About us
Started in 2008, we are a friendly, sharing, and relaxed Alt.NET user group located in the Sydney CBD. We're a home for passionate developers who are always looking for better ways of building awesome software. We strive to cover as many different topics that we think are interest to our community, and we're not restricted to .NET (We're Alt.Net after all)
Meetings are on the last Tuesday of each month, starting at 7pm.
Meetings are online mostly with the occasional in-person event, and we're streamed live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sydneyaltnet
You can see previous recordings at:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Xpa1vnzjXPqLG8eGqD6cEOToq5PvHcR
We also give away 2 JetBrains licenses at every talk as a long-standing tradition via a quiz at the end.
If you're a first-time wannabe speaker who is looking for a place to present, we provide a safe environment where you can embark on your speaker's journey. We can provide coaching and guidance prior to the presentation, if that gets you there! If you are struggling with topics for presentations, we can help you in that department too.
Upcoming events
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Aaron Powell - Hardware hacking with the help of AI
·OnlineOnlineWelcoming back our long time speaker Aaron!
Hardware hacking stuff with AI
Aaron PowellI grew up playing with electronics, I disassembled radios and telephones, built circuits, and more than one capacitor go pop. But over the years I've let those skills slip to where I mostly know which end of a soldering iron to not touch. But with the rise of AI for development tasks it got me thinking, can I use it to help with hacking hardware?
You'll also get to see some hardware projects I've been doing with esp32s and other kinds of "IoT" devices.
Stream at: https://www.twitch.tv/sydneyaltnet
13 attendees50,000 CVEs and Counting: What 60 Years of AppSec Tells Us About 2026
·HybridLocation not specified yetPhysical meet planned!
Info below is a work in progress..50,000 CVEs and Counting: What 60 Years of AppSec Tells Us About 2026
-- Pedram HayatiApplication security is not getting easier. Despite better tools, more CVEs, and widespread “shift-left” adoption, vulnerabilities continue to scale with system complexity.
This talk distils 60 years of application security history—from early networked systems to modern cloud-native and AI-driven stacks—and connects it to what developers are facing today. Using real incidents, ecosystem data, and patterns observed across decades, the session explains why AppSec keeps failing in familiar ways and where the industry is heading next.
The goal is understanding which problems are structural, which are self-inflicted, and which approaches are finally worth investing in.
Schedule
6:00 PM - Door Opens. Enjoy some food + drinks
6:30 PM - Intros / Words from our Sponsors
6:40 PM - Pedram's talk
7:40 PM - Networking
8:00 PM - CloseOr
Stream at: https://www.twitch.tv/sydneyaltnetAlso thanks to our longtime sponsor, Jetbrains, for supplying us with 2 licenses to give away.
4 attendees
Past events
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