Attending the first OpenHack Pittsburgh meeting
Jan 21, 2013 · 1 minute read · CommentsOpenHackPittsburghprogrammingScalaRubyPythonClojure
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OpenHack logo
I was excited to attend the very first meeting of OpenHack Pittsburgh, out of curiosity and as a way to force myself to make progress on a personal programming project of mine using Scala (ironically, after spending the day at work on Scala; apparently I couldn’t get enough of it).
The point of OpenHack is to provide a space for programmers to meet up and work on something. It could be a shared project, it could be a personal project.
Some people come with something to work on, others come to meet other programmers and pitch in on a project, others come to learn something. It was cool that some people left the first meeting finally getting set up on Ruby or Python or Clojure, and working on a project, with help from other people.
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One room
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Conference room
And yes, in the two hours I was there, I did make good progress on my project. It’s not finished yet though.
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Franklin and others
Thanks
Many thanks to 4moms for hosting the first OpenHack Pittsburgh meetup, and providing the sandwiches and chips and beverages!