Los Angeles Hack Night at SPIRE.IO   A bi-weekly hack night for anyone wanting to learn a programming language, hack on a software or hardware project, socialize with other developers, play ping pong, etc. We frequently see people learning and hacking on software projects using Ruby, Python, Node, JavaScript, etc. and hardware projects using Arduino. Our members include beginners working through the Learn Code the Hard Way exercises as well as experienced developers working on side projects.   B …

A group for lovers and users of the Python web framework Django. Whether you consider yourself Professional or amateur, expert or just curious to see if Django is for you, please join us for our monthly meeting.

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We are a group of people in the San Fernando Valley / Los Angeles area who love and use a variety of programming languages: Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Java, Clojure, Objective-C, C++, C#, C and many more. This group is for Software Developers only!

We connect startup founders with startup funding from angel investors, seed and venture capital. We attract the most innovative startups in both tech and non-tech industries. At our events you can demo your startup, meet investors and learn how to build startups. Our events are monthly: Life 3.0 - Startups That Change The Way You Live (Demo of early-stage startups) You Pitch, Angels Teach (Startups Pitch to Investors) Startup School (Learn from Investors and CEOs how to build your startup) We …

Hello there.  Yes, you.  Hi! Thanks for dropping by.  I'd like to extend an invitation to join me and tens of others just like you who are interested in OpenStack, the coolest open source cloud stack on the block. We enjoy rapping about cloud computing and storage, discussing OpenStack deployment, coding to further the project, and creating a collaborative local community. If you join the group, you could look forward to some interactive presentations from OpenStack experts, and chatting with fe …

Whether building a web, VOIP, or gaming backend, Operations is using development tools to make it work. We're interested in the built-in facilities in Linux and the BSDs to programmatically seed and deploy.  We're building traditional UNIX infrastructure with lighttpd/Nginx/Apache, Syslog, NFS, LDAP, MySQL/Postgres and BIND/PowerDNS, but doing it with modern scripting languages (Python, Ruby, Perl...) and revision-control.  Debconf in Debian and Ubuntu.  Kickstart in Redhat and CentOS.  pc-sysin …

106 Miles is a network of startup founders, engineers, and friends. Our mission is to educate and empower entrepreneurial engineers. Our values are Reputation, Innovation, Solidarity, and Education.   This is our SoCal group; see also our Silicon Valley group. Please join us if you're a founder or engineer (or friend!) and... * You have worked at a startup, * You want to work at a startup, * You have started a company, and/or * You want to start a company.   We meet several t …

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