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Our community footprint

Our approach to Community encompasses online and offline channels that translate its efforts into events, meetups, livestreams, articles, open-source contributions and all sorts of partnerships. Since 2019, our journey towards community engagement counts with:

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Meetup Groups
collectively comprising over 1500 members

30+

Meetups
boasting 1100+ attendees

40+

Livestreams
on our revamped xbytes by Tech Talks

60+

Published articles
further demonstrates this commitment

5+

Hackathons
internal and external open-source hackathons

5k

Followers
across all platforms, averaging 12.5k impressions

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Connect, learn, grow: Join us at our meetups and livestreams

Meetups

Connect, learn, grow: Join us at our communities

Cloud Native Lisbon

CNCF Official Chapter 🙌 Dive into the world of Cloud Native technologies and Kubernetes in the heart of Lisbon. Whether you're a pro or a curious beginner, join us for meetups exploring micro-services, containers, and Kubernetes functionalities.

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Lisbon GenAI Community

The Lisbon GenAI Community 🤖 Uniting enthusiasts, developers, and professionals passionate about pushing the boundaries of GenAI. Explore the pure essence of GenAI with us and join a community dedicated to advancing data-aware and agentic applications 💻

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Viseu Tech Talks

Viseu Tech Talks 🔈 Where tech enthusiasts unite to discuss the latest in technology, software development, and computer science 💻 in Viseu.

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Leiria Tech Talks

Leiria Tech Talks 🔈 Uniting tech enthusiasts in Leiria for insightful discussions on the latest tech trends, software development, and computer science 💻

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xbytes

Our monthly livestream, xbytes by Tech Talks, where engaging discussions on technology unfold. Featuring a prominent speaker, each session delves into various topics, with a particular emphasis on cloud-native and GenAI.

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Tune in to our webinars & livestreams

livestream

Build scalable cloud-native serverless applications using NoSQL Cloud Services

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Dario Vega

Product Manager @Oracle

livestream

Maximizing Efficiency with Kubernetes Multi-Tenancy

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Guilherme Silva

DevOps Tech Lead - xgeeks

livestream

How to Accelerate Your AI Applications using NVIDIA SDKs

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Jomar Silva

Developer Relations Manager at NVIDIA

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Through the looking glass: Effective observability for cloud native applications

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Grace Jansen

Java Champion and Developer Advocate at IBM

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AI-Driven Dev Tools: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond

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Sara Nóbrega

Software Engineer - xgeeks

livestream

Continuous Architecture - Software Architecture in the Age of Agility and DevOps

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Murat Erder

Head of Business Architecture Framework at Deutsche Bank

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From Zero to Hero in Kubernetes Native Java

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Daniel Oh

Java Champion, Developer Advocate at RedHat

Geekathon

Geekathon is xgeeks' flagship tech hackathon. This marathon connects tech enthusiasts with real challenges to unleash new solutions. This event counts already with 3 editions, since 2021. It has attracted over 200 participants and give more than 17k € in prizes, fostering innovation and collaboration. The goal of every edition so far has been to create something impactful and easily adaptable. See more at geekathon.dev

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Since 2021 we had:

200

Participants

+50

Teams

+40

Projects

17k€

In prizes
(including an OSS grant)

Past events

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In 2023, we built the Dev tools of the future with AI

The teams were invited to build tools to optimize their day-to-day as a part of the development lifecycle.

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In 2022, we travelled to the future.

The teams shaped the future of turism by building solutions to optimize all sorts of travelling setups.

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In 2021, we shaped the workplace of the future.

The teams were challenged to build tools that optimized remote hybrid work set ups.

Get all the news of our geekathon in 2025! Stay tuned

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machineMinds
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