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A casual weekly virtual chat mostly focused on web and software development.

Weekly Dev Chat is a place to ask questions, hear different viewpoints, and get to know your fellow developers. Every week there is an initial topic posted to get the discussion started. Sometimes we discuss the initial topic the entire chat, and other times the topic changes several times through the natural flow of the conversation.

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

IRL: picoCTF Pairing

Join us for an in-person Weekly Dev Chat focused on solving picoCTF challenges together.

This event is designed for both experienced CTF players and people brand new to capture-the-flag challenges. We’ll pair up, help each other through problems, and practice practical cybersecurity skills in a friendly setting.

The event runs on Wednesday, April 22 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Edmonton Public Library - Strathcona. Register and view full details on Luma:

https://luma.com/jbjhkupb

IRL picoCTF Pairing event image

*ChatGPT created the header image. Not bad but still has the unique AI feel to it.

What are you Working On?

Today's chat (2026-04-14) is an opportunity to show what you have been working. Give us a quick explanation, and if time permits, a quick demo. By quick I mean 5 minutes or less. The actual time will be driven by how many people want to show off.

Anything software or technical is allowed. Some examples:

  • a product you are working on
  • some cool code you wrote
  • an interesting problem you recently solved

Looking forward to hearing what everyone has been working on lately!

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.

*Featured image was created with Nano Banana using this post as the prompt. It is both amazing and creepy at the same time.

Featured image showing a presenter demoing their product

Attempt to Run an LLM Locally

In today's (2026-04-07) chat we will attempt to run an LLM locally on my (Chris) machine with the help of attendees. Let's see how easy/hard it is and if my new desktop can handle it. Assuming we get something working, we can do experiments.

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

Image generated by Nano Banana

Attempt to Run an LLM Locally