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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. www.meetup.com/757dev/even...

.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. www.meetup.com/hampton-roa...

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. www.meetup.com/norfolkjs/e...

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. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

We made a Bluesky starter pack for Hampton Roads tech: 22 people and orgs, including Norfolk.js, HR SQL Server, AI Collective HR, ODU and W&M CS researchers, RevolutionConf, and HR DevFest. Who are we missing? Reply and tell us who to add. bsky.app/starter-pac...

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. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Missed tonight's Pop-up Meetup at The HIVE? Mike Rollins 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.

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. www.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. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

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. www.meetup.com/norfolkjs/e...

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. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Tomorrow: Agent Incident Response and Retros with Mike Rollins 🚨 6 PM at The HIVE in Virginia Beach. Come for the case studies, stay for the conversation. Food and drinks provided. www.meetup.com/757dev/even...

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. www.meetup.com/hampton-roa...

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. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

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. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

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. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Thank you to @aicollectivehr.bsky.social for sponsoring Hacktoberfest Hack Day in Hampton. 🎃 Ten projects got built in a single day, and your support helped make that happen.

Hack Day spotlight: ScamGuard, by Thea C., Shane C., and Vagn A. An AI tool that spots the patterns of a scam call and warns the person on the line. Winner, Best AI Security Project. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Flooding came up more than once at Hack Day. Benjamin N. built FloodGuard: neighbors share flood photos, and Gemma 4 pairs them with local forecasts for a plain-language read on nearby risk. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Thank you to @757makerspace.bsky.social for hosting Hacktoberfest Hack Day on Saturday, and to everyone who came out to build with us. 🎃 Ten projects came out of the day, from flood-risk tools to a scam-call detector to a retro game engine. We'll be spotlighting each one this week.

Hack Day spotlight: FloodWise Hampton Roads, by Yamille K. and Jason K. A free app for Virginia Beach and Chesapeake residents facing flooding and drainage. Winner, Best Community Impact. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Building at Hacktoberfest today? Submissions close at 2:30 PM, followed by demos. Awards at 3 PM! 757 Makerspace Hampton, 16 Murray St. Get your project ready to share. Event details: www.mlh.com/events/hack...

So excited for our Hacktoberfest hack day in Hampton, VA this morning! Big thanks to RevolutionVA for hosting, The AI Collective Hampton Roads for sponsoring, 757 Makerspace for the space, and MLH, DEV and DigitalOcean for making Hacktoberfest happen. See you there with my co-host @tekgadgt.dev !

Hacktoberfest workshops this afternoon at 757 Makerspace Hampton: 1 PM: Decision model workshop 1:30 PM: Hermes Agent workshop Bring your curiosity and learn something new. Details: www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Hacktoberfest is TODAY! Build with open-source AI at 757 Makerspace Hampton, 16 Murray St. Doors 10 AM; kickoff 10:15. Bring a laptop, charger + curiosity. Come with an idea or join a team. www.mlh.com/events/hack...

Tomorrow! Hacktoberfest Hack Day at 757 Makerspace in Hampton, 10 AM–4 PM. Bring a laptop, a charger, and something you want to build. We'll bring breakfast and lunch. events.mlh.com/events/1493...

One week until our Pop-up Meetup: Agent Incident Response and Retros with Mike Rollins. Thu Oct 22, 6–9 PM at The HIVE, 140 Independence Blvd, Virginia Beach. Food and drinks provided. RSVP: www.meetup.com/757dev/even...

This Saturday: Hacktoberfest Hack Day in Hampton 🎃 📍 757 Makerspace, 16 Murray St 🕙 10 AM–4 PM 🎒 Laptop + charger 🥯 Breakfast and lunch provided Still time to register: events.mlh.com/events/1493...

Meet our next Pop-up Meetup guest: Mike Rollins 👋 Mike is an engineer and CTO focused on agentic engineering. On Oct 22 he brings real agent-incident case studies and the practices emerging from them. The HIVE, Virginia Beach, 6 PM. www.meetup.com/757dev/even...

One week until Hacktoberfest Hack Day in Hampton. Pick an open-source project, try an open-weight model, or find someone to build with. First PR or fiftieth. Sat Oct 17, 757 Makerspace. Free. events.mlh.com/events/1493...

BSides Hampton Roads 2026 is underway at ODU in Norfolk. This morning's keynote: Jon DiMaggio with "Ransomware, Spies, and a $70 Million Extortion." If you're here, come say hi. #BSidesHR #BSidesHamptonRoads #757tech

Day 2 of BSides Hampton Roads 🛡️ Opening ceremonies at 9 AM, then three tracks of talks and two CTFs running 10 AM–4 PM at ODU's Webb Center. Find us in the hallway track. #BSidesHR

Day 1 of the first-ever BSides Hampton Roads is today. Workshops run 1–5 PM at ODU's Webb Center: risk exceptions, an AI cyber home lab, and CTF 101. See you there. #BSidesHR

Tomorrow: BSides Hampton Roads kicks off 🛡️ Friday is workshop day, 1–5 PM at ODU's Webb Center. Saturday brings three tracks of talks and two CTFs. Last call for tickets: events.humanitix.com/bsideshampt... #BSidesHR

Never contributed to open source? Oct 17 is a good day to start. Experienced devs, makers, and first-timers all welcome, and you don't have to live in Hampton to join us. Free, all ages, lunch on us. events.mlh.com/events/1493...

Your AI agent just caused an incident. Where does the retro even start? The conversation thread? The reasoning trace? The tool calls? Mike Rollins digs in at our Pop-up Meetup, Thu Oct 22 at The HIVE in Virginia Beach. www.meetup.com/757dev/even...

Hacktoberfest 2026 in the 757 🎃 Free. Beginners welcome. Students encouraged. Sat Oct 17, 10 AM–4 PM at 757 Makerspace in Hampton. Bring a laptop; we'll bring breakfast and lunch. events.mlh.com/events/1493...

Thank you to 757 Makerspace for hosting Hacktoberfest Hack Day! 🎃🛠️ Their Hampton space at Fort Monroe is home base on Sat Oct 17 for a day of open-source building. events.mlh.com/events/1493...

📅 757tech Meetups This Week Tue: ISSA-HR HoneyPots, 5:30 PM (ISSA Hampton Roads) Wed: (CS)²AI Water Cybersecurity, 1:00 PM (online) Thu: AICHR Connections & (grocery) carts, 6:30 PM (AI Collective HR) Fri: BSides Hampton Roads 2026, 9:00 AM (Fri–Sat) 757tech.org/this-week/

BSides Hampton Roads is one week out. Fri Oct 9: hands-on workshops 1–5 PM (risk exceptions, an AI cyber home lab, CTF 101) Sat Oct 10: three tracks of talks + two CTFs ODU's Webb Center, Norfolk. events.humanitix.com/bsideshampt... #BSidesHR

Hacktoberfest starts today. Spend a Saturday of it with us. This year's focus is open-source AI: try an open-weight model or tinker with an open-source agent. Sat Oct 17, 757 Makerspace, Hampton. Free. events.mlh.com/events/1493...

New Pop-up Meetup 🚨 When an AI agent causes an incident, the usual playbook breaks. Mike Rollins walks through real agent incidents and how to run the retro. Thu Oct 22, 6–9 PM at The HIVE in Virginia Beach. Food and drinks provided. www.meetup.com/757dev/even...

The BSides Hampton Roads talk lineup is out 🛡️ 3 tracks on Sat Oct 10: MCP security, bug bounty, healthcare threats, human risk in the age of AI, tabletop exercises, and a career primer. Plus two CTFs. ODU's Webb Center. events.humanitix.com/bsideshampt... #BSidesHR

Want your company in front of Hampton Roads' next wave of developers? Sponsor Hacktoberfest Hack Day on Oct 17: a free day of building with open-source AI at 757 Makerspace. $250 gets your logo on signage and a shout-out from the stage. revolutionva.org/sponsor/hac...