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Meetups, demo nights, and study groups for people who write code in the 518. Free, volunteer-run, neighborhood-scale. First-timers always welcome.
→ submit an event
518.codes was founded by three software engineers who met at Startup Tech Valley in May 2026. We hit it off immediately — trading business ideas, comparing go-to stacks, talking through where we each wanted to go in software — and kept landing on the same idea: the 518 should have a real community for the people who write code here. So we started one.
We are not a conference. We don't have sponsors, swag, or a stage. We're a group of people who like to hang out, write code, and support each other and the community around us. Anyone can host, and everyone is welcome — junior, senior, between jobs, between languages. Wherever you are in your career, you have a place at our table.
› Show up. Say hi. Bring a friend.
Submit a one-paragraph proposal. We help with logistics, copy, and getting the word out. You pick the date, the room, and what you want to talk about. We bring the people.