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SaturdayMar 14 2026Claude Code workshopWebsite
Registration required.
This event is open to all.
Curious about building with Claude but not sure where to start?
Join us for a hands-on Claude Code Workshop led by Todd Greco, designed for beginners, builders, and anyone curious about using Claude inside a real coding environment.
This session will walk through how to set up the Claude Code CLI and development environment, and how Claude can assist with everyday coding tasks like debugging, file manipulation, and feature building.
Claude Code allows developers to run Claude directly in the terminal, making it a powerful companion for building software, experimenting with ideas, and accelerating projects.
After the workshop, participants are welcome to stay, experiment, and work on ideas together in an open build session.
Whether you’re a developer, hacker, or simply curious about how AI can support your workflow, this session will help you get started.
What you'll learn
How to set up the Claude Code CLI
How to authenticate and connect your Claude account
Using Claude inside your terminal development workflow
Practical ways Claude can assist with coding tasks
Tips for experimenting and building with Claude
Requirements
Participants should have:
A laptop
A Claude account (Claude Pro recommended)
Basic familiarity with using a terminal
Note: Claude Pro provides access to the Claude app and Claude Code. API access is separate and billed based on usage.
Schedule
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Claude Code Setup Workshop with Todd Greco
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Open build session — experiment, collaborate, and work on ideas.
Come learn something new, build something interesting, and meet others exploring the Claude ecosystem in Portland.
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Silicon Forest Tech Summit: Agility in a Time of ChangeWebsite
We are living in a time of rapid, exponential change. Technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace. Industries have shifted. Communities are navigating uncertainty, disruption, and opportunity all at once—impacting individuals, organizations, and entire ecosystems across the Pacific Northwest.
The Silicon Forest Tech Summit is a space where innovation, community, and leadership intersect to shape the future of our region with intention and agility.
Why Attend
Last year, our impact exceeded expectations:
- Engaged 1,000+ attendees
- Brought together 40+ companies
- Reached over 400,000 motivated participants
We: - Break down silos
- Serve as a launchpad for innovation
- Create space for connection and conversationJoin Us
Join the tech community for a full day of learning, networking, and connection with leaders, builders, and innovators across industries and generations.
Silicon Forest Tech Summit: Agility in a Time of Change
Register: https://www.steamcircuit.com
Next two weeks
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SundayMar 15 2026Portland Linux/Unix Group's Monthly Linux ClinicWebsite
That PLUG Clinic you like is coming back into style!
The PLUG Clinic returns again this month on January 18th, from 1pm-5pm, at Willamette University's space on the 2nd floor of the Ecotrust Building. If you need help with your Linux computer, or want to offer help, you are welcome!
Volunteer helpers are as desirable as helpees. Helping is fun and rewarding. If you've ever helped out at a PLUG Clinic before, come checkout the space!
Thank you Willamette University, for hosting us!
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TuesdayMar 17 2026AI ❤️ HR Portland: Make Work Better–
Big PinkWebsiteAI is rewriting the rules of work and the winners will be the progressive people and culture leaders who know how to put it to work, fast.
Hosted by Technology Association of Oregon and Upstart Collective, join us for a high-energy afternoon of demos and practical case studies from some of Portland’s most exciting AI startups and technology leaders, all focused on making work better for people.
Start with "what sucks" David Long, VP of Digital & Innovation at Portland Trail Blazers
Where the AI puck is going according to 2,000 HR leaders Diane Haines, Chief Marketing Officer
Empowering your people to build their own solutions Stephen Sklarew, CEO at Synaptiq
Feedback and coaching at the speed of voice Aaron Ward, CEO at Huckleberry
It's one hour of practical Al-tools that you can put to work the next day, MC'd by Nathan Christensen and followed by drinks, snacks and note-swapping with other progressive thinkers like you.
If you're an HR leader, business leader or team manager looking to gain an edge with AI, this event is for you.
Seats are strictly limited by the venue, you should register right now..
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Better Futures Club
WebsiteBetter Futures Club is a weekly event (alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays) focused on imagining and making better futures.
Imagine an artist community, a think tank, and a research center in the same building. People in all of those fields working alongside each other imagining and creating different futures together. Cross pollination and inspiration. Liberal Arts and STEM and R&D. Photographers, physicists, authors, astronomers, musicians, makers, mathematicians, designers, developers, fashionistas, climatologists and all manner of imaginative optimists.
All Better Futures Club events are covered by the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct (https://www.contributor-covenant.org)
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WednesdayMar 18 2026Portland AI Engineers March Meeting : Demo Night!Website
This will be a demo night, come show what you've been building with and help of AI and/or you product that leveraged AI.
Reach out to [email protected] if you would like to demo
Schedule:
5:00 - 5:30: Snacks and networking 5:30 - 6:30: Presentations 6:30 - 7:00: Wrap up and networking
Get involved: Present your work at a future event: Email us at [email protected] to discuss sharing your project or insights Provide feedback: Help shape our community by sharing your ideas and suggestions Sponsor an event: Contact us to discuss partnership opportunities For more information and to join our community, visit portlandai.engineer
Thank you to our amazing sponsors Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) Silicon Florist AlteredCraft O'Reilly
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ThursdayMar 19 2026MeeBoss Hiring Festival – Startup Registration–Website
Oregon's Flagship Startup Hiring Event
The Oregon Hiring Festival brought to you by MeeBoss, Oregon Entrepreneur Network [OEN], and WeWork, is HERE! We'll be bringing together 10+ hiring companies and ~100+ job seekers for an afternoon of matchmaking, conversation, and in-person connections.
Here’s how it works: once you register, MeeBoss will get your open roles live within 48 hours. Our match-first, chat-first platform connects you directly with qualified candidates ahead of time so you can begin conversations online before the event. Then, at the festival, you’ll meet those candidates face-to-face at your booth, alongside new walk-ups who discover your team on the spot.
To keep things flowing smoothly, the hiring block runs for three hours straight. While some job seekers step out for lunch or attend the panel discussion, others stay engaged at the booths. Creating a natural rotation and steady candidate flow without overwhelming lines. Please bring more then one person to support your booth.
This streamlined format guarantees high-quality interactions while giving you the buzz, PR spotlight, and networking energy of a full-day festival, but without requiring your team to commit an entire day.
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Cloud Native March Meetup: Microshift, Bootc, and AWS InfrastructureWebsite
March is all about infrastructure! We'll learn to manage edge container deployments, and then how to account for our AWS infrastructure drift.
Date: Thursday, March 19 Time: 5:30–7:30 PM Location: Reperio Health, 4784 SE 17th Ave Suite 120, Portland, OR Recording: Talks are typically recorded (opt-in by speakers)
A big thank you to Reperio Health, our venue host, and Red Hat, our food and beverage sponsor this month. If your company can sponsor our meetup, please contact the organizers.
Running MicroShift on Fedora Bootc for Scalable, Secure, and Resilient Edge Deployments - Ram Gopinathan, Red Hat
As edge computing accelerates across industries—from utilities and manufacturing to retail and smart cities—organizations are looking for lightweight, reliable, and secure platforms to deploy containerized applications at scale at the edge. Enter MicroShift, a small-footprint Kubernetes distribution, paired with Fedora Bootc, an image-based, immutable operating system built for consistency and resilience.
In this session, we’ll demonstrate how running MicroShift on Fedora Bootc creates a powerful foundation for edge workloads, combining the familiarity of Kubernetes with the reliability of image-based OS updates and atomic rollbacks. Learn how this approach reduces operational complexity, improves boot-time performance, and enhances system integrity—especially for unattended or resource-constrained edge environments.
Mind the Gap: Tracking AWS Infrastructure Drift Over Time - Christopher Buckley, Buckshot Technologies
Modern DevOps pipelines focus heavily on deploying infrastructure-as-code, but what happens after the deploy? In many organizations, the infrastructure evolves outside of Git — through the console, ad hoc scripts, or third-party tools — leaving behind blind spots and compliance risk.
In this talk, we’ll explore practical ways to track infrastructure drift and deltas across AWS environments. You’ll learn how to snapshot configurations, compare changes between points in time, and surface deltas across accounts in a format that’s accessible to engineers, auditors, and security teams alike.
We'll demo an open-source tool built to show Git-style diffs for AWS infrastructure — not as a pitch, but as a case study in how visibility empowers better decisions, faster troubleshooting, and cleaner audit trails. Whether you're running one VPC or a hundred, knowing what changed is the first step to staying in control.
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March 2026 Portland Linux Kernel Meetup
WebsiteThe Portland Linux Kernel Meetup for March 2026 will be at...
- Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026
- Time: 06:00 PM to 09:00 PM US/Pacific
- Location: Lucky Labrador Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby St, Portland, Oregon 97209 US
Come enjoy a beverage and chat with other people who are interested in the Linux kernel. All experience levels are welcome. This is a friendly and casual meetup.
Look for a table with the plush Tux penguin.
To get timely reminders of Portland Linux Kernel Meetups, see https://ikluft.github.io/pdx-lkmu/subscribing-to-pdx-lkmu-events.html.
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BSD Pizza NightWebsite
A meeting of folks interested in BSD operating systems and related technologies to get together, eat pizza, drink beer, and talk about what interesting things have been going on.
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SaturdayMar 21 2026Code & Coffee @ Capital One Café (Upstairs)Website
Details
What to Expect:
Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. Drink some coffee, bring your laptop, and have engaging conversations. This is a great opportunity to learn from others, share your knowledge, and possibly collaborate on side projects, online courses, or even your day-to-day work tasks. Still uncertain? Let's chat on Discord!
Venue:
The Venue is at Capital One Café, who is graciously allowing us to host a space. WIFI, power outlets Recommended Parking: Smart Park, $7 all day https://www.portland.gov/transportation/parking/smartpark
Coffee:
Capital One Café has drip coffee and fixings available for it
Agenda:
10 AM - Arrival: Head to the top by the glass rooms 10:15 AM - Introductions: Share your name Discuss your current projects or interests. If you don’t have a specific project, share what intrigues you! Mention your expertise and how you can assist others. Are you job hunting or hiring? Let us know! Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. 12:30 AM - Wrapping Up: You can stay longer, but we'll officially be done! We usually grab lunch as a group at near by food carts
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SundayMar 22 2026Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup (PDX A11Y UX) - Portland Art Museum Accessibility TourWebsite
This one-hour tour of the Portland Art Museum will include a tour of accessibility features, followed by an exploration of the museum's tactile graphics.
The studio has been reserved - so we will have a quiet place to talk and explore the tactiles. Personal belongings can be left in this area during the tour, as the studio will be securely locked.
This tour is being offered free of charge, but an RSVP is required. Once the tour is completed, food and beverages can be purchased at Coquelico within the Portland Art Museum. Attendees can continue to tour the museum if they wish.
Museum Staff Request: Please avoid wearing scented body and laundry products, as well as essential oils.
Accessibility Request: The Portland Art Museum (PAM) now has elevators and an accessible entrance. Here are further details on the PAM's accessibility offerings. Please let us know if you have any accommodation requests, such as stools, etc.
Where to Meet: The lobby, more details to come. Please look for our logo.
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TuesdayMar 24 2026Hardware Happy HourWebsite
Hardware Happy Hour is an informal way to socialize, show off your projects, and talk about the world of hardware.
We welcome anyone interested in any kind of hardware from beginner to expert: Arduino DIYers, engineers, hardware start up founders, e-textile experimenters, LED-curious folks, 3D printing enthusiasts or robotics geeks.
If you're working on something even vaguely related please do bring it along. No presentations, no pitch decks, just projects and conversation.
Join us and nerd out about electronics!
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WednesdayMar 25 2026March 25th Tech Lunch At Papaccino'sWebsite
Come hang out with other tech people for lunch last Wednesday of the month at Papaccino’s from 12 ~ 2pm.
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PDXOSGeo March MeetupWebsite
PDXOSGeo connects again this week, Wednesday March 25, 6:30p Hot Lips Pizza @ the Natural Capital Center 721 NW 9th Ave, Portland OR. Join us for some show and tell and good open geo discussion!
We're striving to post our speaker a couple weeks in advance of the meeting, so watch this space!
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ThursdayMar 26 2026Better Futures Club
Website
Better Futures Club is a weekly event (alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays) focused on imagining and making better futures.
Imagine an artist community, a think tank, and a research center in the same building. People in all of those fields working alongside each other imagining and creating different futures together. Cross pollination and inspiration. Liberal Arts and STEM and R&D. Photographers, physicists, authors, astronomers, musicians, makers, mathematicians, designers, developers, fashionistas, climatologists and all manner of imaginative optimists.
All Better Futures Club events are covered by the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct (https://www.contributor-covenant.org)