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(Updated 11 Jul 2025)

Goal: To support frontend, backend, application, and native development.

  1. Fully in-person (local-first, a speaker "could" be remote).
  2. Network, connecting, job mentoring.
  3. Encourage new speakers (short deep dives versus longer presentations).
  4. Time to workshop on presentations (speaker might provide scenarios).
  5. Record all sessions; to YouTube 30-days later.
  6. Mini-conference, workshop(s), (un)conference.
Month/Year Event Meta Event
Aug 2025 [Robert Campbell: Polling / RTC] #3
Sept 2025 [TBD: Cloudflare for Hackathons] #4
Oct 2025 [Metthew Radcliffe: Open Source & Intro to Hacktoberfest] #5
Nov 2025 [TBD: Human-Centric Design] #6
Dec 2025 [TBD: Job Search & Career Management Panel] #7 YES (talk about topics per month)

(order and content subject to change)

Month/Year Event Meta Event
Jan 2026 SKIP YES (CodeMash dependent)
Feb 2026 [TBD: JavaScript]
Mar 2026 [TBD: Job Search]
Apr 2026 [TBD: TypeScript]
May 2026 [TBD: React]
Jun 2026 [TBD: Job Search] (maybe, StirTrek dependent)
Jul 2026 [TBD: Vue] (maybe, StirTrek dependent)
Aug 2026 [TBD: Angular]
Sept 2026 [TBD: Job Search]
Oct 2026 [TBD: Node]
Nov 2026 [TBD: Native, Accessibility, or Web APIs]
Dec 2026 [TBD: Job Search]

This is the list of topics that was discussed. They are in no particular order and are numbered only for reference.

  1. JavaScript
  2. TypeScript
  3. React
  4. Vue
  5. Angular
  6. Node
  7. Native
  8. Accessibility
  9. Web APIs