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SUMMARY:AWS - Modern CDN Wizardry: Mastering the Magic
DESCRIPTION:📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave\, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free \n\n\n\n🚀 Ready to master the magic of modern content delivery? \n\n\n\nMake everything your users touch online from photos to full web apps\, APIs\, and interactive experiences better\, faster\, more secure. \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, Nov 4 at 6:30 PM at Hackforge HQ & on Zoom for the next Windsor AWS User Group Meetup: \n\n\n\n🎩 Modern CDN Wizardry: Mastering the Magic \n\n\n\nGet ready to uncover the secrets behind lightning-fast\, globally optimized experiences that feel like pure magic. \n\n\n\n⭐Deliver massive global static sites at ultra-low cost⚡Accelerate dynamic APIs across continents🧙Secure entire workloads before traffic hits your backend🧙 Add intelligence\, personalization\, and edge-powered compute that makes apps feel instantly responsive \n\n\n\nWhether you build for scale\, speed\, or security\, this session will show you how to turn the edge into your competitive advantage. \n\n\n\n🗓️ Date: Tuesday\, Nov 4⏱️ Time: 6:30 -8 PM📍 Location: Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave.\, Suite 210) & Online via Zoom🎟️RSVP for In-Person attendance below💻Register for virtual attendance via ZoomSeats fill fast — RSVP today and bring a friend who loves tech! \n\n\n\nCome learn\, connect\, and level up your AWS cloud skills with Windsor’s growing cloud community. \n\n\n\n🎁Plus\, you will win some exclusive AWS swag just for joining us!
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LOCATION:Fogolar Furlan\, 1800 North Service Rd\, Windsor\, Ontario\, N8W 1Y3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:What I Learned Building My Own AI Agent: An Evening with Doug Sartori
DESCRIPTION:📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave\, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free \n\n\n\nEver wondered what it takes to build your own AI agent from scratch? Join Doug Sartori (Parallel 42 Systems) for a behind-the-scenes look at what he’s learned on his journey creating a fully functional AI assistant using Python.  \n\n\n\nKey Takeaways: \n\n\n\n🔌Connecting your AI to tools☁️Cloud vs. local models for this use case🔒Security and privacy considerations \n\n\n\nWhether you’re an AI enthusiast\, a Python tinkerer\, or just curious about the future of personal agents\, this talk will give you the insights (and cautionary tales) you need to start your own build. \n\n\n\n📆 Nov. 14🕦 6-8PM📍Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave.\, Suite 210) & Online via Zoom🎟️RSVP for In-Person attendance below💻Register for virtual attendance via Zoom
URL:https://www.hackf.org/event/building-my-own-ai-agent/
LOCATION:Fogolar Furlan\, 1800 North Service Rd\, Windsor\, Ontario\, N8W 1Y3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Celebrate GIS day!
DESCRIPTION:📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave\, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free \n\n\n\nThis event is an official esri GIS Day event! Curious about the spatial side of data science? Announcing the launch of Windsor-Essex GIS (weGIS)\, a brand-new Hackforge group dedicated to the dynamic and ever-evolving world of geographic information systems! And there’s no better time to kick this thing off than GIS Day (November 19th)\, a global celebration of GIS as a technology and industry. \n\n\n\nJoin Theo Walschots on this special day as he goes over a primer on GIS\, the goal of Hackforge weGIS\, as well as what kind of content and events you can expect in the future. This group is for all experience levels and will aim to be as accessible as possible by leveraging free\, open-source software. Please don’t hesitate to come out!  \n\n\n\nAfter the debrief there will be time for cake and discussion as we celebrate yet another thriving and successful year in GIS! 🎂🌎Learn more about GIS and GIS Day at www.gisday.com🎂Did we mention there will be cake?  \n\n\n\n📆 Nov 19🕦 6-8PM📍Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave.\, Unit 210) & Online via Zoom🎟️RSVP for In-Person attendance below💻Register for virtual attendance via Zoom
URL:https://www.hackf.org/event/celebrate-gis-day/
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SUMMARY:Building Smarter Chatbots
DESCRIPTION:📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave\, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free \n\n\n\nModern AI is powerful but it doesn’t know your business.  \n\n\n\nIn this live demo\,  Raneem Ghalion\, AI Business Strategy Consultant (Adopli AI) will demonstrate how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) connects a language model to your own data for accurate\, context-aware answers.  \n\n\n\nYou’ll see a working prototype built live\, understand the workflow (LLM + vector database + pipeline)\, and leave with a clear checklist to ship your first data-aware chatbot. \n\n\n\nKey takeaways: \n\n\n\n\nHow retrieval + generation work together\n\n\n\nMinimum viable RAG stack (LangChain\, Pinecone\, Bedrock\, n8n)\n\n\n\nSteps to connect your own docs and deploy\n\n\n\n\nFormat: 20-min intro → 45-min live RAG build (LLM + vector DB + data pipeline) → 20-min Q&A → 15-min networking \n\n\n\n📆 Fri.\, Nov. 28\, 2025🕦 6-8 PM📍Hackforge HQ & Online via Zoom🎟️RSVP for In-Person attendance below💻Register for virtual attendance via Zoom
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