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  • Promotional banner for “AI Gets Context: Integrating Model Context Protocol Servers into Open WebUI,” happening Wednesday, June 11 from 7:00–8:30 PM at Hackforge HQ and online via Zoom. A robot hand touches a glowing digital interface.

    AI Gets Context: Integrating Model Context Protocol Servers Into Open WebUI

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Tired of hallucinations? Want your local LLM to know the date, access Wikipedia or get the latest sports scores? MCP has you covered. Join Doug Sartori (Hackforge, Parallel 42) in this live demonstration and discussion. MCP is an open standard for providing tools...

    Free

  • Banner for a Hackforge Linux User Group event titled "Intro to Containers with Docker," set against a background of shipping containers. The event is scheduled for August 12 from 7–9 PM as a hybrid session

    LUG: Intro to Containers with Docker

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Learn about the technology and techniques that have changed the landscape of modern development. Docker pioneered container management, a concept that has since morphed into its own standard. The information available in this session will be applicable to Docker and Podman - which...

    Free
  • Banner for Hackforge's "AI for Administrators" event, happening Monday, August 25 from 5:30–7:00 PM. The hybrid event is available both in-person and online. Visuals include hands typing on a laptop and a connected node background.

    A.I. for administrators

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Curious about AI but not sure where to start? This 90-minute session is designed for administrators with little to no technical background - or anyone else interested in the absolute basics of Artificial Intelligence! We’ll break down what AI really is, show practical...

    Free

  • A promotional banner for Hackforge’s event titled Adventures in Vibe Coding. The design features a lava lamp filled with orange and red coding syntax, including snippets like “import” and “printf()”. The background is split between green and blue with retro-styled typography. The main event title reads “Adventures in Vibe Coding” in bold, playful lettering. A red-orange paint splatter highlights the event details: “September 12, 6–8 PM, FREE Hybrid Event.” Hackforge’s logo appears in the bottom right corner with a stylized anvil and rays.

    Adventures in Vibe Coding

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Can you really give ChatGPT the wheel and let it write code for you? Join Doug Sartori for an exploration of 🌈"Vibe Coding"🌈 - the practice of using natural-language LLM prompts to generate software. Step into a world where your words have the...

    Free

  • Promotional banner for Hackforge’s “Neighbourhood Quest” event. The background is a pixel-art style illustration of Windsor’s downtown skyline, with buildings, the Detroit River, and the Ambassador Bridge. At the top right, bold red text reads “Neighbourhood Quest.” The center features the Hackforge logo above a text box with details: “Learn to Turn Local Maps and Stats into Text-based Games.” Below, icons with event information list the date (Oct. 24), time (6–8 PM), and location (Hybrid: Hackforge HQ & Zoom). The design is playful and game-inspired, reflecting the theme of interactive storytelling with local maps.

    Neighbourhood Quest

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Forget the Oregon Trail, in this workshop, Doug Sartori (Parallel 42; Mean, Median, and Moose) will show you how to turn Census and OpenStreetMap data into a text-based adventure game set in your own neighbourhood! With QGIS and open data as your toolkit,...

    Free
  • A promotional banner for Hackforge’s “OpenStreetMap State of the Map Recap” event. The design features the State of the Map 2025 Manila logo. To the right, large bold text reads “OpenStreetMap State of the Map Recap,” with “State of the Map” highlighted in neon yellow and “Recap” written in white and blue block letters. The Hackforge logo appears above the text. Below, event details read: “Tuesday, October 28th, 6–8 PM, Online & In-Person.” The background is a blurred globe, reinforcing the global mapping theme.

    OSM State of the Map Recap

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free State of the Map, often shortened to SotM, is the annual, international OpenStreetMap conference. The 2025 version takes place October 3 - 5 in Manila, Philippines. Hackforge will have on-site representation, and at the end of the month we'll host a social/information session...

    Free

  • A magician’s hand waves a wand over a black top hat with “AWS” on it. The background is orange curtains with white smoke above the hat. Text reads: “Modern CDN Wizardry: Mastering the Magic.” Event details: Nov. 4, 6:30–8 PM, Hybrid (Hackforge HQ & Zoom), hosted by Hackforge.

    AWS – Modern CDN Wizardry: Mastering the Magic

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free 🚀 Ready to master the magic of modern content delivery? Make everything your users touch online from photos to full web apps, APIs, and interactive experiences better, faster, more secure. Join us on Tuesday, Nov 4 at 6:30 PM at Hackforge HQ & on Zoom for...

    Free
  • Promotional banner for the event ‘What I Learned Building My Own AI Agent: an evening with Doug Sartori.’ The event takes place on November 14 from 6–8 PM at Hackforge HQ and on Zoom. The poster includes a photo of Doug Sartori, the Hackforge logo, and Python and AI icons.

    What I Learned Building My Own AI Agent: An Evening with Doug Sartori

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Ever 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.  Key Takeaways: 🔌Connecting your AI...

    Free
  • Colorful banner for the GIS Day Celebration and weGIS Kickoff hosted by Hackforge. Includes an illustration of Earth and event details: November 19th, 2025, from 6:00–8:00 PM at Hackforge HQ, 300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210. Logos for weGIS and Hackforge appear on the right.

    Celebrate GIS day!

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free This 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...

    Free
  • Promo for "Building Smarter Chatbots”, hosted by Hackforge Nov. 28, 6pm-8pm at Hackforge HQ & Zoom. Features a robot with a think bubble, the Hackforge inside on the left, event details on the right. The design has a blue and yellow vibrant design.

    Canceled Building Smarter Chatbots

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Modern AI is powerful but it doesn’t know your business.  In 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.  You’ll see a...

    Free

  • Poster for “From BASIC to Modern: Porting Classic Games to Modern Systems,” a hybrid event on Jan 13, 6–8 PM at Hackforge HQ & Zoom, featuring retro game icons, pixel art hearts, and gaming imagery.

    From BASIC to Modern: Porting Classic Games to Modern Systems

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Ever wondered what it was like to make games in the early days of personal computing, when you typed code straight from a book and hit “run”? Retro Code Revival is a hands-on event inspired by the classic BASIC Computer Games era, and...

    Free
  • Dark purple and neon green poster for 'Basics of Zettabyte File System (ZFS),' featuring a folder icon and event details: Jan. 22, 7-9 PM, Hybrid. Logos for Hackforge and Linux User Group are present, with a vibrant background of a filing system.

    Basics of the Zettabyte File System (ZFS)

    Fogolar Furlan 1800 North Service Rd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free At this month's LUG event, we'll be exploring the basics of the Zettabyte File System (ZFS) as well as discuss whether it would be a good choice for the root file system. All skill levels are welcome, but some basic knowledge of Linux...

    Free