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Hello Magnum Friends!! Please join me at a brand new wine bar - Mamali - in the West Village (near Christopher St & 7th Ave) to enjoy their fantastic wine & delicious Georgian food options. Yes, they are located in the old “Village Cigars” store. We will be their exclusive guests during this event & everyone will be on their own tab for this event. Hope to see you there! --Jeff

Join us for the February edition of the New York AI Engineers Tech Talk, a monthly gathering focused exclusively on AI engineering. Whether you’re a seasoned machine learning engineer or a fullstack dev curious about how to work with LLMs, this is your space to dive deep into real-world projects, technical challenges, and creative solutions. **What to Expect:** Each month, we invite AI engineers to share something they’ve built, the challenges they faced, and how they solved them. It’s all substance, no fluff, designed for engineers by engineers. **This Month’s Presenters:** * [Clint Robinson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintjrobinson/), Cofounder & CTO @ [Parable](https://www.askparable.com/) * [Kanta Garg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kantagarg17/), Solutions Architect, @ [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&ef_id=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!651751059780!e!!g!!aws!19852662197!145019195897&gad_campaignid=19852662197&gbraid=0AAAAADjHtp9VoTN00O-dtavU5bsNHCdCS&gclid=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE) * [Hegar Garcia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hegargarcia/), Tech Lead @[Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/) **The Crowd:** You’ll be joining a mix of software developers, data scientists, AI engineers, and technical founders working at or curious about the future of applying AI at the application layer. It’s a casual, high-signal environment perfect for learning something new and meeting peers in the NYC AI Engineering scene. **Agenda:** * 6:30 to 7:15 PM – Networking with pizza and soft drinks courtesy of [Fonzi AI](https://fonzi.ai/) * 7:15 to 7:20 PM – Opening remarks * 7:20 to 8:05 PM – Three 10 minutes Tech Talks with 5 minute Q&A * 8:05 to 8:30 PM – Meet the speakers and connect with other attendees **Location:** Fonzi HQ (Ground Floor) 25 Kent Avenue Brooklyn AI Engineers is run by [Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/). Fonzi is a talent marketplace that connects elite engineers with top AI companies through a monthly, high signal, structured hiring process called Match Day. We run AI Engineers communities in both New York and [San Francisco](https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-ai-engineers/events/?eventOrigin=your_groups). If you are interested in speaking at a tech talk, email lauren@fonzi.ai with your LinkedIn profile, the location you want to speak in (NY or SF), and a short abstract on how you are applying or building with AI in your current role. Use the subject line “AI Engineers Abstract Submission”.

Join Linguallama Academy for English classes designed for real-life communication. We offer levels from A0 (complete beginner) to C2 . Join **Linguallama Academy** for English classes designed for **real-life communication**. We offer levels from **A0 (complete beginner)** to **C2 (advanced)**, with interactive lessons focused on **speaking, listening, and building confidence**. ### ✅ Our classes can include: * **English for daily life & conversation** * **English for work and professional communication** (meetings, presentations, TED Talks topics) * **U.S. Citizenship Preparation** (civics + interview practice) ## 📌 Placement Test Required Before joining, please complete our English Placement Test so we can place you in the correct level: 👉 English Placement Test: [https://linguallama.outgrow.us/placement_test_english](https://linguallama.outgrow.us/placement_test_english "https://linguallama.outgrow.us/placement_test_english") ## 🔎 Learn more about our English Programs Visit our website for details about schedules, levels, and programs: 🌐 [https://linguallama.org](https://linguallama.org/ "https://linguallama.org") ## 🕘 Flexible Schedule Option If you would like to take classes at a **different time** than the schedule shown on our platform ([or the schedule listed here](https://www.linguallama.org/class-schedule "https://www.linguallama.org/class-schedule")), **please contact us** and we will help you find the best option. **IMPORTANT: Please confirm your attendance by calling these numbers:** **Prof. Rudy (Director of studies):** +1 (201) 838-0698​ **Linguallama Office:** +1 (551) 245-9171 ### Or, book a meeting https://www.linguallama.org/contact

We'll be meeting at Planet Rose again! February is Black History Month, so be prepared to sing songs by your favorite Black singers and songwriters!

Admission to the museum is free. This exhibition will be on display from February 19 until April 19, 2026. If you cannot attend the opening, please stop in and see the show at your convenience. Call ahead for hours. This exhibition is a comprehensive exploration of the symbiotic relationship between the world of fashion and fine art. Featuring more than 140 objects, including garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and original artworks drawn from MFIT's permanent collection, *Art X Fashion* challenges the traditional hierarchies of visual culture, presenting fashion and art each as parallel, potent expressions of social, intellectual, and creative forces. Curated by Dr. Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories at MFIT, the exhibition reflects MFIT's mission to advance the understanding and appreciation of fashion's critical role in culture. The core of *Art X Fashion* lies in its profound engagement with the eternal question: "Is fashion art?" The exhibition explores the ways that fashion has always been a partner, not a follower, of fine art, highlighting typically overlooked integrations throughout history. This includes examples of how the two disciplines have worked together to create European styles, from the drama of Rococo and Neoclassical grandeur to the unsettling world of Surrealism, to the shock of Pop Art and postmodernism. **Share your excitement using #ArtXFashionMFIT** **Go to https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibitions/art-fashion/index.php for more information.**

Join us for an evening of networking, discussion, and all things Cassandra! Please register for this event [here](https://luma.com/q6kuetpe). **Agenda:** ​5:00 - 5:45 pm: Pizza / Beer ​​5:45 - 6:15 pm: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp ​​6:15 - 7:00 pm: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das, NetApp ​​7:00 - 8:00 pm: When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms: Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott, Your Augmented Life Advisory Services ​​8:00 - 9:00 pm: Networking **Speaking Sessions:** **​NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin** ​Mariah is a Developer Advocate at NetApp Instaclustr with a focus on developing educational content and building community around Apache Cassandra. ​ She will discuss NetApp Instaclustr’s managed platform and their role as an open source contributor in the Apache Cassandra community **​Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das** ​Ritam Das is a Cloud Solutions Architect at NetApp Instaclustr helping customers consume open-source data platforms like Cassandra, Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch and more. ​ Ritam will discuss enhancements to Cassandra 5, its AI capabilities, and what it has enabled enterprises to do at scale. **​** **When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms:Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott** ​Thomas Elliott has had a 25-year career in delivering distributed software systems whose work spans early Cassandra OSS deployments in mobile core networks and modern deterministic data foundations for AI. As Head of AI and ML Systems at BioSole International, he focuses on using Cassandra to encode data dependencies that enable reproducible, auditable, and constrained AI reasoning. ​Since the early days of the Cassandra Open Source project, it has been recognized as a critical component in the evolution of telecom infrastructure, particularly mobile core networks. This talk traces how early design constraints shaped architectural decisions in large-scale deployments. It is a story told across three cities in the Persian Gulf, under tight launch timelines, geopolitical complexity, and read-after-write visibility requirements that had an upper limit of 11ms.

Join us for a laid-back evening of casual conversations and mingling with fellow Nix, Nixpkgs, and NixOS enthusiasts. Bring your passion for the Nix ecosystem, and we'll provide a fun, relaxed atmosphere to connect and share ideas! Location will be at Pier 57 in the Daffodil classroom - a map is attached in the photos section.

Join up for an opportunity to work together on optimizing our sites. Have a site you'd like us to analyze? Add it here - [https://bit.ly/meet4speed-submit](https://bit.ly/meet4speed-submit) You can benefit even if you can't edit your site right now - we will be happy to share the knowledge. We'll all learn how to see what's slow and how to make it fast! Here is what you can learn: * Identify optimization opportunities using WebPageTest and Chrome DevTools * Become a master in reading the network waterfall. * Understand the most of the performance flame chart. * Learn the latest trends in measuring site speed. To be able to attend our events, you will need to show your ID at the security desk. Please make sure to provide your full name if your name on Meetup platform doesn't match your ID.

\>\>\> Manhattan\, Brooklyn y Queens <<< Para noches de buenas conversaciónes porque tenemos en el grupo, hispanohablantes de varios niveles de Español viniendo de la España, Latino America y los Estados Unidos con un gran porcentaje de hablantes nativos. La dinámica es charlar y conocer nuevos amigos que comparten el gusto por el idioma de Cervantes. Todos los demás de otros partes (New Jersey, Long Island, etc.) también están invitados y nos esperaremos allí. El Union Pool es muy fácil de alcanzar. Right next to the Metropolitan-G & Lorimer-L train stops and the B24, B48 and B54 bus terminals coming from Williamsburg and Long Island City. No hay Curfew para este Meetup. Cualquiera puede venir y quedarse hasta whenever. Aunque, la mayoría va a estar allí temprano. **Cost**: You will be expected to order **$omething** from the bar. Y además, se te pedirá que cambies de asiento al menos una vez durante el Meetup. **RSVP is required** by 6:30pm on the evening of the event and attendance will be taken. Si no está en nuestra lista para la noche, you may be turned away or charged a fee. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Corner of Union & Meeker Avenues [www.union-pool.com](http://www.union-pool.com/)

**Join the OWASP NYC Chapter for a NYC Hackfest with a AWS / Secure Code Showdown Tournament** Date: February 19th 2026 Where: AWS NYC JFK Office - 410 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001 (Corner of 33 Street and 10th Avenue ) Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Lunch: Provided Register Required: https://tinyurl.com/OWASP-Feb-19-Hackfest Happy Hour VIP: CyCode will be sponsoring a wonderful Happy Hour!!! Come and test your wonderful skill against others in a series of vulnerable code challenges that ask you to identify a problem, locate insecure code, and fix a vulnerability. You don’t need extensive programming knowledge, as this will be a great way to learn the foundations and intermediates of leveraging code that is not only functional but also secure. Players can choose to compete in their preferred software language, including Java Spring, C# MVC, C# WebForms, Go, Ruby on Rails, Python Django & Flask, Scala Play, Node.js, React, and both iOS and Android development languages. Join industry experts and fellow cybersecurity enthusiasts to share knowledge and experiences in this ever-evolving field. Don't miss this opportunity to network, learn, and stay updated on the latest in application security.

A weekly casual gathering in the Atrium of the 100-year old Williams Center of Rutherford, NJ. The event is centered around playing contemporary boardgames of various types. Bring a game and a friend! Here is a list of our current boardgames: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12xLd0a7dCjyqgVpD8a_7X66ZdIAfxonv-Dr4yQx9qSc/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12xLd0a7dCjyqgVpD8a_7X66ZdIAfxonv-Dr4yQx9qSc/edit?usp=sharing)

Location: Google Chelsea Market (75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011), 2nd Floor **6:30 - Arrival and chill** **7:00 - Intros and welcome** **7:20 - Gabriel Paunescu - Beyond the vibe: Code-generation for big UI components** Code generation is notorious for introducing small errors that take a long time to debug, specially when doing UI work. We will present methods to safely generate thousands of lines, introduce new ways to do grounding and show methodologies that help steer the LLMs away from the drift. **7:45 - Break** **8:00 - Tony Scialo - Signals: the What and the Why** Signals are one of the hot new topics in the Angular community, but what exactly are they and why are they useful? In this talk Tony will take you through signals at a quick glance, showing you where they can be easily added to a project and why they could be useful to you. **8:30 - Post event hangout** We'll decide together If you’re interested in giving a talk, please let us know! Speakers of all levels and backgrounds are welcome, and we have experienced mentors who can help you prepare your talk! Check out our Speaker FAQ: https://Angular.NYC/faq Fill out the Speaker Form: https://Angular.NYC/speak Code Of Conduct We expect all speakers and attendees to follow the JSConf code of conduct ( https://Angular.NYC/conduct ) Find us at: Website: https://Angular.NYC Youtube: [https://youtube.com/AngularNYC](https://youtube.com/AngularNYC) Slack: [http://nycjsorg.now.sh](http://nycjsorg.now.sh/) Twitter: [https://twitter.com/AngularNYC](https://twitter.com/AngularNYC)

**\*Please Note\*** This tour often has a waitlist. Please text me by 10:30am on the day of the tour to confirm your spot (412-277-6389). If I do not hear from you by then, I will offer the spot to someone on the waitlist. Thank you for understanding, and I hope you can join us! **Overview:** Join me for a walking tour of one of the most dramatic and debated transformations of the New York City skyline: Billionaires’ Row, the corridor of ultra-luxury supertall towers rising along 57th Street. Together, we will explore how this stretch of Midtown became a global symbol of ambition, excess, engineering, and architectural experimentation. **Details**: Email me at anoosua@gmail.com to request a spot on my free tour. We will meet just inside the main entrance of the Shops at Columbus Circle (10 Columbus Circle, 59th Street entrance). I'll be standing next to the Hugo Boss store on the 1st floor. Please arrive a few minutes early if you would like to use the restrooms on the 2nd floor. The tour lasts 1.5 hours and covers approximately 1-2 miles. We will end at a local coffee spot for an optional post-tour hangout. **About Me:** I am a former college professor turned real estate agent who is passionate about New York City’s culture. I love to share my enthusiasm for the arts and our local architecture with anyone interested in having fun on foot! Anoo Mukherjee anoosua@gmail.com 412.277.6389

IMPORTANT: PLEASE USE THE QR CODE SENT TO YOUR EMAIL TO ACCESS THE BUILDING Come show your support for your fellow developers! We’re very happy to bring the community together for an evening of learning and connection. This time, we'll have a community member sharing a use case and, as usual, an Elastic employee sharing their expertise as well. Join us to learn something new and meet others who are passionate about search, observability, and security. **Agenda:** * 5:30 pm: Doors open; say hi and eat some food * 6:00 pm: Agent Builder: Providing Relevant Context for Data Driven Agents", by Kathleen DeRusso, Principal Software Engineer I at Elastic * 6:30 pm: Q&A * 6:40 pm: Improving Search Ranking with LambdaMART and Elasticsearch, by Brandon (Anbang) Wu, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Quizlet * 7:10 pm: Q&A * 7:20 - 7:30 pm: Networking and event wrap-up **Abstract** **"Agent Builder: Providing Relevant Context for Data Driven Agents"** What are agents? What is context engineering? Join us as we dive into the importance of context engineering for providing relevant information to agents, and how to build grounded agents using Elastic Agent Builder. **"Improving Search Ranking with LambdaMART and Elasticsearch"** Quizlet’s search extended manual Elasticsearch boosts with a Learning-to-Rank (LambdaMART) model. Using query, engagement, and content features, we trained on study signals and validated with A/B tests, achieving measurable lifts in study rates: +3.42% on blended pages, +1.86% on sets pages, and +1.05–1.81% in downstream outcomes. This talk shares how we combined a custom ML re-ranker with Elasticsearch results—covering training data design, offline evaluation, latency, and model interpretability—and offers guidance for Elastic users to go beyond boosting and improve ranking quality. **Where**: Elastic NYC Office 1250 Broadway, Floor 16, Training Room New York, NY 10001 **When**: Feb 19th \| Doors open at 5:30 PM If you’re a long-time Elastic user or just starting your journey, this is the perfect opportunity to share ideas, meet new people, and get inspired. See you there!

**\>\>\>** Manhattan, Brooklyn et Queens **<<<** Pour avoir des bonnes soirées de conversation avec tous les niveaux de la plus belle langue dans le monde entier. La langue de la France. Cette Union Pool est un endroit avec des tables à l'extérieur et à l'intérieur (en cas de pluie) qui est très facile à atteindre. Right next to the Metropolitan-G and Lorimer-L train stops. Tous les autres dans d'autres endroits (New Jersey, Long Island, etc.) qui peuvent se joindre à nous, sont également les bienvenus. Il n'y a pas de couvre-feu pour cette rencontre Meetup. N'importe qui peut venir et rester jusqu'à quand. Bien que la plupart seront là plus tôt. **Le coût de cet événement**: You will be expected to order $omething from the bar. Et aussi, il vous sera demandé de changer de siège au moins une fois pendant le Meetup. **RSVP is required** by 6:30pm on the evening of the event and attendance will be taken. Si vous n'êtes pas inscrit sur notre liste pour la soirée, you may be turned away or charged a fee. Corner of Union & Meeker Avenues [www.union-pool.com](http://www.union-pool.com/)

**We are looking for hosts and speakers.** Please fill out [this form](https://bit.ly/iOSoho-Meetup-Talk-Submission) if you would like to host or speak at future events. • Special thanks to **[Radar](https://radar.com/)** for hosting us this month. Food and drink will be provided! There will be a **raffle for Radar AirPods** for in-person attendees! Welcome to yet another great evening of learning and networking! This event will be held **both in person and online**, and for the first time (as far as we can recall) on a Thursday! **Agenda:** • 6:00 PM - Doors Open (in-person attendees). **Don't forget your ID!** • 6:30 PM - Welcome (in-person and Zoom attendees) • 6:35 PM - **First Talk: The Bar is on Which Floor? Improving Altitude and Floor Detection** • 7:05 PM - Community Announcements • 7:15 PM - **Second Talk: Beyond the Sandbox: Secure iOS Development in an Era of New Security Standards** • 7:45 PM - Networking • 8:30 PM - Doors close. Regroup at a bar nearby ([Old Town Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/2kigoa6ZMbgC1scG8)) **First Talk Description:** • The Bar is on Which Floor? Improving Altitude and Floor Detection Liam Meier, Director of Engineering at Radar iOS can estimate a device's altitude. In real world conditions, this estimate is far less accurate and reliable than horizontal (lat/lng) positioning, which makes the question "which floor is someone on?" hard to answer. Leveraging little known sensors in mobile phones and clever correction techniques enabled by at-scale deployments, we're able to determine mobile device altitude and floor level with markedly higher accuracy than what's available today. Liam Meier is Director of Engineering at Radar, where he leads the team behind Radar’s leading geolocation platform and mobile SDKs, deployed on over 300 million devices. Previously, he founded and built products at early-stage startups. In a past life, he studied galaxy formation under the influence of dark matter — helpful training for making sense of noisy sensor data. **Second Talk Description:** • Beyond the Sandbox: Secure iOS Development in an Era of New Security Standards Mike Sanderson Even as mobile apps have come to handle sensitive medical, financial, and personal information, the practices of secure mobile app development has remained a patchwork of received wisdom and platform constraints, with developers who want to practice secure development are often unclear on how to do so or what that even means. In the past few years, leaders in security standards have increasingly seen the need to for digital security incorporate secure coding earlier into the software development process, known as "shift left," and included references to systematic cybersecurity standards. This talk will look at how secure mobile app development fits into the larger security picture, including the security of the iOS platform and the MacOS platform apps are developed on. The talk will look at sources for guidance for secure iOS software development, in particular the OWASP flagship Mobile App Security project and other OWASP efforts. The idea will be to start to equip iOS developers not only to make good decisions but to systematically identify best practices and understand how they fit into the larger security picture. Mike Sanderson is a writer and computer programmer who has worked on iOS apps full-time since 2013, including working with a launch partner of Apple Wallet in iOS 9, working on a secure message app at scale, and independently finding and reporting an authentication-bypass bug on a medical iOS app, which was confirmed. Recently, Mike has provided comments on several National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) draft papers related to cybersecurity. **Location:** 111 5th Avenue Floor 12 New York, NY 10003 Please enter through the main lobby on 5th avenue, next to H&M. Then head to the 12th floor. **What you need to bring:** ID **When to arrive:** Doors open at 6:00pm ET Event will start around 6:30pm ET **Zoom link:** You can join virtually here (link will be provided the day of the event). Note we will start the Meetup around 6:30pm ET **Will food and drinks be provided?** Yes! Thank you [Radar](https://radar.com/)! **Call for speakers and hosts:** Please fill out [this form](https://bit.ly/iOSoho-Meetup-Talk-Submission) if you would like to host or speak at future events. **Code of Conduct:** The iOSoho Meetup is dedicated to providing a safe Meetup experience for everyone, regardless of gender, identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or religion (or lack thereof). iOSoho Meetup does not tolerate harassment of Meetup participants at any time or in any form. Our Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all participants. All communication throughout the Meetup should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any part of the event, including talks, or at the Meetup venue. Please be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally and respect the policies of our generous hosting offices. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for the Meetup. Attendees violating these guidelines will be asked to leave the Meetup group and Meetup events at the organizers' sole discretion. If you need to report something happening at or about the iOSoho Meetup, please contact the [organizers](https://www.meetup.com/iosoho/members/?op=leaders). Thank you for helping make the iOSoho Meetup a welcoming, friendly event for all!

Come to network, chat, talk shop, or just hang out with like-minded WordPress folks. I’ve reserved a private room at **[Handcraft NYC](https://www.handcraftnyc.com/)** just for our group. **Thanks to [Pantheon](https://pantheon.io/)’s generous sponsorship, complimentary appetizers will be provided**, and additional food and beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) can be purchased separately. If you have any food allergies, please let us know beforehand. Feel free to **bring your laptop** — we’ll have space for impromptu “happiness bar” sessions, casual debugging, demos, or just showing off what you’re working on. I hope to see you there! **Date:** Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 **Venue:** Roylene & Grace (a speakeasy located in the back of Handcraft NYC) [Link to the menus](https://www.handcraftnyc.com/menus/) **Sponsors:** [HandCraft NYC](https://www.handcraftnyc.com/) (**Venue**) [Pantheon](https://pantheon.io/) (**Food**)

*We are thrilled to partner with the **#NewYork @Official Cybersecurity Summit** on **February 25th, 2026** Join us for a day of cutting-edge insights and networking. Earn CPE credits! Enjoy breakfast, lunch, and cocktails. Use code* **CSS26-OWASPNY** *for a complimentary pass. Please put OWASP NYC Chapter after your last name to confirm you’re a OWASP NYC Member. Everyone is welcomed.* The **17h Edition of the New York Cybersecurity Summit** connects cybersecurity executives and seasoned practitioners responsible for protecting their companies’ critical infrastructures with innovative solution providers and renowned information security experts. Admission offers attendees access to all interactive panels, discussions, a catered breakfast, lunch, and a cocktail reception. This is always an AMAZING Event, all OWASP NYC Members are welcome!

Join us on **Thursday, February 26** at **Datadog Times Square**. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. to give attendees plenty of time to grab pizza and socialize, and the talk begin at 7:15 p.m. Following the success of the UnConf we've absorbed all of your feedback and have two awesome speakers! **Robin Molen-Grigull is CTO at Fullstack.Trade** \- a stealth mode firm focused on high performance compute and latency in the Web3 space\. **Storage Tetris: Compile-Time Solutions for 32-Byte Storage Constraints** Fitting arbitrary Rust structs into fixed 32-byte storage slots is a puzzle, but Rust’s macros and type system make it solvable. Automatic layout and lazy loading, combined with a small macro, turn low-level storage primitives into clean .field() accessors. Associated types and compile-time offset calculations eliminate manual storage arithmetic while remaining zero-cost. **James Logan is a Principal Scientific Software Engineer at Commonwealth Fusion** **Interpn: Fast Interpolation** James Logan recently delivered a ten minute lightning talk at Rust Boston. The goal of that talk was to share "Everything I learned making software 300x faster than state-of-the-art". James has used Interpn in a way like never seen before, improving performance in a way that is unimaginably unique and can be applied by so many engineers. This is definitely one not to be missed. **[Lawrence Harvey](https://www.lawrenceharvey.com/)** is Rust NYC's official recruitment partner, with Ross providing support as a co-organizer and financial support. The space is generously sponsored by our partner **Datadog.**

In this presentation, we’ll walk through a couple of practical use cases for the new WordPress Abilities API, which lets AI models discover and run your WordPress functions. This unlocks a new way for plugins to add real, hands-on AI features, allowing the same actions you’d normally perform in the UI to happen through prompts, faster and with far less friction. Jeff Marx has been a software engineer at People Inc. for more than seven years, with roots in the WordPress community going back to 2006. While he no longer works in WordPress code every day, his experience spans a wide range of projects, from large-scale WordPress VIP media sites to small business and community sites. Jeff is also a longtime contributor to the [GatherPress project](https://gatherpress.org/) and an organizer of the [WordPress NYC Meetup group](https://www.meetup.com/wordpressnyc/). \-\-\- If you would like to speak at a future meetup, please reach out to any of our organizers in a meetup.com message or on our Slack. **PARKING**: We've been asked to not park in the United Way lot behind the library as it could result in a parking ticket. Please find street parking or a parking deck. \-\-\- Join the **JerseyPress Slack** group to chat with others in our community and get help: [https://jerseypress.org/slack/](https://jerseypress.org/slack/)