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Save the date: Stir Trek is back on April 30, 2027 in Columbus, OH, and this year's movie is The Legend of Zelda. 🗡️
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Tonight: 757 Developers Peninsula Builders Study Group at Christopher Newport University (Luter 170), 6:00 PM. Bring a laptop and the thing you've been meaning to learn.
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.NET Conf 2026 starts Nov 10, and Hampton Roads .NET is meeting that night for a recap: what's new in .NET 11, C#, ASP.NET Core, Aspire, and more. Kevin Griffin presenting. Marathon Consulting, Virginia Beach.
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Tonight: Norfolk.js Open Build Night at Assembly, 6:30 PM. Bring a project or just come see what people are building. Door's staffed 6:30–7; after that ping #javascript on 757Dev Slack.
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đź“… 757tech Meetups This Week
Mon: October Open Build Night, 6:30 PM
Tue: Peninsula Builders Study Group, 6:00 PM
Wed: (CS)²AI Smart Building Cybersecurity, 1:00 PM
Wed: ISSA Cybersecurity Happy Hour, 6:00 PM
Thu: 757 TechNite, 5:00 PM
757tech.org/this-week/
Last Hack Day spotlight: Twin Line, by Lee T.
Two drum machines and a mixer, so anyone can make a beat with the app and AI. A good way to close out the week.
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Hack Day spotlight: Dante's HELL "o" World, by Debra K. and Cam C.
A "Hello World" where each letter comes from its own esoteric language.
Winner, Gloriously Overengineered. Fairly earned.
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Missed tonight's Pop-up Meetup at The HIVE? @rollinsio talked agent involved incidents: what an agent really is, why the LLM isn't the only decision maker, and why agents are "the smartest amoral toddlers ever running around with knives."
Don't miss the next one.
Who's hiring in the 757? đź§µ
Hiring for a tech role in Hampton Roads, or remote and open to folks here? Reply with:
- Company and role
- On-site, hybrid, or remote (and city)
- Link to apply
One post per company. Recruiters welcome; just name the client.
757 TechNite is Thursday 10/29 at The Dome in Virginia Beach. Innovate Hampton Roads' evening recognizing the people and companies building tech in the region, with an awards program and a live set from Canaan Smith. 5–8 PM, tickets required.
innovate757.org/757technite/
Louis H. and Blake L. built Agent check at Hack Day: test agent instructions through Gemini, then approve or reject with feedback. A rejection rewrites the prompt and reruns the tests.
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Norfolk.js Open Build Night is Monday 10/26. Bring whatever you're building, show it off, get feedback. All skill levels welcome. 6:30 PM at Assembly in downtown Norfolk.
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Hack Day spotlight: Retro Forge, by Sebastian B.
A game engine for making games for retro Nintendo consoles: NES, SNES, Game Boy, and N64.
Winner, Best Open-Source AI Project.
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My winning entry for Hackoberfest is up, check it out.
Hack Day spotlight: Dollar Vote, by Michael B.
Pick the issues you care about and it ranks Congress members by how their recorded votes line up, bills included.
Winner, Best Use of Gemma 4.
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Tomorrow: Agent Incident Response and Retros with @rollinsio 🚨
6 PM at The HIVE in Virginia Beach. Come for the case studies, stay for the conversation. Food and drinks provided.
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Tonight in Virginia Beach: Matt Gordon on event-driven architecture with the data you already have — change data capture, change event streaming, and Real-time Intelligence. Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group, 6 PM.
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Christopher A. and Ernie S. spent Hack Day on a problem plenty of us know: PC Deal Locator uses Gemma 4 to find PCs and parts at the best price within your budget.
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Hack Day spotlight: Dollar Vote, by Michael B.
Pick the issues you care about and it ranks Congress members by how their recorded votes line up, bills included.
Winner, Best Use of Gemma 4.
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Vanessa G. built SimpSec OMNICHAIN at Hack Day: a local prototype showing how instructions hidden in a document can hijack an AI assistant's tools, and which defenses hold up.
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