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Weekly Community Catchups

Every week, our community jumps on Zoom to share what they're building, discuss AI trends, and support each other. Here are the summaries.

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89 minutes

Community Catchup #14

Model routing, token budgets, Auckland meetup lessons, enterprise AI case studies, For Good research workflows, second-brain patterns, and local AI strategy.

4 demos
Routing Work Across Models
Token Budgets and Durable Workflows
Auckland Meetup Lessons
Enterprise AI in Practice
+2 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#model-routing#enterprise-ai#local-ai#second-brain#impact-labs
65 minutes

Community Catchup #13

Claude in Slack, adversarial review loops, Adrian's ten-minute data warehouse, Claire's OP Spot build, AI safety debates, and Impact Labs planning.

3 demos
Claude as a Team Member
Adversarial Review & Goal Loops
Open Models, Safety & Infrastructure
Data Warehouse Automation
+1 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#claude#data-warehouse#impact-labs#agentic-engineering
85 minutes

Community Catchup #12

Chris Barlow's Fable distributed proof project, unused-token research ideas, goals vs skills, Klaus's four-day WebGL game, and sovereign AI discussions.

3 demos
Agentix NZ & Sovereign AI
Fable Distributed Proof Solver
Human Validation Bottlenecks
Goals, Workflows & Token Allocation
+1 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#fable#agentix#sovereign-ai#game-development
96 minutes

Community Catchup #11

Strategic model use, Jason's 36-hour website rebuild, commercial readiness scanning, Claire's app sprint, and the economics of agentic engineering.

4 demos
Strategic Model Use
Agentic Engineering Patterns
Commercial Readiness & Compliance
AI-Built Products
+1 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#agentic-engineering#claude-code#compliance#product-development
92 minutes

Community Catchup #10

Model drift, token economics, the NZ skills repository, Jason's Ballad learning platform, data warehouse experiments, and a deep conversation about AI adoption and trust.

3 demos
Model Drift & Reliability
Token Economics & Context Management
NZ Skills Repository
Enterprise Data & AI Governance
+1 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#skills#ai-adoption#data#governance
94 minutes

Community Catchup #9

Opus 4.8, dynamic workflows, TheColab Skills Explorer live build, open data skills, AI coding quality, token economics, and team context standards.

3 demos
Opus 4.8 & Dynamic Workflows
TheColab Skills Repository
Agentic Coding Quality
Scraping, APIs & Data Access
+1 more topics
#community#opus-4-8#dynamic-workflows#skills#ai-coding#show-and-tell
77 minutes

Community Catchup #8

Wellington meetup planning, AI education and token access, local models versus frontier models, Yadwinder's Nimble QA platform, and the social impact of AI adoption.

2 demos
Wellington Meetup Momentum
AI Education & Access
Claude Community NZ
Model Strategy for New Zealand
+1 more topics
#community#ai-education#nimble#qa-automation#local-models#show-and-tell
71 minutes

Community Catchup #7

AI coding workflows, context management, Jake joining Anthropic, Adrian's data warehouse automation demo, and Adam's Claude Agents SDK triage system.

2 demos
AI Coding Workflows
Context Management
Voice Interfaces & AI Interviews
Jake Joining Anthropic
+1 more topics
#community#ai-workflows#claude-agents-sdk#data-warehousing#anthropic#show-and-tell
89 minutes

Community Catchup #6

Claude Agent SDK and managed agents, secure citizen-developer platforms, agent evals, PDF processing, grocery automation, and legacy data modeling.

4 demos
Claude Agent SDK & Managed Agents
Secure Internal Agent Platforms
Prompt Injection & User Education
Testing Non-Deterministic Systems
+1 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#claude-agent-sdk#managed-agents#ai-security#evals#data-engineering
98 minutes

Community Catchup #5

GPT 5.5 and Opus 4.7 reactions, rising inference costs, agent sprawl and operations, plus demos from Peeyoosh, Claire, William, and Adrian.

4 demos
Rapid Model Releases
Inference Costs & Compute Pressure
Agent Sprawl & Operations
Zero Trust, QA & Backpressure
+1 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#ai-agents#agent-ops#ai-governance#token-management
68 minutes

Community Catchup #4

Agent harnesses, model cost discipline, Figma-to-web prototyping, data engineering agents, and practical tactics for keeping AI workflows reliable and affordable.

2 demos
Model Usage & Token Budgets
Deterministic Workflows vs Agent Workflows
Sub-Agents & Review Loops
Skills, MCPs & Agent Harnesses
+1 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#agent-harnesses#skills#mcp#token-management
70 minutes

Community Catchup #3

Auckland meetup recap, Anthropic partnership update, major AI news roundup, and brilliant show-and-tells from Jake, an events coordination app, and Claire's multi-role agent system.

3 demos
Auckland Meetup Recap
Colab Talent
Anthropic Partnership
AI News Roundup
+3 more topics
#community#show-and-tell#anthropic#cowork#claude-code#ai-news
63 minutes

Community Catchup #2

WhatsApp group nearing 200 members, April 8th meetup planning, AI governance discussions, and impressive show-and-tells from Dave and Klaus.

4 demos
April 8th Meetup Planning
AI Governance & Data Privacy
Bottom-Up AI Adoption
Fast Fashion Software
+2 more topics
#community#cowork#ai-governance#show-and-tell