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SUMMARY:GamerCon 2026
DESCRIPTION:It’s games galore at 2026’s GamerCon at the Tenth Avenue Arts Center in downtown San Diego! Make plans to join in on all the fun. Gaming of all types. PC and console video games\, tabletop\, RPG\, and miniature gaming\, the ARTEMIS bridge simulator along with gaming art and movies! And for gamers over 21…enjoy the GamerCon Lounge where you can kick back with an adult beverage in a relaxed atmosphere. Come And Play! Play To Win!
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/gamercon-2026/
LOCATION:Tenth Avenue Arts Center\, Tenth Avenue Arts Center\, San Diego\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Collaboration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T120000
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SUMMARY:Online: Saturday Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We are continuing our Study group online for the time being.\nWe are now meeting online in the San Diego Python Discord server! Here is the link to join: https://discord.gg/8GpWuVvdbQ\nThere is a “meetup” voice/video channel that we will be using! \nWe may start meeting in person soon! This will be discussed at the meetup. We are considering having some online\, some in-person. Decisions\, decisions! \nEvery Saturday we meet up with the larger Python community (including San Diego PyLadies (https://www.meetup.com/sd-pyladies)\, Open BioInformatics San Diego (https://www.meetup.com/Open-Bioinformatics-SanDiego/) and San Diego Artificial Intelligence (https://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoAI/)) to chat\, learn\, and hang out. \nOur study group is for everyone on their Python journey\, whether you’re just starting out\, an experienced pro\, or anywhere in between. There’s no formal instruction\, just a bunch of folks who like to code. Sometimes we talk about a specific subject\, sometimes answer questions\, whatever! \nPython Community Code of Conduct (http://www.pythonsd.org/coc): Python is much more than a software language. Python is a vibrant community made up of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills\, personalities\, and experiences. It is through these differences that our community experiences great successes and continued growth. Overall\, we’re good to each other. We contribute to this community not because we have to\, but because we want to.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/online-saturday-study-group/2026-05-16/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Building,Networking,Virtual
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SUMMARY:REMOTE: Pyladies/San Diego PUG Co-Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We are continuing our Study group online for the time being. \nWe are now meeting online in the San Diego Python Discord server! Here is the link to join: https://discord.gg/8GpWuVvdbQ\nThere is a “meetup” voice/video channel that we will be using! \nThe SD Python User Group Meetup is https://www.meetup.com/pythonsd/ – there is a Saturday Study group hosted by the SD Python Meetup group. \nEvery Saturday we meet up with the larger Python community to chat\, learn\, and hang out. Our study group is for everyone on their Python journey\, whether you’re just starting out\, you’re an experienced pro\, or anywhere in between. \nThere’s no formal instruction\, just a bunch of folks who like to code. \nWe have a great time–come join us! Free feel to show up at any time and stay as long as you want. Hope to see you there! \nPython Community Code of Conduct (https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/): Python is much more than a software language. Python is a vibrant community made up of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills\, personalities\, and experiences. It is through these differences that our community experiences great successes and continued growth. Overall\, we’re good to each other. We contribute to this community not because we have to\, but because we want to.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/remote-pyladies-san-diego-pug-co-study-group/2026-05-16/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Networking,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T120000
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SUMMARY:Hack and Race-Prep Autonomous Cars
DESCRIPTION:San Diego Robotics DIYRobocars Race-Prep Day\, Hosted by UCSD. \nPlease keep in mind that at the Saturdays meeting we expect you to have your robocar built and software installed. I hope you will understand that for us time at the track is limited to ever other week for 2 hours. We would like to use it for development as much as feasible. \nPlease complete your robot build before coming to the Saturdays meetup. See the 2nd Wednesday of month Beginner/Builder Meetup and our slack channel. Then bring your bot and computer to the track. \nPlease sign-up and come for our monthly Beginners and Builders Meetup before coming to the Saturdays Meetup. \nAgenda:\n10 :00 am – 1200 pm. Training and racing \nWe have built a double lane track with a yellow dashed center-line. Expect a track roughly 30×15 feet\, with a concrete floor and duct tape lines. \nDon’t worry if you are still working things out with the software. We will be on hand to help all get going. This is a great chance to gather training data for you robot. Still figuring out hardware and/or configuring the software on the bot and laptop? Go to one of the 2nd Wed of month Beginner/Builder Meetups. \nThere will be tables\, power\, and wifi. Please bring your laptops and bot and be ready to hack. \nA special thanks to UCSD for hosting us. \nThank you.\nSD DIYRobocars. \n*** \nCheckout http://www.donkeycar.com for the build information that many of us used to get started. \nCheckout http://docs.donkeycar.com for parts lists\, hardware and software setup instructions. \nSelf-steering car from SD group:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhsv5CViBg \nmore sample driving from San Diego meetup:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WecNKymdg3k \nsome sample driving from Oakland DIYRobocars meetup:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQn5PA6nl3I
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/hack-and-race-prep-autonomous-cars-2-2-2/2026-05-16/
LOCATION:UCSD\, Engineering Building Unit 2\, Engineering Building Unit 2\, La Jolla\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking,Robotics & Hardware,Specialty Tech
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SUMMARY:San Diego AI Studio Sharathon
DESCRIPTION:​🌊 San Diego AI Studio Sharathon \n​Saturday\, May 16 · 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM · The Template\, San Diego\, CA · Free \n​ \n​Update: The first 50 seats have been claimed. Waitlist is now open. We’re releasing additional seats in small waves as we coordinate room flow with the venue. \n​ \n​Come hang with like-minded people and see how everyone’s building. I put this together so we could spend time playing\, building\, and sharing how we get our rocks to talk. \n​ \n​For: \n\n\n​🛠 People building with AI tools (Claude Code\, Codex\, Cursor\, agents) \n\n\n​💬 Users of ChatGPT\, Claude\, Grok\, Gemini\, want to go deeper \n\n\n​🐣 Those brand-new to AI\, just curious \n\n\n​🧠 Senior devs exploring or shipping AI \n\n\n​🚀 Founders building a product \n\n\n​🎨 Designers or creatives working AI into their flow \n\n\n​🤖 Hardware or robotics folks \n\n\n​🤝 Peeps looking for collaborators or co-founders \n\n\n​🎯 Folks looking to hire or contract someone \n\n\n​💼 Folks looking for work or employment \n\n\n​💸 Investor\, scout\, or angel \n\n\n​🌊 Nerds just trying to hang and meet people \n\n\n​Just got back from the AI Dev SF conference. 3\,000+ people\, two days of sessions on agents\, voice AI\, dev tools\, and more. I’m stoked to try and funnel some of that here. \n​ \n​☕ The format \n​Casual meetup with laptops\, at The Template. A super rad 4.8-star coffee shop in OB\, two blocks from the beach. \n​I’ll try to greet everyone\, but if I miss you\, come say hi. Lucas\, big friendly dude\, dark beard & short curly hair. I’ll ask a few Q’s so I can categorize your interests and make sure you get what you need. \n​This event is a human-in-the-loop recursive agent. \n​All g If you’d rather be a fly on the wall. Absolutely no presh. \n​ \n​🧱 The flow \n​We open with a casual hangout and chat about what’s new\, what we’re trying\, and how we are building. \n​Then we pick something fun to work on. \n​Example: I went to AI On the Lot\, the Gen AI video conference\, where we worked on mock previews for pretend movies. We made Zombie Cats. Silly. Also freaking awesome.\n\n​Come see what else we have lined up\, or suggest your own. We’ll have Claude Code and Codex learning-oriented projects\, and you can pitch ideas too. \n​Then we break into build zones. Pick a zone\, solo\, pair\, or team up\, ship something small\, or start something big. My friends and I float around helping. \n​Whoever would like\, we’ll have optional show-and-tells about what we worked on\, 3 minutes each\, followed by quickfire 15-second rounds for anyone with an intro\, ask\, or announcement. \nThen hang\, vibe\, network till 2. \n​ \n​Coffee and pastries are available for purchase at the counter. Please support our epic venue. \n​ \n​What we’ll help with \n\n\n​🎓 Need Claude Code basics\, or want to set up OpenClaw? We’ll get you started. \n\n\n​💸 Founder looking for funding? We’ll point you to who’s trying to know you. \n\n\n​🤝 Hunting partnerships? We’ll get you not just in the same space\, but collaborating on something fun. \n\n\n​💼 Looking for work or wanting to hire? We’ll try to connect you to the right people in the room. \n\n\n​ \n​📅 Schedule \n\n\n​10:00 — Doors\, coffee \n\n\n​10:30 — Kickoff + build together \n\n\n​1:00 — Show and tell (3 mins each) \n\n\n​1:05 — Quickfire (15 sec -anyone- intros\, announcements\, asks) \n\n\n​1:30 — Closing collab \n\n\n​2:00 — Wrap \n\n\n​ \n​🎙 Build in public \n​We record and stream the whole thing on X and YouTube. Raw recordings get uploaded\, unedited. A follow-up email goes out within the week with download links so you can have everything. \n​Use it to: \n\n\n​Spin up your own meetup \n\n\n​Build your own YouTube \n\n\n​Feed it to your agents \n\n\n​Make a K-pop music video \n\n\n​ \n​✨ Takeaways \n\n\n​🌱 Never built with AI? You’ll have something running before you leave. \n\n\n​🚢 Already shipping? You’ll meet like-minded or farther along folks to learn from\, or people you can influence and help. \n\n\n​🤝 Looking for partnerships or work? We’ll get you closer to your people. \n\n\n​🔥 Just trying to build cool shit and share ideas? This is the main reason for the event. You will find your crew here. \n\n\n​📚 I’m going to data dump a list of resources I use to stay up to date in the matrix. \n\n\n​ \n​🅿 Parking \n​OB on Saturday is poppn. The lot right next to The Template has a $5/4hrs deal for our guests – normally $30. Code drops in your Luma reminder before the event. \n​Backup if it fills: \n\n\n​DL the AirGarage app to find free/cheap parking spots \n\n\n​Free: residential east of Sunset Cliffs\, or Robb Field at 2525 Bacon (5–10 min walk) \n\n\n​Our lot is likely to fill by 10 am. Roll in by 9:45 if you can. \n​ \n​🤙 Reach me \n​Want to demo\, sponsor\, contribute\, or just confirm something? DM me on Luma or email lucas@sandiegoaistudio.com. \n​ \n​If you’re already shipping\, come find your people. \n​If you’ve never built anything with AI before\, come hang. This is how it starts. \n​See you Saturday. 🌊
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/san-diego-ai-studio-sharathon/
LOCATION:The Template\, 5032 Niagara Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92107\, United States
CATEGORIES:AI
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SUMMARY:Optimizing LLM Inference Requests
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to LLM Inference\nOptimizing LLM Inference Requests \nNOTE: May 16 will only be online with Zoom \nOur new book club series is about LLM Inference. Ted has done a deep dive on how LLM inference works and what are the techniques for optimizing performance. This week we will discuss chapter 6 about optimizing individual requests\, including prefix caching and speculative decoding. \nA free copy of the LLM Inference Illustrated book is available at https://tedkyi.github.io/llm-inference/ \nCome join us in person or online. Please make sure to read the instructions for joining the event below. \nAgenda: \n\n12:00 – 1:15 pm — Presentation and discussion\nTime permitting — Additional Q&A\, networking\n\nLinks to notes/slides and videos of prior meetups are available on the SDML GitHub repo https://github.com/SanDiegoMachineLearning/bookclub \nLocation:\nDue to conflicts\, this session will be Zoom-only \nPlease Note: There are two steps required to join the online meetup: \n\nYou must go to our Slack community and ask for the password for the meeting. Link to join is below.\nYou must have a Zoom login in order to join the event. A free Zoom account will work. If you get an error message joining the Zoom\, please login to your account on the Zoom website then try again.\nUse this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82891977558\n\nCommunity:\nJoin our slack channel for questions and discussion about what’s new in ML:\nhttps://join.slack.com/t/sdmachinelearning/shared_invite/zt-34vyls6jn-3cREuo8EoPmo6AKwTEgGgA
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/optimizing-llm-inference-requests/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Discussions,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T160000
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SUMMARY:Weekend Function(): Planet Scale Sims & Idea Validation { Software Developer Meetup }
DESCRIPTION:​​What to Expect\n​Join us for a special weekend developer experience! We’re long time San Diego developers\, looking to fostering a community of devs of all skill levels to have fun\, network\, and learn new things! \n​​​Connect\n​For this monthly meetup\, we gather for lunch to introduce ourselves and enjoy complimentary food and drinks. \n​​​Inspire\n​After networking lunch\, we start a series of presentations from members of the community to share interesting developer topics. \n​​​Build\n​Once presentations are finished\, we break into groups to casually network\, show off our projects and build together! \n​​​Reminders\n​Please be courteous and respectful to others. \n​Laptops are encouraged. Should you be giving a presentation or want to share a project\, your laptop is essential. We are developers\, let’s build together \n​Feel free to ask our organizers for help on some code you’re struggling with\, if you are! We’re happy to help where we can.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/weekend-function-planet-scale-sims-idea-validation-software-developer-meetup/
LOCATION:1495 Pacific Hwy #300\, 1495 Pacific Hwy #300\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Building,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T200000
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SUMMARY:PITCH PARTY!
DESCRIPTION:This Pitch Party is a little different. \nThis isn’t corporate.\nThis isn’t PowerPoint.\nThis isn’t polished slides and perfect scripts. \nTonight is closer to slam poetry. \nIt’s raw.\nIt’s passion.\nIt’s conviction. \nIt’s founders standing up and saying:\n“This is what I believe.\nThis is the problem I want to solve.\nThis is why it matters.” \nNo slides.\nNo hiding behind presentations.\nJust your voice\, your story\, and your vision. \nBecause the best startups don’t begin with perfect decks.\nThey begin with obsession.\nWith courage.\nWith someone willing to stand up and say\, “This must exist.” \nAt The Latino Startup\, we believe entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful tools for creating economic opportunity and changing communities. But before you build the company\, you build the founder. \nTonight is about that founder. \nThis room is built for collaboration\, not competition. We’re here to challenge\, support\, and sharpen each other. \nSo bring your energy.\nBring your honesty.\nBring your fire. \nBecause tonight\, we’re not judging pitches. \nWe’re discovering builders. \nLet’s get started.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/pitch-party/
LOCATION:2541 San Diego Ave\, 2541 San Diego Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurs,Pitches,Startups & Founders
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