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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.

Our free-of-charge meet-up upstairs in Ryan's Bar. This is a casual meet up for people who want to play boardgames. Lots of people bring plenty of games and rules will always be explained so don't worry if you're new to the hobby and you don't have anything to bring along or think you won't know how to play. Late comers always welcome, you just might have to wait a little for a game to open up. **The meet ups are free of charge but we do ask that people support the bar by buying food and/or drink. The bar is very accommodating to us and it's important that we support them in return. Bringing in outside food or drink is completely unacceptable.** Check out the comments below where people will say what games they are bringing and express your interest in joining if interested.

**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.

**New Absolute Beginners Course!** Join us for a fun-filled new evening class of Tango for Beginners. Whether you have two left feet or have never danced before, this class will have something for you. We will guide you through the basic steps and techniques of tango, helping you discover the elegance and passion of this captivating dance form. *Join us to experience the joy and freedom of this beautiful dance and meet a room of new friends along the way.* In these classes our experienced instructors will break down the tango moves and build them up gradually, ensuring that you get a solid foundation. You will learn the fundamental techniques, including posture, embrace, and footwork, and gain confidence in leading or following your partner. Throughout these lessons we will focus on partner connection and musicality, allowing you to express yourself and create beautiful movements on the dance floor. **No partner or previous dance experience is necessary**. Just come with comfortable clothing and shoes, and be prepared to immerse yourself in the enchanting world of tango. Join us for a memorable evening of rhythm, connection, and pure enjoyment. **CLASS FEES:** *We offer a 6 week Pass for just €99 or you can pay as you go for €20 per class* *Let's dance the night away at Tango Fiesta Dublin!* [VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS AND INFO](https://tangofiesta.ie/) [www.tangofiesta.ie](http://www.tangofiesta.ie/)

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.

Details: SPACE: Four participant sewing class, plus the host, held in a comfortable, spacious living room , with double doors beside us, as we work. CLASS CONTENT: Learn to use a sewing machine (maybe bring your own along if you wish to gain confidence in using it) Make a cute cotton tote bag (or your own project) / have some fun / meet like minded new friends and learn a new skill / craft. Progress to make a simple piece of clothing! What’s available: * Complimentary glass of juice if you wish. * Bring your own machine or if you wish you’re welcome to use mine. * Hand sanitiser/wipes available. * Plenty of space. * Warm room. * Professional teacher. MATERIALS: I supply large selection of threads / pins / needles and rippers! You may wish to bring your own fabric and extras eg. ribbon, lace etc for your individual item (happy to help you choose/source fabrics) Also up-cycling of an old crisp cotton dress or shirt is encouraged.

www.dublindancecoop.com for more info! Every Monday at 7.45 in the F2 Rialto. 12 euros. All Welcome. Freeform dancing, stretching, rolling around and playing with anything dance related. No experience necessary!

\> Note: If you have registered via luma\, please dont double register here\, Thanks\. **Talk: How MongoDB Atlas Gives AI Agents Memory in Python** The session will stay beginner to intermediate friendly, with the first part giving enough background for anyone new to Atlas or AI agent concepts before moving into the main demo and explanation. **Author:** **Venkat Cherukuri** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkat-sai-cherukuri-71053513a/] [Venkat Cherukuri, MongoDB Atlas Technical Services Engineer with 3+ years of deep experience managing and optimizing production-grade deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Proven expertise in resolving critical issues, improving performance, and reducing operational costs in time-sensitive environments.] **Ade S.B** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/st999/] [Solutions Architect and MongoDB / AWS expert with over 5 years of experience designing scalable cloud architecture and mission-critical environments. Specialized in automating release pipelines (CI/CD) and optimizing infrastructure to turn complex technical requirements into seamless, stable systems. A collaborative, detail-oriented problem solver focused on building strong stakeholder relationships and delivering high-impact tech solutions on budget.] **=============================** **Talk: Generating Images Using Neural Networks** Walking through a notebook that trains a Neural Network to de-noise images from the \`fashion mnist\` dataset, then uses the trained neural network to generate images out of static noise. **Author:** **Brian MacCarvill** [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-maccarvill/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-maccarvill/)] [Masters in Statistics, Undergrad in Maths. Currently work at a small company as a researcher. I have a cute dog.] **=============================** **Talk: Insight into job hunting and the confidence to get the job you want.** Career advice from my cat I've spent 12 years working in recruitment and helping people find jobs. During that time I've read thousands of CVs, and watched people tie themselves in knots over things that probably don't matter as much as they think. Meanwhile, my cat has somehow developed a far healthier attitude to life. He knows his worth. He doesn't take rejection personally. He doesn't spend six months replaying an embarrassing moment in his head. He is persistent to the point of being annoying, and he has a remarkable ability to identify what he actually wants instead of what looks impressive. This talk uses questionable cat behaviour to explore some surprisingly useful lessons for job seekers, including confidence, persistence, networking, handling rejection, and figuring out what actually matters to you in a role. Perfect for students, graduates, career changers, job seekers, and anyone who's ever spent three days overthinking an interview answer. **Author:** **Rose Farrell** [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseirl/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseirl/)] [I've been a tech recruiter for 12 years and a massive nerd for much longer. I try to give practical, blunt and occasionally entertaining advice on hiring, interviews and DEI.] **=============================** **=============================** **Venue:** MongoDB [Building 2 Number One Ballsbridge, Shelbourne Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y3X9](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48670c275d061203:0x76f97274f33c1a41?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111) Big thanks to our sponsor for this edition: [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/company/careers/locations/ireland)

# The July SRE Meetup We’re back! This time we’re back at **Datadog**. Join us on **Thursday, 9 July** at the **Datadog office** for the next Dublin SRE meetup. ## Talk **Automating API developer journey @ Datadog** **Speaker:** [Javed Shaikh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/javedali-shaikh-71441580/) He’ll introduce **Hive**, Datadog’s internal multi-agent platform for helping engineers take APIs from “code ready” to “production ready”, covering OpenAPI guidance, route analysis, rate-limit recommendations, load-test readiness, API best-practice checks, workflow orchestration, and Slack-based developer workflows. This should be a great session for anyone interested in SRE, platform engineering, developer experience, internal tooling, or practical uses of agentic AI beyond code generation. ## RSVP To help with building security, please sign up in advance. We may need to close RSVPs before the event, so don’t leave it too late. We’re always looking for more speakers. Got an SRE, platform engineering, incident response, observability, reliability, or operations story to share? Please reach out. You can also find us on the Irish Tech Community Slack in **#SRE**. Sign up [here](https://irishtechcommunity.com/)!

Join Rust Dublin and guest speakers Azi Crawford and Rui Lima for two insightful talks at tcube Dublin, Wednesday 8th July. 🎟️🎟️ [OFFICIAL BOOKING PAGE ON TI.TO](https://ti.to/dublin-rust-user-group/262-azi-crawford-rui-lima/) 🎟️🎟️ **TALK 1. WizardOfArc / Azi Crawford** Leveraging Rust applications to avoid paying for hosting for [WizardOfArc.com](http://wizardofarc.com/) Azi Crawford (WizardOfArc) gives an overview of his fleet of small Rust applications to act as his local “backend” for his vanity site that is hosted on Github pages. **TALK 2. Rust Meets Local AI /** **Rui Lima** A practical introduction to the world of local AI and its growing ecosystem. Rui will look at what it means to run AI models on your own hardware, the challenges involved, and where Rust fits into the picture.

**Registration/booking on our system at least 24 hours before class is necessary. We do not take walk ins/your rsvp on meetup is not a booking.** BOOK [HERE](themovementstudio.ie/handstandsandcoffee) From beginner to winner! We have a special weekly 2 hour class that is more like a weekly workshop. It's a very social class, with amazing coffee, great coaching, and smiles and good work being done. Fancy trying something new? Spending time safely outside your comfort zone? Please visit themovementstudio.ie/handstandsandcoffee to book your spot Registration/booking is necessary. We do not take walk ins.

NOTE: Registration on meetup does not guarantee entry. Please also register at: luma.com/codex-drogheda Codex Community Builder Day at The Mill, Drogheda, Ireland Join us at The Mill Enterprise Centre for a full-day, hands-on builder event focused on Codex, OpenAI's coding agent, AI agents, automations, and practical developer workflows. Whether you're just getting started or pushing the edges of what's possible, this is a day to build alongside others who are doing the same. Students, developers, founders, designers, researchers, operators, and curious builders are all welcome - no Codex expertise required. What we'll work through together \- Getting Codex set up and running \- Prototyping\, editing\, testing\, and debugging with Codex \- Building tools and automations \- Agentic workflows and practical developer productivity Tracks for every level: Beginners follow guided setup paths, intermediate builders explore practical workflows, advanced participants work on ambitious projects. Bring a laptop, charger, and optionally a project idea. Run of show 11:00 Registration and networking 11:30 Welcome and Codex intro 11:45 Workflows, skills, and plugins 12:15 Build session 1 13:15 Lunch 14:00 Build session 2 15:30 Demos 16:15 Networking closes at 17:00 Venue: The Mill Enterprise Centre, Newtown Link Rd, Drogheda, Co. Louth Hosted by Give(a)Go and Sanat Thukral

Our free-of-charge meet-up in the Black Sheep Pub on Capel Street. This is a casual meet up for people who want to play boardgames. Lots of people bring plenty of games and rules will always be explained so don't worry if you're new to the hobby and you don't have anything to bring along or think you won't know how to play. The meet-up runs for the whole day but late comers always welcome, you just may have to wait a little for a game to open up but games will be starting and ending throughout the day. **IMPORTANT!** **The meet up is free of charge but we do ask that people support the bar by buying food and/or drink. The bar is very accommodating to us and it's important that we support them in return. Bringing in outside food or drink is completely unacceptable.** Check out the comments below where people will say what games they are bringing and express your interest in joining if interested. Any questions contact either of the organisers Gavin or Stephen.

Welcome to lockpicking at Tog. Join us as we teach the various methods of picking and bypassing common locks in Ireland. All equipment provided. Warm clothes reccomended as the heating isnt the best.

**PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT NOTES:** 1. The dates for this series are simply placeholders at the moment. We are working on our 2026 schedule, and adjustments are forthcoming. 2. Each class in this series has an attendance fee. 3. Each class, from BOTH a sign-up and fee perspective, is a separate entity. 4. As the Etch toolset evolves, so too will the class outline below. **Introduction:** Our Site Building with Etch class provides detailed instructions on the philosophy of the Etch development framework, as well as in-depth, hands-on instruction on using the Etch environment and associated tools. Anyone familiar with Kevin Geary and the Digital Gravy set of products will tell you that they offer ground-breaking approaches to professional WordPress site development. As we write this, the Etch toolset and environment are rapidly taking shape, with weekly quantum leaps forward in WordPress development methodologies. As early investors in the Etch product offering and its development process, we are actively testing and evaluating the toolset as it takes shape. We are beyond excited to see how WordPress site development is being modernized, and can't wait to bring this course set to you. It will be a paradigm shift in page and site development within WordPress, as well as moving your development mindset light-years forward. Join us as we explore Etch and dive deep into development approaches that will genuinely elevate your craft as a website developer and agency provider. Scalable, responsive, compliant websites are now within easy reach, and Etch provides both the platform and toolset to take you there. **The breakdown of the 10-class series is as follows:** * Class 01 - TBD * Class 02 - TBD * Class 03 - TBD * Class 04 - TBD * Class 05 - TBD * Class 06 - TBD * Class 07 - TBD * Class 08 - TBD * Class 09 - TBD * Class 10 - TBD Throughout the class sessions listed above, we cover the following key areas of web development with Etch: * **Introduction to Etch Interface:** * Familiarization with the toolset's layout and understanding how to navigate and interact with its various components. * **Visual Site Building:** * Techniques for creating layouts using Etch's interface, incorporating sections, divs, containers, and elements to build semantically correct page structures. * **Styling and Design:** * Utilizing Etch's styling approach to customize elements, apply global CSS classes for consistent design, and leverage features like Flexbox and CSS Grid for responsive layouts. * **Dynamic Content and Custom Fields:** * Integrating dynamic content from custom post types and custom field plugins (like ACF, Meta Box, and even built-in fields) to build data-driven websites. * **Component Building:** * Creating and managing reusable components for headers, footers, post type layouts, and other site-wide elements. * **Performance Optimization:** * Understanding how Etch contributes to fast-loading websites and implementing performance best practices. * **Advanced Features:** * Depending on the class level, it might delve into advanced topics such as conditional logic, interactions, and custom code integration to enable more complex functionality. The series aims to equip participants with the skills to efficiently build, customize, and maintain WordPress websites using Etch, catering to both beginners and experienced web developers alike.

**PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT NOTES:** 1. The dates for this series are simply placeholders at the moment. We are working on our 2026 schedule, and adjustments are forthcoming. 2. Each class in this series has an attendance fee. 3. Each class from BOTH a sign-up and fee perspective is a separate entity. **Introduction:** Our Page Building with Bricks web development class provides detailed instruction for using Bricks Builder, a visual site builder for WordPress, to create and manage websites. Widely considered by many of the world's leading web developers to be the most complete page builder on the market today, Bricks Builder offers a wide range of features and comprehensive tools. Our Bricks Builder web development class provides detailed instructions on utilizing the toolset. The series of courses covers the core features of Bricks Builder, enabling users to design and develop responsive, visually appealing websites. Moreover, the courses are oriented to reinforce a focus on professional, scalable web development. Throughout the series, we focus our page-building instruction on the semantic and structural integrity of the pages in a responsive world. By the end of the 10-class series, participants will have a fundamental understanding of proper web page and website development. **The breakdown of the 10-class series is as follows:** * Class 01 - Survey of Page Builders / What Bricksbuilder Does For You * Class 02 - Boxes, Boxes, Boxes / Sections / Containers * Class 03 - Static Units / Relative Units / Responsive Development And Math Functions * Class 04 - CSS Variables And DRY Development / Classes And Global Styling * Class 05 - CSS Grid And CSS Flexbox * Class 06 - Responsive Development / Breakpoints And Media Queries * Class 07 - Effective Use Of Color / Effective Use Of Images * Class 08 - Beginning To Think Dynamically / Using Templates And Components * Class 09 - Dynamic Styling / Data Attributes And Attribute Selectors * Class 10 - Pseudo Elements / Programmatically Styling With Pseudo Classes Throughout the class sessions listed above, we cover the following key areas of web development with Bricks Builder: * **Introduction to Bricks Builder Interface:** * Familiarization with the builder's layout, including the toolbar, panel, and canvas, and understanding how to navigate and interact with its various components. * **Visual Site Building:** * Techniques for creating layouts using Bricks' drag-and-drop interface, incorporating sections, rows, columns, and elements to build page structures. * **Styling and Design:** * Utilizing Bricks' styling options to customize elements, apply global CSS classes for consistent design, and leverage features like Flexbox and CSS Grid for responsive layouts. * **Dynamic Content and Custom Fields:** * Integrating dynamic content from custom post types and custom field plugins (like ACF, Meta Box) to build data-driven websites. * **Template Building:** * Creating and managing reusable templates for headers, footers, post type layouts, and other site-wide elements. * **Performance Optimization:** * Understanding how Bricks Builder contributes to fast-loading websites and implementing performance best practices. * **Advanced Features:** * Depending on the class level, it might delve into advanced topics such as conditional logic, interactions, and custom code integration to enable more complex functionality. The series aims to equip participants with the skills to efficiently build, customize, and maintain WordPress websites using Bricks Builder, catering to both beginners and experienced web developers.

You can sleep in on the Semiquincentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.

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

Topic to be announced. **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/ **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: https://www.veeam.com/ **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **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

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