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Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Join us for **Sip Happens!** this week at Electric Social, where good beer and great games come together for a fun and fantastic social night! Whether you're a board game pro or just looking for a chill night out and a fun way to socialize, there's something for everyone. Grab a beer (or cider, or wine, or even a tea!), **pick (or bring) a game,** and meet some new friends as we roll dice, play cards, and laugh the night away. From classics like Catan and Scrabble to party favorites like Cards Against Humanity, we’ve got it all. Coming straight from work? No problem...the kitchen serves awesome food as well! 😉 So, round up your mates or come solo—either way, you’ll leave with new friends and fun memories. Cheers to making midweek nights something to look forward to! 🍺🎉 We always have several organisers there (male and female), so come say hello to us! We care to make sure that everyones enjoys themselves and we have **no tolerance for bad behaviour or creepiness.** **Follow us on Insta:** @siphappens.berlin **Join us on Telegram:** t.me/siphappens_berlin **👉 Other important notes:** \- 🍸 The locations we visit are bars and clubs\, they are businesses and we are able to keep these events free ONLY if people buy drinks\. Please respect the locations and the event by making purchases \- 🦹‍♂️ Remember to keep an eye on your belongings and prioritize your own well\-being\. We are not responsible for any lost items or personal issues\. \- 📷 By attending our events\, you consent to being photographed or filmed\. Photos and videos taken during the events may be shared on our social media\. If you do not wish to appear in the photos or if you appear in a photo that we post that you would like removed\, please send us a private message as soon as possible on Instagram \(@siphappens\.berlin\)

¿Te apetece pasar una tarde agradable jugando a juegos de mesa y conociendo gente nueva en un ambiente relajado y cercano? Este encuentro está pensado precisamente para eso: socializar, conectar y pasarlo bien, sin importar si ya conoces los juegos o si es tu primera vez en el grupo. ¿Qué tipo de juegos jugamos? Elegimos juegos accesibles, dinámicos y sociales, no solo juegos largos o complicados. Por ejemplo: Juegos rápidos y ligeros como 6 nimmt!, Love Letter o Sushi Go Juegos de interacción y risas como Codenames, Dixit o Exploding Kittens Juegos de deducción social como The Resistance, Salem o Werewolves Y, si apetece, algún juego un poco más estratégico, siempre explicado con calma No importa si es tu primera vez en el grupo: explicamos las reglas y elegimos juegos accesibles para que todo el mundo se sienta cómodo desde el principio. El juego es solo la excusa para socializar y conectar de forma natural. Un espacio seguro y diverso Solemos ser un grupo diverso, abierto y con muy buen rollo, donde se respeta a todo el mundo. Queremos crear un entorno amable, sin juicios, en el que cualquiera pueda sentirse a gusto. ️ En español (o para practicarlo) Si hablas español o te apetece practicarlo en un entorno amable y natural, estarás más que bienvenida/o. El grupo suele estar formado por personas de distintos orígenes y niveles, y la comunicación fluye de manera relajada. Si te apetece conocer gente de forma tranquila, sin presión y con los juegos como punto de encuentro, este plan es para ti. ¡Te esperamos! Nota: se solicitará a los participantes una donación voluntaria de 2€ para gastos de organización y compra de juegos.

Join us for an in-person evening exploring how GenAI is transforming modern engineering — from low-code feature engineering and research workflows to agent-driven optimization and production ML systems. Please make sure you register with your full name, as it will be checked by security on arrival. \*\*\* 📅 **Date and Time:** Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Doors open: 17:30 Talks start: 18:00 Panel discussion: 19:20 Networking & pizza: 20:00 \*\*\* 📍 **Location:** Zalando Office BHW Warschauer S-Bahn, Auditorium Cinema \*\*\* 📝 **Agenda:** **17:30 – Doors Open** Arrivals and check-in \*\*\* **18:00 – Talk #1** **Research Harness Engineering** [Florian Hönicke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-h%C3%B6nicke-b902b6aa/) — Elastic Every programmer is now a manager of coding agents — but human oversight quickly becomes the bottleneck. Florian will share how Elasticsearch built an agentic research harness to support their v5-omni model development, enabling structured experimentation and faster iteration cycles in applied AI research, and why building your own harness is the key unlock for teams serious about scaling agentic workflows. \*\*\* **18:20 – Talk #2** **Low code feature engineering in Zalando with Agentic support** Ola Wahab — Zalando Feature engineering at scale has traditionally been a high-friction process — days of infra setup, complex tooling coordination, and lots of boilerplate. Ola will walk through how Zalando is shifting to a low-code, configuration-driven approach where teams define pipelines declaratively, and how agentic coding has compressed the journey from feature discovery to production from weeks to days. \*\*\* **18:40 – Talk #3** **Ranking Logic Migration from Monolith — Using Code Agents for Iterative Performance Benchmarking** [Ivan Potapov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-sur/) — Zalando How Zalando’s Search and Browse Discovery team extracted a latency-critical ranking service from a monolith and validated it for production. This talk covers: * Migrating the ranking read path into a standalone Ranking API * Using AI-powered agentic loops with async-profiler to close the p99 latency gap * Practical lessons on allocation profiling, virtual threads, and production validation \*\*\* **19:00 – Talk #4** **Coding Agents for ML Pipelines & AI Systems (Hopsworks + Claude Code)** [Jim Dowling](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-dowling-206a98/) — Hopsworks Coding agents are rapidly reshaping software and ML engineering. This talk explores how prompt-driven development is changing how we build ML systems. We’ll cover: * ML problem decomposition and architecture optimization in an agent-driven world * Data-driven experimentation workflows * Building faster and higher-quality systems with Claude Code * Why building on top of AI infrastructure boosts productivity Based on Jim’s O’Reilly book: *Building AI Systems with a Feature Store* Format: 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A \*\*\* **19:20 – Panel Discussion** **Product Mindset in Engineering — The Evolution of the AI Engineer Role** \*\*Host: Ivan Potapov Jim Dowling — CEO, Hopsworks Leela Sharma — Director of Engineering, Zalando Alexey Grigorev — Founder, DataTalks.Club Florian Hönicke — Principal AI Engineer, Elastic A discussion on how GenAI is reshaping engineering roles, expectations, and the shift toward product-oriented thinking. \*\*\* **20:00 – Pizza, Drinks & Networking** Wrap up the evening with food, drinks and conversations with fellow engineers and speakers. \*\*\* Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking! **⚡️ Interested in giving a talk? ⚡️** Are you interested presenting on your Elastic use case? We welcome 5-10 minute lightning talks, 45-minute deep dives, and everything in between. If you're interested, please send an email to [meetups@elastic.co](http://meetups@elastic.co/?utm_source=luma)

**PyBerlin:** April event **Sponsor**: Deepset **Location:** Deepset, Zinowitzer strasse 1, 10115 Berlin, 3rd floor **Agenda:** **6:30 pm – Doors open: snacks, drinks, networking** **6:55 pm - Welcome from PyBerlin** **7:00 pm - Welcome from the sponsor - Deepset** **7:10 pm – How to stay visible, relevant, and grow in Tech’s biggest shift // Valentina Scipione** The AI shift is changing what companies build, how they hire, and what they expect from engineers. Underneath all the noise, the questions that come up most are still very human ones. What should I focus on next? How do I stay relevant? What actually makes a difference when everyone has access to the same tools? This talk cuts through four common myths about tech careers in the AI era, reframes the "AI race" narrative, and explores what genuinely sets people apart, whether they are early in their career, deep into a job search, or a senior engineer thinking about what comes next. Speaker's bio: Valentina Scipione is an Engineering Manager and ICF-certified Career & Leadership Coach with 12+ years of experience in tech and a background in Astrophysics. She has led full-stack teams, hired and developed engineers, and coached software and data professionals through growth and career transitions. She works at the intersection of technical leadership and human development, helping people navigate change, find clarity in uncertain environments, and grow in the age of AI. **7:40 pm - break** **8:00 pm – Scheduling a small conference with the z3 solver // Ben Clifford** Ben has helped organise an annual one day academic conference for the last 7 years. At some point, it got just slightly too annoying to schedule all the talks by hand, and Ben decided to overengineer a solution using the z3 SMT solver. It worked well enough that he did it again the next year. This talk will cover: what an SMT solver is (spoiler: you give it constraints and it find solutions to those constraints), how the conference schedule was modeled as constraints, how this is embedded in Python to give a more normal helper language, and finally how to look for better solutions rather than just any solution. Speaker's bio: Ben has wide interest in programming languages, and this talk brings together a couple of his big interests: Python as his main work language and z3 implementing a more formal logic language. When he's not at work, he likes bikes and LEDs. **8:30 pm – Haystack // David Batista** Haystack is an open-source framework for building production-ready AI pipelines. In this session, we'll show you what that looks like in practice. We'll take Vision-Language Models as our example: AI systems that reason over both images and text. You'll see how Haystack lets you turn that raw capability into a working agent, one that interprets visual and textual input, decides what to do next, calls tools, and maintains conversational state. We'll also show how to handle the decisions that shouldn't be fully automated, with human-in-the-loop escalation built in from the start. Speaker's bio: David Batista is an experienced Machine Learning Engineer and Software Developer with a background in Natural Language Processing. He holds a Ph.D. (2016) and is currently based in Berlin working as an NLP Engineer and Software Developer at deepset, contributing to Haystack, the open-source framework for building end-to-end production-ready LLM applications. **9:10 pm - closing** This event will be only in-person. Please check our Code of Conduct and official health regulation in Berlin before coming. If you feel some signs of sickness, please consider skipping this event and attending another time. We will have plenty of events in different formats in the future. Looking forward seeing you all!

**Nebius.Build/BER** is a technical in-person event for engineers, architects, founders, and developers building, deploying, and scaling AI systems in production. The program features talks from Nebius and partners including Anyscale and Tavily, with practical insights into distributed training, running open-source models in production, inference scaling, and operating reliable AI workloads at scale. It also includes a hands-on workshop where participants can deploy their own model and connect it to a working inference pipeline. **Why attend?** Expect technical sessions instead of marketing, real architecture learnings from production environments, and direct exchange with engineers on site. **Agenda** 12:00–13:00 Registration and lunch 13:00–13:15 Opening remarks 13:15–13:45 Talk: Reliable clusters for large-scale distributed training 13:45–14:30 Talk: Making open models reliable at scale 14:30–15:00 Coffee break 15:00–15:25 Breakout sessions: Anyscale talk or OpenClaw workshop 15:25–15:50 Agentic Search / workshop continuation 15:50–16:05 Keynote 16:05–16:20 Fireside chat 16:20–16:30 Closing remarks From 16:30 Networking and help bar This event is ideal for ML infrastructure engineers, AI/ML platform engineers, architects, technical founders, and developers working on scalable AI systems. **Register here:** https://nebius.com/events/nebius-build-berlin **DISCLAIMER:** This is a third-party event announcement. We are not responsible for it and are only promoting it. If you would also like to feature your event here, please contact us.

Save the date! The Mozilla Meetup series is back in Berlin with an evening focused on Firefox, open source, and the future of the web. To account for typical no-show rates, we’ve opened more RSVP spots than we can physically accommodate. Entry will be **first-come, first-served**, and we’ll close doors once we reach venue capacity (\~50 people). As always, this event follows the Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines. *** **Agenda (tentative)** **18:00 – 18:30** Welcome & meet and greet **18:30 – 19:00** **Firefox Mobile – Open Source Opportunities** Discover how you can get involved with Firefox Mobile and contribute to open source. *Speaker: Nishant Bhasin* * Q&A **19:00 – 19:30** **Firefox Roadmap + Features** An inside look at what’s coming next for Firefox and the features shaping the browser. *Speaker: Andres Furlan* * Q&A **19:30 – 20:30** Networking & raffle 🎁 **What to expect** * Informal, community-first atmosphere * A mix of talks, discussion, and networking * Open to both long-time contributors and newcomers * A chance to connect with others passionate about the open web **RSVP is required**

Meet us for in-person talks at Zalando on April 28, 2026! Join us for an evening exploring how GenAI is transforming modern engineering — from low-code feature engineering and research workflows to agent-driven optimization and production ML systems. Please make sure you register with your full name, as it will be checked by security on arrival. *** 📅 **Date and Time:** Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Doors open: 17:30 Talks start: 18:00 Panel discussion: 19:20 Networking & pizza: 20:00 *** 📍 **Location:** Zalando Office BHW Warschauer S-Bahn, Auditorium Cinema *** 📝 **Agenda:** **17:30 – Doors Open** Welcome, pizza, and networking **18:00 – Research Harness Engineering for Model Development** Florian Hönicke — Elastic Every programmer is now a manager of coding agents — but human oversight quickly becomes the bottleneck. Florian will share how Elastic built an agentic research harness to support their v5-omni model development, enabling structured experimentation and faster iteration cycles in applied AI research, and why building your own harness is the key unlock for teams serious about scaling agentic workflows. *** **18:20 – Low-Code Feature Engineering in Zalando with Agentic Support** Ola Wahab — Zalando Feature engineering at scale has traditionally been a high-friction process — days of infra setup, complex tooling coordination, and lots of boilerplate. Ola will walk through how Zalando is shifting to a low-code, configuration-driven approach where teams define pipelines declaratively, and how agentic coding has compressed the journey from feature discovery to production from weeks to days. *** **18:40 – Ranking Logic Migration from Monolith — Using Code Agents for Iterative Performance Benchmarking** Ivan Potapov — Zalando How Zalando’s Search and Browse Discovery team extracted a latency-critical ranking service from a monolith and validated it for production. This talk covers: * Migrating the ranking read path into a standalone Ranking API * Using AI-powered agentic loops with async-profiler to close the p99 latency gap * Practical lessons on allocation profiling, virtual threads, and production validation Format: 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A *** **19:00 – Coding Agents for ML Pipelines & AI Systems (Hopsworks + Claude Code)** Jim Dowling — Hopsworks Coding agents are rapidly reshaping software and ML engineering. This talk explores how prompt-driven development is changing how we build ML systems. We’ll cover: * ML problem decomposition and architecture optimization in an agent-driven world * Data-driven experimentation workflows * Building faster and higher-quality systems with Claude Code * Why building on top of AI infrastructure boosts productivity Based on Jim’s O’Reilly book: *Building AI Systems with a Feature Store* Format: 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A *** **19:20 – Panel Discussion** **Product Mindset in Engineering — The Evolution of the AI Engineer Role** Jim Dowling — CEO, Hopsworks Leela Sharma — Director of Engineering, Zalando Florian Hönicke — Principal AI Engineer, Elastic Alexey Grigorev — Founder, DataTalks.Club A discussion on how GenAI is reshaping engineering roles, expectations, and the shift toward product-oriented thinking. *** **20:00 – Pizza, Drinks & Networking** Wrap up the evening with food, drinks, and conversations with fellow engineers and speakers. *** Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking!

**Sunday Beginner Tango @ Tangoloft 💃🏾🕺** Curious about tango? This class is for you – no experience and no partner needed. We focus on connection, simple fundamentals and creating a relaxed, inclusive space where everyone can explore both roles. 🕐 16:30–18:00 🎶 Afterwards: Milonga (reduced entry for participants) 💸 20 € or USC + 10 € Come as you are – and be part of a growing, open tango community ✨ **Einsteiger Tango am Sonntag im Tangoloft 💃🏾🕺** Du willst Tango ausprobieren? Dann bist du hier genau richtig – ganz ohne Vorkenntnisse und ohne festen Partner. Wir legen den Fokus auf Connection, einfache Basics und eine entspannte, inklusive Atmosphäre, in der jede\*r beide Rollen tanzen und lernen kann. 🕐 16:30–18:00 🎶 Danach: Milonga (ermäßigter Eintritt für Teilnehmende) 💸 20 € oder USC + 10 € Komm vorbei und werde Teil einer offenen Tango-Community ✨

Join this Professional Communication session — to sharpen the skills for architectural pitches, elevator pitches, interviews. This time we meet in the Monbijou park. 💡 How it works The event is split into two parts: 1. **Communication (10 minute rounds)** – One participant answers a round of design and behavioral questions. Each other participant gets to ask him one question. 2. **Feedback Round** – The group provides feedback on communication, structure, and clarity. Constructive criticism is encouraged. 💡You will be asked: * **Light design problems** (high-level reasoning, not code) * **Behavioral questions** (“Tell me about yourself”, “Describe a challenge you faced...”) No need to prepare anything in advance — just bring curiosity and an open mind. 💡Note: location is the entrance to Monbijou park

We are excited to announce our next meetup, which will again be hosted at the beautiful [HubSpot](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#) Berlin offices. Get ready for rooftop views, snacks, drinks and plenty of opportunities to learn and share. Agenda: • 18:30 – 19:00: **Arrival and Registration** • 19:00 – 19:15: **Welcome & Opening Remarks** • 19:15 – 19:45: **Impulse talk** on "Challenges of measuring ROI in AI projects" from Stefan Kiefer, VP Customer Experience at Octonomy AI • 19:45 – 20:30: **Panel Discussion** with **Dr. Katharina Prohl-Schwenke**, author of "Customer Success Management" (Springer Professional) & Co-Founder of the CustomerSuccess Academy, **Julian Janecke**, Head of Customer Success at nilo and **Stefan Kiefer**, VP Customer Experience at Octonomy AI. • 20:30 – 21:00: **Networking** A heartfelt thank you to our friends at **HubSpot** for providing the location & Drinks. Food will be provided by **addressable value**. Expect an exciting and engaged discussion and feel free to bring questions of your own.

**🥳 FREE EVENT 🥳** Looking for the perfect mix of daytime vibes and night time energy this May Day? We’ve got you covered. Join us at **Caprice** for a full-day social and party experience, brought to you in collaboration with **Berlin Evening Socials,** **Sip Happens!,** and **Big City Events**. Whether you're coming to meet new people, catch up with friends, or just soak in the atmosphere, this is designed to be a true social hotspot. ✨ What to expect: * **FREE entrance all day & night:** no barriers, just good vibes * **Outdoor DJ sessions from 15:00–22:00:** perfect for mingling and enjoying the spring energy * **Afterparty indoors from 22:00 till late:** when things turn up a notch Come early for relaxed conversations, stay late for the dance floor connections. Bring your crew, or come solo and leave with one. Either way, you won’t be standing still for long. See you there. 🥂 \*\*NEW FROM BERLIN EVENING SOCIALS \*\*\* check out our new Instagram Page! Reels,photos and stories. drop us a follow! https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?utm_source=ig_contact_invite&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_content=114pmtfn

Potenzielle Freunde kennenlernen & das Neuste aus der Freundschaftsforschung erfahren. \-\-\-\- **💶 Eintritt: 13-20 Euro (nach eigenen Möglichkeiten)** **🥇 Sichere Dir Deinen Platz mit [einem Ticket (Eventbrite)](https://www.eventbrite.de/e/meet-connect-neue-freundschaften-in-berlin-workshopp-tickets-1985639756965).** . Early Birds Tickets erhältlich. . \-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Schluss mit Einsamkeit & Langeweile: In angenehmer Atmosphäre Menschen kennenlernen & das Neuste aus der Freundschaftsforschung erfahren.** Menschen mit guten Freunden leben länger, glücklicher & gesünder. Außerdem machen gute Freundschaften einfach Spaß. . Manche sagen: "Es ist schwierig, in Berlin feste Freunde zu finden." Berlin - die Stadt der tausend Möglichkeiten ... das kenne ich auch. Deshalb gibt es diesen Workshop. . . **🚀 Dann machen wir einen Workshop!** 1. Maximal 40 Personen 2. Eine leichte Moderation führt durch den Abend 3. Wir lernen uns kennen und haben Spaß. 4. Wer mag, trifft sich wieder. . Lass Dich überrauschen, wie vertraut es sich nach 3 Stunden anfühlt - als ob man sich schon lange kennt. . . **⏰ Die Tür ist offen ab 18:45 Uhr. Bitte sei pünktlich.** * Der Workshop fängt 19:00 Uhr an. Sei am besten 18.45 Uhr da. * Mantel aufhängen, Platz suchen, auf Toilette gehen, eine Runde schwatzen & los ... * Nach 18:59 Uhr kein Einlass mehr, weil der Workshop begonnen hat. . **🔱 5 Jahre Arbeit - 1 Workshop** Fünf Jahre habe ich geforscht & ausprobiert, wie Menschen Freunde werden & was die Magie der Freundschaft ausmacht. Dieser Abend ist das Ergebnis. . Praxisnahe, schnell umsetzbare Tipps, die Du schnell in den Alltag umsetzen kannst. Kleine Happen Theorie. - Und vor allem: Kennenlernen & Spaß haben. Wir probieren einfach miteinander aus. . Eine Teilnehmerin sagte mal zu mir: "Georg, das Zeug wirkt!" Was soll ich sagen?: "Stimmt. Ich hoffe doch! Dazu ist es da." . Stell Dir vor: Ein Raum voll mit angenehmen Menschen, die Lust auf echte Freundschaften haben. Das gibt es in Berlin. . . **🌞 Weitere Angebote** Freundschaft lebt vom Wiedersehen, vom Kennenlernen und von Tiefe. Deshalb gibt es zahlreiche Angebote bei Abenteuer Freundschaft: Workshops, Wanderungen, Ausflüge, Spaziergänge, Frauen-Abende, Männer-Abende sowie Workshops zu Persönlichkeitentwicklung & Kommunikation. . Für ein gutes Leben mit angenehmen Menchen. Bis es Klick macht & die richtigen Freundschaften entstanden sind. . **🏠 Der Veranstaltungsraum** * Wir haben einen wunderschönen Raum im Prenzlberg - im Life Artist Creators Hub * Gut mit Öffis zu erreichen * Schönhauser Allee (Ringbahn, U2, M1), Eberswalder Straße (U2, M10, M12) * Vor Ort ist alles ausgeschildert. Der Veranstaltungsort ist im Hinterhof. Die Schilder haben ca. A4-Größe. . **🎒 Bring das bitte mit:** * Etwas zu trinken (z.B. deine Wasserflasche, **keinen** Alkohol) * Wenn Du magst: Zettel und Stift für eigene Notizen. * Du solltest satt sein und vorher gegessen haben .. **😲 Ehemalige Teilnehmer/innen:** "Ich hatte Schwierigkeiten in Berlin anzukommen. Früher war es immer easy, hier viel es mir schwer Freunde zu finden. Bei Deiner Veranstaltung haben wir uns kennengelernt. Jetzt sind wir ein Freundeskreis. Ich hätte das nicht mehr geglaubt!" . "Ich bin ein bunter Hund & habe viele Bekannte. Doch wie gute Schritte zu echten Freundschaften macht, das hast Du mir gezeigt." . "Ich war nervös, ob ich wirklich kommen soll. Was sind da für Leute? Mit wem verstehe ich mich? Nach einer halben Stunde war mir klar: Gute Freunde sind gleich. Ich muss mich nicht mit jedem verstehen. Allein für die Methoden hat es sich gelohnt. Dankeschön!" . "So schnell im Deep Talk miteinander. Interessant! Das hat Spaß gemacht." . **👋🏽 Get in touch & stay in touch:** . **✈ Telegram-Kanal: [t.me/abenteuer_freundschaft](http://t.me/abenteuer_freundschaft)** für Events, Workshops & Neuste Erkenntnisse aus der Freundschaftsforschung (Überschriften) . **✉ Freundschafts-Newsletter:** [https://abenteuer-freundschaft.de/newsletter](https://abenteuer-freundschaft.de/newsletter) Alle 4 Wochen das Neuste aus der Freundschaftsforschung. Oft schreibe ich seltener, nämlich nur dann, wenn es wirklich etwas zu berichten gibt. . **🔥 6 Zutaten großartiger Freundschaften** Seit 2020 forsche ich, was echte Freundschaften ausmacht. "Die 6 Zutaten großartiger Freundschaften" sind mein bestes Zwischenergebnis. Du erhältst das eBook kostenlos mit dem Newsletter: [https://abenteuer-freundschaft.de/newsletter](https://abenteuer-freundschaft.de/newsletter) . **🎭 Meet-Up-Gruppe:** [https://www.meetup.com/g/abenteuer-freundschaft/](https://www.meetup.com/g/abenteuer-freundschaft/) Hier bist Du schon: Workshops, Spaziergänge, Wanderungen, Treffen, Eislaufen, Eisbaden, Männer-Abende, Freundinnen-Workshops, Sonntagsausflüge . 🌎 **Mehr über mich und Abenteuer Freundschaft:** Meine Webseite mit viel Freundschafts-Wissen: [www.abenteuer-freundschaft.de](http://www.abenteuer-freundschaft.de) . **🚀 Einige Highlights zum Freundschafts-Wissen:** * [Welche Freunde passen zu mir?](https://abenteuer-freundschaft.de/welche-freunde) * [Wie schnell entsteht Freundschaft?](https://abenteuer-freundschaft.de/wie-schnell-entsteht-freundschaft) * [Wie viele Freunde braucht man? Wie viele Freunde sollte man haben?](https://abenteuer-freundschaft.de/wie-viele-freunde)

**Description:** We are back with another social drinks event at Birgit! Come hang out with fellow vegans for a relaxed evening of socializing, and great drinks! 📍 **Location:** [Birgit Beer Garten](https://www.birgit.club/) 📅 \*\*Date:\*\*Wednesday, April 29th 🕕 **Time:** From 18:00 (6PM) onwards This is a **casual social evening** and a chance to meet like-minded people, chat, connect, and unwind. We’ll have a few tables reserved, plus space to stand and mingle. Whether you’re a long-time vegan or curious, this is a great chance to meet new people and strengthen our Berlin Vegan community. Bring your friends and help spread the word. We can’t wait to see you there! 🥪 **Feel free to bring your own vegan food** if you'd like to. 🍸 **Drinks are available at the bar**—support the venue and enjoy their selection! \*\*Please note this venue only accepts card payments\* \*\*Important\*\* A couple of housekeeping reminders for this event: 1. If you can’t attend, please update your RSVP. 2. This is a vegan social—a safe space for vegans and the vegan-curious. Please respect this environment.

**ℹ️ The next meetups will be managed on Luma.** **You can register for this event 👉 [here](https://luma.com/zma43t8d). Follow the Django User Group Berlin Calendar on Luma.** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-​ In April, we'll be hosted again by [MPB](https://www.mpb.com/de-de?utm_source=luma), the second-hand market for camera and video equipment, running good ol' Django. Be sure to chat to them while you sample their food and drinks. This month, like last, we'll have a speaker from within our own community, **Sofia Fischer**, Backend Developer at Kraken Technologies. The title of her talk is: "**How complex is my function?**". This talk will give an overview of complexity metrics in computer science, software engineering, and linguistics to show many different ways in which a function may be complex. Based on the Django Framework repo, I will show how a project can be analysed with different complexity metrics. As always, please make use of the **lightning talks** and talk about anything you like: a problem that you'd like help with, a thing you've built, or a hobby you like. Doesn't have to be Django, doesn't even have to be tech! **18:30 Doors open** **19:00 Main talk by Sofia Fischer** **19:30 Lightning talks** **19:45 Get eatin'** This event is governed by the **[Berlin code of conduct](https://berlincodeofconduct.org/de/?utm_source=luma).** We want this to be a safe space for all. Any questions and concerns can always be directed towards the organizers Lara Krämer ([lara.softwareengineer@gmail.com](mailto:lara.softwareengineer@gmail.com)) and Markus Binsteiner ([markus@frkl.dev](mailto:markus@frkl.dev)) before, at and after the event. **Accessibility information:** The main entrance can be accessed via stairs or a ramp. The front door is a bit heavy and must be opened manually when closed. An elevator is available to take you up to the fifth floor. Once you reach the office door, please ring the bell; when you hear a sound, turn the handle two full turns to the right to enter, or somebody can come and open the door. If you need any assistance, feel free to reach out—we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

Join us for an engaging panel discussion on **AI Agentic Coding** and how autonomous AI systems are transforming the way software is built. Experts in AI, software engineering, and developer tools will share insights on how agentic AI—systems that can plan, reason, and execute coding tasks—is reshaping modern development workflows. The discussion will cover topics such as AI-assisted development, productivity gains, challenges around reliability and governance, and what the future of software engineering may look like with AI agents as collaborators. Whether you’re a developer, tech leader, or AI enthusiast, this session is a great opportunity to learn, ask questions, and explore how agentic AI is redefining coding

It feels like we just saw each other 🤷. Join members of the local design and UX community for our monthly breakfast. For May we’re stopping in for Rooh’s popup breakfast/cafe concept. You know someone is getting the lobster yuzu croissant, and that’s not even the prettiest thing on the menu!.

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to: * develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment * share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other * learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas ***NOTE:*** Pre-registration is required for this event. **Please arrive 10 minutes early** to check in at the security desk.

**📅 DATE:** Friday, May 1st, 2026 **⏰ TIME:** 7PM–9PM (Check-in from 7PM–8:30PM) **📍 WHERE:** DraftKings Sports & Social – 840 N. High St., Columbus, OH **🎟️ Check in:** at the host stand when you arrive say, **"DK Meetup Social"** 🍻 Join us for a fun, social night out! Meet new people, grab a drink, and kick back in a high-energy atmosphere right in the heart of Columbus 🎉 🎯 **What to Expect:** 🎶 DJ starting at 9PM 🏓 “Water” Pong + games 📺 Huge 37ft TV wall for all the live sports action 🥂 **Drink & Food Specials (7PM–9PM):** $3 Domestic Drafts – Miller Lite & Coors Light $3 Well Liquor Cocktails $4 Select Call Liquor – Tito’s, Bacardi, Tanqueray, Dulce Vida Blanco, Jameson & Jack Daniel’s $4 Topo Chico Seltzers $5 White Tea & Green Tea Shots $3 OFF Appetizers (excluding traditional bone-in wings) **📌 Quick Details:** 🔞 21+ only 🚗 Parking available at Hubbard Garage (behind venue) Pull up, bring your crew (or come solo), and get ready for a great night out 🥂

Our monthly PHP meetup. A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm

## 🎤 Wednesday Night Karaoke Social @ PBR Cowboy Bar Columbus **Ready to break up your week with something actually fun?** This isn’t just karaoke—it’s a full-on social night where you can meet new people, grab a drink, and jump into the energy (on the mic or off). No pressure, no awkward vibes—just good music, a fun crowd, and a reason to get out on a Wednesday. ### 📅 Event Details **When:** Wednesday Nights **Time:** 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM **Where:** PBR Cowboy Bar + Smokehouse – Easton **Check-in:** Say *“PBR Meetup”* at the host stand to grab your wristband + unlock drink specials ### 🎶 What to Expect * 🎤 Karaoke kicks off at 7PM (whether you sing or just hype the crowd) * A lively, social group — perfect if you’re coming solo or bringing friends * A fun mix of music, drinks, and easy conversation * A low-pressure environment where everyone’s just there to have a good time *Pro tip: the later it gets, the more fun it gets 😏* ### 🍻 Meetup Perks (7PM–9PM) * $3 Domestic Draft – Miller Lite & Coors Light * $3 Well Liquor Cocktails * $4 Vizzy Seltzers * $5 Select Call Liquor – Tito’s, Bacardi, Tanqueray, Cazadores Reposado & Jack Daniels * $5 Select Shots – White Tea Shots & Fireball ### 👋 Good to Know * Come solo or roll in with friends — either way, you won’t feel out of place * 21+ after 9PM * Karaoke is optional… but once the crowd gets going, you might change your mind If you’ve been saying you need to get out more during the week—this is your sign. 🎶🍻

⚠️ **IMPORTANT: You must sign up and buy a ticket here to attend:** [https://groupvibe.com/](https://groupvibe.com/) **Join the Columbus City Brunch Club and make new friends!** Each meetup brings together 4–6 people for casual conversations over brunch. We use the Groupvibe platform to facilitate the meetup and ensure everyone’s a good fit. 👉 **To attend, you’ll need to complete registration via this link:** [https://groupvibe.com/](https://groupvibe.com/) We’ll share the exact location of the upcoming meetup the night before only if you have bought a ticket or membership plan. **Why this works:** \* Smaller groups make real conversations easier. \* Discover new restaurants in your city, together. \* Curated lunch venues with good food and vibe. \* If you hit it off with your group, there’s plenty of time to hang out afterwards. **Note:** RSVPs on Meetup don’t reflect total attendance. Many attendees register directly via our website. The event on [Meetup.com](http://meetup.com/) is only a placeholder. This meetup is organized by Groupvibe, a small team passionate about helping people form meaningful friendships offline.