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The first meetup: presentation
September 16, 2026
Everything we walked through on the screen, from the overview to the live building.
From the gatherings
Resources
Slides and material from the gatherings.
8 resources
Presentation snippets
A few visual notes from the first room.
Worth keeping close
Curated resources
Useful references for choosing tools, working more effectively, and keeping perspective. Open any one to read a summary and the key takeaways first.
Prompting
Anthropic's Prompt Engineering Guide
The clearest public documentation on writing prompts that get real results. Written for professionals, not engineers.
Guide · Working knowledge · 45 min read
docs.anthropic.com
LLM comparison
LMArena Leaderboard
LMArena's real-time model rankings, based on blind human preference testing. A useful public benchmark for comparing LLMs.
Interactive tool · Working knowledge · 10 min browse
lmarena.ai
Newsletter
The Rundown AI
Daily AI news in five minutes. Practical rather than technical, with a useful view of what matters now.
Newsletter · All levels · 5 min daily
therundown.ai
Workplace
McKinsey: The state of AI in 2026
McKinsey's annual global survey on AI adoption, published August 2026. Useful for benchmarking your organization against your industry.
Report · Working knowledge · 30 min read
mckinsey.com
Tools
There's An AI For That
A directory of AI tools organized by use case, useful when you need to know whether a tool exists for a specific job.
Directory · All levels · 15 min browse
theresanaiforthat.com
Risk
MIT Technology Review: AI Coverage
Measured, clear-eyed coverage of AI's limits and implications that helps calibrate expectations without becoming cynical.
Article collection · Experienced · 20 min readPaywalled
technologyreview.com
Practical
Harvard Business Review: AI and Machine Learning
Practical guidance for professionals on when and how to integrate AI without losing judgment.
Article collection · All levels · Ongoing collectionPaywalled
hbr.org
Individual coaching
Taking this into your own work
If reading and watching isn't enough, Julia offers two paid services one on one: a written AI evaluation, and hands-on consulting sessions. Both are separate from the free community.