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North Bay Code & Cocktails is happening this Monday, May 11, and then on the second Monday of every month through at least the end of the year. The next one after this Monday will be June 8.

If you’re in or around Petaluma / Sonoma County and work in tech, want to get into tech, build side projects, experiment with AI tools, contribute to open source, or just want to meet more technically minded people in person, this is for you.

The event is at The Big Easy in Petaluma, and one of the reasons the location works well is that it doesn’t feel like a sterile networking event. We do structured intros and group conversation to help people actually meet each other, but the venue also makes it easy to keep talking afterward at the bar, at tables, on the patio, or while demos are going on. It’s a much better setup for forming real connections than just showing up, awkwardly mingling for 10 minutes, and leaving with a few forgotten names.

For the Monday, May 11 event, we’re bringing back an extended version of the speed networking format that people have asked for after previous events. Instead of rigid prompts, we’ll be using more open-ended 5-person discussion groups so people can talk more naturally about what they’re building, what they’re learning, what they want to do in tech, and what kinds of people they’re hoping to meet.

We’ll also have a demo from Mark Parodi on managing cloud infrastructure from the command line using infrastructure as code, including Terraform and AWS.

This post is also meant to stay up for the June event and beyond, since the broader goal stays the same each month: making it easier for developers, engineers, students, founders, AI enthusiasts, open-source contributors, career changers, and curious locals to actually meet each other face to face in the North Bay.

There’s also a related project I’m building called Prometheus Source, an open-source focused community/platform around local AI, independent tooling, privacy-respecting workflows, and collaborative software projects. I probably won’t be saying much about it at the May event, but over time attendees at future North Bay Code & Cocktails events will be able to gain access to the site through participation in the community.

If that sounds interesting, come by Monday, and if you miss this one, the next event will be Monday, June 8.

North Bay Code & Cocktails:
North Bay Code & Cocktails - Subscribe to the emailer for reminders and detailed updates

The venue:
The Big Easy - Underground Bar / Jazz Club

Prometheus Source:
Prometheus Source - Collaborative Open Source Site Requiring Attendance at North Bay Code Cocktails