Nerd Nite Miami - August 7, 2025

Nerd Nite Miami returns Thurs, August 7th at Gramps.

Nerd Nite is an evening of entertaining and educational presentations. Speakers present for 15 minutes, followed by a brief Q&A with the audience. Doors at 6. The show begins promptly at 7pm. We do a round of trivia in-between the presentations.

Guest speakers

Victor Rodriguez-Ros

Joshua "TechDev" Walker

Hosted by Ricardo Williams

PRESENTATION #1

"Joachim Meyer and the Fechtschule: Centuries-Old German Swordsmanship in the Modern World." by Victor Rodriguez-Ros

Victor Rodriguez-Ros has spent the last seven years deeply immersed in the study and practice of the Art of Combat as instructed by Joachim Meyer. As Director of Assaults at Living Meyer and a licensed physiotherapist, he brings a unique perspective to the historical martial arts, bridging centuries-old German swordsmanship with modern understanding.

PRESENTATION #2

“Teaching AI and Cloud Through Politics and Shitty Pop Culture”

Joshua “TechDev” Walker is what happens when you combine an Army vet, a self-taught cloud architect, a social impact pioneer, and just the right amount of caffeine—then hit “run.” He’s also the author of “Venti Fried Chicken,” a book that’s not about coffee or poultry, but might still leave you hungry for more.

Joshua has graced Deloitte’s “Uncensored” series and their “On Cloud Podcast". The Orlando Business Journal keeps writing about him, mostly because he’s always up to something impactful in the tech community (and possibly because he’s bribed them with snacks).

When he’s not architecting clouds (no, not the ones in the sky—please stop asking), Joshua is out there serving clients, teaching tech, and giving talks that are 80% inspiration, 20% memes, and 100% likely to include at least one reference to Star Wars. His mantra? Train, inspire, and relate—because someone has to explain Kubernetes to your grandma. #cloudGang