems in Production - Hazelcast x London Java Community
Please register here: https://hazelcast.com/resources/resilient-java-in-production-meetup/
### Modern Java systems don’t fail all at once. They fail under load, during warmup, and sometimes days after a “successful” zero-downtime deployment.
Join us for an evening focused on real-world resilience in production Java systems, from JVM performance stability to the hidden risks of mixed-version state during rolling upgrades.
Come for the talks, stay for the conversations. Food, drinks, swag, and a LEGO® raffle included.
### **Special Guest: Simon Ritter**
Java Champion and Deputy CTO at Azul, Simon Ritter shares how to make JVM performance more resilient by reducing latency risk from GC, warmup, and JIT behaviour without changing application code.
### **Hazelcast Session**
Zero-downtime rolling upgrades in distributed Java systems are hard when multiple versions of the same service and data model must run concurrently and share state. Using Hazelcast and Hazelcast Compact Serialization, we’ll show practical Java examples and tests that demonstrate how mixed versions behave and how to make those upgrades resilient in real systems.
### **What’s in Store?**
* Two technical talks on resilience in production Java systems
* Food & drinks included
* Swag + LEGO® raffle
* Networking with the local Java community
Please register here: https://hazelcast.com/resources/resilient-java-in-production-meetup/
Salsa & Bachata Wednesdays: Dance Classes and Party in Brixton Oval
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗮 & 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻! 💃🕺
Get ready to dance the night away every Wednesday with our fun and friendly Salsa & Bachata classes, followed by an exciting party that lasts until late! 🎉
Why You Should Join Our Awesome Classes:
\- 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲: No experience? No problem\! 🌟
\- 𝗡𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱: Come solo or bring friends\! 🤗
\- 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀: Connect with fellow dance enthusiasts\. 👫
\- 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: Enjoy a lively atmosphere and great music\. 🎶
\- 𝗙𝘂𝗻 & 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Perfect for all skill levels\. 😊
\- 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀: Learn from the best in the business\. 👩🏫👨🏫
\- 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀: Unwind after work in a welcoming space\. 🌈
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Class Schedule:
\- 7:00 PM: 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 – Perfect for newcomers\! 🎉
\- 7:30 PM \- 8:30 PM: 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 – Two levels to choose from\. 💃
\- 8:30 PM \- 9:30 PM: 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 – Three levels available\. 🕺
\- 9:30 PM \- 11:00 PM: 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 – Show off your moves and socialize\! 🎊
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Location:
𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁
44 Brixton Rd, SW9 6BT, London
Nearest Underground Station: Oval 🚇
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Pricing:
\- 1 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀: £13 💷
\- 2 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀: £15 💰
\- 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹: £5 🎟️
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Don’t miss out on an unforgettable evening filled with dance, laughter, and new friendships! We can’t wait to see you there! 🎈✨
London Society TALK - Deep conversations
Have you ever wanted to gather together and talk about insightful topics which broadens your thinking and knowledge over desserts? If so, this may be the right event for you.
Welcome to the ‘Deep conversations’ event where you get the opportunity to share your views based on the topics that we may cover.
The last time this was executed, it not only went well but we managed to learn from one another which broadened our thinking.
The dessert place where it’ll take place will be at ‘Little Dessert Shop’. ‘Little Dessert Shop’ is a dessert parlour that began in 2015 by delivering their indulgent desserts ranging from cookie doughs to ice creams, cakes, shakes, pancakes and much more. They grew into a massive chain and funnily, their only London branch at the time was ‘Balham’ before expanding even further. To find out more, check them out at https://www.littledessertshop.co.uk/stores/24/balham-south-london
Here are the topics we’ll discuss are:
* What does food mean to you?
* Homemade food vs Outside food
* The privilege of having a meal compared to starvation
* Why do we live life normally without the thought of the poor starving and wishing they had what we have?
* Have you ever experienced hunger and if so, what did you learn?
* What do you appreciate about food and if you were in control, how would you tackle hunger worldwide?
We get so preoccupied with daily life that we hardly have a chance to sit back and think as well as discuss many topics in such depth. When was the last time you sat back and thought about anything in depth which opened your eyes to so many possibilities and broadened your thinking?
Now is your chance to share your views and learn from one another. By participating in this, you could broaden your ways of thinking, learn new lessons or even heal if you have your hidden struggles.
My fellow explorers, if you enjoyed the event, I’m more than happy to accept any donations which of course are optional but will go a long way to help me unlock and deliver even more exciting and engaging events and resources: https://www.paypal.me/calvinjoy
WHAT - Deep conversations
WHERE - Little Dessert Shop
WHEN - 7:30pm - 9:45pm
MEETING POINT - Inside Little Dessert Shop
NEAREST STATION - Balham station
REQUIREMENTS - Just your good behaviour and respect on one’s opinions.
PRECAUTIONS - This event is capped so if you do RSVP but can’t make it, please change it to ‘not going’ so it enable others willing to attend to be marked as ‘going’. If you do mark yourselves as going, don’t change your RSVP and don’t attend, the next time another event such as this takes place and you rsvp, you will be marked as ‘not going’ as it’s possible you may make commit the same action. Please be mindful about the opportunities for others who are willing to attend.
Disclaimers:
Please be on your best behaviour and respect one another. This group doesn’t tolerate any misbehaviour and misconduct. Should such a thing take place, you will be removed.
Whenever an event takes place, I will cut off contact 20 minutes after the event commences. If you message even 1 minute after the cut off time, I won’t be available as I’m conducting the event.
There will be photography and videography by myself so if you are photo conscious and/or do not want to be in the video, do kindly inform me and I’ll try my utmost best to not involve you in the picture.
Let’s all be responsible but please be aware you come at your own risk. Do be mindful of your possessions, belongings and most importantly, your safety. The ‘London society of explorers’ accept no risk of liability at this event.
Weds British sign language (BSL) practice at the National Theatre, Southbank
This a BSL practice group for level 1 students and above. We will be meeting at the national theatre in southbank
Memory Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Femora Support Circle
Step into your best self! Join our FREE Femora Support Circle online session for tips , connection & Self-growth.
Join us for the **FREE Femora Support Circle**, an empowering online session designed to help you boost your confidence and improve your overall wellbeing. This is a safe, supportive space where women come together to share experiences, gain practical tools, and feel inspired to show up as their best selves.
Here, you can **talk openly about confidence, self-doubt, and personal growth** – or simply **listen and be present**. There’s **no pressure to share**, and you are welcome **just as you are**.
**What to Expect:**
* Interactive discussions on confidence, self-esteem, and personal growth
* Practical tips to improve your mental and emotional wellbeing
* Guided activities to help you reflect, set intentions, and take action
* A chance to connect with like-minded women and build a supportive community
* A welcoming, judgement-free environment where your voice matters
Whether you’re looking to gain clarity, feel more empowered, or simply recharge your mindset, this session will leave you motivated, inspired, and ready to step into your confidence.
The Right to Privacy - Philosophy Talk
*Is privacy a fundamental human right?*
*Should privacy ever be sacrificed for security?*
*How does surveillance change how we behave?*
*Is privacy necessary for democracy?*
This time we will be discussing the **right to privacy** in the relative privacy of an upstairs room of a North London pub! No walk this time (due to a broken toe)! Instead we will head indoors and experiment with a different format - a talk and discussion session. Meet at 2pm at the Star of Kings pub in King's Cross, upstairs in the green room.
If you want to do some reading on the subject I recommend **The Right to Oblivion** by Lowry Pressly:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Oblivion-Privacy-Good-Life/dp/067430490X
A YouTube video on the same book by Unsolicited Advice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5sx5nGNIyc
If you have any other recommendations on the subject feel free to post in the commends below.
There will be a short presentation then group discussions. This group encourages friendly, constructive conversations rather than confrontational debates; so give everyone space to talk, be respectful and actively listen to others. It's not about 'winning' a debate but about expressing your opinion and learning about other people's views.
Admission £5, if you are a student, unemployed or retired then you can attend for free. You can pay in cash or card on the walk or online with this link:
[https://pay.tide.co/products/philosophy-kfDyHrXZ](https://pay.tide.co/products/philosophy-kfDyHrXZ)
**This event is supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy.**
D is for... Dr Johnson's House LATE: 'Johnson Crime & Punishment' talk
**Join us at Dr Johnson's House for an evening talk: 'Johnson, Crime and Punishment, in Four Cases'. Tickets include a welcome drink and chance to view Dr Johnson's House.**
Join us for a fascinating exploration of Samuel Johnson's entanglements with ideas of criminality and causality. Four experts offer their insights into ways in which Johnson wrestled with wrongdoing, his own, as well as those of other people, and tried to stake out the terms of a shift in the way society addressed and corrected them.
Crime was rife in Georgian London, but so too was punishment. In the eighteenth century, you could be hanged for more than 350 offences, including wounding a hawk, fraternizing with gypsies, and defacing some, (but not all) of London's bridges. People were sent to prison for being in debt as was the case with the poet Richard Savage; and street walkers were sent to Bridewells for 'correction', while those who paid them for their services went scot free.
Samuel Johnson had a boundless compassion for people in desperate situations, and at the same time, an unwavering sense of Justice. All his life, he vied with the difficulty of reconciling these two pillars of his character, and of good society itself. How successful he was, and how far he influenced the shape of the century that followed, will comprise some of the questions that these series of short talks will raise.
**Read more here:** [https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/johnson-crime-punishment-four-cases](https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/johnson-crime-punishment-four-cases)
**MEET DETAILS:**
**5.50pm: MEET OUTSIDE DR JOHNSON'S HOUSE**
**Address:** 17 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE
**6.00pm: ENTER DR JOHNSON'S HOUSE**
**6.00-6.30pm:** Drinks
**6.30-8.00 pm:** Talk
**8.30pm - Late: PUB SOCIAL (optional)**
We'll head to Ye Old Cheshire Cheese pub for a social chit chat over drinks.
**Address:** 145 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2BP
**TICKETS:**
**You MUST buy a ticket before you sign up to this event.**
**Tickets are £20. Please book [here](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/johnson-crime-and-punishment-in-four-cases-tickets-1977387943569).**
There is limited capacity for the talk, so we'd recommend getting your ticket as soon as possible. Once tickets are sold out on the Dr Johnson's House website we will close the meetup event to RSVPs.
**EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP:**
Please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. Link tbc in the Event Comments at least 48 hours before the event.
*NB* *Joining this WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.*
**IMPORTANT NOTE:**
Please change your RSVP if you no longer attend this event. We remove members from the LoMAZ Meetup group who:
* RSVP as 'Going' but then do not show up three times in a row.
* RSVP as 'Going' but then change their RSVP to 'No' five times in a row.
* Are on the Waitlist or who have not RSVPd, but turn up anyway.
Thank you for your interest in the group & being part of LoMAZ.
PyTorch Meetup #25
Join us for the 25th London PyTorch Meetup! 🔥
We have our first speaker confirmed:
**Peter Romov** – Open Source Contributor, 2. PyTorch/Opacus Autoresearch for Discovering State-of-the-Art LLM Adversarial Attacks
More speakers to be announced.
What Does Happiness Really Mean? — A Curated Dinner Conversation (50% off food)
**Meet2Click Curated Conversations**
Each Meet2Click Curated Conversation dinner centres around a carefully chosen topic or shared interest, designed to spark thoughtful conversation and meaningful connection.
Modern life is often driven by success, productivity, and constant achievement — yet we rarely pause to ask a deeper question:
**What does happiness really mean?**
Many of us equate happiness with achievement, status, or temporary pleasure.
But research suggests happiness is something more intentional — built through meaning, satisfaction, and connection.
If we don’t define it consciously, we risk chasing the wrong version of it.
At this small-group dinner experience, we will explore:
• Can happiness be built?
• Does success actually make us happy?
• Is happiness more about meaning or enjoyment?
Inspired by the happiness framework developed by Harvard professor and bestselling author Arthur Brooks, guests will receive a short overview of his key ideas two days before the event to reflect on ahead of our discussion.
This is not a debate.
It is not a lecture.
It’s a relaxed, friendly conversation around the table with curious, open-minded people.
If you value thoughtful conversation and meaningful connection, join us for an evening dedicated to exploring what happiness truly means — and whether we are living in alignment with it.
**Launch Season Benefit**
During our initial Meet2Click dinners, guests will enjoy **up to 50% off food** at the restaurant.
This introductory benefit is available for a limited launch period.
Food and drinks are paid individually, directly with the restaurant.
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Details
Location: Shiro Sushi, London
Date: 27 March
**Ticket price:** £15 per person *(includes your seat and contribution to the evening — food and drinks ordered and paid individually at the restaurant)*
Seats are intentionally limited to encourage meaningful conversation and genuine connection.
Additional Information: Photos or videos may be taken during the event for promotional purposes. Should you wish to opt out, please notify the host upon arrival, and your preferences will be respected.
We Have the Data and the Models. Now Comes the Hard Part
Please join us for our next Bioinformatics London meetup, where we welcome **Francisco Azuaje**, Director of Bioinformatics and AI at **Genomics England**, for a talk on what it really takes to turn powerful models and rich datasets into safe, trustworthy impact in the clinic.
**Francisco Azuaje** is Director of Bioinformatics at **Genomics England**, where he leads applied ML and GenAI across national-scale genomic and clinical datasets. With 25+ years across academia, public sector and pharma (including UCB and the Luxembourg Institute of Health), his work focuses on what actually works in AI for bioinformatics: moving from proof-of-concept to robust, governed systems that clinicians and patients can trust.
In this talk, he will discuss real-world lessons from deploying AI in genomics pipelines and health data platforms, touching on verification, safety, organisational friction, and why the hard problems now are as much social and operational as they are technical.
Approximate schedule:
* 18:30 – Doors open
* 18:45 – Chitchat, announcements
* 19:00 – Talk and Q&A
* 19:45 – End, then adjourn to a nearby pub for informal discussion
Please **RSVP at least the day before** so we can provide an attendee list to reception. Make sure your Meetup name looks like a real name (e.g. “J Smith” or “Jane Jones”, not “weaselstabber”) so University of Westminster reception can identify you.
We look forward to seeing you there for an honest discussion about what it takes to make AI and genomics work *for* real patients, not just in demos.
1# London Software Guild
**About the London Software Guild**
The London Software Guild gathers developers, architects, and teams across London who care deeply about the craft of building great software. No fluff, no vendor pitches — just people who take the work seriously, sharing what they've learned the hard way.
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## **Tonight's Speakers**
## **🎤 Kieran — Founding Engineer, Demand-Genius**
Kieran is a founding engineer at Demand-Genius, working to close the gap between how humans and machines perceive your brand versus reality. Background in electrical & electronic engineering, previously working on real-time payments systems, high-scale distributed dynamic rules engines, and reverse proxies. Third Start-Up/Scale-Up (because I'm dumb and have never learnt my lesson).
**Talk: The Statistical (Un)Certainty That Our AI Co-Founder Ruins Everything**
We have handed the most powerful text prediction machines ever built the keys to our codebases. They write code that is statistically likely to be correct. But "statistically likely" and "correct" are not the same thing. As we move toward autonomous multi-agent systems writing production code at machine speed, that gap becomes the central engineering problem of our time.
Code is not text. It is a formal, deterministic, mathematical structure that happens to be serialised as text. Every tool in the agentic coding stack — retrieval, editing, version control, coordination — treats it as text.
This talk argues that the answer isn't better frontier models. It's better systems around models. Specifically, the engineering disciplines we've used for a century to control uncertain systems — feedback loops, formal verification, dependency analysis, and control theory — are the missing layer between "AI can write code" and "AI can write code you can trust."
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## **🎤 Andy Roberts — Senior Engineering Leader**
Andy Roberts is a senior engineering leader with 25+ years of experience — the kind where you've actually written the code, run the teams, and been in the room when things went wrong at scale. Previously Head of EMEA Enterprise Solutions at Apollo GraphQL, where he helped companies like [Booking.com](https://booking.com/), PayPal, and The New York Times stop arguing about their APIs. Before that, Head of API Engineering at RS Components, wrangling 11 teams. Has strong opinions about federated architecture and isn't afraid to use them.
**Talk: Built for Browsers, Billed by Tokens**
*Your microservices solved for latency. AI agents are solving for context. Nobody told your APIs.*
Every era of software development has been defined by a constraint that reshaped architecture. In the database era we optimised for round trips. In the web era we obsessed over latency. Mobile forced us to think about bandwidth and battery. Each shift required new instincts, new patterns, new defaults. We're in the middle of another one.
The AI era introduces a new constraint: context. Language models have finite working memory, and every API response your services return goes into it. The kitchen-sink response payloads that work fine for browsers are quietly making your AI agents more expensive and less capable — and the cost is almost entirely invisible in your existing dashboards.
This talk maps the constraint transition from latency to context, shows what it means for the microservice APIs you have today, and offers five concrete things you can do about it without touching a line of existing backend code.
Memory Events Near You
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From Web Forms to Web Components - Burton Smith
**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
**Abstract**
Web Forms gave .NET developers a powerful abstraction for building reusable UI controls long before design systems were a thing. Web Components finally bring that same idea to the browser natively.
This session explores how the Web Forms mindset translates into Custom Elements, Shadow DOM, and HTML templates. We’ll examine how Web Components enable design systems that work across frameworks, how they differ from server‑driven controls, and why they’re becoming a foundational layer for modern UI. Whether you’re maintaining legacy apps or building greenfield projects, you’ll leave with a practical understanding of how to apply familiar patterns in a modern, standards‑based way.
**YouTube Link**
TBA
Take Control Of Your Life, Freedom From Negative Thoughts & Irrational Emotions
Feeling down? Sometimes depressed? Can't focus? Negativity & stress? Recent losses? Creativity in career and personal life hindered by mental blocks? Sometimes we never fully recover from traumatic experiences.
Whether it was yesterday, last week or a year ago, traumatic experiences - a loss of a loved one, losing a job, a breakup - can leave you scarred. You talk about it and feel a little better, but it never goes away. After you hang up the phone, it's still there; the sadness, the cloud, the over-thinking, the worry, the guilt. You try to focus, but you're blocked. You try to look forward into new experiences, new relationships but a cloud is hanging over you, casting a shadow on what you once considered a bright, cheerful future.
What happened to your courage? Your strength of character? You're 'why not' attitude? Whoever said 'time heals' must have had a special time machine, because after weeks, months, years, you're wondering - when exactly does that kick in? Sometimes it seems like drinking or drugs are the way to go. But they wear off, and now the problem is still there with added side effects from the drugs.
At this free local Meetup event we will talk about:
* What causes grief, anxiety and depression to become chronic.
* Is it possible to regain your joy and happiness even after traumatic experiences?
* How to break away from negativity and focus on the future
* What are the steps to take to get control of your mind and your emotions?
Learn about a safe, gentle, do-it-yourself counseling that can be done in the comfort of your own home.
Let's explore safe, effective solutions for healing from traumatic experiences.
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to the event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center.
COhPy Monthly Meeting
**Improving Office in Franklinton**
Physical location:
Improving Office
330 Rush Alley Suite #150
Columbus, OH 43215
Schedule:
6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages.
6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s).
Topic: Type Annotations with John Cassidy
We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com
Conquer Negative Emotion To Have a Happier Life!
Do you want more Self Confidence, less Self Doubt, more Happiness, less Anxiety, and more Love? This event is an introduction to how to handle irrational emotion. How often are yours or another's emotions out of control? What is that about??? I have asked these questions and after much search have found answers and am sharing.
Maybe you have suffered a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? After that, you try to move on but you just can't. Possibly you have a thought or emotion that hangs around for days and you just can't shake it. What is all this stress, anxiety, depression, and self doubt? It's just crazy! It's not the real you. You can find out what is at the root of all this.
This is a local event.
Areas you can change with the right information:
* Control of unwanted emotions
* Lack of confidence
* Grief
* Anxiety
* Anger management
* Creating ideal relationships
* Memory
* and more...
This is a local meeting that can start you on the way to a better life, more confidence and less negativity. All the happiness you have lies within you. Let's find it!
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 created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.
How LLMs Like ChatGPT Actually Work and How to Build With Them
**First meetup of the Columbus AI Engineering group.**
We’ll kick things off with a practical, beginner-friendly discussion on:
**How LLMs like ChatGPT actually work — and how to build real applications with them.**
We’ll cover:
* what’s actually happening under the hood (at a high level)
* why LLMs behave the way they do (hallucinations, prompt sensitivity, etc.)
* how people are building real systems with them today
* where things break in practice
This will be a **short, informal talk (\~15–20 min)** followed by open discussion and Q&A.
Whether you’re an engineer, builder, or just curious about how modern AI systems work, you’re welcome to join.
No slides, no fluff — just real conversation about real systems.
We’ll hang out afterward and get to know each other.
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!





















