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Open Mic | Jam Session
đ¤đĽ OPEN MIC \| JAM SESSION @ Tequila Tales đĽđś
Ready to step on stage, grab the mic, and let your talent shine? â¨
Weâre launching a weekly Open Mic \| Jam Session â a vibrant\, inclusive space where artists come together to create\, experiment\, and perform in front of an energetic\, supportive crowd đđ
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Every Wednesday
đ First Edition: Wednesday, 21st January 2026
đ Who can perform?
đ¤ Poets & spoken word artists
đ Stand-up comedians
đ¸ Musicians & bands
đ Improv & theatre performers
đŞ Magicians & experimental acts
âą Performance slots: 15â20 minutes
đś Open format \| Free entry \| Community vibes only
đ Want to perform? Sign up here:
đ https://forms.gle/uwcZcDdGkBwM3Yqs9
â° Signup deadline: Sunday 19:00 (same week)
đ Final roster announced: Monday
â ď¸ Late requests may be considered via WhatsApp on Monday & Tuesday only if slots are available â no guarantees once the lineup is full.
Whether youâre testing new material, performing for the first time, or just soaking in the creative energy â this stage is yours đśđĽ
Come perform, come support, come vibe â¨đš
đ¤đĽ Every Wednesday. One mic. Endless talent. đĽđ¤
78. praĹžskĂ˝ sraz pĹĂĄtel PHP@Keboola
Ahoj PĂŠhapkĂĄĹi!
Zveme vĂĄs na dalĹĄĂ sraz komunity.
đ¤ Martin VaĹĄko - Benchmarking agentĹŻ
đ¤ TomĂĄĹĄ Fejfar - Jak jsme potĹetĂ pĹepsali agenta
đ¤ Adam Ĺ trauch - EfektivnĂ nasazenĂ kĂłdu pĹes AI agenta
17:30 â open doors
18:00 â pĹednĂĄĹĄka
18:40 â pĹednĂĄĹĄka
19:20 â pĹednĂĄĹĄka
20:00 - kvĂz & networking
DÄkujeme naĹĄim partnerĹŻm a tÄĹĄĂme se na vidÄnou!
Adresa: Keboola - DÄlnickĂĄ 191/27, Praha 7-HoleĹĄovice
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Board Game Night
Calling all board game enthusiasts in Prague!
Join us for an exciting evening of fun and games at Sophie's Hostel! Whether you're a seasoned strategist or just looking for a casual night of entertainment, this event is perfect for everyone.
Bring along your favourite board games or discover new ones from our collection. From classic favorites like Settlers of Catan, Carcassone or Ticket to Ride to modern gems like Codenames, Wyrmspan or Azul; from the simple UNO, Jenga or Pachisi to heavyweights like Brass: Birmingham, Root or Inis - there's something for every taste!
Connect with fellow expats, make new friends, and challenge your skills in a welcoming and laid-back atmosphere. Don't worry if you're new to the city or don't know anyone â this is the perfect opportunity to mingle and bond over a shared love of tabletop gaming.
Every Wednesday from 19 to... whenever they start preparing breakfast at the hostel.
Mark your calendars, gather your game crew, and get ready for an unforgettable night of board game bliss!
There is no entrance fee, but please support the hostel by ordering drinks.
Let's roll!
#39 Prague: 5 Levels of AI Adoption. Which One Are You On? Prove it.
We give you a full **explanation of the KPI Framework.**
> âDo You **Measure** the Most Valuable KPIs? Red/Amber/Green Thresholds for Each of Your Levels Explained.
## âSituation
âYou burn $$$ on AI tokens. You run hackatons. Git repo full of AI pilots.
âYou're spending more on AI than last year.
âYet, you can't shake the feeling that you're paying faster than you're shipping.
> âđŁ We give you the manual to pick the top KPIs that demonstrate the value, based on the context of how far you are in AI adoption.
â3 CTOs share where they actually are on the AI adoption ladder, what worked, what they'd undo, and what comes next.
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The 3 KPIs you should actually be tracking at each level. And the ones to stop tracking.
âThe 5 levels of AI adoption, mapped from engineering orgs.
â**1ď¸âŁ L1: Nothing in production.** How to leave it without burning two quarters on pilots.
â**2ď¸âŁ L2: Talent:** upskilling, reskilling and firing.
â**3ď¸âŁ L3: Proof:** When the cost curve overtakes the delivery curve, and how to calculate AI efficiency proof?
â**4ď¸âŁ L4: Going AI-native:** What concretely changes when AI moves from IDEs into production.
â**5ď¸âŁ L5: You've won** the AI race. Where's the new edge in 2027?
âBring your situation. By the end you'll know which level you're on, what is your KPI, what your next move is, and what to stop doing this quarter.
âNo hype, no AI gospel. Two practitioners, real experience, with answers.
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â20-minute lightning talks + Q&A followed by legendary networking!
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## âWhat makes our meetups different:
* â**Action-oriented:** Every talk includes takeaway guides/frameworks you can photograph or access via QR code
* â**Case study focused:** Real implementations, real results, real failures
* â**Interactive:** Audience Q&A with people who've actually done this
* â**Practical:** Skip the vendor pitchesâhear from practitioners
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> âPerfect for engineering leaders tired of AI marketing fluff who want practical insights.
Tufting Workshop with tuftingprague
In this workshop you will learn to make your own mini (25Ă25) or small rug (30Ă40) from scratch! No experience needed and all material provided.
Feel free to join alone and meet people on the spot or bring a friend and share the fun!
**Due to limited spots reservations are mandatory** - get your ticket on our website: [www.tuftingprague.com/bookings](www.tuftingprague.com/bookings)
Workshop is held in Letna, Kostelni 32.
Pyvo Prague #181 - Summer Edition: Grill & Chill
It's summer! That means it's time for our special summer edition - grill & chill. The pub offers grilled food - you don't need to take your own.
Doors open at **18:30**. There will be only lightning talks.
You can have a lightning talk as well â please register at [Lightning Talks â bit.ly/prpylight](https://bit.ly/prpylight).
**Good to know**
* You donât have to register for this meetup â the actual attendance is much bigger (40â70 Pythonistas) than indicated in the âGoingâ list here.
* **Cash only payments â club doesnât accept cards.**
* Talks at Pyvo are mostly in Czech but it thereâs somebody who doesnât understand Czech talks are switched to English if the speaker is able to do so.
* Besides both soft drinks and beer it's possible to eat at the club. Choice is variable and consists of 4 to 7 options ranging from toast, sausages and soup to fried cheese in a bun, goulash or schnitzel.
* Club closes at midnight.
Wednesday Vltava Run
We are a group of runners who meet most weeks for a run around the beautiful Vltava River's edge.
You can bring your running shoes straight from the office/home office if you don't have time to stop at home. There will be a place to put your bags in the Cafe. We will run about 9 km along the river and have a drink afterwards. Paces vary!
We will meet in the square near Kavarna Liberal (Hermanova 6), near the Vltavska metro/tram stop at 6:30 on Wednesday.
See you there!
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Uninstall Duolingo - Weekly Language Exchange
Free Event/Vstup Zdarma
Pro ÄeĹĄtinu, podĂvejte se nĂĹže
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Hello, people of Prague!! We bring you a forum to trade your language skills and learn something more. If not interested in language, you could have a general conversation.
The goal is to create a chill environment for social networking with a focus on learning the language of your choice.
So grab some beverages at the bar/cafe and get on with it every Thursday.
**NEW** Venue: Tequila Tales Bar
**NEW** Location: Ujezd 409/19, 11800 MalĂĄ Strana
Timing: 1900-2200 (Every Thursday)
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CZ
Ahoj PraŞåci!! PĹinĂĄĹĄĂme vĂĄm fĂłrum, kde mĹŻĹžete vymÄnit svĂŠ jazykovĂŠ znalosti a dozvÄdÄt se nÄco vĂc.
CĂlem je vytvoĹit pohodovĂŠ prostĹedĂ pro sociĂĄlnĂ sĂtÄ se zamÄĹenĂm na vĂ˝uku jazyka dle vaĹĄeho vĂ˝bÄru.
TakĹže si vezmÄte nÄjakĂŠ nĂĄpoje v baru/kavĂĄrnÄ a pusĹĽte se do toho kaĹždĂ˝ Ätvrtek.
**NOVE** MĂsto: Tequila Tales Bar, Ujezd 409/19, 11800 MalĂĄ Strana
Äas: 1900-2200 (kaĹždĂ˝ Ätvrtek)
Brunch and Chill: Make New Friends
â ď¸ **IMPORTANT: You must sign up and buy a ticket here to attend:**
[https://groupvibe.com/](https://groupvibe.com/)
**This is a curated, small-group meetup make new friends in Prague.**
Each meetup brings together 4â6 like-minded people for casual conversations over brunch. We use the Groupvibe platform to organize and ensure everyoneâs a good fit.
đ **To attend, youâll need to complete registration via this link:**
[https://groupvibe.com](https://groupvibe.com)
Once you register, and **buy a ticket or become a Groupvibe member**, weâll share the exact location and match you with your group.
**Why this works:**
\* Smaller groups make real conversations easier
\* Matching helps avoid awkward dynamics
**Note:**
RSVPs here on Meetup donât reflect total attendance. Many attendees register directly via our website.
This meetup is organized by **Groupvibe**, a small team passionate about helping people form meaningful friendships offline.
June 2026 DevOps Meetup
Talk 1
**Title: The Platform Is the People: SLAs, DORA and Trust at Billions of Requests a Month**
By: Harry Bouras
Role / LinkedIn: AI & Cloud Engineering leader, formerly heading the API organisation of a leading, extremely global and multicultural corporation. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-bouras/
Abstract:
Most "platform" talks are about tools. This one isn't. Heading the API organisation of a leading, extremely global and multicultural corporation, interconnecting decades of legacy systems while serving billions of requests a month and scaling across both Azure and Google Cloud, taught me a contrarian lesson the hard way: at that volume, platforms don't fail on technology, and cloud bills don't explode because of bad Terraform. They fail, or succeed, on how the organisation is set up to own, deliver and grow the thing. The org chart is the real architecture.
I'll walk through the levers that actually moved the needle, each anchored in real moments from that scale. How SLAs, framed as clarity rather than punishment, change engineer behaviour more than any dashboard. Why extending trust and time to a team up front - the most uncomfortable thing a leader can do, is precisely what raises build quality and cuts the rework you can't afford at billions of requests. What genuinely changed when we dragged a waterfall-shaped organisation toward iterative, Scrum-based delivery, and why that was about shortening feedback loops, not adding ceremonies. And how DORA metrics became our objective answer to a question every team argues about: what actually makes a successful Senior Software Engineer and what a DevOps engineer?
Then the human core, told honestly, which means told as comedy. What makes a good manager in this world, narrated through the things I was certain about and was completely wrong about. The running joke is also the real point: nearly every instinct that made me a good engineer made me a mediocre manager until I unlearned it.
Finally, a look at what we're all about to get wrong together: AI is forcing DevOps to grow up into DevSecOps - and the teams that handle it well will be the ones that already have the ownership, trust and growth culture this talk is really about.
Talk 2
**Postmortem Culture: Turning Failures into Learning, Not Blame**
By: Dani Yelovitch
Most engineering teams treat incidents as embarrassments to bury â a quick fix, a vague Slack message, and everyone moves on. This talk argues for a different approach: treating every failure as a gift.
The core idea is blameless postmortems â a practice pioneered at Google and Netflix where the goal isn't to find a scapegoat, but to understand how the system (people, tools, processes) allowed a failure to happen in the first place. If a human made a mistake, the real question is: why did the system make that mistake easy to make?
The talk would cover:
What a good postmortem looks like (and the common ways they go wrong)
How to run a blameless review without it becoming a blame-by-committee session
Turning action items into actual change, not a graveyard doc nobody reads
Building psychological safety so engineers report problems early instead of hiding them
The key takeaway: teams that learn from failure faster than their competitors ship better software with fewer catastrophic incidents â not because they have better engineers, but because they've built better feedback loops.
**Talk 3:**
Title: From Service Organization to Self-Service: Platform Engineering in Action
By Pavel BureĹĄ from Sky
Modern engineering organisations accumulate platform silos faster than they can pay them down â each team picking its own way to provision workloads, databases, queues and caches, each with subtly different security, observability and cost profiles. In this talk we share how we are tackling that problem at scale through a Platform Engineering practice built on the principle of a unified, abstracted interface for application-centric configuration â an approach that shifts platform teams from "ticket-driven plumbing" to product thinking: stable contracts, golden paths, and self-service by default.
In the second half we zoom in on PEaaS (Persistence Engineering as a Service), our concrete implementation of these principles for stateful workloads. We will walk through the architecture â Crossplane 2.0 composition functions on EKS, application-centric Kubernetes claims (XRs), and a tenant-onboarding model that automates IAM, VPC endpoints, OIDC and S3 provisioning â and how it abstracts heterogeneous backends (Keyspaces, Aurora DSQL, Redis Cloud, and Kafka on EKS) behind one consistent interface.
Attendees will leave with: A practical pattern for designing engineering platforms in their own organisations.
A reference architecture for persistence-as-a-service on Crossplane.
Honest lessons on standardisation, tenant onboarding and platform adoption.
Critique-Free Writing Group [in-person & virtual]
This group is for anyone who writes - for any reason. Have a thesis or article you need to write? Trying to finish a novel or an academic paper? This group is for you.
We are currently meeting in-person at Locus Workspace. If you have any questions, contact Sonya Lano here or on Facebook or Messenger (https://www.facebook.com/sonya.lano).
We start at 9:00, introduce ourselves, and share a few words about what we're working on and what we hope to accomplish during the session. At the end of the session, you can give us a brief recap of how it went. We'll break at noon.
The afternoon session starts at 2:00 pm. You're welcome to join both sessions or just one. Please come as close to 9:00 as you can if you come for the morning session. If you come to the afternoon session, we are usually back by about a quarter to 2:00.
Where will we work in the age of AI?
## **What IdeaVerse is about**
**We meet usually once a month to discuss some of the current challenges as well and perhaps come up with new ideas on how to overcome them. The format of the meeting includes an initial sharing of viewpoints by each participant without judgment, and in the second half we will discuss our ideas and try to find things to learn from each other.**
**In this next meeting we'll be discussing...**
the future of work in the age of AI. I know, people are talking too much about this already in tech meetups where they just praise it to Kingdom Come. We're tired of it. But whether we like that it exists or not, we are confronted with a choice that I'd like us to discuss: **Do I lean into AI like I'm told I HAVE TO, or choose a different path, one more into physical labor or working with people? Or do I just say goodbye to work and start my own business?**
We hear thhat AI is going to replace a large number of jobs, starting with call centers, Uber drivers, writers, graphic designers, translators, etc. That a senior expert will replace 4 others in his team using AI. That the only jobs that will remain are those which require human touch like holding meetings, talking face to face with customers, jobs that require empathy or jobs that require dexterity like plumbing.
**But the path forward seems so unclear:**
1\. Who should learn AI: young people who want to compete with seniors\, or seniors because juniors don't know enough to spot errors?
2\. Should I double down on AI courses and certificates or jump a sinking ship and learn a craft or improve my social work skills? Or start my own business to escape irrelevance at work?
3\. Do we go with the flow and adapt to this rapid overwhelming change\, or demand from policy makers that they do not let companies do as they please if that means lower wages and unemployment at scale?
**Some suggested reading/watching:**
* [If AI Takes All Of Our Jobs... Who's Going To Buy Everything?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYB0SVTGRj4) (the answer may shock you! :) - a 12 minute video) - good summary of the most likely future scenarios for automation and economics. Does not answer our questions but sets the scene for it.
* [AI Experts: These Are The Only 5 Jobs That Will Remain in 2030!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCjmK66x_Yk) (15 minute video) - a collage of various human and AI experts discussing options for work in the future (mostly from the famous DOAC).
* [The Future of Jobs Report 2025](https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/in-full/3-skills-outlook/) (40 minute read) - lots of data, may need skimming but highly useful insight into projections for which jobs will be useful in the future.
**The meeting is free to attend, but please buy a drink or two at our patron's place, to make them happy. They also have food in case you find the meeting too early (see [menu](https://altangrebovka.choiceqr.com/section:kavarna---jidelni-listek)).**
đ¤ Research Tuesday Friday Special: Jak nĂĄm AI mÄnĂ vĂ˝zkum pod rukama?
AKCE JEN PRO ZVANĂ
đ¤ Ahoj, v rĂĄmci setkĂĄvĂĄnĂ Research Tuesday jsme naplĂĄnovaly Friday special. CĂtĂme uĹž nÄjakou dobu, Ĺže naĹĄe researchovĂĄ komunita mĂĄ potĹebu sdĂlet, co novĂŠho nĂĄm do prĂĄce pĹinesla umÄlĂĄ inteligence, jak nĂĄm mÄnĂ vĂ˝zkum pod rukama. Chceme si povĂdat, chceme si navzĂĄjem sdĂlet, chceme vytvoĹit mapu, kam si zaneseme, v jakĂ˝ch fĂĄzĂch vĂ˝zkumu a jakĂ˝m zpĹŻsobem pouĹžĂvĂĄme AI a co nĂĄm funguje dobĹe a co aĹž tolik ne.
Pracovat a sdĂlet se bude pĹevĂĄĹžnÄ v menĹĄĂch skupinkĂĄch a vĂ˝stup se na konci odprezentuje ostatnĂm. Mapu pak pravdÄpodobnÄ dĂĄme k dispozici komunitÄ.
PĂĄtek 19. Äervna 9 - 12 do Slevomatu v praĹžskĂŠm KarlĂnÄ. SetkĂĄnĂ se konĂĄ pouze offline, a kapacita je omezenĂĄ na 30 pozvanĂ˝ch.
ŽådnĂĄ velkĂĄ pĹĂprava netĹeba, jen teÄ dĂĄvej vĂc pozor, kdy a jak v rĂĄmci vĂ˝zkumnĂŠho workflow pouĹžĂvĂĄĹĄ AI a jak ti to funguje, aĹĽ se o to mĹŻĹžeĹĄ podÄlit s ostatnĂmi.
**đ Agenda:**
* **08:30 AM** â OtevĹenĂ dveĹĂ & rannĂ networking
* **9:00 AM** Workshop
* **12:00 PM** â ZĂĄvÄr & moĹžnĂ˝ spoleÄnĂ˝ obÄd
**𧸠HlĂdĂĄnĂ dÄtĂ na vyŞådĂĄnĂ:**
Research Tuesday stavĂme na tom, Ĺže profesnĂ rozvoj mĂĄ bĂ˝t pĹĂstupnĂ˝ vĹĄem. Chceme podpoĹit i rodiÄe malĂ˝ch dÄtĂ, aby mohli zĹŻstat v kontaktu s oborem a potkĂĄvat se bez zbyteÄnĂ˝ch pĹekĂĄĹžek.
**MĂĄte zĂĄjem o hlĂdĂĄnĂ?** RĂĄdi ho na mĂstÄ zajistĂme, ale potĹebujeme vÄdÄt, jestli o nÄj bude zĂĄjem.
Dejte nĂĄm vÄdÄt v komentĂĄĹĂch nejpozdÄji do pondÄlĂ 15.6. do 8:00, jestli sluĹžbu vyuĹžijete a pro kolik dÄtĂ. Podle toho rozhodneme, jestli ji zajistĂme.
**Rezervace:** Zarezervuj si mĂsto vÄas. Pokud se ti plĂĄny zmÄnĂ, prosĂme, uvolni mĂsto ostatnĂm.
**TÄĹĄĂme se na znĂĄmĂŠ tvĂĄĹe i novĂŠ ĂşÄastnĂky!**
BÄla, Ivana, Lucie
Tufting Workshop with tuftingprague
In this workshop you will learn to make your own mini (25Ă25) or small rug (30Ă40) from scratch! No experience needed and all material provided.
Feel free to join alone and meet people on the spot or bring a friend and share the fun!
**Due to limited spots reservations are mandatory** - get your ticket on our website: [www.tuftingprague.com/bookings](www.tuftingprague.com/bookings)
Workshop is held in Letna, Kostelni 32.
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Rise and Shine with Atlassian - Reynoldsburg
Come chat about Atlassian tools and best practices at the Reynoldsburg Sunny Street Cafe and Breakfast is on Atlassian!
Let's get the day started off with breakfast with your ACE Leaders! We're always excited to talk about Atlassian Products, share our knowledge and hand out swag! Come chat with us about new product news and anything you are working on within the Atlassian product stack. This is a great opportunity to come see what we are all about, hear new business news and share with other Atlassian users your questions and experiences. We'd love to see new and old friends come out to chat and learn about Atlassian!
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Kimberly Deal - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader
Kevin Stanley - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader
Greg Sprowls - Columbus Atlassian Community Leader
Hosted By
Kimberly Deal, Atlassian User Group Leader
Kevin Stanley, Chief Everything
Greg Sprowls, Agility Lead
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Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality.
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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.
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Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-columbus-presents-rise-and-shine-with-atlassian-reynoldsburg-5/.
Italian Conversation Hour
Ciao a tutt\*!
Let's meet Monday at 6.30pm at the Upper Arlington Library (Tremont Branch) in **Meeting Room A** to speak in Italian for 1 hour.
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
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.
Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).
In Person Event: The Secrets to Mental Health
Mental Health, how do you understand it? How can you improve it?
How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself.
Have you ever suffered from a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? Has your ability to communicate suffered as a result? And after that, even though you "moved on" did you find that things were never quite the same? Have you ever looked at childhood photos, or reminisced your early life and wondered where that happiness and spark went?
Are your emotions out of your own control? Have you ever felt, even if you arenât aware of it, that possibly you are getting in your own way of your happiness and success? How does this affect your self-confidence?
Find out what is at the root of all stress, anxiety, depression and self-doubt. Find out how and why you hold yourself back from achieving your goals and having the life you have dreamed of. As soon as you learn what is at the root of these unwanted conditions, youâll see it is something you can DO something about. You will not be labeled or categorized at this MeetUp.
This group is hosted by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.
Stop Guessing: A Product Person's Guide to AI Adoption
## đ¤ Host Information
A co-hosted event by ProductTank Columbus & Women in Product Columbus
đĄ About the Workshop
AI adoption is stalling across organizations â not because of a lack of motivation or tools, but because it's fundamentally a behavior design challenge.
This hands-on workshop applies proven Behavior Design models and methods to help you move from a vague organizational wish to boost AI adoption to 3-5 concrete, testable interventions you can act on starting tomorrow.
Whether you're a product manager, on a product team, or just someone trying to get AI to actually stick at work, you'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth focusing on, what to ignore, and how to drive real, sustained adoption â no guesswork required.
đ ď¸ What to Bring
Laptop: Fully charged and ready to go.
AI Assistant: Have your favorite AI assistant pulled up. (Dom will be using Claude, but feel free to use whichever assistant you prefer!)
đ Logistics & Perks
Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided!
Parking: Plenty of free spaces available on-site.
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Free in-person event: Take Control of Your Mental Health
Itâs time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself.
Have you ever suffered from a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? Has your ability to communicate suffered as a result? And after that, even though you "moved on" did you find that things were never quite the same? Have you ever looked at childhood photos, or reminisced your early life and wondered where that happiness and spark went?
Are your emotions out of your own control? Have you ever felt, even if you arenât aware of it, that possibly you are getting in your own way of your happiness and success? How does this affect your self-confidence?
Find out what is at the root of all stress, anxiety, depression and self-doubt. Find out how and why you hold yourself back from achieving your goals and having the life you have dreamed of. As soon as you learn what is at the root of these unwanted conditions, youâll see it is something you can DO something about. You will not be labeled or categorized at this MeetUp.
Customize the IDE: Building Extensions for Visual Studio Code - Alan Barber
**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you.
The building address is 4450 Bridge Park
The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400
You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge.
**Abstract**
*Customize the IDE: Building Extensions for Visual Studio Code*
Visual Studio Code is one of the most widely used development environments today, and much of its flexibility comes from its extension ecosystem. Extensions allow developers to customize the editor with new features, integrations, and workflow improvements tailored to their needs.
In this session, weâll cover what extensions are and the different types available, including full extensions written in TypeScript or JavaScript, along with lighter-weight extensions such as color themes, language packs, language support, code snippets, and keymaps. Weâll also look at practical reasons a developer might create an extension, from automating repetitive tasks to adding custom tooling.
The session includes a hands-on walkthrough of creating a new extension, testing it locally, and understanding the basic project structure. Weâll close with a brief overview of how extensions are packaged and published to the Visual Studio Marketplace and other distribution options.
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