What we’re about
A Boston coding meetup for any dev-curious, aspiring, or professional developer to work/hack on your project. Or learn to code in an afternoon with coffee and cool-inclusive people. All skill levels are welcome. Bring your laptop! Details on individual event pages.
We typically meet every two weeks, Saturday at 12 pm.
🧑🤝🧑 Join our Online Community:
https://codeandcoffee.community
Discord:[codeandcoffee.chat](https://discord.com/channels/894703368411422790/1033893145970233344)
🏛️ Our community centers around three principles:
Belonging, Safety, and Trust. Please report harassment over meetup to an organizer or contact email in our Code of Conduct.
🧑💻 Software Developers, you may find value at our meetup doing one or none of the following: look for a better job, meet developers and make friends, validate the feasibility of an ambitious side project, get help with my coding blocker or homework, gain insight and awareness into a company you're interviewing for, learn about other professions involving code, join a vibrant online discord community, and/or hangout to sip coffee in a perfect space with friendly people.
📈 Tech companies, we're currently available for sponsorships and partnerships! You may find us helpful in business areas such as developer relations, brand visibility, product feedback, user interviews, recruiting, lead generation, and community engagement. We will be holding Code&Coffee con very soon; message the lead organizer for details!
Sponsors:
CIC Cambridge: https://cic.com/
Boldstart Ventures: https://boldstart.vc/
Hack Diversity: https://www.hackdiversity.com/
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Boston Code and Coffee @ CICCIC Cambridge @ 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Please RSVP ahead of time so we can get an accurate count on coffee.
Everybody will check in at the ground floor security desk before heading up to the 4th floor. Please bring a government-issued ID for check-in.
Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Some people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and some come and (also optionally) socialize the entire time. We encourage everyone to attend our variety of workshops and events we host each meetup, but it's entirely up to you to just come in and hangout!
Feature Talk:
TBAThe Intro Circle
Near the beginning of the event (12:30 pm), we do a standup in a circle:
- We first announce organizer announcements, updates, and logistics
Round 1 - (7 secs max):
- Your name
- What you can help others with
- What you would like help with
- Job opportunities you're hiring for
Round 2:
- Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too.
After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. We sometimes have FEATURES in a nearby room; checkout those events on Meetup as well.
🧑🤝🧑 Community Discord - come hang out before and after!:
https://discord.com/invite/xZNGCz6uXg
We will be looking to take photos during the meet up. Let one of the organizers know if you would rather we not include you in the photos.
Venue Sponsor:
CIC Cambridge
We live our mission by creating the best possible environment and programming to enable startups, scale-ups, corporations, and public entities to tackle the biggest local and global challenges while fostering growth and connection.
https://cic.com/about/ - Create a RAG-based chatbot using Gemini API and Python FlaskCIC Cambridge @ 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Please RSVP ahead of time and bring a government-issued ID for check-in.
Join us to learn how to create a custom chatbot! Understanding the foundations of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in AI is essential for grasping how enterprise-scale chat agents operate. Developing your own chatbot can be incredibly beneficial, especially if you're aiming to create a highly customized, domain-specific agent.
In this talk, we will use the Google Gemini API to build a text embeddings database for the chatbot and leverage Gemini's generative AI models to craft dynamic chat responses. We'll design a simple REST API backend using Python Flask and connect it to a user-friendly frontend interface. By the end of this session, you'll acquire practical skills that will enable you to create more advanced chat agents for your individual projects or enterprise needs.
Having a VS Code and Python 3.11 installation is a prerequisite to be able to follow the coding.
About the Speaker
Nazar Mammedov: Web Specialist at Northeastern University. Full-stack software developer. AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
Venue Sponsor:
CIC Cambridge
https://cic.com/about/ - Boston Code and Coffee @ CICCIC Cambridge @ 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Please RSVP ahead of time so we can get an accurate count on coffee.
Everybody will check in at the ground floor security desk before heading up to the 4th floor. Please bring a government-issued ID for check-in.
Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Some people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and some come and (also optionally) socialize the entire time. We encourage everyone to attend our variety of workshops and events we host each meetup, but it's entirely up to you to just come in and hangout!
Feature Talk:
TBAThe Intro Circle
Near the beginning of the event (12:30 pm), we do a standup in a circle:
- We first announce organizer announcements, updates, and logistics
Round 1 - (7 secs max):
- Your name
- What you can help others with
- What you would like help with
- Job opportunities you're hiring for
Round 2:
- Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too.
After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. We sometimes have FEATURES in a nearby room; checkout those events on Meetup as well.
🧑🤝🧑 Community Discord - come hang out before and after!:
https://discord.com/invite/xZNGCz6uXg
We will be looking to take photos during the meet up. Let one of the organizers know if you would rather we not include you in the photos.
Venue Sponsor:
CIC Cambridge
We live our mission by creating the best possible environment and programming to enable startups, scale-ups, corporations, and public entities to tackle the biggest local and global challenges while fostering growth and connection.
https://cic.com/about/
