Postgres ATL Meetup August 2026

For decades, SQL Server’s recovery mechanism has relied on the classic ARIES model. While robust, its fundamental limitation is that recovery time is bound to the size of your oldest active transaction. If your engine crashes during a massive index rebuild or a multi-gigabit ETL batch, your database stays offline while SQL Server painstakingly processes the log. Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR) shatters this paradigm by introducing a radically redesigned row-versioning framework. Instead of scanning the transaction log sequentially, the engine utilizes an internal Persisted Version Store (PVS) and a specialized, in-memory Secondary Log Stream (SLOG) to perform instantaneous logical reverts. In this fast-paced, deep-dive session, we will peel back the covers of the SQL Server storage engine to see how ADR handles crash recovery, undo phases, and aggressive log truncation under heavy concurrent workloads.

No stakes. No users. No pitch deck. You get one hour and a room full of people building things that have no reason to exist. Bring a laptop. Most build events ask you to show up with a good idea. This one asks the opposite. The assignment is to make something with no purpose, no future, and no chance of ever reaching a portfolio — a clock that's confidently wrong, a form that argues back, your first game, your first 3D scene, whatever you've been curious about but never had a reason to try. One hour isn't enough time. That's on purpose. Pick something small enough to finish badly. A joint build night from ReactATL, Atlanta JavaScript, VueATL, Modern Web Atlanta, and REFACTR.TECH — five communities, one room, no useful software produced. Build for one of these Most Gloriously Useless — solves nothing, beautifully Best Demo Disaster — it worked ten minutes ago Worst Possible Interface — it functions. It shouldn't. I've Never Done This Before — first game, first 3D, first anything Overengineered Beyond Reason — 47 dependencies, one button Pick a lane before you get here, or ignore them completely. Who it's for Anyone who writes code, at any level. Solo or on a team — find people when you arrive or keep to yourself, both work. Build it by hand or let AI write the whole thing. We're honestly interested in both, and comparing how people went about it is half the point. If you've skipped hackathons because they felt competitive, start with this one. There is nothing to win. How it works Show up with a rough idea — at 60 minutes, deciding what to make after we start costs you a quarter of the jam. At 8:00 we stop. Whoever wants to show theirs gets 90 seconds and the big screen. Live only, no slides. If it falls apart in front of everyone, that's the best outcome available to you. Showing is optional. Nobody is going to make you. Organizers and a few experienced devs will be floating the whole night — grab one when you're stuck, or just to talk an idea through. A

Important Notes: Register on the AICamp event website is required for admission. Welcome to the AI meetup in Atlanta, in collaboration with Coder. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agents, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers. This meetup is for developers and platform teams who want to understand what it actually takes to move from AI experimentation to production-ready workflows. We’ll focus on how teams are redesigning their development workflows to work with AI, not just adding tools on top. That includes how to structure workflows, manage agents, and introduce the right level of control without killing developer velocity. No hype. No tool comparisons. Just a clear look at why most AI workflows fail and what actually works at scale. You’ll walk away with: \- A clear understanding of why most AI workflows break when moving to production \- Insight into how AI changes the software development lifecycle\, not just coding \- A practical model for structuring AI workflows across planning\, building\, and operations \- Examples of how teams are introducing control and consistency without slowing developers down \- A mental model for scaling AI usage across teams\, not just individual developers Tech Talk: Agentic Workflows & Reliability: Building Agents That Own Outcomes Speaker: Chidi Udeze (Reddit) Tech Talk: Deploying AI at Scale: Infrastructure, Security & Platform Engineering for Production Speaker: Jullian Pepito (Coder) Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics Sponsors: We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership bas