THE ATRIUM

Events

What is coming up next, and a record of the rooms we have already shared.

Upcoming

The next gathering is being scheduled.

The archive

Past gatherings

October 21, 2026

Austin Public Library, Yarborough Branch

The Atrium Meetup ft. Lovable

September 16, 2026

Austin Public Library, Terrazas Branch

The first meetup.

From idea to production, together.

Recap

What we built

We built two things in the room: a sales preparation workflow, and the architecture for a small language model.

How many people came

About 20 people came.

The questions the room asked

  • What are MCPs, and where do they fit in our stack?
  • When is it worth automating, and when is it not?
  • When should we build, and when should we buy?
  • How do we measure the value AI is actually creating?
Open weights compared with frontier lab models
One slide from the conversation: open weights compared with frontier tools.

Photos

The full room at the first meetup, with the presenter at the front table and the audience seated
Julia at the front table with the evening's agenda on the screen behind her
A slide of AI tools grouped by the job you use them for, with the presenter looking up at the screen
View from the back of the room as the presenter compares chat, code, and cowork
View the slide deck