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**Kickstart your week at the Beginner Commercial Class at The Vibe!** Whether you’ve never danced before or just want to move your body and have a good time, this class offers a dynamic mix of **urban dance styles**, including Street Jazz, New Style Hip Hop, and other contemporary street influences. The choreography is set to an energetic playlist featuring **EDM** (Electronic Dance Music) and **Latin Pop**, creating an upbeat and motivating atmosphere. Your teacher Fer ([@ferriveromusic](https://www.instagram.com/ferriveromusic/#)) will guide you through all the steps, help you feel the rhythm in your body, and hype you up from start to finish! **Booking is mandatory!** To secure your spot, please book in advance via our website: [BOOK HERE](https://thevibedance.simplybook.it/v2/#book) ***Rates?*** 💃 **Single Class: CHF 29** **Special offer for NEW students:** **Starter Pack (2-Class) for CHF 35** *When?* **MONDAY** 18:30 – 19:30 \| Beginner Commercial Dance Class ### *Where?* **The Vibe Dance Studio** Hohlstrasse 488 8048 Zürich (Just 3 minutes from Altstetten Train Station and 15 min from HB) **More info:** 🌐 [thevibedance.ch](https://thevibedance.ch/) 📸 Instagram: [@ferriveromusic ](https://www.instagram.com/ferriveromusic) [@thevibedance.ch](https://www.instagram.com/thevibedance.ch) Got questions? DM us on Instagram or text or call: 📞 +41 78 329 71 77 **See you on the dance floor – let’s dance together!** 💥🫶💃

**Come join us for the** **Intermediate** **Street Dance Class** and discover Hip Hop, Commercial, Street Jazz, and more, learn useful moves, and get more confidence on a dance floor! Your teacher - **Nat ([@nat.so.fun](http://@nat.so.fun))** will guide you through all the steps, help you better understand the music, and groove with you to the best tracks. **Come and vibe with us!** Don't get discouraged by the number of people on the event page. **Our weekly crew ranges from 10 to 25 amazing humans**—regulars, first-timers, and those who skip the ‘going’ button but never miss a class 😉 [Check out what the class looks like here!](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK14dCKq9Tv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MXNtemlvcGR1Y3F3dw==) **Booking is mandatory!** To ensure your participation in the class, it is mandatory to book a spot in advance. Please **visit the studio's website to book the class:** [BOOK HERE!](https://www.thevibedance.ch) *Rates?* 💃 **Single Class: CHF 29** **Special offer for NEW students:** **Starter Pack (2-Class) for CHF 35** *When?* **MONDAY** 19:30 \- 20:30 \| Intermediate Street Dance Class *Where?* **The Vibe Dance Studio** Hohlstrasse 488 8048 Zürich \~3 min from Altstetten Train Station and 15 min from HB *More info:* Website [thevibedance.ch](https://www.thevibedance.ch) Instagram [@nat.so.fun ](https://www.instagram.com/nat.so.fun/)and [@thevibedance.ch](https://www.instagram.com/thevibedance.ch?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==) **Have a question? Contact us via DM on [Insta](thevibedance.ch), give us a call or text us!** +41 78 329 71 77 **See you on the dance floor!**

**What this is** A high-signal networking night for founders, developers, operators, and ambitious future founders exploring how AI can help build, run, and grow a business. Bring a concrete challenge, a workflow, or an idea you want to sharpen, and leave with practical insights, fresh perspectives, and a few strong new connections. **Where** Motel One Zurich, bar area. Head to the bar and ask for Financial Network Zurich. **When** Mondays, 19:00 to 22:00 19:00 arrivals and welcome 19:30 open discussion on AI for Business, tools, workflows, and real use cases 20:30 open networking until 22:00 **How we roll** Practical, thoughtful, and high-trust conversation. Less hype, more substance. No pitch theater, no guru performance, just real people sharing useful ideas on how AI can create leverage in business. **Who this is for** Developers, startup founders, business owners, solo builders, and aspiring founders who want to use AI in a smart, strategic, and genuinely useful way. **Bring** A real question, a current business challenge, or one AI use case you want to explore, plus a positive mindset. **Food and drinks** Order food and drinks with the waitresses whenever you like. **LINKS** Community Owner’s Direct (All Infos & Questions): Alessandro +41 76 279 32 84 WhatsApp Group: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCSSmdHj7xr6F39ZAAWubX](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DCSSmdHj7xr6F39ZAAWubX) Financial Network Zurich: [https://www.meetup.com/entrepreneurs-focus-and-network-workshop/](https://www.meetup.com/entrepreneurs-focus-and-network-workshop/) Founder’s Links (Alessandro): [https://linktr.ee/alessandronfthyme](https://linktr.ee/alessandronfthyme)

Join us for the weekly Language Exchange! 🚀 Language Exchange WhatsApp Chat https://chat.whatsapp.com/C36TAgOl8Ei5qsWMNPZpHU Join the weekly Language Exchange (every monday) to work on your language skills, socialize and meet cool and open people. 💡HOW DOES IT WORK💡 1. Come to the location (for Spring and Summer the event will take place on a outside)☀️🍹 2. The Event Host will greet you🤜🏽🤛🏾 3. Choose the language flag that interests you and speak the language of the flag🇪🇸🇬🇧🇵🇹🇮🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭🇫🇷 4. Start talking with people around the world and improve your language skill💪🏽💭

**Join at the Beginner Hip Hop Dance Class at The Vibe!** Whether you’ve never danced before or just want to move your body and have a good time! This beginner-friendly hip-hop class focuses on learning the basics, building confidence, and having fun! You'll move to the beats, pick up cool moves, and dive into the foundations of hip-hop in a relaxed, supportive setting. No experience? No worries! This class is ideal for anyone ready to kick off their dance journey. Your teacher Nat ([@nat.so.fun)](https://www.instagram.com/nat.so.fun?igsh=MTFkemlhcjNiY2QwcA==) will guide you through all the steps, help you feel the rhythm in your body, and hype you up from start to finish! **Booking is mandatory!** To secure your spot, please book in advance via our website: [BOOK HERE](https://www.thevibedance.ch/schedule) ### *Rates?* 💃 **Single Class: CHF 29** **Special offer for NEW students:** **Starter Pack (2-Class) for CHF 35** ### *When?* **MONDAY** 20:30 – 21:30 \| Beginner Hip Hop Dance Class *Where?* **The Vibe Dance Studio** Hohlstrasse 488 8048 Zürich (Just 3 minutes from Altstetten Train Station and 15 min from HB) ### **More info:** 🌐 [thevibedance.ch](https://thevibedance.ch/) 📸 Instagram: [@nat.so.fun](https://www.instagram.com/nat.so.fun?igsh=MTFkemlhcjNiY2QwcA==) [@thevibedance.ch](https://www.instagram.com/thevibedance.ch) Got questions? Dm us on [Instagram](@thevibedance.ch), text or call: 📞 +41 78 329 71 77 **See you on the dance floor – let’s dance together!** 💥🫶💃

Всем привет! This meetup is for those who learns or learned Russian and are looking for a group to practice it. I am a Russian language teacher and will help you during this event. The event repeats twice a month. There is a small fee of 5 CHF for the event. We will play word or board games, read poems, guess what a proverb or an idiom means and I might come up with other activities. If you have any suggestions let me know. The level of speaking should be B1 or higher. We will meet in the restaurant&bar of the Ibis Styles Hotel not far from Zurich HB. See you there! До скорого!

I'm really excited to announce our next Meet Up event. It will take place at Core studio in Rennweg Rennweg 12, 8001 Zurich. Designed to strengthen, release and stretch muscle tensions, conditioning your body by increasing your range of motion and flexibility as well as overcoming back pain; improving your posture and circulation so you can exercise more efficiently, whilst keeping your body injury free. The class is structured as a workout & stretch combination. Open to all levels. You will need to bring a smile, some water and wear comfortable exercise cloths. The class will be 60 minutes which should be more than enough to get those muscles warmed up and you posturised ready for the next session. There's a small cost to cover the venue and facilities - CHF 40.- For more details about the training provider please see: https://www.balletbodysculpture.com/ballet-body-sculpture-classes-in-zurich

Web Zurich presents inspiring talks all about the web. Join us for the Mai 2026 meetup! We will have three talks as well as chit-chat and drinks. Whatapp: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/FxOfVTK9nf431xHtVl3eGK](https://chat.whatsapp.com/FxOfVTK9nf431xHtVl3eGK) Website: [https://webzurich.ch](https://webzurich.ch) 18:30 \~ 19:00 Arrival time with drinks, chat 19:00 \~ 19:10 Welcome and introduction 19:10 \~ 19:30 *Alex Suzuki* **Monetizing JavaScript: Building Profitable Products as a Solo Developer** Lessons learned from building and launching a commercial JavaScript library as a solo developer. 19:30 \~ 19:50 *Hugo Sousa* **Ten times tea** I'm building a programming language. When I got to the frontend, I ran into a problem: React's mental model is elegant, but the mental model is at odds with the code. Hooks, effects, and render passes create a runtime that bears little resemblance to the code we write. The Elm programming language works differently and its architecture (TEA = The Elm Architecture) has been adopted by other tools over the years. So I copied it as well. My language embeds TEA at the language level, not as a library. This unlocks time-travel debugging, reproducible application state and serializable bug reports that include the entire program state. This talk covers the quick introduction of my language, TEA, why TEA is the right fit and what becomes possible when the architecture is baked into the language itself. 19:50 \~ 20:10 *Marco Gähler* **Software testing** Many old software projects don't have any tests - if the code works, why should you bother with tests? Well, you really should bother, because code changes all the time. During development, you keep adding new features which at times requires large scale modifications of the code that will inevitably alter existing functionality. And in existing projects, one still has to make updates once in a while, for example for security patches. These things will always break existing functionality and tests are the only remedy against this issue. In this talk, we will look at the basic idea of tests, how to implement them, what issues to look out for and how you can test pretty much any piece of code if your code base is well structured. 20:10 onward More drinks & chat We look forward to see you there! Location https://zurich.impacthub.ch/space/bogen_d/ Viaduktstrasse 93, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland Visit our website https://webzurich.ch/ for more information about the Web Zurich community. This event is supported by Impact Hub Zürich, The global community of entrepreneurial people prototyping the future of business. At Impact Hub, you can connect, collaborate, co-work and create great content in an inspiring environment.

**Sponsored by:** ***\- ACP*** ***\- TD SYNNEX*** ***\- Technopark Winterthur*** **Partner-led and partner-branded by**: ***Microsoft*** Speakers: * Firas Cheaib (ACP) – When Models Become the Commodity * Victor Chibotaru(LogicStar AI) – Shipping Faster, Drowning Sooner Abstract: When Models Become the Commodity ACP Engineering works extensively with LLMs to write production code across a small team. What makes that work is not the models, but the groundwork laid before them: a portfolio of Python projects sharing the same tooling, structure, tests, CI, and linters, the same conditions that already made the codebase easy for humans to navigate. That foundation is what powers the current build of ACP-M, ACP's industrial IoT platform for manufacturing customers, and an early agentic-loop prototype now running internally. The next step is enabling customers to automate their own operations the same way. Doing that requires the same kind of preparation on their side: turning fragmented operational data into knowledge graphs, unified namespaces, and typed semantic layers, so that agents act on information that is short, focused, and reliable. Once that environment exists, the model becomes a commodity. What matters is enterprise processes and domain knowledge, not which model happens to be in fashion that quarter. Attendees will leave with a concrete way to assess whether their own environment is ready for agents at all, and what it takes to get there -- Shipping Faster, Drowning Sooner AI ships your features faster than ever, but it also ships bugs faster than ever. Code got cheap, maintenance didn't: customer complaints stack up, Sentry alerts overflow, and triaging the pile is still as expensive as it ever was. I'll show how LogicStar finds bugs across your Sentry, Jira and codebase, separates signal from noise, and helps your team fix issues that matter.

We're planning the next Hackergarten Zurich 🥳 We're looking forward to see some familiar faces and share knowledge within the open-source community. Spread the word — everyone is welcome! Bring your project, a bug, a feature, a question... or just your time and enthusiasm 💜 As always there will be free drinks, beer and pizza, sponsored by Quatico. As usual we briefly present the open-source projects we'd like to work on, break up into groups and try to make an actual contribution. We offer free pizza, beverages and depending on weather conditions a great view on Zurich West from the rooftop terrace. Many thanks to Quatico (https://www.quatico.com) for hosting the event!

An der OST Rapperswil, Zimmer 1.262, [siehe hier](https://geometalab.gitlab.io/campus-maps-with-openstreetmap/ifs-campus-map/?search=way/902580361) (Öffentlicher Anlass) **Worum geht’s?** Wir treffen uns regelmässig als Community of Practice rund um **Software Crafting** – sauberes Design, TDD, Pairing, CI/CD, Observability, Security by Design, kontinuierliches Lernen, Erfahrungsautausch und diverses mehr. Dieses Treffen ist hands-on und praxisnah, ideal für Einsteigerinnen und Profis. **Fokus dieses Mal** Das Warum und Wie von Dokumentationen In diesem Meetup werden wir in einem interaktiven Format über Projektdokumentationen, Anforderungsspezifikationen und Architekturdokumentationen sprechen. Gemeinsam wollen wir herausfinden, was wir unter diesen Dokumentationen verstehen, was alles dazugehört und wie wir sicherstellen können, dass unsere Dokumentationen auch in Zukunft für uns und andere einen Nutzen bringen. Teilnehmer:innen können sich gerne im Vorfeld zu diesen drei Dokumentationsarten Gedanken machen. Besonders interessiert sind wir an euren Erfahrungen, Best Practices und Bad Examples. Mehr dazu [hier](https://github.com/orgs/Software-Crafters-Meetup/discussions/14) 👉 **Themenliste & Voting:** [Themenliste](https://github.com/Software-Crafters-Meetup/Software-Crafters/blob/main/themenliste.md) Trage dein Thema ein und vote mit. **Ablauf** Wir werden Pizza bestellen. **Mitbringen** \- Laptop **Code of Conduct** Wir pflegen einen respektvollen Umgang, teilen Wissen offen und geben konstruktives Feedback. Kein Gatekeeping, kein Verkaufs-Pitch. **Fragen?** Melde dich via Issue/Discussion oder per Mail an *mail@marcokuoni.ch* Wir freuen uns auf dich – und auf deine Themenideen!

a concept for ambitious athletes, non-yogis, and anyone ready to challenge both body and mind. WARGA combines the intensity of functional strength training with the mobility and discipline of yoga — all set against the backdrop of Lake Zurich. This is not a whisper-and-meditate yoga class. This is sweat, focus, resilience, and full energy output. 💥 The method combines: Ashtanga Yoga Power Yoga Mobility Training Functional strength exercises with physiotherapy-based principles Designed to help you: Improve mobility Release tension Build strength and focus Develop mental and physical resilience 🌧 Weather? Doesn’t matter. Rain sessions come with a motivational surprise for the tough ones. 📍 4 minutes from Küsnacht train station 🗓 Tuesdays | 6:30–7:30 PM | Starting May 5, 2026 💰 CHF 35 Created by a therapeutic yoga teacher and inspired by real military experience during a KFOR deployment, WARGA was designed specifically for strong bodies that need mobility, recovery, and mental balance without losing intensity. Train hard. Recover better. Then jump into Lake Zurich afterward.

The OWASP community is getting together for another meetup in May 2026! Join us for some security talks 🔐, good company 🤝, and a little aperitif 🍕. **Program:** **16:00** - **Doors open**: Grab a drink, meet old and new friends from the OWASP Switzerland community **16:30** - **Hello from OWASP Switzerland** **16:40 - Talk: AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) (Markus Rollwagen, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS)** **17:25** **-** **(10min break)** **17:35 - Talk: Using HoneyPots to protect critical Infrastructure (Giulio Grazzi, Head IT Security, SRF)** **18:35** - **(10min break)** **18:45 - Talk: We Tried to Detect Prompt Injection in Coding Agents. Here's What Broke (Paulo Martins, Principal Security Engineer, GitLab)** **19:30 - Networking & Pizza 🍕 & Aperitif**🍷- Grab a bite and chat with old and new friends **Talks Details:** **AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) (Markus):** Software development is undergoing a fundamental shift. AWS’s AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) positions AI not as a mere assistant, but as a central collaborator across the entire SDLC — from requirements to deployment. In this session, we’ll explore how AI-DLC’s three phases — Inception, Construction, and Operations — redefine team workflows, and what this means for security: how AI enforces organization-specific security standards consistently, maintains human oversight at critical decision points, and ensures traceability from requirements to deployment. We’ll discuss the security opportunities and risks this methodology introduces, and how teams can adopt AI-DLC while keeping security a first-class citizen in every “bolt.” **Using HoneyPots to protect critical Infrastructure (Giulio):** How do you protect your critical infrastructure in the days of agentic ai and very limited options on your hosts? You need to get creative and use stone age tech. I’ll give you some insights, from our journey and pitfalls you might be facing (and should be avoided :)) **We Tried to Detect Prompt Injection in Coding Agents. Here's What Broke (Paulo):** As a community, we are delegating a significant part of our development workflow to agents, and as the use cases grow, the risk of prompt injection keeps increasing - to the point that it made it to the top of the OWASP LLM Top 10. In this talk, I'll explore the concept of "detect and prevent prompt injection" and why it is particularly hard to do for coding agents. **Speaker Details:** **Markus Rollwagen** Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, based in Switzerland Markus enjoys deep dive technical discussions, while keeping an eye on the big picture and the customer goals. With a software engineering background, he embraces infrastructure as code and is passionate about all things security. **Giulio Grazzi** Head IT Security, SRF From bike messaging to networking to infosec - always maximize never max out. Currently at Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen dealing with all Infosec topics, background in networking, embedded devices and mobile security. **Paulo Martin** Principal Security Engineer, GitLab since 2021 Now focused on AI security: prompt injection, sandboxing, and keeping agentic workflows from doing things they shouldn't.

Sei bei der nächsten Veranstaltung des Zürich Chapter dabei! Hör dir spannende Präsentationen über Neuigkeiten von der Atlassian Team`26 in Anaheim (https://events.atlassian.com/team) an und vernetze dich mit anderen Usern. Lerne von den Erfahrungen anderer Community Members über die Kollaboration mit der Atlassian KI. Interagiere, tausche wertvolle Erkenntnisse aus und geniesse die besondere ACE-Networking-Atmosphäre. Verpasse nicht diese spannende Gelegenheit, neue Kontakte zu knüpfen und dazuzulernen!  Agenda: 17:30-17:45 Uhr Begrüssung und Updates im Kontext der ACE Zürich 17:45-18:15 Uhr Richard Bergmann (Eficode) über die Team `26 in Anaheim 18:15-18:45 Uhr Beitrag Ishan Arora, Senior Software Engineer zu AI / Human-Collaboration Anschliessend Schlussworte und Apéro. Hinweis: Unser Ziel ist es, allen Teilnehmenden ein angenehmes Erlebnis zu bieten. Deshalb wird die Veranstaltung teilweise auf Deutsch als auch auf Englisch durchgeführt, damit sich jede:r aktiv einbringen und wohlfühlen kann. ----- Join us for the next Zürich Chapter event! Discover exciting presentations featuring the latest highlights from Atlassian Team'26 in Anaheim (https://events.atlassian.com/team) and connect with fellow users. Learn from the experiences of other community members about collaboration in the age of Atlassian AI. Interact, exchange valuable insights, and enjoy the unique ACE networking atmosphere. Don’t miss this great opportunity to make new connections and expand your knowledge! Agenda: 17:30–17:45 – Welcome and updates in the context of ACE Zurich 17:45–18:15 – Richard Bergmann (Eficode) on Team ’26 in Anaheim 18:15–18:45 – Talk by Ishan Arora, Senior Software Engineer, on AI / human collaboration Followed by closing remarks and an apéro. Please note: Our goal is to create an enjoyable experience for all participants. Therefore, the event will be held partly in German and partly in English to ensure that everyone can actively engage and feel comfortable. Agenda --- Hosted By Martin Wulff, CEO bitvoodoo In the Atlassian ecosystem for over 13 years. Leading the Atlassian Community Zurich since 2020. Managing Communardo Switzerland (formerly bitvoodoo), an Atlassian Solution Partner, since 2012. Mike Carstensen, Managing Partner Passionate management consultant with a background in organizational theory, innovation - and technology management as well as process management. Atlassian certified and always striving for improved collaboration, transparency and team work. Also Pizza fan and music enthusiast. --- Global Partner Atlassian (http://atlassian.com) Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality. Local Sponsorss Headsquarter (https://headsquarter.com/en/) Headsquarter ist ein Schweizer Anbieter von Premium Boutique Workspaces und richtet sich an nationale und internationale Branchenführer. generativ GmbH (https://generativ.ch/) For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-zurich-presents-atlassian-team26-recap-amp-ai-service-management/.

**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

Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! **What to Expect at the Intro Circle** \~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~ Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup: * Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics Round 1 - (7 secs max): * Your name * What you're working on * What you can help others with Round 2: * Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. Round 3: * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!

Topic to be announced. **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

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)

Join us for **[Nathan Leiberman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-richard-lieberman/)**'s talk ... Had enough of writing the same flex classes for the hundredth time? Tired of diving into your coworker’s cobbled container class? Tailwind CSS is here to save your sanity. Tailwind gives you a well-organized, utility-first approach to styling. This CSS framework eliminates naming debates, halts stylesheet scavenger hunts, and satisfies your marketing team’s whims with clear, composable class names and a powerful configuration system. You’ll spend less time fighting CSS and more time building beautiful interfaces. In this talk, I’ll walk through an interactive demo of Tailwind CSS and cover the following topics: * Set up Tailwind CSS in your project * Understand Tailwind’s utility classes and how they work * Integrate breakpoints and dark mode like a pro * Customizing Tailwind to fit your style Ditch your spaghetti stylesheets and come see how Tailwind CSS can make your project lighter, cleaner, and a lot more fun to build. Your future self will thank you. ***Bring your laptop and expect to write some (non-AI generated) code!*** Food and drinks will be available. **LOCATION:** 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 300, Dublin, OH 43017 **FREE PARKING:** 6725 Longshore Street, Dublin, OH 43017

We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio! The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us! And yes, there will be free food. So please RSVP for a head count!

Most people use AI like a search box: they type one sentence, hope for the best, and get frustrated when the answer is generic, wrong, or useless. But getting better results from tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI systems is not about memorizing magic prompts. It is about learning how to give the AI better context. In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll break down how to make AI dramatically more useful by improving the way you communicate with it. You’ll learn how to give clearer instructions, provide examples, set constraints, ask for better output formats, and use follow-up questions to turn a mediocre answer into a genuinely useful one. We’ll cover practical techniques you can use immediately for work, learning, writing, coding, planning, research, and everyday problem solving. We’ll also touch on why these same ideas show up in more advanced AI systems, including RAG, agents, evaluations, and AI workflows. No technical background required. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and maybe one real task you wish AI was better at helping you with. **What you’ll learn:** * Why “better prompting” is really about better context * How to structure requests so AI gives more useful answers * How to use examples, constraints, and output formats * How to iterate when the first answer is not good enough * How these skills connect to more advanced AI workflows This meetup is for anyone who wants to move beyond basic ChatGPT usage and start getting more practical value out of AI. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.