After first leg od Daytona Developers Club meetups held in Africa this July, the second tour with three full-house events took place in three major cities and tech hubs in India: Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore—from August 27 to 29.
The events were aimed at enhancing developer experiences through open-source contributions and developer tooling, gathering developers and industry experts to share insights. With India’s developer ecosystem thriving as one of the largest in the world, this tour provided an essential platform for local developers to engage with cutting-edge tools and global trends.
Mumbai, August 27
The tour started in Mumbai with various insightful sessions. Highlights included:
AI-powered Coding by Sakshi Khandelwal: This session demonstrated how Gemini AI can improve productivity in VS Code by offering intelligent code completions and real-time error fixing.
Your First Open-source Contribution by Siddarth Kumar: Siddarth encouraged participants to contribute to open-source, outlining the benefits for early-career developers.
The day concluded with a networking session over conversations among developers and experts.
Hyderabad, August 28
Hyderabad's event featured sessions focused on modern programming tools:
Explore the World of Go Programming by Ranjith Raj Vasam: Ranjith introduced Go programming, highlighting its simplicity and power for building scalable applications.
Deploy Test Destroy: Ephemeral Testing with Testkube by Atulpriya Sharma: This session demonstrated using ephemeral Kubernetes clusters with Testkube for efficient and reliable testing processes.
After the presentations, attendees networked over food and drinks, exchanging ideas and collaborating.
Bangalore, August 29
Bangalore hosted its event with a mix of recurring and new talks:
Building Gen AI powered Go command line apps by Sathish VJ: This talk introduced the core concepts of Generative AI and then builds a practical application quickly using Go and Gemini.
Balancing Community Health and Open Source Growth: The Contributor's Role by Aditya Oberai: this talk explored what community health means in open-source communities and how contributors can play their role in making it better.
The event also concluded with networking, allowing participants to connect with peers and industry leaders.
Looking Ahead
We deeply appreciate the support of our local community partners, including Vaibhav Malpani, Bharath Silagani, Kalyan Dikshit, Vishal Pathik Gupta, and their teams. Their commitment and great work helped us making these events successful.
The Daytona Developers Club India August 2024 tour successfully brought together developers to learn about cutting-edge tools and the power of open-source contributions. Ivan Burazin’s talks (Eliminating the "Runs on My Machine" Problem: A Developer’s Guide & Contributing to Open Source Can Change Your Life), repeated across all three events, were pivotal in setting the tone for practical improvements in the developer experience.
With India's tech ecosystem rapidly growing and becoming a global hub for innovation, these sessions empowered developers to better integrate into the ever-evolving world of software development and open-source collaboration.
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