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Startup/Investor Open Coffee: Connect & Learn, RSVP
Come grab a coffee and chat about startups, growth, and investing with fellow entrepreneurs, advisors and investors!
This Startup/Investor Open Coffee, organized by [SIA](https://taac.startupinvestoraccelerator.com/ "https://taac.startupinvestoraccelerator.com/"), [Founder Institute](https://fi.co/ "https://fi.co") and [Adelantum Services](https://adelantum.eu/ "https://adelantum.eu"), will be hosted by [hub.brussels](https://be.linkedin.com/company/hub-brussels "https://be.linkedin.com/company/hub-brussels") (more about them below)!
**❯❯ Guest Speakers include Bob De Wilde (Founder, ADELANTUM Services).**
**❗️IMPORTANT:**
* The goal of this event is to be more than just a networking opportunity, it's a shared learning experience for everyone. Please arrive on time so you don't miss the first questions and insights, which the rest of the conversations will build on.
* NO PITCHING❗ Just sincere sharing of challenges you face and insights that might help others!
**❯ DETAILS:**
Building a startup takes more than a good idea—it takes the right network, insights, and support. Our Open Coffee sessions bring together founders, investors, mentors, and startup enthusiasts for meaningful conversations, shared experiences, and fresh perspectives.
Each session is informal and shaped by the needs of those attending. You’ll introduce yourself, share current challenges, and get feedback, contacts, and advice from a supportive community.
**❯ Who joins:**
Startup founders, teams, investors, mentors, and career changers entering the startup world.
**❯ How to prepare:**
* Bring a notebook—plenty of wisdom is shared
* Prepare a short intro: who you are and what brought you here
* Think of 1–2 key challenges to discuss
**❯❯ This is an in-person event, so be sure to RSVP at [https://fi.co/e/401513/meetup](https://fi.co/e/401513/meetup) to secure your spot and receive further details.**
🎬 The Club – Summer Movie Festival (Private Garden)
Small curated movie nights in a hidden garden in Ixelles, next to Place Flagey.
A mix of:
* **cult classics**
* **recent movies**
* **international cinema**
* **comedy nights**
* **karaoke & dubbing chaos nights**
* **comfort food and summer vibes**
**This is not a giant public Meetup** where 40 strangers stand awkwardly around overpriced drinks pretending networking is fun. Humanity already suffered enough.
Our idea is simple:
we gather in a private home and transform the courtyard into a small outdoor cinema.
Sometimes we cook together before the movie:
Italian, Thai, Lebanese, Japanese, Balkan, Greek, Latin American street food etc.
Sometimes people simply grab pizza from the excellent pizzeria next door and join the screening.
Food is intentionally relaxed:
bowls, finger food, street food, popcorn, snacks, comfort food.
**Some nights are more gourmet.**
Some are glorified pizza-and-movie nights.
Both are valid forms of civilization **;-)**
## **What makes this different**
The group is i**ntentionally small**:
usually 6 to 8 people maximum.
**People are introduced properly.**
Nobody gets abandoned in a corner.
The atmosphere stays human, social and safe.
**No heavy drinking.**
**No creepy behavior.**
No random people showing up uninvited.
Smoking is allowed because is outside in the courtyard and occasionally we may have **hookah nights** depending on the movie/theme.
## **Typical evenings**
* Wong Kar-wai + Asian comfort food
* Spaghetti western + Italian street food
* Anime + sushi night
* Greek cinema + mezze
* Balkan chaos cinema + burek
* Cult movie dubbing nights where people voice scenes live karaoke-style
Yes, this is a real thing now apparently.
## **Important**
Because Meetups and public internet are full of bots, spam accounts and socially radioactive individuals, **we do NOT post the exact address publicly.**
To join:
scan the QR code on the image and request access to the private WhatsApp group or send me a DM.
From there:
* we announce movies
* vote on menus
* organize cooking nights
* coordinate places
**If you are new in Brussels, introverted, traveling, recently arrived, or simply tired of giant impersonal events, this may be your thing.**
Treffen in Präsenz am Mittwoch 24. Juni 18h im James Joyce
Hallo Freunde der deutschen Sprache,
wir laden alle, die gern ihr Deutsch üben wollen, zu diesem Treffen ein! Falls Ihr angemeldet seid, aber nicht kommen könnt, wären wir dankbar für Eure Abmeldung.
Wir freuen uns auf nette Unterhaltungen und einen interessanten Austausch mit Euch!
🍦 F*ck the Small Talk Brussels #5
[Grab your ticket here! 🎟️ 🔗](https://luma.com/ftst5brussels)
Maybe in the end, it's mostly about the friends we make along the way, and the moments we get to share in connection...
🧀 but true!
**📦 WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?**
FTST is an out-of-the-box **social experience** where strangers come together for an afternoon of meaningful, fun, and deep conversation. It’s also a different & cool way of meeting new people by getting a bit out of your comfort zone and skipping the small talk!
Join us for **games**, **talks**, and **connections** with **friends you haven’t met yet**. Join if you get annoyed after being asked what you do, where you are from, and how long you've been in Brussels every single time you meet someone. If you feel that there are better questions in life, this is the place for you. 🙌
**📓 HOW DOES IT WORK?**
We start with a short & sweet intro talk followed by a few light-hearted group games to warm up. After that, we split you up into small groups and start with the conversation rounds (with 3-4 people). We'll have awesome question cards that will guide the flow of the conversation. You'll be guided by an experienced host who'll make sure everything goes smoothly. 🍭
**🕹 HOW TO JOIN?**
**[Take 1 minute to sign up 👈](https://luma.com/ftst5brussels)**
Our events are **limited to 30 handpicked guests** to ensure a cozy atmosphere. **Confirm your spot on the link above** to make it happen! We prioritize a balance of gender and age. If you're invited you'll receive a confirmation within 48 hours via Luma (our ticketing platform)
NOTE: We won't validate your payment unless you've been accepted! (which you most likely will ❤️)
**Sold out or can't make it?** [Drop us your email ](https://epicllama.myflodesk.com/brussels)and we'll keep you in the loop for the next one! 😎
**🧧 HOW MUCH IS IT?**
The cost to attend is €15 (early bird) or €18 (general), and includes the following:
⏰ 3 hours of facilitated and curated activities
🙌🏽 Access to the Llamas in Brussels WhatsApp community
👥 A space to meet new people in the least boring way possible
💛 Supporting our mission to spread human connection events around the world
*(🎫 also includes those annoying ticket fees!)*
**🌳 WHERE IS IT?**
We host our events in awesome bars & parks across the city. *We only **reveal the location** upon confirmation.*
**💛 WHAT THEY SAY**
🗣 “This is the kind of activity **humanity needs every weekend**. Thank you for all.” - *Sonya*
🗣 “F\*ck the Small Talk changes the narrative from "Where are you from?" to "When was the last time you laughed uncontrollably?" and I think that's beautiful.” - Monika
🗣 "It’s a **wonderful** **experience**, it’s like being a kid again, when you were at the park, playing with other kids, and just decided you were going to be best friends for the next hours. Maybe you’ll never see those kids again. But that hour was amazing because you both opened up and trusted each other." - Sara
**[Read our 130+ Google reviews here 👈](https://goo.gl/maps/TpZy77bfPFkGoikn7)**
**🤓 FAQ**
**• Can I come alone?**
Of course, we encourage it :)
**• Can I be late?**
Please don't! Late arrivals will disrupt the floooooooow.
**• I signed up but never got an invite. Why?**
We usually get a high volume of sign-ups yet we like to keep it cozy & only invite around 30 people. Please try again next time if you do not receive an invite - no hard feelings 💛
**• Why do you charge?**
We value our time and put a lot of love, planning, and effort into creating & designing these experiences. ♥️ This is our project/business and what we give to the world and we think everything should be a fair exchange! 🎈 However, money should never be the reason for people not to attend. If you can’t afford it send us a message!
**• Is this a networking or dating event?**
Nope! Think of us as the\* anti-networking *and* anti-speed dating *event. There’s no pressure, no pitches, and no cringy icebreakers. Instead, we create spaces where strangers can connect through fun & meaningful conversations. It’s all about authentic connection—no business cards or romantic expectations required. (doesn’t mean it* can’t \*happen—it’s just not the intention!)
𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙. ✨
\* Location is only revealed to ticket holders!
🙅♀️📱This event is a no-phone experience. 🙅♀️📱
We started in Berlin back in 2019 out of the frustration of being asked 'Where are you from?' multiple times at every single meetup! Now there are chapters in 15 cities including Medellin, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Zurich, and London! 🗺️
\*\*\*
Follow us on[ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/epic.llama/)👈
Our [website](https://epicllama.com/fuckthesmalltalk)[ ](https://epicllama.com/)👈
Board Game Fun Night @ Hal5 in Kessel-Lo
1. **Always RSVP before attending.**
2. **Limited spots:** RSVP does not guarantee a spot — please check if you're on the main list or the waitlist.
3. **WAITLIST notice:** Please don’t take a spot from someone who signed up in time — only attend if you’re off the waitlist. You may move to the active list if someone cancels, which can happen the day before or even on the day of game night.
4. **Be on time:** If you’re more than 20–25 minutes late, you likely can’t join a table — we won’t restart game explanations for latecomers. You may wait for the next game.
5. **Take care of the games:** The people hosting the evening kindly bring and share their own private — and often quite expensive — games. Please don’t bend the cards (these aren’t just cheap poker decks!), be gentle with the components, and make sure everything goes back neatly in the box.
6. **Be present, not on your phone:** Please give your attention when someone is explaining the rules — especially the person hosting the game, who took the time to prepare and make sure everyone can enjoy it. This is a game night, not just a casual bar hangout, so please respect their effort and the focus of the other players.
7. **No double booking:** On Wednesdays, another game night is organized at the same time by another group, the International House of Leuven (IHL). If you sign up for both events, we will automatically remove you from our list. Please don’t be rude by occupying a spot that someone else could use — respect both communities and let everyone enjoy a fair chance to join.
⚠️ CHANGE OF VENUE AND TIME ⚠️ Debate Night: Monarchy Mayhem
⚠️THE DEBATE WILL BE AT THE GAZEBO IN PARK ROYAL AND START AT 7.30PM ⚠️
Freedom of speech and opinion is a key feature of many a democracy. What happens elsewhere, if one makes fun of a reigning monarch? Whether monarchs hold political or only representative power, many would defend that monarchies belong to the past, enfuriating others whose attachment to their royals remains strong.
Tourism, lack of privacy and choice, patriotism and 'selective' bloodlines are some of the many reasons one could think of before choosing to make fun of a reigning monarch.
Join us as we debate the following motion: this house would not mock a reigning monarch.
This debate will follow a British Parliamentary format with eight debaters split into **four teams of two.**
Participants who wish to speak are highly encouraged to bring a paper and pen. You are welcome to participate even if you have no prior debating experience.
We aim for debates that are respectful, constructive, and welcoming:
***Respect ideas and people **Listen actively, stay quiet while others speak, and debate arguments, not identities or beliefs.
** *Be concise and civil **Keep questions short and relevant; avoid hostility, hate speech, or discrimination.
*** Respect boundaries and time **No unwanted advances or suggestive behavior; arrive on time to avoid disrupting the debate.
** *Follow moderators **They guide the discussion and ensure fairness.
Musical ecstasy
*I am in love with love*
*and love is in love with me.*
*Rumi*
**Welcome for an evening of devotional singing and musical ecstacy! Ani, Nico, Yuliya & Stijn will lead you into giving up our voices and bodies to music and to dance.**
18h potluck (bring your own dish)
19h pm start
22h evening ceremony
[Register here](https://www.houseofthebeloved.eu/event-details/musical-ecstacy). Contribution is on a sliding scale between €10 and €30. Please reach out if this is more than you can afford. Your presence is more important than the money you can give. [Email us](mailto:welcome@houseofthebeloved.eu) to find a way to make it work.
We look forward to being with you!!
Add yourself to our [whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/KGMJm8JhjqOHDmDYKIZ273?mode=gi_t) to stay informed
PS: You can bring your instruments.
Open Source Hardware Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Open Coworking Day: Join and Cowork on Your Projects
Join us for a full day of collaborative work at HSBXL! This event is open to everyone who enjoys working in a community environment, whether you're advancing on business ventures, freelance projects, or creative endeavors. Bring your laptops, your enthusiasm, and your projects to collaborate, learn, and share in the main room of our spacious hackerspace.
During this **8-hour co-working event**, you'll have the opportunity to work on your project, ask for feedback, offer help to others, and if you wish, share your achievements at the end of the day.
**Please Note**: While HSBXL has multiple rooms for various purposes, this coworking event is taking place in the main room. It's important to note that online meetings should be avoided during this event to prevent noise disturbance and to maintain a conducive work environment for everyone.
\#\#\# What the day will look like:
1\. Introduction and setting up: Find a comfortable spot in the main room\, set up your workspace and grab a Club Mate\, soft drink\, or a coffee to get your day started\.
2\. Work Session: Dive into your project\, seek assistance\, and collaborate with others\.
3\. Sharing Session: Optional\, but encouraged\! Share what you've worked on\, your challenges\, and triumphs\.
\#\#\# How to get to HSBXL:
HSBXL is located in Brussels. For detailed instructions on how to get to the hackerspace, please visit [here](https://hsbxl.be/enter/). If you encounter any issues while trying to get in, you can contact us at +32 28804004. Please note that the phone is inside the space. Alternatively, you can also reach out to us in our [Matrix chatroom](https://matrix.to/#/#hsbxl:matrix.org).
\#\#\# Requirements
Please bring your laptop, and if you have, an extension cord. The space has WiFi, but having your own internet backup solution can also be useful.
Join us at this **8-hour co-working day** in the main room of HSBXL, and we hope you'll have made progress on your projects, learned something new, and most importantly, enjoyed the power of community collaboration. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or creative, we welcome you to this day of productivity, sharing, and collaboration.
AI-Native Meetup #1
Welcome to the #1 edition of the **AI-Native Meetup** 👋
**📅 Meetup Agenda**
* 17:30: Doors Open, welcome & drinks
* 18:15: Opening Remarks
* 18:20: Talks
* 19:30: Closing Remarks
* 19:35: Networking Drinks & Bites
**🚗 Getting there**
Accenture office located in Tour & Taxis - Gare Maritime
* **Parking**: Rue Picard 13, 1000 Brussels - 900 spaces (**±5 min walk**)
* **Bike**: Bike racks available 86C Avenue du Port - 1–11 Rue Picard
* **Bus**: Lines
14, 15, 57, 88, 89 Tour & Taxis stop (**In front of the site**)
* **Tram**: Lines 51, 93 Sainctelette stop (**±5 min walk**)
* **Metro/Subway**: Lines 2, 6 Stops Yser & Ribaucourt (**±10 min walk**)
**ℹ️ Practical Information:**
\- The first edition of the AI\-Native Meetup will take place on Thursday 25th of June 2026
\- Accenture office is located in boîte 100 Rue Picard 11\, 1000 Brussels
[get directions](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1363199207277627398)
AI moves fast. Keeping up is exhausting. This meetup is built for the people in the trenches, Software Engineers, Data folks, Analysts, Managers and AI leaders to help them keep-up with latest ways of working with Agentic AI.
Specialists and generalists welcome.
**🗣️ Speakers:**
**#1 Arnaud Gueulette** (Datashift): Ship It With AI: From Idea to Prototype in Days, Not Months
#2 Gaël Mercier (STIB-MIVB): who’s driving? AI, your brain, and the autopilot trap.
#3 Siwar Dean Madrane (Accenture): Beyond Vibe Coding: The Developer’s New Craft
Thanks to Accenture for sponsoring and hosting the AI-Native Meetup.
Sunday Electronics Workshop
This workshop series is a **follow-up to the ESP32 Robotics workshop**, but with a different concept. Here, there will be no subject set in advance, instead **all participants are welcome to join at any point and at any level, from beginner to expert**. Beginners will be guided though the basics (C programming, how to use measurement tools, soldering, PCB design, etc…) and can get advice on what tools and kits to start with, others can come with their own projects to get help or share some knowledge.
## Requirements
* Bring your own laptop (Windows, Linux or Mac)
* Any microcontroller/dev kit to develop your project(s). If you are a beginner and don’t know what to buy, come and we’ll find the best starter kit for you !
* A strong desire to learn stuff, good mood and some patience !
Feed an AI-agentic beast with proper data
In this hands-on workshop we’ll work through four real-world scenarios in Python: finding the minimum viable context for sales questions, keeping frequency signals intact when summarizing support tickets at scale, selecting the right columns for churn analysis on a wide customer table, and extracting structured fields from messy product listings with validation you can trust. You’ll write and discuss code together — practical patterns you can take straight back to work.
**Agenda**
\- 18:00 Doors Open
\- 18:30 Start of the Workshop
\- 20:00 Workshop Closing & Announcements
\- 20:10 Networking
\- 21:00 Event Closing
**GitHub Repo**
[https://github.com/pyladiesams/feed-AI-agentic-beast-proper-data-jun2026](https://github.com/pyladiesams/feed-AI-agentic-beast-proper-data-jun2026)
**Stream**
[YouTube Stream](https://www.youtube.com/live/2EnszJLzzAc)
**Speaker**
[Jessica Eggen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-eggen-579b50155/)
Jessica Eggen is a Data Analytics Engineer who loves to spent her time wrangling and puzzling with real-world data at scale. With a background in Business Analytics and machine learning she hopes to bring a practical, business-grounded perspective to AI.
**📧 Contact**
Are you interested in speaking at one of our events? Have a good idea for a Meetup? Get in touch with us at [amsterdam@pyladies.com](mailto:amsterdam@pyladies.com)
💬 Find us on the PyLadies Global workspace:
1. [https://slackin.pyladies.com](https://slackin.pyladies.com/) enter your email address.
Accept the email invitation
2. Go to workspace [https://pyladies.slack.com](https://pyladies.slack.com/)
3. Join channel #city-amsterdam
Community Meetup @ Infrabel
Join our next meetup on June 25th! We will have 3 talks and will share some food and drinks while networking
**Location:** Infrabel, Rue des Deux Gares 82, 1070 Anderlecht, Belgium
**Agenda:**
17:45 : Doors open
18:00 - 18:40 : Drinks and pizza
18:40 - 18:45 : Welcome
18:45 - 19:00 : Elastic @ Infrabel
19:00 - 19:15 : Real life never-seen-before railway project
19:15 - 19:55 : From unknown and raw to real value
19:55 - 20.20 : What’s new in Elastic v9
20:15 : Wrap up
**Talks:**
**Elastic @ Infrabel**
In this presentation, we will explain how Infrabel uses Elastic today and how it supports our current needs.
We will briefly outline some future optimizations and the integration of OpenTelemetry to further strengthen and extend our Elastic platform.
To showcase how we use Elastic for addressing real business use case, we will demo a never-seen-before application build in collaboration with Elastic Belgium.
*Safia Souabi – Big Data Engineer at Infrabel*
*Olivier-Désiré Muhimpundu – Big Data Engineer at Infrabel*
**Real life never-seen-before railway project**
*How Elastic helps ensure the punctuality of rail services by detecting and correlating events in real time to anticipate disruptions, ensure operational continuity and optimise the flow of rail traffic."*
*Vanessa Coeurnelle – Cyber Resilience Data Analyst at Infrabel*
**From unknown and raw to real value**
In this talk, Chris shares how he transformed a legacy log ingestion pipeline into a structured, scalable, and insight-ready ELK-based system. Starting from loosely indexed XML/SOAP logs with minimal configuration, the project required rebuilding the data model to handle multiple message types, complex nested structures, and inconsistent field representations.
Without the luxury of a full upfront redesign, Chris adopted an iterative, data-driven approach: combining exploratory analysis with dynamic mapping strategies to progressively shape the data into a usable format. He will discuss how this led to the design of flexible ingestion pipelines, including XML parsing, normalization, and generic handling of heterogeneous payloads.
The talk also covers practical techniques for managing sensitive data, reducing storage overhead, and improving query performance—such as selective data retention, hashing and fingerprinting strategies, and the use of data streams. Finally, Chris will touch on how structuring the data effectively enables higher-level capabilities like anomaly detection and automated alerting.
This session is aimed at practitioners dealing with messy, real-world data and looking for pragmatic ways to make Elasticsearch pipelines more robust, maintainable, and valuable.
**Bios**
**Christoph Evers** is a Senior Data Scientist and Data Engineer based in Brussels, with over 15 years of experience in data systems, search technologies, and analytics. He has been working with Elasticsearch since its early days, contributing to the project between 2010 and 2012 and applying it extensively as a search engine, document store, and log ingestion platform.
At OpenLex, he designs and builds advanced data solutions for legal research, including full-text search engines, NLP pipelines for entity detection and anonymization, and large-scale analytics systems. His work also includes operating and optimizing ELK-based observability stacks in Linux and Docker environments.
Previously, Chris held roles spanning software engineering, data science, and R&D leadership across sectors such as social media analytics, mobility and market research. His experience combines hands-on engineering with business-oriented data applications, delivering scalable systems and actionable insights for both startups and multinational clients. He mainly focuses on search relevance, data observability, and the practical use of ELK in production environments.
**Olivier-Désiré Muhimpundu** is a Data Engineer at Infrabel, where he has been working for more than three years on large-scale data platforms and data projects. He holds an engineering degree from University of Mons Faculty of Engineering and a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence.
In his current role, Olivier focuses on designing, operating, and evolving enterprise data platforms based on technologies such as Apache Kafka, Elastic Stack, and Cloudera. His work spans data ingestion, real-time processing, monitoring, observability, and platform engineering in a large-scale railway environment.
**Safia Souabi** is a Data Engineer with 6 years of experience at Infrabel in Brussels. With a BSc and MSc in Physics from London, she combines a strong analytical background with expertise in building and operating large-scale data platforms for mission-critical operational and asset data. Experienced with Apache Kafka, Elastic Stack, and the Cloudera ecosystem (Hadoop, Spark, Hive/Impala), she delivers scalable batch/real-time data pipelines and optimized ETL/ELT workflows. She works closely with stakeholders to translate requirements into reliable data products, with a strong focus on data quality, governance, security, performance, and platform resilience.
FREELANCING IN BELGIUM, UN MUST?
**FRANCAIS**:
Je démarre une **rotation thématique** tous les mois autour du domaine de l'entrepreneuriat.
Pour ce mois, d'août, je propose:
**Le freelancing en Belgique** (avantages et désavantages).
Etes-vous un freelanceur ou non?
Partagez vos avis avec le groupe.
On prendra aussi le temps nécessaire pour apprendre à se connaître via une session de réseautage!
Si vous souhaitez apporter/partager quelque chose pour manger/boire, n'hésitez pas!
Rendez-vous au Cinquantenaire en-dessous de l'arc:
[Cinquantenaire (Bruxelles)](https://goo.gl/maps/B4hEv3uyDVKD1Uap6)
**ENGLISH**:
I am starting **each month a topic** related to entrepreneurship.
This month of august, the topic will be :
**Freelancing in Belgium** (advantages and disadvantages).
Are you a freelance or not?
Share your insights with the group.
We will take this time for getting to know each other throughout a networking!
If you feel like bringing/sharing something to eat, don't hesitate!
See you at 50naire next to the arch:
[Cinquantenaire (Brussels)](https://goo.gl/maps/B4hEv3uyDVKD1Uap6)
Open Source Hardware Events Near You
Connect with your local Open Source Hardware community
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, we’ll 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. We’ll 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. We’ll close with a brief overview of how extensions are packaged and published to the Visual Studio Marketplace and other distribution options.
**YouTube Link**
TBD
Christians in Tech - Meetup #38 @ Improving
Christians in Tech is a community at the intersection of faith and technology. Our meetups are designed to spark meaningful conversations, promote knowledge sharing, and encourage growth—both in your career and your spiritual walk with God. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your tech journey, CIT welcomes you.
Our Website
[https://linktr.ee/citcbus](https://linktr.ee/citcbus)
Sponsors and Partners
* Improving (Venue Sponsor)
* Bethel World Prayer Center (Fiscal Sponsor)
* Fruits & Roots (Coffee Partner)
2026 Open Garden Tour - Catchfly Commons 1.3 residential acres of Native Plants
2026 Annual Open Garden and Tour of Catchfly Commons
Catchfly Commons 2026 summer open garden will be on Saturday July 4th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Terri and Randy Litchfield invite you to visit Catchfly Commons, their home garden hosting roughly 275 native species on a 1.3 acre property and featured in Ohio Magazine in March/April 2023.
Location:
707 Bunty Station Road, Delaware, OH 43015
*watch for parking signs*
More information will be posted a month or so beforehand, but for now please save the date. We hope to see you!
[https://catchflycommons.org/](https://catchflycommons.org/)
Game Dev Meetup (@Improving In-Person)
PLEASE NOTE!!!
This event will be In-Person for our 2nd Improving collab! If you know the [Columbus Unity group](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-unity-user-group/) location, we'll be at the same place. This is our 2nd event at this location so bare with us as we grow into this space.
There's paid street parking on Saturdays but you can also pay to park in any of the local garages. See image of [parking map here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mr9_LFIggbs-0_Zd3AJTGNqEhgMf2TzQ/view?usp=sharing).
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On the last Sunday of the month, we're having our usual end-of-the-month social gathering with our GameDev Meetup meeting. There will be announcements and presentations followed by some social networking Let's continue the conversations with good vibes and friends.
All are welcomed from all ages and backgrounds to this public event. If we can, we'll be streaming or uploading the video later via our COGG YouTube channel here:
[https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams)
(Also please do subscribe if you have not done so!)
No game development experience required!
If you are interested in doing a 20 minute game development related presentation, please fill out our form online here:
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with the following:
Your Name, Company/Affiliation, Name of Your Game/Topic, Description, Tech Needs, and Your Contact.
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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: This month Chris Pazsint will be talking about Agentic Coding. How does one use CLI Based Agents, and Agentic IDEs such as Cursor, Kiro, Antigravity? How to include agentic coding plugins for IDEs you already love such as Visual Studio Code.
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




















