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(Updated 04 Dec 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.

(order and content subject to change)

Month/Year Event Meta Event
Jan 2026 SKIP YES (CodeMash dependent)
Feb 04, 2026 [Adrian Farhat: Building the World in Different Frameworks] #8
Mar 04, 2026 [WORKSHOP: Job Search & Career Management Tooling] #9
Apr 01, 2026 [Nathan Leiberman: Tailwind CSS: The Perfect Wingman for Frontend Projects] #10
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]
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)

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
  10. GraphQL

Calendar Template

Month/Year Event Meta Event
Jan 20xx SKIP YES (CodeMash dependent)
Feb 20xx [TBD: JavaScript]
Mar 20xx [TBD: Job Search]
Apr 20xx [TBD: TypeScript]
May 20xx [TBD: React]
Jun 20xx [TBD: Job Search] (maybe, StirTrek dependent)
Jul 20xx [TBD: Vue] (maybe, StirTrek dependent)
Aug 20xx [TBD: Angular]
Sept 20xx [TBD: Job Search]
Oct 20xx [TBD: Node]
Nov 20xx [TBD: Native, Accessibility, or Web APIs]
Dec 20xx [TBD: Job Search]