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React MTL - Mar 2026 👥 Join us on Discord: discord.gg/kddEWbFhbc Our wonderful sponsor: Stay22 ⭐ \--- Rejoins-nous pour apprendre et échanger avec des développeurs et développeuses React & React Native de Montréal! Comme d'habitude, il y aura de la bonne nourriture et des boissons rafraichissantes! Join us for an amazing fun evening and meet fellow Montrealer React & React Native geeks! As always, expect delicious food and refreshing drinks!

🕺 Mar 11th at 6PM: React MTL - Mar 2026

Rejoins la communauté pour une soirée de tech, pizza et boissons rafraîchissantes ! ⚛️🍕
Glodie Juvenal Pengele nous explique l'OpenTelemetry dans les applications frontend. 📊

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/1edveg

Crafters MTL - Mar 2026 Slack: https://slack.softwarecrafters.org/ (channel #loc\_montréal) Our wonderful Host: Unito 🌟 \-- 18:00 - Greetings 🍕 Meet people, network, eat, and chill before the event begins. It's a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other. 18:50 - Introduction 💁 We regroup. Organizers briefly introduce the newcomers, and we thank the host. 19:00 - Quick Shares ⚡ Short presentations from the community. You can stand up and propose something if you want. Typical interventions could be: I want to say hi (3 seconds) I discovered this new tool, here's the website, you should check it out (1 minute) I've prepared a little presentation with a few slides (max. 10min) 19:30 - Round-table discussions 💬 Anyone can propose one or many subjects. We all vote on these topics and pick the ones with the most votes. Then we'll split into a few groups to discuss these. You're free to stand up and change groups during the evening if you want to. Examples of past topics: What is the ideal work setup for devs at work? (e.g., local, cloud-based, hybrid, etc) AI code editors, workflows + pros and cons What are the soft skills a good developer should have? Clean architecture VS feature-based architecture How do you choose a backend technology? How to handle the evolution of anemic model to DDD model? Discussing how to prepare for and perform well on technical interviews when job hunting. Monorepos: yay or nay? Pros, cons, tooling, and workflow 20:30 - Recap & closing We regroup again. One person in each group does a short recap of what was discussed, so everyone gets a TL;DR of the different discussions. Then we say goodbye and go home, full of joy and motivation, until the next meetup. See you there! 😃

🕺 Mar 4th at 6PM: Crafters MTL - Mar 2026

Join us for pizza and collaborative learning with the MTL dev community! 🍕🛠️
Vote on discussion topics or grab the mic for a quick lightning share with the group! ⚡️💬

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/jeph0c

troisw.quebec - Édition-005 Venez nous joindre à la 5e édition troisw.quebec ! À l'agenda: Le sujet de la soirée sera l’impact des changements au niveau de la recherche d’emploi et de contrats.  On parlera de création de CV, réseautage en présentiel et numérique et relations avec les chasseurs de têtes et firmes de placement. Notre invité pour cette soirée est Martin Nicolas Handfield, chasseur de tête fièrement indépendant, auteur et raconteur chevronné, créateur en série, Martin est d'abord et avant tout un être authentique et connecté sur l'humain. Reconnu pour sa franchise, il ne mâche pas ses mots, et il est toujours prêt à partager son savoir, durement acquis dans les tranchées, avec tous ceux et celles suffisamment hardies pour s'en enquérir. Horaire: 17h30 – Ouverture des portes - Réseautage / discussions animées 18h00 – Mot de bienvenue 18h15 – Discussion sur le sujet de la soirée avec modérateur 19h30 – Réseautage / discussions animées 20h00 – Fin de la soirée J'espère que vous y serez en grand nombre et n'hésitez-pas de partager la rencontre sur vos réseaux. Retrouvez-nous jeudi le 26 mars à partir de 17:30 à l'École Polytechnique de Montréal, près du Métro Université de Montréal et du REM Édouard Montpetit. Au local L-4812 du Pavillon Lassonde. Merci ! -Benoit Piette - organisateur troisw.quebec

🎊 Mar 26th at 5:30PM: troisw.quebec - Édition-005

On explore le futur de la recherche d'emploi et du réseautage dans le milieu web. 🚀💼
Discussion sans filtre avec le chasseur de têtes Martin Nicolas Handfield. 🗣️✨

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/7aa7lw

GenServer: To serve, or not to serve, that is the question A small introduction to one of Elixir's most powerful OTP behaviour module: GenServers. And a brief discussion on when to use it, when not to use it and what can we make with it. Presented by Nurul Islam

💃 Thursday at 6PM: GenServer: To serve, or not to serve, that is...

Dive into the heart of Elixir's OTP and master the art of state management! 💧
Nurul Islam shares the "why" and "how" of GenServers. 🚀

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/wcnyuc

Crafters MTL - [Special Edition] - Josian Chevalier : Getting Started with Domain-Driven Design Slack: https://slack.softwarecrafters.org/ (channel #loc\_montréal) Our wonderful Host: Osedea 🌟 Speaker of the Day: Josian Chevalier As a coach at Shodo, he helps teams accelerate development and improve their practices. He moves from code to organization and strategy to create systems that combine exploration and continuous improvement, enabling the efficient production of high-quality software. \-- 18:00 - Greetings 🍕 Meet people, network, and chill before the event begins. It's a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other. 19:00 - Talk 💁 Today, our guest, Josian Chevalier, has come to give us a fascinating presentation to help us get started with DDD. In this talk, Josian shows how to start with Domain-Driven Design by focusing first on understanding the business domain and strategic modeling, rather than jumping into technical patterns. You’ll learn how creating shared language and identifying subdomains and boundaries early delivers better results, helping teams avoid common DDD pitfalls and build software that truly reflects the problem space. Please note: The Talk will be in French but feel free to talk with Josian in English if needed. Can wait to be there !

🪩 Feb 23rd at 6PM: Crafters MTL - [Special Edition] - Josian...

Join us at Osedea for pizza, networking, and great company! 🍕✨
Learn to avoid common pitfalls by focusing on business domains and shared language. 🏗️ (Talk in FR)

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/ay12ny

React MTL - Feb 2026 👥 Join us on Discord: discord.gg/kddEWbFhbc Our wonderful sponsor: Zenika ⭐ \--- Rejoins-nous pour apprendre et échanger avec des développeurs et développeuses React & React Native de Montréal! Comme d'habitude, il y aura de la bonne nourriture et des boissons rafraichissantes! Join us for an amazing fun evening and meet fellow Montrealer React & React Native geeks! As always, expect delicious food and refreshing drinks!

🪅 Feb 11th at 6PM: React MTL - Feb 2026

Join fellow MTL React geeks for a night of networking, food, and drinks! 🍕🥤
Regis Atemengue shares how to choose the best state management library for React & React Native. ⚛️

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/vyvjsq

Image Generation in Elixir Join Kevin Edey for an insightful deep dive into the mechanics of AI image generation, where he’ll demystify the complex processes of neural networks and diffusion models that transform simple text prompts into stunning visual art.

🎆 Thursday at 6PM: Image Generation in Elixir

Demystify the neural networks and diffusion models that turn simple prompts into stunning art. 🎨
Kevin Edey leads a deep dive into the complex processes powering modern visual AI. 🤖

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/der0zo

Crafters MTL - Feb 2026 Slack: https://slack.softwarecrafters.org/ (channel #loc\_montréal) Our wonderful Host: Unito 🌟 \-- 18:00 - Greetings 🍕 Meet people, network, eat, and chill before the event begins. It's a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other. 18:50 - Introduction 💁 We regroup. Organizers briefly introduce the newcomers, and we thank the host. 19:00 - Quick Shares ⚡ Short presentations from the community. You can stand up and propose something if you want. Typical interventions could be: I want to say hi (3 seconds) I discovered this new tool, here's the website, you should check it out (1 minute) I've prepared a little presentation with a few slides (max. 10min) 19:30 - Round-table discussions 💬 Anyone can propose one or many subjects. We all vote on these topics and pick the ones with the most votes. Then we'll split into a few groups to discuss these. You're free to stand up and change groups during the evening if you want to. Examples of past topics: What is the ideal work setup for devs at work? (e.g., local, cloud-based, hybrid, etc) AI code editors, workflows + pros and cons What are the soft skills a good developer should have? Clean architecture VS feature-based architecture How do you choose a backend technology? How to handle the evolution of anemic model to DDD model? Discussing how to prepare for and perform well on technical interviews when job hunting. Monorepos: yay or nay? Pros, cons, tooling, and workflow 20:30 - Recap & closing We regroup again. One person in each group does a short recap of what was discussed, so everyone gets a TL;DR of the different discussions. Then we say goodbye and go home, full of joy and motivation, until the next meetup. See you there! 😃

🎉 Feb 4th at 6PM: Crafters MTL - Feb 2026

Join us at Unito for a night of pizza, networking, and collaborative learning! 🍕🛠️
Propose a topic for our round-tables or step up for a Quick Share. ⚡💬

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/turkbu

Scaler sans chaos · Scale without chaos 🇫🇷 Scaler sans chaos À mesure que les applications frontend grandissent, les défis évoluent. Ce n’est plus seulement une question de framework, mais de décisions, de maintenabilité et de capacité à évoluer sans perdre le contrôle. Ce meetup Vue Montréal comprendra 2 présentations techniques autour du thème Scaler sans chaos : comment faire évoluer des projets frontend complexes comment adopter de nouveaux outils (dont l’IA) sans dégrader la qualité ni créer de dette technique quelles décisions d’architecture ont un impact réel à l’échelle Attendez-vous à des retours d’expérience concrets, des discussions techniques de fond, et possiblement… une surprise 👀 🇬🇧 Scaling without chaos As frontend applications grow, the challenges evolve. It’s no longer just about frameworks, but about decisions, maintainability, and scaling without losing control. This Vue Montréal meetup will feature 2 technical presentations around the theme Scaling without chaos: how to scale complex frontend projects how to adopt new tools (including AI) without compromising quality or increasing technical debt which architectural decisions truly matter at scale Expect real-world insights, deep technical discussions, and possibly… a surprise 👀

🎈 Jan 29th at 6PM: Scaler sans chaos · Scale without chaos

Prêts à scaler vos apps frontend sans douleur ? 🚀 On parle archi, IA et une surprise vous attend ! 👀
Deux talks techniques pour bâtir du solide sans dette technique. 🛠️

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/ettzwh

React MTL - Jan 2026 👥 Join us on Discord: discord.gg/kddEWbFhbc Our wonderful sponsor: Shopify ⭐ \--- Rejoins-nous pour apprendre et échanger avec des développeurs et développeuses React & React Native de Montréal! Comme d'habitude, il y aura de la bonne nourriture et des boissons rafraichissantes! Join us for an amazing fun evening and meet fellow Montrealer React & React Native geeks! As always, expect delicious food and refreshing drinks! The talks of this event will be in English. We will have two presentations: Falilou Khouma will discuss "Cooking mobile apps with React Native + Expo". Falilou is a full-stack developer with experience across the React ecosystem who enjoys building well-designed products and apps, with a strong passion for creativity. Zoey Moore will talk about "Security in React applications - how to avoid common vulnerabilities". Zoey is a Full Stack Developer and Modern Web specialist.

🪄 Jan 14th at 6PM: React MTL - Jan 2026

Join fellow Montreal geeks for a night of learning, food, and drinks at Shopify! ⚛️🍕
Falilou Khouma cooks up mobile apps with Expo, and Zoey Moore secures our React apps. 📱🛡️

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/u9y55t

Crafters MTL - Jan 2026 Slack: https://slack.softwarecrafters.org/ (channel #loc\_montréal) Our wonderful Host: Deck 🌟 \-- 18:00 - Greetings 🍕 Meet people, network, eat, and chill before the event begins. It's a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other. 18:50 - Introduction 💁 We regroup. Organizers briefly introduce the newcomers, and we thank the host. 19:00 - Quick Shares ⚡ Short presentations from the community. You can stand up and propose something if you want. Typical interventions could be: I want to say hi (3 seconds) I discovered this new tool, here's the website, you should check it out (1 minute) I've prepared a little presentation with a few slides (max. 10min) 19:30 - Round-table discussions 💬 Anyone can propose one or many subjects. We all vote on these topics and pick the ones with the most votes. Then we'll split into a few groups to discuss these. You're free to stand up and change groups during the evening if you want to. Examples of past topics: What is the ideal work setup for devs at work? (e.g., local, cloud-based, hybrid, etc) AI code editors, workflows + pros and cons What are the soft skills a good developer should have? Clean architecture VS feature-based architecture How do you choose a backend technology? How to handle the evolution of anemic model to DDD model? Discussing how to prepare for and perform well on technical interviews when job hunting. Monorepos: yay or nay? Pros, cons, tooling, and workflow 20:30 - Recap & closing We regroup again. One person in each group does a short recap of what was discussed, so everyone gets a TL;DR of the different discussions. Then we say goodbye and go home, full of joy and motivation, until the next meetup. See you there! 😃

🎊 Jan 7th at 6PM: Crafters MTL - Jan 2026

Join us at Deck for pizza and collaborative round-table discussions! 🍕 We'll vote on the tech topics you want to dive into.
Got a cool tool or a short talk? Step up for our Quick Shares! ⚡

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/psjxkb

[EN LIGNE] Yoan Thirion: "Object Calisthenics" Il s'agit d'un évènement spécial dans lequel Yoan nous parlera des "Objects Calisthenics" 💬 Résumé Object Calisthenics : if... elfe... refactor! Bienvenue dans l’atelier du Père Noël 2.0 ! Pour ce 17ème jour de notre calendrier de l’Avent Coda, on vous propose un défi spécial : refactorer un code logistique elfique qui a mangé trop de spaghettis. Au programme : Découverte de notre calendrier de l’Avent et en quoi c'est un terrain de jeu idéal pour s’entraîner. Object Calisthenics : 9 règles d’or pour muscler votre code (et dire adieu aux if interminables !) Code Kata en pair programming : relever un défi de refactoring sous contraintes, avec un objectif : garder les tests verts tout en rendant le code plus lisible/maintenable. Présentation des résultats : les binômes pourront partager leur version et on pourra comparer les approches. Live coding : refactoring en direct, avec explications et astuces pour éviter les pièges. Conclusion : ce qu’on retient, et comment / quand appliquer ces techniques au quotidien. Pourquoi participer ? Pratiquer le refactoring en conditions réelles (avec des tests qui ne mentent pas !) Découvrir des techniques de clean code applicables dans tous vos projets Prérequis : Un IDE ou un éditeur de code, et l'envie d'aider le père Noël et les elfes ! Langages possibles : java, C# , php , typescript. Liens utiles : Calendrier de l'Avent disponible ici Notre serveur Discord pour rejoindre l'aventure 🤠 A proposal de Yoan Thirion TODO

🪅 Dec 17th at 12PM: [EN LIGNE] Yoan Thirion: "Object Calisthenics"

Help Santa's elves untangle festive spaghetti code! 🍝 Refactor & keep tests green. ✨
Learn 9 golden rules, practice clean code, & join a live coding session. 🧑‍💻

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/24bx05

Building an SDK Library for a Robot Arm and Running from Nerves This talk explores how to reverse engineer a robot arm’s API using Claude and build a custom Elixir SDK that runs on Nerves. Attendees will see how to integrate hardware control, demo the setup through a web interface, and even experiment with remote control using a game controller. Presented by Kevin Edey

🎈 Nov 20th at 6PM: Building an SDK Library for a Robot Arm and...

Reverse engineer a robot arm's API with Claude & build an Elixir SDK on Nerves! 🤖
Then, demo hardware control via web interface & even a game controller! 🎮

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/1v2els

troisw.quebec - Édition-004 Venez nous joindre à la 4e édition troisw.quebec ! À l'agenda: Nous aurons deux présentations cette soirée: Noël Rignon va nous présenter une alternative ouverte à Figma: Penpot et Simon Acosta nous parlera entre autre du fediverse. Au local L-4812 du Pavillon Lassonde à l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. Horaire: 17h30 – Ouverture des portes - Réseautage / discussions animées 18h00 – Mot de bienvenue 18h15 – Présentation 1 – "Penpot, l'alternative Open Source à Figma" par Noël Rignon 18h45 – Présentation 2 – "Les réseaux sociaux éthiques, transparents et aux standards ouverts" par Simon Acosta 19h15 – Réseautage / discussions animées 20h00 – Fin de la soirée À propos de Noël Rignon : Noël Rignon est fondateur de FJNR, une agence de développement logiciel qui accompagne des universités et des startups. Coach d’affaires et multi-entrepreneur, il est passionné par l’innovation entrepreneuriale et voit dans Penpot un outil clé pour accélérer la mise en production de nouvelles idées tout en favorisant une gouvernance locale.  À propos de Simon Acosta : Simon Acosta est programmeur et enthousiaste du logiciel libre: "J'utilise des logiciels libres tous le jours et j'aime les partager. J'aime aussi la cybersecurité et la protection de la vie privée dans les logiciels, donc j'ai beaucoup étudié les moyens de se communiquer de façon privée. Aujourd'hui, je vous apporte un peu de ce monde de la programmation ouverte que j'apprecie beaucoup : les réseaux sociaux libres, le pourquoi, pour qui et le comment." J'espère que vous y serez en grand nombre et n'hésitez-pas de partager la rencontre sur vos réseaux. Retrouvez-nous jeudi le 27 novembre 2025 à partir de 17:30 à l'École Polytechnique de Montréal, près du Métro Université de Montréal. Au local L-4812 du Pavillon Lassonde. Merci ! -Benoit Piette - organisateur troisw.quebec

🕺 Nov 27th at 5:30PM: troisw.quebec - Édition-004

Get ready for lively discussions & networking at our 4th edition! 🌐
Dive into Penpot, the open-source Figma alternative, & explore ethical social networks! 💻

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/a28w6z

React MTL - Nov 2025 👥 Join us on Discord: discord.gg/kddEWbFhbc Our wonderful sponsors: Storyblok and Zenika ⭐ Zenika is hosting us. Storyblok covers food. Thanks to both for making this event possible! \--- Rejoins-nous pour apprendre et échanger avec des développeurs et développeuses React & React Native de Montréal! Comme d'habitude, il y aura de la bonne nourriture et des boissons rafraichissantes! Join us for an amazing fun evening and meet fellow Montrealer React & React Native geeks! As always, expect delicious food and refreshing drinks!

🎊 Nov 12th at 6PM: React MTL - Nov 2025

Connect with fellow React & React Native geeks! Enjoy delicious food & refreshing drinks on us! 🍕🥤🤝
Thibault Friedrich dives into a pragmatic, engineer-led approach to Design Systems. 💡💻

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/rrmz70

Crafters MTL - Nov 2025 Slack: https://slack.softwarecrafters.org/ (channel #loc\_montréal) Our wonderful Host: Osedea 🌟 \-- 18:00 - Greetings 🍕 Meet people, network, eat, and chill before the event begins. It's a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other. 18:50 - Introduction 💁 We regroup. Organizers briefly introduce the newcomers, and we thank the host. 19:00 - Quick Shares ⚡ Short presentations from the community. You can stand up and propose something if you want. Typical interventions could be: I want to say hi (3 seconds) I discovered this new tool, here's the website, you should check it out (1 minute) I've prepared a little presentation with a few slides (max. 10min) 19:30 - Round-table discussions 💬 Anyone can propose one or many subjects. We all vote on these topics and pick the ones with the most votes. Then we'll split into a few groups to discuss these. You're free to stand up and change groups during the evening if you want to. Examples of past topics: What is the ideal work setup for devs at work? (e.g., local, cloud-based, hybrid, etc) AI code editors, workflows + pros and cons What are the soft skills a good developer should have? Clean architecture VS feature-based architecture How do you choose a backend technology? How to handle the evolution of anemic model to DDD model? Discussing how to prepare for and perform well on technical interviews when job hunting. Monorepos: yay or nay? Pros, cons, tooling, and workflow 20:30 - Recap & closing We regroup again. One person in each group does a short recap of what was discussed, so everyone gets a TL;DR of the different discussions. Then we say goodbye and go home, full of joy and motivation, until the next meetup. See you there! 😃

🎈 Nov 5th at 6PM: Crafters MTL - Nov 2025

Join us for pizza, networking, and lively round-table discussions on hot tech topics! 🍕💬
Plus, share your insights or discover new tools during our community Quick Shares. ⚡

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/gda61s

[ONLINE] Gregor Riegler: "Extreme AI Augmented Coding" This is a special event where Gregor Riegler will talk about augmented coding. 💬 Abstract Augmented Coding is more than just asking an AI to help you write code. You externalize your decision points, heuristics, and workflows into artifacts that the agent can follow. The agent becomes your mentee. As you do that, you change your focus from low-level details to high-level intent and methodology. Decisions that were unconscious become explicit. In this talk, I’ll share my story of how I learned to teach AI a Software Crafter’s approach to development. The agent follows a rigorous TDD process with 121 unique nodes and 131 directed edges that can run autonomously for hours, creating dozens of commits. It covers advanced context engineering and techniques to increase autonomy while aiming to maintain quality. And I will tell real stories of AI-enabled breakthroughs in real-world product development. 🤠 About Gregor Riegler Gregor is a Principal Software Engineer at Tricentis, a market-leading test automation company. He cares about helping people find joy in their work — because he believes that when people enjoy what they do, they create better results. Throughout his career, he has seen how painful software development can be, but he’s also learned it doesn’t have to be that way. Today, he meets people where they are, bringing fresh perspectives and subtle cultural nudges that help teams rediscover joy and deliver better software.

🙌 Nov 11th at 6PM: [ONLINE] Gregor Riegler: "Extreme AI Augmented...

Master Extreme AI Augmented Coding! Teach AI to be your mentee & autonomously craft code. 🚀
Gregor Riegler shares his journey & real-world AI breakthroughs. Don't miss it! 💡

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/1dkgb3

SQL - An Exploration of Foreign Language Integration in Elixir In this talk we’ll look at how Elixir makes it approachable for anyone to build their own compiler and integrate a foreign language with ease with a closer look at conformance test, benchmarks and a bug in Elixir. Presented by: Ben Schultzer http://linkedin.com/in/schultzer

🚀 Oct 22nd at 6PM: SQL - An Exploration of Foreign Language...

Dive into Elixir's foreign language integration & compiler building! 🚀
We'll explore conformance tests, benchmarks, and even a bug in Elixir. 🐛

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/gjqfr4

Montréal Python | MP118 Event Rejoignez-nous le 11 décembre 2025 pour une soirée dédiée à Python. Nous vous préparons un programme riche avec des présentations passionnantes. Programme : 17h00 : Accueil et réseautage. Une occasion idéale pour échanger avec d'autres passionnés. 18h00 : Début des présentations. Deux sessions sont au programme, couvrant les nouveautés et projets Python, pour une durée totale de 1h à 1h30, questions incluses. 19h30/20h00 : Suite du réseautage, pour approfondir les discussions et partager vos idées. 20h30 : Clôture de l'événement, mais les échanges continuent souvent après ! L'événement est chaleureusement accueilli par NAD (6e étage / Amphithéâtre), que nous tenons à remercier sincèrement pour leur hospitalité et leur soutien. Conférenciers : A VENIR Envie d'être conférencier à cette évènement ou au prochain? Faites nous signe en complétant ce formulaire! Rediffusion sur le Youtube de Montréal Python. Participez à cette rencontre Montréal Python pour découvrir, apprendre et réseauter. Plus de détails à venir. Nous avons hâte de vous y voir ! L'évènement sera également disponible en ligne et sera bilingue! Code de conduite : https://github.com/mtlpy/code-of-conduct \------ Join us on December 11, 2025, to an evening dedicated to Python. We're preparing a rich program with exciting presentations. Program: 5:00 PM: Welcome and networking. An ideal opportunity to connect with other enthusiasts. 6:00 PM: Start of presentations. Two sessions are on the agenda, covering the latest Python news and projects, for a total duration of 1 to 1.5 hours, including questions. 7:30/8:00 PM: More networking, to deepen discussions and share your ideas. 8:30 PM: Event close, but conversations often continue afterwards! The event is warmly hosted by NAD ( 6th floor / Amphitheater ), to whom we extend our heartfelt thanks for their hospitality and support. Speakers: Coming soon Want to be a speaker at this event or the next one? Let us know by filling out this form! Rebroadcast on Montreal Python's YouTube channel. Join this Montréal Python meet-up to discover, learn, and network. More details to come. We look forward to seeing you there! The event will also be available online and will be bilingual! Code of conduct : https://github.com/mtlpy/code-of-conduct

🎈 Dec 11th at 5PM: Montréal Python | MP118 Event

Network with fellow Pythonistas & explore new horizons in the Python world! 🚀
Prepare for two exciting sessions covering the latest Python news & projects! 💡

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/310457622

React MTL - Oct 2025 👥 Join us on Discord: discord.gg/kddEWbFhbc Our wonderful host: Triton digital ⭐ \--- Rejoins-nous pour apprendre et échanger avec des développeurs et développeuses React & React Native de Montréal! Comme d'habitude, il y aura de la bonne nourriture et des boissons rafraichissantes! Join us for an amazing fun evening and meet fellow Montrealer React & React Native geeks! As always, expect delicious food and refreshing drinks!

🥁 Oct 8th at 6PM: React MTL - Oct 2025

Connect with React & React Native geeks! Enjoy delicious food & refreshing drinks. 🍕🥤
Mohamed Hanou shows how Django simplifies life for React devs: fast APIs, auth, & back-office. 🚀

Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/o2g3yi

AI Talks - Lada Kesseler: Augmented Coding: Mapping the Uncharted Territory Welcome to our eight-week series on practical uses of AI for software crafters. Each week, we will have an expert talking about their learnings in this new a rapidly evolving field. If you're excited to learn how these new tools can enhance and support your skills, please join us! This series is hosted in collaboration with Software Crafters Montreal. https://guild.host/software-crafters-montreal Description: Developers find themselves in a world where old maps no longer apply. The rules of software development have fundamentally shifted, and continue shifting at unprecedented speeds. Drawing from a year of exploration, this talk reveals where AI truly shines - from rapid prototyping to uncovering what we didn't know we didn't know - and hidden dangers that can erode the very trust our software depends on. Come discover the patterns emerging from this new reality: when to explore freely, when to be careful, and what opens up when the old constraints disappear. Bio: Lada is a seasoned practitioner of extreme programming, Test-Driven Development, and Domain-Driven Design who transforms complex legacy systems into maintainable architectures through incremental improvement and continuous refactoring. Her approach pairs deep technical expertise with genuine empathy for both end users and fellow developers, creating resilient systems that truly serve their users.

✨ Oct 1st at 8PM: AI Talks - Lada Kesseler: Augmented Coding:...

Navigate AI's uncharted territory for software crafters! Enhance skills with new tools. 🚀
Lada Kesseler reveals AI's potential, dangers, and new coding patterns. 🗺️

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Crafters MTL - Oct 2025 Slack: https://slack.softwarecrafters.org/ (channel #loc\_montréal) Our wonderful Host: Maplr & Mia Innovation 🌟 \-- 18:00 - Greetings 🍕 Meet people, network, eat, and chill before the event begins. It's a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other. 18:50 - Introduction 💁 We regroup. Organizers briefly introduce the newcomers, and we thank the host. 19:00 - Quick Shares ⚡ Short presentations from the community. You can stand up and propose something if you want. Typical interventions could be: I want to say hi (3 seconds) I discovered this new tool, here's the website, you should check it out (1 minute) I've prepared a little presentation with a few slides (max. 10min) 19:30 - Round-table discussions 💬 Anyone can propose one or many subjects. We all vote on these topics and pick the ones with the most votes. Then we'll split into a few groups to discuss these. You're free to stand up and change groups during the evening if you want to. Examples of past topics: What is the ideal work setup for devs at work? (e.g., local, cloud-based, hybrid, etc) AI code editors, workflows + pros and cons What are the soft skills a good developer should have? Clean architecture VS feature-based architecture How do you choose a backend technology? How to handle the evolution of anemic model to DDD model? Discussing how to prepare for and perform well on technical interviews when job hunting. Monorepos: yay or nay? Pros, cons, tooling, and workflow 20:30 - Recap & closing We regroup again. One person in each group does a short recap of what was discussed, so everyone gets a TL;DR of the different discussions. Then we say goodbye and go home, full of joy and motivation, until the next meetup. See you there! 😃

🙌 Oct 1st at 6PM: Crafters MTL - Oct 2025

Network, grab some pizza, and dive into lively round-table discussions on hot tech topics! 🍕💬
Share your insights or discover new tools during our community Quick Shares. ⚡

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Secure AI Coding in Elixir: I Want to Believe The rapid adoption of AI coding tools is generating vulnerabilities faster than ever, creating new risks for coders and businesses. What does this mean for Elixir and Phoenix developers? This talk will cover the most relevant security risks you will face, from SQL injection to total system compromise via RCE, and how modern security tooling is surprisingly effective. Learn the true security risk of AI and how to keep your work safe.

🥁 Sep 24th at 6PM: Secure AI Coding in Elixir: I Want to Believe

AI coding tools are creating new risks for Elixir & Phoenix devs. 👽
Discover how to secure your projects from SQL injection to RCE with modern tooling. 🛡️

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AI Talks - Dan McInerney: Practical AI Security: Past, Present and Future Welcome to our eight-week series on practical uses of AI for software crafters. Each week, we will have an expert talking about their learnings in this new a rapidly evolving field. If you're excited to learn how these new tools can enhance and support your skills, please join us! This series is hosted in collaboration with Calgary Software Crafters: https://www.meetup.com/calgary-software-crafters Description: AI security resources often involve long lists of theoretical threats but how do you know how to prioritize them? How should you be categorizing them in your head for simplification? That's the purpose of this talk and in addition we will be going deep into the future of AI and AI security as it relates to agents from the viewpoint of an AI agent and security engineer.

🪄 Sep 24th at 8PM: AI Talks - Dan McInerney: Practical AI...

Unpack practical AI security! 🛡️ Learn to prioritize threats & explore the future of AI agents from an expert engineer.

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Montréal Python | MP117 Event Rejoignez-nous le 13 novembre 2025 pour une soirée dédiée à Python. Nous vous préparons un programme riche avec des présentations passionnantes. Programme : 17h00 : Accueil et réseautage. Une occasion idéale pour échanger avec d'autres passionnés. 18h00 : Début des présentations. Deux sessions sont au programme, couvrant les nouveautés et projets Python, pour une durée totale de 1h à 1h30, questions incluses. 19h30/20h00 : Suite du réseautage, pour approfondir les discussions et partager vos idées. 20h30 : Clôture de l'événement, mais les échanges continuent souvent après ! L'événement est chaleureusement accueilli par NAD (6e étage / Amphithéâtre), que nous tenons à remercier sincèrement pour leur hospitalité et leur soutien. Conférenciers : A VENIR Envie d'être conférencier à cette évènement ou au prochain? Faites nous signe en complétant ce formulaire! Rediffusion sur le Youtube de Montréal Python. Participez à cette rencontre Montréal Python pour découvrir, apprendre et réseauter. Plus de détails à venir. Nous avons hâte de vous y voir ! L'évènement sera également disponible en ligne et sera bilingue! Code de conduite : https://github.com/mtlpy/code-of-conduct \------ Join us on November 13, 2025, to an evening dedicated to Python. We're preparing a rich program with exciting presentations. Program: 5:00 PM: Welcome and networking. An ideal opportunity to connect with other enthusiasts. 6:00 PM: Start of presentations. Two sessions are on the agenda, covering the latest Python news and projects, for a total duration of 1 to 1.5 hours, including questions. 7:30/8:00 PM: More networking, to deepen discussions and share your ideas. 8:30 PM: Event close, but conversations often continue afterwards! The event is warmly hosted by NAD ( 6th floor / Amphitheater ), to whom we extend our heartfelt thanks for their hospitality and support. Speakers: Coming soon Want to be a speaker at this event or the next one? Let us know by filling out this form! Rebroadcast on Montreal Python's YouTube channel. Join this Montréal Python meet-up to discover, learn, and network. More details to come. We look forward to seeing you there! The event will also be available online and will be bilingual! Code of conduct : https://github.com/mtlpy/code-of-conduct

🪄 Nov 13th at 5PM: Montréal Python | MP117 Event

Join us for a vibrant Python evening! 🐍 Network, share ideas, and explore the latest in the Python world.
Expect two engaging sessions on Python news & projects. Speakers to be announced!

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AI Talks - Ray Meyers: AI Hates Legacy Code Welcome to our eight-week series on practical uses of AI for software crafters. Each week, we will have an expert talking about their learnings in this new a rapidly evolving field. If you're excited to learn how these new tools can enhance and support your skills, please join us! This series is hosted in collaboration with Calgary Software Crafters: https://www.meetup.com/calgary-software-crafters Description: AI coding agents feel like magic... right up until they collide with production code. For teams maintaining legacy systems, these agents often hallucinate APIs, run off on tangents, and shatter trust faster than an unreviewed hotfix at 5pm. Ignoring the past won't save us, because new code becomes old! We can do better, and we will. In this session we'll go over emerging strategies for improving the accuracy of coding agents on real codebases, benchmarks such as SWE-bench that evaluate our progress, and their limitations. Expect to walk away with actionable techniques and a renewed respect for code that came before us and the challenges ahead. Speaker: Ray Myers, Co-host of Legacy Code Rocks, Chief Architect at All Hands AI

🎤 Sep 17th at 8PM: AI Talks - Ray Meyers: AI Hates Legacy Code

AI agents struggle with legacy code? Learn how to make them work for you, not against you! 🤖
Ray Myers shares strategies to improve coding agent accuracy on real codebases. 🛠️

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React MTL - Sep 2025 👥 Join us on Discord: discord.gg/kddEWbFhbc Our wonderful host: Planned ⭐ \--- Rejoins-nous pour apprendre et échanger avec des développeurs et développeuses React & React Native de Montréal! Comme d'habitude, il y aura de la bonne nourriture et des boissons rafraichissantes! Join us for an amazing fun evening and meet fellow Montrealer React & React Native geeks! As always, expect delicious food and refreshing drinks!

🎤 Sep 10th at 6PM: React MTL - Sep 2025

Connect with fellow React & React Native geeks! Enjoy delicious food & refreshing drinks. 🍕🍻
Learn about React 19 source code & master `useQuery` & `useMutation` from our speakers! 💻💡

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AI Talks - Llewellyn Falco: Exploratory Testing with MCP Welcome to our eight-week series on practical uses of AI for software crafters. Each week, we will have an expert talking about their learnings in this new a rapidly evolving field. If you're excited to learn how these new tools can enhance and support your skills, please join us! This series is hosted in collaboration with Calgary Software Crafters: https://www.meetup.com/calgary-software-crafters Description: Let's build an Exploratory Tester with AI. We have the ability to harness AI in ways we never could before. You have code, projects, or websites that you need to discover potential issues, blind spots, or even vulnerabilities in. Can you have AI do that? Can you build things that find things that you don't even know you don't know? Let's explore it together. Who is Llewellyn Falco? Llewellyn Falco is an agile technical coach who specializes in teaching teams how to slay their legacy code dragons. His style is akin to a personal trainer: working with the teams to create healthy and lasting technical habits. He is the creator of the open-source testing tool ApprovalTests (www.approvaltests.com), co-author of the Mob Programming Guidebook (http://www.mobprogrammingguidebook.com/), and Co-founder of TeachingKidsProgramming.org. He is an internationally renowned speaker who has presented over 200 conference sessions since 2009.

💃 Sep 10th at 8PM: AI Talks - Llewellyn Falco: Exploratory Testing...

Let's build an AI exploratory tester to find those unknown unknowns in your code! 🤖
Llewellyn Falco guides us on harnessing AI for deep code discovery.

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AI Talks - Jessica Kerr: Designing for AI Agents: MCP Welcome to our eight-week series on practical uses of AI for software crafters. Each week, we will have an expert talking about their learnings in this new a rapidly evolving field. If you're excited to learn how these new tools can enhance and support your skills, please join us! This series is hosted in collaboration with Calgary Software Crafters: https://www.meetup.com/calgary-software-crafters Description: We want our software to be easy for people to use. That means building a great UI. Now that people work with AI agents, we need our software to be easy for agents to use. That means building a great MCP. Model Context Protocol servers give AI agents fingers to feel around and act in the world, one tool at a time. In this session, I’ll share design considerations from the Honeycomb.io MCP. I’ll contrast MCP design with human UX and software APIs, then discuss ways to tell whether the MCP is effective in production. Bio: Jessica Kerr is a symmathecist, in the medium of code. She believes in learning systems made of learning parts: enthusiastic people and evolving software. She is a Principal Developer Advocate at Honeycomb.io, where she teaches developers to make their software teach them what’s going on inside. In twenty years of professional software development, she has programmed in and spoken at conferences about Java, Scala, Clojure, TypeScript, Ruby, and Elm. She lives in St. Louis, MO with two children who invent worlds and draw characters with superpowers, and two cats who meow and knock over water glasses.

🪩 Sep 3rd at 8PM: AI Talks - Jessica Kerr: Designing for AI...

Design for AI agents! Build a great MCP for agent interaction. 🤖
Jessica Kerr shares Honeycomb.io's MCP design & how to measure its effectiveness. 📊

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