Stream: boston

Topic: 2025-09 meetup

Philip Durbin (Aug 11 2025 at 01:25):

When and where should we meet for September?

Dan (Aug 19 2025 at 18:54):

Would you be okay with the Bow Market Afternoon Hack this month?

Dan (Aug 19 2025 at 18:55):

I'm gonna throw out some ideas in that topic.

Philip Durbin (Aug 19 2025 at 22:14):

Sure!

Dan (Aug 19 2025 at 23:06):

How do others feel about the idea?

Dan (Aug 22 2025 at 01:28):

Who prefers a normal meetup?

Dan (Aug 25 2025 at 14:01):

Okay let's go for Bow Market Afternoon Hack.

Dan (Aug 25 2025 at 14:01):

Sept 7

Dan (Aug 25 2025 at 14:01):

Sept 14

Dan (Aug 25 2025 at 14:01):

Sept 21

Dan (Aug 25 2025 at 14:02):

Sept 28

Dan (Aug 25 2025 at 14:02):

We have one particularly interested party on Signal who can't do 14 so I'm leaning against that.

Dan (Aug 25 2025 at 19:12):

Oh and time. Let's say 2PM? Negotiable if people have particular requests.

Philip Durbin (Aug 26 2025 at 00:21):

Sure, 2pm is fine.

Philip Durbin (Aug 26 2025 at 00:21):

Also, I just updated https://bostonopen.dev to say we're meeting at Bow Market. Should be fun!

Dan (Aug 28 2025 at 14:58):

21st is winning rn. I'll call it within a day or two.

Dan (Aug 29 2025 at 17:30):

Okay let's go with 21st!

Philip Durbin (Aug 29 2025 at 17:40):

Sounds good! I just updated the website. Please feel free to make further edits.

Philip Durbin (Sep 18 2025 at 11:25):

The 21st is coming right up! Let's ping everyone.

Please give a :thumbs_up: if you're at least thinking about coming! https://bostonopen.dev has the details, but here they are:

In September we’re meeting at Bow Market for some afternoon hacking! Optionally, you can RSVP in the discussion thread. There are several options for a bite, and there’s coffee and beer at Remnant Brewing!

Bring a laptop. All you need are git, ssh, and a browser. We’ll be working on “a better Porchfest map”. See the discussion thread for details on the project. (Or you can just come and hang out!)

• When: Sunday, Sept. 21th, 2025 at 2pm
• Where: Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville, MA 02143 (Google Maps) (OpenStreetMap)

@Andrea @Autolux @CMD @Dan @Dave Hanft @Harry Pray IV @Ista Zahn @Jason Key @Jose Lucas Cordeiro @Maria Dolgareva @Michael @Milan Kupcevic @Nathan Adams @Ned Batchelder @Parthiv @Pete @Sai Dutt @Shane Curcuru @Sooraj Sathyanarayanan @Stone Chen @Tanmay Sharma @Tekktrik @Yamil Suarez @Xiaokang Fu @Zachary Liebl

Philip Durbin (Sep 20 2025 at 20:10):

Bow Market is a zoo today, with the Marshmallow Fluff festival and all

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Dan (Sep 21 2025 at 12:43):

I was just told about this the other day. Thankfully it did not rain yesterday, today was supposed to be the raid date!

Dan (Sep 21 2025 at 12:43):

You went to the fest?

Dan (Sep 21 2025 at 12:43):

On purpose?

Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2025 at 12:53):

Ha, yes, my daughter and I walked around a bit. Here's the website: https://www.flufffestival.com

It's funny, we also saw a sign for the rodeo but there's only so much you can do! https://www.bostonrodeo.com

The main thing we went to yesterday was cliff diving: https://www.icaboston.org/events/red-bull-cliff-diving-world-series/

Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2025 at 12:53):

Anyway, yes, good thing that fluff rain date isn't happening!

Dan (Sep 21 2025 at 16:10):

See this is why I was relieved to leave the city once upon a time. Too many things to do.

Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2025 at 17:15):

Heading out! See you soon! :bike:

Dan (Sep 21 2025 at 17:49):

We're just inside Remnant. Come inside and turn left.

Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2025 at 19:05):

Pics!

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Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2025 at 22:06):

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Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2025 at 22:59):

What a great event. Thanks for organizing, @Dan!

Philip Durbin (Sep 21 2025 at 22:59):

I got doored biking home but I'm ok. :sweat_smile:

Dan (Sep 22 2025 at 01:42):

Holy crap

Philip Durbin (Sep 22 2025 at 11:45):

Yeah. I landed in the middle of the street but nothing was coming, thankfully. My arm hurts where I got kind of stabbed by the door but it could be worse.

Dan (Sep 22 2025 at 14:02):

You cool with me adding it as a repo to the bostonopen account? I may have the ability already.

Philip Durbin (Sep 22 2025 at 21:06):

Yep, you're an owner. Go for it!

Sid Govindan (Sep 24 2025 at 22:22):

Hope youre doing ok, @Philip Durbin and thanks for organizing the recent event @Dan!

Can you share the git repo info? Would be great to see the latest!

Philip Durbin (Sep 24 2025 at 22:26):

Yeah, I'm fine. At work today I asked a guy if he wants to see my new tattoo and rolled up my sleeve to show off my bruise. :smile:

Philip Durbin (Sep 24 2025 at 22:27):

Also, if you switch to master and pull the latest, you'll see your contribution, which was great.

Dan (Sep 24 2025 at 22:29):

And also you can look at the site, it's still there on master. http://66.228.40.225/master/ The light items are venues that don't have any more shows for the day. (It makes me a little nervous, it looks like it would be confusing).

Dan (Sep 24 2025 at 22:30):

I want to try playing with the colors.

Philip Durbin (Sep 24 2025 at 22:31):

We should probably switch from master to main. (Not that I've pushed for this yet at my day job.)

Dan (Sep 24 2025 at 22:32):

I'm not a fan of that myself.

Sid Govindan (Sep 24 2025 at 22:32):

Very cool. Thanks for sharing

Philip Durbin (Sep 24 2025 at 22:34):

What? Switching to main? Seems harmless since we're just starting. And it's the default when you init a repo in recent releases of git. Or if you create a new repo on GitHub.

Dan (Sep 24 2025 at 22:45):

Yeah I think the switch was more about an ideological pressure campaign than "master" actually upsetting anyone.

Philip Durbin (Sep 24 2025 at 22:48):

Yeah, probably. But who knows. Maybe someone was upset. :shrug:

Dan (Sep 24 2025 at 22:51):

Anyway, with that rant aside, I'll happily go by the group's standard if it's on the group Github account.

Philip Durbin (Sep 24 2025 at 23:39):

Our other three repos all use main so thanks.

Philip Durbin (Sep 24 2025 at 23:40):

I'm pretty excited about having our first project! We'll have to post a note to #boston > Boston Open Dev Project once it's up.

Philip Durbin (Sep 26 2025 at 11:45):

Or we could call the default branch "develop" and use "main" for releases, git-flow style. That's what we do at work.

Philip Durbin (Oct 02 2025 at 10:46):

@Dan posted a nice write up about our afternoon hack: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielkrol_last-sunday-i-organized-a-small-afternoon-activity-7378245073555050496-m4lF

Last updated: Nov 11 2025 at 06:28 UTC