August 2026: Bendigo Tech Community

Join the Bendigo Tech Community for an evening of pizza and conversations about all things tech.

Show and Tell: What's Actually in Your Dev Setup

Most conversations about developer tooling happen on the internet, where everyone has the perfect setup, and nobody admits their terminal config broke three months ago.

This one happens in a room, with pizza.

We're going around the group and sharing what we actually use day-to-day. No slides required. No polish expected.

What we're keen to see

Local models running on your own hardware to feed an agentic coding habit. What's working, what it cost you, and whether it was worth the setup time.

The developers who've deliberately kept AI out of their workflow. This is a genuinely interesting position and we want to hear the reasoning.

Your IDE, your theme, your keybindings. The VS Code extensions you couldn't work without, or the reason you left VS Code entirely.

How you've folded TDD into real work, and whether it survived contact with a deadline.

The difference between your work setup and your personal projects. Most people run two very different environments and rarely talk about why.

Anything else you've built, scripted, or bodged together to make your day easier.

How it works

Turn up, grab food, and share something. Demos can run two minutes or ten. If you'd rather just listen and ask questions, that's completely fine.

Bring

Your laptop. Anything you want to demo. Your curiosity.

Who it's for

Developers, engineers, hobbyists, vibe coders, students, and anyone in Bendigo who writes code or wants to write code. All experience levels welcome. Some of the best tips come from people three months into learning.

See you there.

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Run Sheet

7:00 pm - Doors open, pizza, and hellos

Grab a slice, find a seat, meet a few people. If you're demoing, get your laptop connected now rather than during your slot.

7:20 pm - Welcome and how tonight works

Quick housekeeping, a run through the demo order, and a reminder that nothing here needs to be polished.

7:30 pm - Show and tell

Four to five demos, five to eight minutes each. Questions between each one.

8:15 pm - Open floor

More pizza, more talking.

Share some quick tips, tool recommendations, and anything people wished they'd mentioned earlier.

9:00 pm - Wrap up

Next event details and where the conversation continues afterwards.

Thank you to our regular sponsors:

Ligantic: the essential emerging tech platform, from prototype to production.

Emporium Creative Hub