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Code Reading Club Sharpen your code-reading skills! Join us to explore unfamiliar code together—no matter your level or language. Fresh eyes welcome!

📖 Code Reading Club

Let’s unpack real code together and level up one of the most underrated dev skills: reading code well.

📅 Wed, March 18
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 PrizePicks

Think book club — but for code.

This month will be led Chantal Shirley!

Grab your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/code-readi...

Call for Papers: GitHub Copilot Dev Days | Atlanta Want to share how you’re actually using GitHub Copilot? We’re looking for a community speaker to lead a 30-minute session focused on real-world AI workflows — what’s working, what’s not, and what you’...

🎤 CFP Open: GitHub Copilot Dev Days | Atlanta

We’re looking for a community speaker to lead a 30-minute session on real-world Copilot workflows.

First-time speakers are welcome 🙌

🗓 Closes March 13

Submit here 👇
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🚀 GitHub Copilot Dev Days | Atlanta

A FREE, hands-on event focused on practical AI workflows.

📅 Apr22
⏰ 5:30–8:30 PM
📍 MSFT ATL (Atlantic Yards)

Expect demos and a hands-on lab with VS Code Copilot Agent Mode. Bring your laptop and build.

Spots are limited 👇
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🚀 Sponsoring REFACTR.TECH in 2026

Our sponsors help us keep events free, feed the community, and create real spaces for devs to connect beyond just code.

If your company wants to support Atlanta’s dev community, we’d love to partner.

👉 Sponsor Interest Form: bit.ly/Sponsor-Inte...

Joint Meetup: Practical AI For Enterprise Developer Workflows, Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup AI is transforming how we build, ship, and maintain software—but beyond the hype, what actually works in real-world enterprise environments? Join us for an evening explorin

Join us Mar 12 in Alpharetta for a joint Atlanta meetup focused on practical AI in real dev workflows.

Featuring:
- digitarald.bsky.social (Microsoft)
- jeffbcross.bsky.social (Nx)
- Tracy Lee & Elliott Fouts (This Dot Labs)

RSVP: www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

Black history shows us that oppressive systems can be challenged.

In Code & Conscience #20, I discuss how the resistance of the past can help communities hold tech companies & leaders accountable today.

Read the issue here: bit.ly/code-conscie...
Or listen on YouTube: youtu.be/RIwKQy2VW3E

Bytes & Bites @ Krog St Market, Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 11:45 AM | Meetup **Join us for our monthly tech lunch meetup—now at Krog Street Market!** Bytes & Bites is a casual, community-driven lunch where technologists of all backgrounds come toge

🍜 Bytes & Bites is back at Krog Street Market on Feb 27, 11:45 am–1:30 pm. No talks. No slides.

Come by, grab lunch, and hang out for a bit. Stay the whole time or just swing through between meetings.

RSVP: www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

Career Stories with Anthony D. Mays YouTube video by REFACTR

We just dropped a new Career Stories convo, and this one hits right on time.

Erica Stanley talks with Anthony D. Mays about how AI is shifting the “senior” bar and what engineers should focus on to grow in 2026.

If you’re thinking about your next move...

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNvi...

Sponsor REFACTR.TECH in 2026!

Sponsorships are what let us keep events free, feed people, bring in great speakers, and create spaces where devs can talk about more than just code.

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Code Reading Club Sharpen your code-reading skills! Join us to explore unfamiliar code together—no matter your level or language. Fresh eyes welcome!

📚 Code Reading Club • Feb 18 • Atlanta
We’ll read a mystery code snippet together and practice getting better at reading unfamiliar code. Language agnostic. All levels welcome.

Led by Hannah Hogan.

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/code-readi...

Joint Meetup: Landing the Job: Real Talk from Both Sides of the Table, Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup Join us for our first meetup of 2026, a joint event hosted by REFACTR.TECH, ATL JavaScript, React ATL, and Modern Web. We’ll kick things off with a career panel on The Curr

Landing the Job: Real Talk from Both Sides of the Table
Feb 17 • Tech Square ATL

Honest career panel with people who hire and people who’ve been hired.
Plus Jerome Hardaway sharing his job-search framework.

RSVP: www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

Good intentions don’t scale but frameworks do.

I talk about the orgs showing what this looks like in practice–from building harm checks to embedding safety principles into how models behave.

AI becomes trustworthy by anticipating harm instead of reacting. Read here: bit.ly/code-conscie...

We're back for our first tech lunch of 2026!

Looking forward to catching up with tech community friends for talk and tasty eats, now at Krog St. Market!

Bytes & Bites @ Krog St Market, Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 11:45 AM | Meetup **Join us for our monthly tech lunch meetup—now at Krog Street Market!** Bytes & Bites is a casual, community-driven lunch where technologists of all backgrounds come toge

Bytes & Bites is back, and we’ve got a new spot!

Starting this month, we’re meeting at Krog St Market every 4th Friday, 11:45 am – 1:30 pm.

📅 Next meetup: Feb 27

Just show up, grab something to eat, and hang out with us.

RSVP: www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

Code Reading Club Sharpen your code-reading skills! Join us to explore unfamiliar code together—no matter your level or language. Fresh eyes welcome!

📚 Code Reading Club • Feb 18 • Atlanta
We’ll read a mystery code snippet together and practice getting better at reading unfamiliar code. Language agnostic. All levels welcome.

Led by Hannah Hogan.

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/code-readi...

🎟️ We’re giving away a free 2-day passes to Devnexus (Mar 5–6)
Great talks and hands-on sessions across Java, cloud, AI, architecture, and more, plus a lot of smart devs in one place.

Apply by Feb 11, 11:59 pm → bit.ly/devnexus-tic...

Bytes and Brews 2025, Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup We’re getting together with the rest of the Atlanta tech scene for a laid-back holiday hangout full of networking, good stories a few drinks. We’ll be at Fadó Irish Pub - B

Join us on Dec 18 for Bytes and Brews at Fadó Buckhead.

Good people, good convo, snacks and drinks on us, plus a raffle for AirPods and a Devnexus AI Track golden ticket.

RSVP here! www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

Holiday Party & Cookie Exchange, Tue, Dec 9, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup Celebrate the holiday season with our annual Cookie Exchange & Ugly Sweater Party! Join Modern Web Atlanta, Atlanta JavaScript, React ATL, VueJS ATL and, ATL .NET, Azure A

🎄🍪 Tomorrow’s the day for our joint Holiday Party & Cookie Exchange!

🍪 Bring your go-to cookies
👕 Ugly sweaters = yes pls
🎉 Games and surprises

📍 Improving Offices – Alpharetta, GA

Low-pressure meetup -- perfect way to close out the year ✨

See y’all tomorrow!

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Supercharge Agentic AI Projects: A DevEx-Driven Approach to Cloud-Native Scaffolding · Luma In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, agentic AI has emerged as a powerful paradigm for creating intelligent agents capable of…

Join us for the first-ever Enterprise AI Atlanta Meetup! 🚀

“Supercharge Agentic AI Projects: A DevEx-Driven Approach” — a live demo session on simplifying agentic AI development.

🎙️ Daniel Oh, Java Champion & RedHat Dev Advocate
📅 Nov 12, 6 pm - 8 pm
📍 Insight Global

👉 RSVP: luma.com/u49vj7hq

Joint Meetup: Technical Talks and Engineering Fireside Chat, Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup Join us on Nov 18 for another fantastic meetup proudly presented in partnership with [Atlanta JavaScript](https://www.meetup.com/atlantajavascript/), [React ATL](https://ww

Join us for our Final Joint Meetup of the Year! 🎉

We’re closing out 2025 with one last meetup — featuring technical talks and an engineering leadership fireside chat.

🗓 Nov 18, 2025 | 6:30–8:30 PM
📍 Tech Square ATL
🔗 RSVP here → www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

Is it possible to develop #AI without harming society & the planet? I think so.

The answer isn’t bigger models; it’s smarter ones.
#DecentralizedAI & #SmallLanguageModels are proving that we can innovate & protect the environment.

Read & subscribe here: code-conscience.kit.com/posts/code-c...

Code Reading Club — like a book club, but for code!

📅 Nov 12 | 6–8:30 PM EST
📍 PrizePicks HQ — 1055 Howell Mill Rd, Atlanta

We’re getting together to level up our code-reading superpowers.

👉 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=...

#atlanta #tech #meetup #codereadingclub

Securing React Apps, AI, and Engineering Leadership (Joint Meetup), Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup Join us for an evening of authentication deep-dives, AI innovation, and engineering leadership insights — proudly presented with [React ATL](https://www.meetup.com/react-at

React, AI & Engineering Leadership — all in one #meetup!

Join us Tues, Oct 28 @ 6:30PM for an evening of:

• React app security (SSO, MFA, more)
• AI dev workflows
• Engineering leadership insights

🍕 Food & networking included.
📍 Tech Square ATL

👉 RSVP: www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

#atlanta

Bytes & Bites @ PCM, Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup Join for our monthly tech lunch meetup—**now at [Ponce City Market](https://poncecitymarket.com/)!** **Bytes & Bites** is a casual, community-driven lunch gathering where

Join us for Bytes & Bites — a casual meetup for technologists to connect.

🗓️ Fri, Oct 24 | 🕛 12–1PM | 📍 PCM

No agenda. Just lunch + community.

👉 RSVP here: www.meetup.com/refactr-tech...

The AI Challenge: From Idea to Demo in 2 Hours · Luma Presented by: Block Join us for a fast-paced 2-hour hackathon where participants will explore the power of AI to turn ideas into working demos, no prior AI…

Join us for a 2-hour AI hackathon this Saturday (10/25) at ATDC.
💡 Build a demo from idea → working prototype
🧠 No AI experience needed
🍕 Free lunch + good vibes
💰 $500 prize for best project

👉 Register: luma.com/l5oo71jg

Securing React Apps, AI, and Engineering Leadership (Joint Meetup), Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup Join us for an evening of authentication deep-dives, AI innovation, and engineering leadership insights — proudly presented with [React ATL](https://www.meetup.com/react-at

Join us for an evening of auth deep-dives, AI innovation & engineering insights w/ React ATL, ATL JS, Vue & Modern Web!

🗓 10/24, 6:30p - 8:30p
🔐 React auth (SSO, MFA)
🔥 Eng leadership
🤖 AI + dev workflows

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#ATLTech #React #Meetup #Tech

📚 Code Reading Club: Hacktoberfest Edition

🗓️ Oct 15 | 6–8:30pm
📍 PrizePicks, ATL

Like a book club—but for code.

We’ll read through a mystery #opensource snippet together & swap perspectives. No prep, no pressure.

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#Hacktoberfest #atlanta #tech #meetup

🌟 Code Reading Club 🌟

Come read a mystery code snippet with us. Beginner to senior — all welcome.

🗓️ Oct 15, 6–8:30pm
📍 PrizePicks, Atlanta
🎟️ RSVP: bit.ly/CRC%E2%80%91...

📚 Like a book club, but for code.

#CodeReadingClub #Atlanta #Tech #Meetup

Big thanks to everyone who came out to our first Code Reading Club! 🙌

Missed it? We’ve got 2 more coming up:

📅 Oct 15: bit.ly/CRC%E2%80%91...
📅 Nov 12: bit.ly/CRC%E2%80%91...

Beginner-friendly ➕ language-agnostic.

#atlanta #meetup #tech

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