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Последно за сезона издание преди лятната ваканция! ☀️ И това ако не е повод да се видим! 🙂🎉 **Python Meetup @ Sofia** 🐍 е тук през май 🌸 с интересна тема 💡 и почерпка 🍻 преди така дългоочакваните летни месеци! Ще се съберем в края на май 📅, ще споделим опит 🤓, ще се почерпим 🍹 и ще си поговорим 💬, по стара пайтънмийтъпска традиция ;) **🗓️ Датата е 26-ти май, а мястото е 📍Barter Community Hub 🏢.** **Започваме в ⏰ 19:00ч.** 🎫 Събитието е напълно безплатно ✅, нужно е само да потвърдиш присъствие тук 🙌 📢 Тема: **Async Python: The (bright) future after the end of GIL** 👨‍💻 Лектор: **Ивайло Дончев** 💭 **За какво ще си говорим:** Когато говорим за асинхронното програмиране с Python 🐍, винаги изниква една мистична абревиатура - GIL 🤔. В лекцията ще говорим за това как се промени асинхронното програмиране в python през годините 📈, какво е GIL, защо беше нужен, защо беше нужно да се премахне ❌ и какво означава това на практика ⚙️. Лекцията ще бъде на български език! 🇧🇬 🎙️ **За лектора:** Ивайло Дончев е Senior Full Stack developer 👨‍💻 и Technical Team Lead 🧠 в Waracle (България). Има 10+ години опит с Python 🐍 и Django, лектор на EuroPython 2018, 2022 и 2023 🎤 и лектор на курсовете на HackBulgaria 📚. След лекцията продължаваме в networking частта 🤝 с традиционната почерпка 🍻 от нашите партньори от **[Waracle](https://waracle.com/)** 🙏. Разбира се, ще има и томбола 🎁. А след това ще се отдадем на заслужена лятна почивка 🏖️ и ще се видим отново през септември 🍂! Както се казва, да сме живи и здрави! 🙏 Очакваме те на 26-ти май в Barter Community Hub!📍 Започваме точно в 19:00! ⏰ \-\-\- Final edition of the season before the summer break! ☀️ If that’s not a reason to get together, we don’t know what is! 🙂🎉 **Python Meetup @ Sofia** 🐍 is back this May 🌸 with a great topic 💡 and some treats 🍻 before we head into those long-awaited summer months! We’re gathering at the end of May 📅 to share knowledge 🤓, grab a drink 🍹, and catch up 💬, just like in the good old Python Meetup tradition ;) 🗓️ Date: **May 26** 📍 Location: **Barter Community Hub** 🏢 ⏰ Time: **19:00** 🎫 The event is completely free ✅ - just make sure to RSVP 🙌 📢 Topic: **Async Python: The (bright) future after the end of GIL** 🚀 👨‍💻 Speaker: **Ivaylo Donchev** **💭 What we’ll cover:** When we talk about asynchronous programming with Python, a mysterious abbreviation always comes up - GIL. 🤔 In the lecture we will talk about how asynchronous programming in Python has changed over the years 📈, what GIL is, why it was needed, why it needed to be removed❌ and what it means in practice.⚙️ The talk will be in Bulgarian 🇧🇬. 🎙️ **About the speaker:** Ivaylo Donchev is a Senior Full Stack Developer 👨‍💻 and Technical Team Lead 🧠 at Waracle (Bulgaria). He has 10+ years of experience with Python 🐍 and Django, has spoken at EuroPython (2018, 2022, 2023) 🎤, and is also a lecturer at HackBulgaria 📚. After the talk, we’ll continue with a networking session 🤝, featuring complimentary drinks 🍻 kindly provided by our partners at **[Waracle](https://waracle.com/)**[ ](https://waracle.com/)🙏. And yes… there will be a raffle 🎁! Then it’s time for a well-deserved summer break 🏖️, and we’ll be back in September 🍂. Until then - stay awesome and take care! 🙏 See you on May 26 at Barter Community Hub!📍 We start right at 19:00 ⏰

Здравейте, WordPress хора! Както знаете, благодарение на Matt Mullenweg и Mike Little, на 27 май 2003 г. един млад проект с отворен код направи първите си стъпки в света - и ето ни 23 години по-късно, все още влюбени в него. Двама души го създадоха, но хиляди доброволци, разработчици, дизайнери и ентусиасти по целия свят го превърнаха в това, което е днес. Затова на 27 май 2026 г. отново ще се съберем в София, за да вдигнем тост (и хапнем парче торта) за рождения ден на любимата ни платформа! Какво ни очаква? Среща с хора, които говорят на нашия език - този на темите, плъгините, къстъмизациите и късните нощи в WordPress редактора. Очакват ни разговори, хапване, торта и онова специално усещане, когато общността се събере на едно място. Докато ние празнуваме в София, хиляди WordPress ентусиасти по целия свят правят същото – а ние сме част от тази голяма картина. Без значение дали си разработчик с 15 години стаж, дизайнер, който прави първия си сайт, блогър, агенция или просто човек, който обича отворения код – има място за теб на тази маса. Малко повече инфо: 🎟️ Събитието е напълно безплатно. Единственото, което трябва да направите, е да се регистрирате в събитието в Meetup.com. 📍 Мястото? Добре познатото ни Sky Beauty Lab! 👕 Донеси любимият си суаг! Извади от гардероба най-готината WordPress тениска, шапката с логото, чорапите с Wapuu – каквото имаш. И не забравяй да публикуваш снимки с хаштаговете #WP23 и #WP23Sofia, за да покажем на света как празнува българската общност. Благодарности: Това парти нямаше да е възможно без партньорите ни, които стоят зад WordPress Sofia Meetup и общността ни вече години наред – [SuperHosting.BG](SuperHosting.BG), [Delta.BG](Delta.BG), [Jump.bg](Jump.bg) и [JetHost.BG](JetHost.BG). Благодарим ви, приятели! <3 Заредете доброто си настроение, отворете календара и си запазете датата. За тези, които не знаят: месечните срещи на WordPress Sofia Meetup събират десетки хора (независимо дали са професионалисти или абсолютно начинаещи), които по някакъв начин са свързани с най-използваната система за управление на съдържанието в света. Те са напълно безплатни и отворени за всички, които обичат WordPress - единственото нещо, което трябва да направите, за да присъствате, е да се регистрирате в събитията тук. Очакваме ви! Фори, Ники, Явор

*This event features presentations in both English and Bulgarian.* Силен старт на крипто лятото! Миналия месец се надявахме, че сме оцелели след дъното. Този месец видяхме токени, които се покачиха с до 50%. Изглежда не сме сгрешили. След месеци на спадове, несигурност и пазар, който дълго време изглеждаше изтощен, нещо най-после се размърда. И не само на графиките. Имаме три добри новини за този месец: Първо, пазарът показа зъби. Второ, САЩ продължават да бутат напред с добра крипто регулация. Трето (и може би най-забавното): Prediction Markets се оказаха толкова успешни, че България реши да ги блокира (за първи път още през февруари). Когато регулатор бърза да забрани нещо, обикновено това е знак, че там се случва нещо интересно. На следващия Sofia Crypto Meetup ще обсъдим: Кои токени се представиха най-добре и защо. Какво всъщност представляват Prediction Markets и защо толкова много хора (и държави) говорят за тях. Какво може да очакваме през лятото - кои са реалните сценарии, а не магическите прогнози. Никакви празни приказки, никакви обещания за бързо забогатяване. Просто разговор по същество, добър анализ и достатъчно време за въпроси и дискусия. Елате да го отпразнуваме заедно. Дъното е зад нас, лятото е пред нас, а разговорът ще бъде интересен. Очаквайте и много специален гост!

Последно за сезона издание преди лятната ваканция! ☀️ И това ако не е повод да се видим! 🙂🎉 **Python Meetup @ Sofia** 🐍 е тук през май 🌸 с интересна тема 💡 и почерпка 🍻 преди така дългоочакваните летни месеци! Ще се съберем в края на май 📅, ще споделим опит 🤓, ще се почерпим 🍹 и ще си поговорим 💬, по стара пайтънмийтъпска традиция ;) **🗓️ Датата е 26-ти май, а мястото е 📍Barter Community Hub 🏢.** **Започваме в ⏰ 19:00ч.** 🎫 Събитието е напълно безплатно ✅, нужно е само да потвърдиш присъствие тук 🙌 📢 Тема: **Async Python: The (bright) future after the end of GIL** 👨‍💻 Лектор: **Ивайло Дончев** 💭 **За какво ще си говорим:** Когато говорим за асинхронното програмиране с Python 🐍, винаги изниква една мистична абревиатура - GIL 🤔. В лекцията ще говорим за това как се промени асинхронното програмиране в python през годините 📈, какво е GIL, защо беше нужен, защо беше нужно да се премахне ❌ и какво означава това на практика ⚙️. Лекцията ще бъде на български език! 🇧🇬 🎙️ **За лектора:** Ивайло Дончев е Senior Full Stack developer 👨‍💻 и Technical Team Lead 🧠 в Waracle (България). Има 10+ години опит с Python 🐍 и Django, лектор на EuroPython 2018, 2022 и 2023 🎤 и лектор на курсовете на HackBulgaria 📚. След лекцията продължаваме в networking частта 🤝 с традиционната почерпка 🍻 от нашите партньори от **[Waracle](https://waracle.com/)** 🙏. Разбира се, ще има и томбола 🎁. А след това ще се отдадем на заслужена лятна почивка 🏖️ и ще се видим отново през септември 🍂! Както се казва, да сме живи и здрави! 🙏 Очакваме те на 26-ти май в Barter Community Hub!📍 Започваме точно в 19:00! ⏰ \-\-\- Final edition of the season before the summer break! ☀️ If that’s not a reason to get together, we don’t know what is! 🙂🎉 **Python Meetup @ Sofia** 🐍 is back this May 🌸 with a great topic 💡 and some treats 🍻 before we head into those long-awaited summer months! We’re gathering at the end of May 📅 to share knowledge 🤓, grab a drink 🍹, and catch up 💬, just like in the good old Python Meetup tradition ;) 🗓️ Date: **May 26** 📍 Location: **Barter Community Hub** 🏢 ⏰ Time: **19:00** 🎫 The event is completely free ✅ - just make sure to RSVP 🙌 📢 Topic: **Async Python: The (bright) future after the end of GIL** 🚀 👨‍💻 Speaker: **Ivaylo Donchev** **💭 What we’ll cover:** When we talk about asynchronous programming with Python, a mysterious abbreviation always comes up - GIL. 🤔 In the lecture we will talk about how asynchronous programming in Python has changed over the years 📈, what GIL is, why it was needed, why it needed to be removed❌ and what it means in practice.⚙️ The talk will be in Bulgarian 🇧🇬. 🎙️ **About the speaker:** Ivaylo Donchev is a Senior Full Stack Developer 👨‍💻 and Technical Team Lead 🧠 at Waracle (Bulgaria). He has 10+ years of experience with Python 🐍 and Django, has spoken at EuroPython (2018, 2022, 2023) 🎤, and is also a lecturer at HackBulgaria 📚. After the talk, we’ll continue with a networking session 🤝, featuring complimentary drinks 🍻 kindly provided by our partners at **[Waracle](https://waracle.com/)**[ ](https://waracle.com/)🙏. And yes… there will be a raffle 🎁! Then it’s time for a well-deserved summer break 🏖️, and we’ll be back in September 🍂. Until then - stay awesome and take care! 🙏 See you on May 26 at Barter Community Hub!📍 We start right at 19:00 ⏰

**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 35+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

Combinatorial optimization problems arise across logistics, scheduling, and engineering, and C++ remains a language of choice when performance matters. This lecture takes a practical look at solving such problems in C++, using the Electric Vehicle Routing Problem as a running example. We begin with an exact solver, formulating the problem as a mixed-integer program and trying to solve it through GLPK's C API directly from C++. Exact methods, however, quickly hit their limits on real-world instances. The second half of the talk turns to metaheuristics: how they are designed, why C++ is particularly well suited for implementing them, and what design choices matter most in practice. We'll walk through a concrete implementation, touching on data structures for fast neighborhood evaluation, generic algorithm design with templates, and the performance considerations that separate a prototype from a production-ready solver. The goal is not to advocate for one approach over another, but to show how C++ supports the full spectrum of optimization techniques.

Black Nonbelievers is proud to bring you our 2nd annual Revival of Reason!!! Join us in Atlanta as this year, we will celebrate 15 years as an organization, along with our own version of the Juneteenth holiday! Featured speakers include: – Chris Cameron – Candace Gorham – Kellie King, aka Detroit Atheist Queen – Hemant Mehta, The Friendly Atheist – Godless Engineer – Mandisa Thomas – And MORE!!! This is a family friendly event, so please bring your loved ones, and anyone who is interested in learning and needs secular support. [Sponsorship](https://blacknonbelievers.wufoo.com/forms/revival-of-reason-2026-sponsors-and-exhibitors/) and [volunteer](https://blacknonbelievers.wufoo.com/forms/revival-of-reason-2026-be-a-volunteer/) opportunities are also available. You can also register to view sessions online. Official BN members get a special discount, so [sign up or renew ](https://bit.ly/3DMndSK)today! **We look forward to seeing you at the 2026 Revival of Reason. [Register TODAY!!!](https://bit.ly/RoR2026sitepage)**

ASH is Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists of First Unitarian Universalists of Columbus Ohio TBD Snacks are usually available, and you are welcome to bringing something to share!

Some trained COUNT volunteers work together once a month at RMH (http://www.rmhc-centralohio.org/volunteer.php) as Housewarmers (usually on the 1st Sunday from 1 – 5 PM). Some schedule other shifts at their convenience. You may try this out with less fuss by following a "Fast track" or go through the normal process. Fast track • Arrange a time to shadow a COUNT volunteer. Call Dave Nohle at 614-268-9558 (cell). • Show up and try it out. • Complete application, etc. later. Normal process • Complete an online application (http://rmhc-centralohio.org/volunteer/). • Attend orientation in advance. • At orientation you will complete forms agreeing to keep family/patient info private and allowing a background check and tour the facility. • Complete one training shift. Daily shifts are: morning 9 AM - 1 PM, afternoon 1 - 5 PM and evening 5 - 9 PM. • Schedule shifts online using the on the RMH scheduling system (http://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/?FROM=32895). The Ronald McDonald House (RMH) provides housing and meals for families with sick children. The Columbus RMH is the largest in the world with 137 rooms. COUNT has been volunteering there since May 2014. Housewarmers work with RMH guests to provide a home-like environment - greet, assist with family needs, answer phones, give tours, assist with checkin/checkout, prepare guest rooms after checkout, clean facility, laundry, restock supplies and staff the front desk. RMH Housewarmers volunteer at least one four-hour shift a month. All Housewarmers must complete an application and agree to a background check before they can be full fledged volunteers.

This is a free, in-person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships. Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod. **YouTube Link** TBD

We’re still working to get more people into these Meetups, but our goal is to give PlayYourCourt members a few social tennis outings each week in addition to your practice sessions and Challenge League matches. These Meetups are co-ed, super laid back, and all skill levels are welcome. Post your skill level and a suggested court in the comments section so we can round up as many players as we can for some tennis fun! Also, if you’re looking to meet new practice partners or play some matches and you aren’t already in the PlayYourCourt Community, you can go here to see what we’re all about and sign up: https://www.playyourcourt.com/tennis-community/columbus-oh/meetup/ If you love tennis, we’d love to have you! Be sure and watch the quick video that explains how everything works. Happy hitting! - Scott

We may pick a specific topic and post in advance or may discuss current events and various ad hoc topics . We would love to spend time hanging out and getting to know one another. Atheist, agnostics, other non-theists, and atheist-friendly people are welcome to join us. Note: COUNT operates a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/groups/COUNT.discussions (http://www.facebook.com/groups/COUNT.discussions/) to promote discussions among members and visitors.