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Claude Code ABQ

Albuquerque's AI-assisted development community

Monthly meetups exploring AI-assisted development workflows. Bring your laptop, bring your curiosity, bring your honest opinions.

Next Meetup

Claude Code ABQ — March Meetup

Thursday, March 12, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MST
Deep Dive Coding Classrooms, CNM STEMulus Center, Downtown Albuquerque

Monthly meetup — demos, hands-on exploration, and honest conversation about AI-assisted development. Bring your laptop.

What is Claude Code ABQ?

We're a community of developers who build with AI coding tools — and we're honest about what works and what doesn't. Claude Code is our primary tool right now, but we're not married to anything. We experiment, we compare, and we share what we find. If something else starts outperforming, we'll be the first to say so.

Every month, we get together and show each other what we're building, what's working, and what isn't. Live demos, hands-on exploration, real talk. No slides full of hype — just developers sharing notes from the trenches.

Open to all skill levels — from bootcamp students writing their first app to senior engineers shipping production systems. Based at the CNM STEMulus Center in downtown Albuquerque, hosted by Deep Dive Coding.

What to Expect

Show & Tell

People demo what they've been building with AI coding tools. Real projects, real workflows, honest results.

Hands-On Time

Bring your laptop and try it yourself with guidance from fellow developers.

Honest Comparisons

We experiment with different AI coding tools and share what we find. No tool loyalty — just honest results.

All Levels Welcome

Whether you're learning to code or shipping production apps, there's a seat for you.

Code of Conduct

  • Be respectful. Treat everyone with kindness regardless of skill level, background, or experience.

  • No recruiting spam. This is a learning community, not a hiring event. Casual networking is great; aggressive recruiting is not.

  • Come to learn and share. Ask questions, show your work, help others.

  • Keep it legal and ethical. Don't share proprietary code or use AI tools in ways that violate terms of service.

  • Harassment-free zone. We follow a zero-tolerance policy. If someone makes you uncomfortable, reach out to the organizer.

Past Presentations

Talks and demos from previous meetups

Meetup #1 · February 12, 2026

Claude Code Live — Building a Tweeter App from Scratch

Marty BonacciOrganizer, Claude Code ABQ

Live demo of Claude Code building tweeter-abq-2 (a Twitter-like app) in real time. Covered agentic workflows, spec-driven development with SpecSwarm, and how to guide an AI coding agent through a full project — from initial scaffold to working app.

Highlights
  • Scaffolded a React Router v7 project from a single prompt
  • Used SpecSwarm to generate specs, plans, and tasks automatically
  • Showed how CLAUDE.md files steer agent behavior across sessions
  • Demonstrated iterative design refinement with live feedback loops
  • Deployed to production during the demo
Recording coming soonSource CodeEvent Page
Claude CodeSpecSwarmReact RouterLive Build

Show Us What's Working

Got something cool you've built with AI coding tools? We want to see it. Presentations don't need to be polished — we'd rather see a real workflow than a rehearsed pitch.

We're especially interested in live builds, tool comparisons, MCP server demos, prompt engineering war stories, and anything where you can show us your actual process. Ten minutes is plenty. Thirty minutes is great if you've got the material.

Whether you're a bootcamp student who just shipped your first AI-assisted project or a senior engineer who's integrated Claude Code into a production pipeline — your perspective matters. The best talks come from people sharing honestly about what worked and what didn't.

Reach out to Marty at a meetup or through Lu.ma to get on the schedule.