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Monday Language Exchange @ River Bar
Join us to **practise and improve your target language with native speakers on Monday in River Bar**(1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2) from **6.30pm to 8.30pm**.
**Our system:**
**• You sit opposite a native speaker of the language you're learning**
**• You speak 5mins English, 5mins other language, then change table**
This ensures everyone gets an equal opportunity to practise the language they're learning. Our team seats people, controls the time, organises the table changes etc.
What to expect:
• Relaxed easy going atmosphere
• Professional and quality service
• Great networking opportunities
• All levels welcome from absolute beginner to fully fluent
• A big mix of ages with attendees at each event from 18 to 70+ years old
• Topic cards on the tables to help start conversations
Languages:
We usually have **native speakers of English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese** and more depending on who shows up.
**Admission fee €7** (€6 for student card holders). **No pre-registration required, just show up**. Loyalty card system: Come to 5 events and the 6th is free.
Over 150,000 people since 2012 have attended our language exchanges to practise and improve their target language - you can too! Everyone is welcome!
For more news and info check:
Website: [www.languageexchangeireland.com](http://www.languageexchangeireland.com/)
FB: [www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland)
Instagram: [www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland)
NOTE: The MeetUp attendance does not reflect actual attendance. There are usually around 100 people at each event.
We are also in the River Bar every Thursday at 6.30pm
Monday Italian-English Language Exchange @ River Bar
Join us to **practise and improve your Italian-English with native speakers every Monday in River Bar** (1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2) from **6.30pm to 8.30pm**.
**Our system:**
**• You sit opposite a native speaker of the language you're learning**
**• You speak 5mins English, 5mins Italian, then change table**
This ensures everyone gets an equal opportunity to practise the language they're learning. Our team seats people, controls the time, organises the table changes etc.
What to expect:
• Relaxed easy going atmosphere
• Professional and quality service
• Great networking opportunities
• All levels welcome from absolute beginner to fully fluent
• A big mix of ages with attendees at each event from 18 to 70+ years old
• Topic cards on the tables to help start conversations
**Admission fee €7** (€1 off for student card holders). **No pre-registration required, just show up**. Loyalty card system: Come to 5 events and the 6th is free.
Over 100,000 people have attended our language exchanges to practise and improve their target language - you can too! Everyone is welcome!
For more news and info check:
Website: [www.languageexchangeireland.com](http://www.languageexchangeireland.com/)
FB: [www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland)
Instagram: [www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland)
We also have the events every Thursday at River Bar at 6.30pm.
Monday Spanish English Language Exchange @ River Bar
Join us to **practise and improve your Spanish/English with native speakers every Monday at River Bar** at 1 Burgh Quay (Dublin 2) from **6.30pm to 8.30pm**.
**Our system:**
**• You sit opposite a native speaker of the language you're learning**
**• You speak 5mins English, 5mins Spanish, then change table**
This ensures everyone gets an equal chance to practise the language they're learning. Our team seats people, controls the time, organises the seat changes etc.
What to expect:
• Relaxed easy going atmosphere
• Professional and quality service
• Great networking opportunities
• All levels welcome from absolute beginner to fully fluent
• A big mix of ages with attendees at each event from 18 to 70+years old
• Topic cards on the tables to help start conversations
**Admission fee €7** (€1 off for student card holders). **No pre-registration required, just show up**. Loyalty card system: Come to 5 events and the 6th is free.
Over 100,000 people have attended our language exchanges to practise and improve their target language - you can too! Everyone is welcome!
For more news and info check:
Website: [www.languageexchangeireland.com](http://www.languageexchangeireland.com/)
FB: [www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland)
Instagram: [www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland)
We also have the events every Thursday at River Bar on Burgh Quay at 6.30pm.
Maker Night - Work on 3D projects using laser cutter, 3D Printer at TOG
**Do you like to make things? Would you like to use 3D software, lasercutter and 3D printing to help you make your idea?**
TOG has an open evening to learn how CAD software and 3D fabrication tools can help you make your project.
All you need to take part is your own laptop and some ideas on what you want to make.
This is not a taught class, more like an informal working group of self-directed makers.
We will be happy to help you explore how to use our 3D tools in designing and making your project whether you are a crafter, designer, engineer or hobbyist.
Come and have a look at the tools in our space and get some ideas on how your project can be made.
✨️Team Building Event at your Workplace
Bring creativity, mindfulness and digital detox directly to your workspace!
**Creative Handbuilding Clay Event** brings a craic pottery experience to your doorstep in Dublin.
**How It Works:**
📍We Come to You: We bring all materials, high-quality clay, and tools, table cover to your office in Dublin.
📍Guided Session: A fun, step-by-step workshop (usually 1 - 1.5 hours) with insructor ,designed for all skill levels.
📍Result: Each team member creates their own ceramic piece to take home.
**Why Clay for Your Team?**
📍A Natural Icebreaker: It’s a great way for colleagues to bond and chat naturally while working with their hands.
📍Supporting Wellbeing: A gentle creative break that helps the team recharge and return to work with a fresh perspective.
📍Building Shared Memories: Creating something tangible together helps foster a positive office culture and lasting team spirit.
**Important Note for Organizers:**
📌Group Size: 10 or more people.
📅 Flexible Booking The dates shown on Meetup are symbolic placeholders. We offer custom scheduling to fit your company’s busy calendar.
📌Booking: If you are interested, please contact us directly here [Whats App](https://wa.me/353832051940) or [E-Mail](Irelandceramicart@gmail.com)
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Public Speaking Monday Meetup - New Location
Come along to get rid of the number one fear people have. Every week we have new members and people starting from scratch so you will not be alone. Everything is based around what you're comfortable with and you don't have to stand up, talk or do anything if you don't feel like it. But you will have the opportunity to speak at least 4/5 times a night. You can come along to see what we're doing and take part if you like. We will be running this for beginners every week and anyone is welcome to join us to learn and get better together. Hope to see you there :D
We charge €5 to help towards the room rental.
Electronics Night
These are our regular Monday evening electronics nights. Everyone from absolute beginner to experienced is welcome. These evenings are not classes or tutorials, rather a very friendly informal evening.
We have a wide range of people who come. Some are absolute beginners who do not even work or study electronics, but are interested to know more. Others have something that they are already working on. We almost always have some first time visitors and we always give them a tour of the space.
Come in with your Pi, Arduino, or whatever you have. Bring your laptop. Maybe you want to make something, solder, breadboard or use our electronic gear. Maybe you have some vague ideas and just want to get started. Or maybe you’re just curious……if so, it’s fine to come along and just see what others are doing.
If you would like to get even more involved and have the full use of our space, we would be delighted to have you as a full member. Membership brings many benefits.
We are located behind Mr Price and the Bright Lights store on Kylemore Road. We have lots of free parking available.
SQL Server Events This Week
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Pattern Matching in Java
In time honoured fashion, our first DubJUG events of the year are linked with the jChampions Conference, and today we're announcing our first visiting Java Champions of 2026, Cay Horstmann.
**TALK ONE: Effective Pattern Matching in Java**
Since Java 14, the Java switch and instanceof statements have been enhanced, in multiple phases, to support pattern matching and a "data-oriented" programming style.
In this presentation, Cay explores when this programming style is beneficial, and why. (Spoiler: Not as often as one might think from Oracle's presentations, but when it does apply, it is truly useful.)
Cay describes the syntax of pattern matching, as it has evolved, and shows how it will be further enhanced in upcoming versions of Java. He warns of corner cases of the switch syntax where modern usage clashes with legacy behavior.
The talk concludes with a set of rules when to use pattern matching and "data orientation" now, how to prepare for future enhancements, and when to stay away.
**TALK TWO: Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency, Extent Locals: When to Use Them, and How.**
Project Loom introduces a lightweight threading model to the Java platform.
At first, the blogosphere erupted in displays of denial. Why do we need something new when threads and reactive programming have served us well? The next stage was anger. People tried to use virtual threads with use cases for which they were definitely not designed, and were upset that the results were bad.
The purpose of this talk is to help the audience skip the next two stages of grief and skip ahead to acceptance. Cay will analyse typical concurrent programming tasks and show how to assess their Loom-friendliness. He will dig into the new concepts of structured concurrency and extent locals and give examples of when to use them, and when to stick with existing practice.
As a result, attendees should be able to walk away with a more nuanced understanding of when and how to employ virtual threads in their systems.
OFFICIAL SEATS >>>>>
Check your schedule first (it's not cool to not show!)
https://ti.to/dublin-java-user-group/2601-jchampions-cay-horstmann
Tutorial 7 - Nearest Neighbors with scikit-learn
My name is Aurelie and I'm graduating with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Limerick.
I run monthly **machine learning** and **deep learning** tutorials in Dublin with a small group of people.
\*\*In this tutorial, we will build a **K-Nearest Neighbors** model to classify data into groups (neighbours) using the built-in algorithm from **Scikit-learn**. Together, we will walk through the full pipeline from data preprocessing to model training and evaluation. You will receive a jupyter notebook with reusable code showing all of these steps. No set up required, just a laptop and a google email address :)
**The tutorials are limited to 15 participants and you can reserve your spot either here or by emailing aureliem219@gmail.com. Please make sure to book as soon as possible, as the registration count on Meetup does not guarantee availability.**
**For more information about the tutorials:**
* The tutorials are interactive and will be conducted using **Jupyter notebooks** on **Google Colaboratory** (a free, cloud-based platform that lets us write and run code directly in the browser). While **Google Colaboratory** is free to use, tasks that require more computational power (such as training deep learning models) may benefit from GPU access. In that case, Google offers a once-off payment for around €10 which can last several months depending on your usage.
Some familiarity with **Python** or other programming languages is helpful but not required. Everyone is welcome to join and learn at their own pace.
* The tutorial lasts for 1.5 hours.
* During the tutorial, I share the Jupyter notebook with participants so they can keep it for future reference. We go through the notebook step by step together and I do my best to answer any questions along the way.
* The notebook includes the complete code from data preparation to model training and evaluation. It can be reused or adapted for your own business needs or personal projects
* We will be working with a variety of **Python** libraries including **Scikit-learn**, **PyTorch**, **TensorFlow**, **Keras**, **Seaborn**, **Pandas** and **Matplotlib** and the **Hugging Face** framework. These tools will help us explore different machine learning and deep learning techniques using publicly available datasets.
* Each tutorial focuses on a different algorithm in depth. Topics covered include **linear regression**, **logistic regression**, **K-means clustering**, **decision trees**, **artificial neural networks (ANNs)**, **convolutional neural networks (CNNs)** for image classification, **object detection** and **natural language processing**. The goal is to break down each technique step by step, making it approachable and practical for real-world applications.
The tutorials take place at the **Camdem court hotel in Dublin 2** at **the bar or the restaurant** if the bar is full (coffees need to be ordered at the restaurant). It will run from **3 pm** to **4.30 pm**. **If the bar is busy ,we' ll meet at the restaurant.**
**Camdem court hotel**
**Camden Street Lower, Saint Kevin's, Dublin, D02 W086**
* The tutorials are a high-level practical introduction to machine learning and deep learning and the emphasis on understanding how we process the data , train and evaluate a model with Python. We won't cover the mathematics behind it however some tutorials may have mathematical formulas as part of the algorithm explanation and some tutorials might have more complex data preprocessing as it depends on the datasets and the task we are doing. However the tutorials focus on the practical part!
* *Payments need to be made in advance to secure your place and fees are non-refundable unless I need to cancel the event, in this case refunds will be made.*
Monthly Meetup in the pub
We will try to secure a table downstairs in the venue in order to keep the location consistent.
New people who know nothing about Linux are welcome and encouraged to attend, please don't be shy.
If you are new please feel free to approach one of the organisers, and we'd be only happy to help explain things as best as we can, we honestly don't mind and don't judge. We were new once ourselves :)
Please note that in general, these are adult friendly meetups, therefore, we are not responsible for those under 18 in attendance. We may have events targeted at children in the future.
As with any Meetup, please try to stick to your RSVP or change it to No if you can't come.
Dublin Independent Movie Lovers: Hamnet & The Wonders (Le meraviglie)
Hi, all Independent Movie Lovers.
You are invited meet at 7 pm, on Friday the 23rd of January. This meeting is at the Café on the ground floor of the Light House Cinema, Smithfield Square, Dublin.
We will discuss the film:
**Hamnet** (2025), directed by Chloé Zhao, and starring Paul Mescal. Chloé Zhao is a Chinese-born director, working in America, best known for Nomadland (2020), for which she received the 2021 Oscar for Best Director. Nomadland also won the Oscar for Best Picture.
We will also discuss:
**The Wonders** (2014), original Italian title 'Le Meraviglie', directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Alice Rohracher is an Italian director. There have been other movies called The Wonders. Check the date and director.
We will watch the movies independently, and meet for discussion on Friday the 23rd of January, at 7 pm, at the Café on the ground floor of the Light House Cinema, Smithfield Square.
**Hamnet** is showing at most Dublin cinemas, until Thursday the 15th of January.
**The Wonders** (2014), original Italian title 'Le Meraviglie', is available for online rental on Apple TV and Sky Store.
Michael Sheeran
TOG Turns 17: Birthday Open Social, Pizza, Cake, and a Bit of Craic
TOG is turning **17**, and we’re marking it the best way we know how: by rolling our regular **Open Social Night** into a proper **birthday session** with **pizza, cake, and plenty of chatting, tinkering, and general messing**.
If you’ve been meaning to drop in for ages, this is a lovely one to start with. If you’re a regular, you already know the vibe: good people, interesting projects on benches, and the sort of conversations that start with “what’s that board?” and end up with someone soldering at 1am.
### When and where
* **Date:** **Saturday 24th January**
* **Time:** **7:00pm until late**
* **Location:** **TOG Hackerspace**
The space stays open until the last member calls it a night, which often means we drift happily into the small hours of Sunday morning. Pop in for 10 minutes or stay for the whole stretch, you’re very welcome.
### What to expect
* **Homemade pizza** from the TOG pizza oven, rolling out through the evening
* **Birthday cake** (because we’re not animals)
* **A relaxed open evening**: tours, chats, and a look at whatever weird and wonderful builds are on the go
* **Community craic**: talk, tunes, and the usual “oh go on, I’ll show you how that works” energy
Our Open Social Nights are an easy, no-pressure way to see the space and meet the people. There’s no agenda and no expectation that you’re “good at” anything. Curiosity is the only requirement.
### Make a full day of it: Finish-a-thon earlier that day
This birthday party is happening the **same day as our Finish-a-thon**, running **11:00am to 7:00pm**. So if you’ve got a project half-done, a box of parts staring at you, or a nagging “I really should finish that”, you can spend the day getting it wrapped up, then roll straight into the birthday celebrations at 7pm.
Have a look here for the Finish-a-thon details:
[https://www.tog.ie/2026/01/a-day-to-finish-what-you-started-finish-a-thon-2/](https://www.tog.ie/2026/01/a-day-to-finish-what-you-started-finish-a-thon-2/)
### What to bring
We’ll have food covered between pizza and cake, but feel free to bring along:
* A drink (or your beverage of choice)
* Snacks to share
* A project to show off, or something you want advice on
* A friend who’s curious about makerspaces
We’ve also got **plenty of free parking**, so it’s handy to swing by with gear, gadgets, or something for show-and-tell.
### Come celebrate 17 years of TOG
Seventeen years of TOG is a bit mad, in the best way. What started as a small group of people who wanted a place to build and learn has grown into a proper community workshop full of skills, tools, and good humour.
So come in, grab a slice of pizza, have a wander, meet the crew, and help us celebrate.
**See you Saturday 24th January from 7pm.**
Every Sunday Salsa & Bachata Classes & Social in WIGWAM ( New Venue)
**📢Hi Everyone Bachateros/as & Salseros/as & Kizomberos/as!!!**
💥Quedadas Salseras💃🕺
‼️Dublin City Center‼️
📍🪩WIGWAM🪩
[54 Middle Abbey St, North City, Dublin, D01 E2X4](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48670e8378b543e3:0x4ae76b7fd4a3378c?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111 "https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48670e8378b543e3:0x4ae76b7fd4a3378c?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111")
**🗓 Sunday 25 January**
**🗓Event Lineup:**
**🕖 17:00 Salsa Class \| Open Level**
**🕖 18:00 Bachata Class \| Open Level**
**🕖 18:00 Kizomba Class \| Open Level**
**🪩Social Dance - 2 Rooms🪩**
**🕖 19:00 - 00:00**
**Salsa & Bachata & Kizomba**
**———————**
**Pass Options:💰**
**✅2 Classes + Party + Drink : €20**
**✅2 Class + Party : €15**
**✅Only Party + Drink : €15**
**✅Extra Token Drink : €5 🚪**
💳You can pay by card, cash, revolut,🚪or eventbrite
🎟️https://goo.su/fjXus
More info 👉🏼 https://www.instagram.com/quedadassalseras/s
Python Ireland January 2026 Meetup
**Call for talks**
## **Python Meetups are Back!**
Big news for the Python community! We are launching our monthly meetups starting in **January 2026**. We want to bring people together to learn, share, and grow, but we need your help to make it happen.
### **We Want to Hear From You**
Do you have a cool project to show off? Or maybe you want to teach a new skill in a workshop? This is your stage! We are looking for speakers and builders just like you to lead the way.
### **How to Join the Fun**
It is easy to get involved. If you have an idea for a talk or a hands-on session, just follow these steps:
* **Visit our website:** Go to [python.ie/meetups/](https://python.ie/meetups/).
* **Fill out the form:** Tell us a little bit about your topic.
* **We do the rest:** We will provide the space and the crowd to host your session.
Let’s build something great together. We cannot wait to see what you bring to the table!
=============================
**Venue:** TBA
SQL Server Events Near You
Connect with your local SQL Server community
Intro to GitHub Copilot: Your AI Pair Programmer - Chris Steele
**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
**Abstract**
GitHub Copilot is rapidly changing how developers write, understand, and maintain code. Powered by generative AI and deeply integrated into modern development environments, Copilot acts as an intelligent coding assistant, helping developers move faster while maintaining quality and focus.
In this session, we’ll explore what GitHub Copilot is, how it works, and where it fits into a real-world developer workflow. We’ll break down what Copilot can (and cannot) do, where it can be used, and how licensing differs for individuals and organizations. Most importantly, this talk goes beyond theory with a live, hands-on demo showcasing Copilot inside the IDE and on GitHub, demonstrating how it can assist with code generation, refactoring, learning new APIs, and accelerating day-to-day development tasks.
Designed for developers, technical leads, and engineering managers, this session provides a practical introduction to AI-assisted development, highlights best practices for getting value from Copilot, and closes with guidance on how to continue learning and evolving alongside this rapidly advancing tool.
Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how GitHub Copilot can enhance productivity, improve developer experience, and fit into modern software teams today, not someday.
**YouTube Link**
TBA
Azure CBUS January: Learn Infrastructure-as-Code Through Minecraft
## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️
**Joint Meetup: Azure CBUS × Columbus HashiCorp User Group × DevOps Columbus**
What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game?
Join us for a joint Azure CBUS, Columbus HashiCorp User Group, and DevOps Columbus meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure.
### What we’ll cover
* Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform**
* Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure**
* Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning)
* How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click*
* Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time
### Who should attend
* Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers
* Terraform users (new or experienced)
* Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples
* Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way
No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way.
Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐
Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!!
https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/
Azure CBUS February: Build Your Own MCP Server
### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers
The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way?
This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents.
Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to:
Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture.
Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases.
Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI.
Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem.
Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does.
Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!!
[https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)
DevOps Columbus January: Learn Infrastructure-as-Code Through Minecraft
## Details
\#\# Learn Infrastructure\-as\-Code \(the FUN Way\) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️
**Joint Meetup: DevOps Columbus - Azure CBUS - Columbus HashiCorp User Group**
What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game?
Join us for a joint DevOps Columbus, Azure CBUS and Columbus HashiCorp User Group meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure.
\#\#\# What we’ll cover
* Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform**
* Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure**
* Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning)
* How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click*
* Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time
\#\#\# Who should attend
* Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers
* Terraform users (new or experienced)
* Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples
* Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way
No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way.
Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐
Chaos Monkeys, Open Telemetry, and .NET Aspire: Taming Complexity in Modern Apps
**Chaos Monkeys, Open Telemetry, and .NET Aspire: Taming Complexity in Modern Apps**
.NET Aspire is far more than just a sleek dashboard for wowing your boss and co-workers. It's also a gateway to increased observability with open telemetry, better fault tolerance to fend off chaos monkeys, and a drastically improved onboarding experience for new developers.
This session will explore Microsoft's latest guidance for building distributed, cloud-first applications, with practical strategies for enhancing simpler existing apps. You'll discover the inner workings of Aspire, from installation to customization, and learn how it streamlines integration with performance boosters like Redis. Most importantly, you'll see why scalable microservices architectures can be challenging—and how Aspire helps simplify the journey.
**Presenter:** Lee Richardson, Microsoft MVP
**Pizza starts at 6. Presentation starts around 6:30.**
COhPy Monthly Meeting
**NEW LOCATION: 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).
For this first meeting of the year, we will be reviewing submissions for the
[Your Program is Hideous and Obfuscated Challenge (YPHOC). ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13zbxwElpJqPMuAN4Ele2hUgsqtFKzH3OCTL5NEeiLKQ)Submissions for this challenge are due by January 12th, 2026. The details can be found here:
or on our website
http://www.cohpy.org
See Our [Parking Map](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u2A4fLNlxwLJn0KA_hKc8bnFlFHLvsHBDh-_8wzX_tk/edit?usp=sharing)
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 centralohpython@gmail.com
DoJo (Informal Python Meeting)
**New Dojo Location!**
**Draft Day Columbus**
1130 Dublin Road
Columbus, OH 43215
We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works
Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead.
We're looking for topic suggestions and people interested in presenting at our monthly meetings. To this end we've set up a survey form at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15eBKF1nQQ2XS5gzD4rvhVRHMBEj7lJtHuA9wXupS3Uc](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15eBKF1nQQ2XS5gzD4rvhVRHMBEj7lJtHuA9wXupS3Uc)























