Metroplex Builder Resources
A curated guide for software and technology builders across Dallas-Fort Worth, bringing upcoming events, local developer communities, and practical learning paths together in one place.
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North Texas's developer community gave me a place to learn, contribute, and grow. Working from 25N Frisco gave that effort a professional home. I'm grateful to both. I built this independent index in return. My goal is to make the next event, community, or learning path easier for another builder to find.
I select public resources for practical usefulness and local relevance. This is an independent project, not an official directory for 25N or any featured community.
Upcoming Events
August 2026
ChatGPT for small businesses - Irving, TX
Mon, Aug 24, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
A hands-on OpenAI Academy and SCORE workshop covering stronger prompts, ChatGPT tools, everyday business workflows, and building a reusable AI solution. The exact Irving-area venue is shared with confirmed attendees.
AI in Action: Dallas Claude Community - August Meet
Tue, Aug 25, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT • Improving (Plano)
A hybrid community session with Claude AI demos, practitioner knowledge-sharing, hands-on exploration, and networking. The in-person program begins at 6:00 PM and the virtual program at 6:30 PM.
Trouble getting over The Hump?
Wed, Aug 26, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT • 25N Coworking (Frisco)
Speaker: Anthony Boyce
A practical business-growth workshop on identifying and solving business challenges, with a 30-minute presentation, 15-minute live demonstration, and 15-minute audience Q&A.
Loop Engineering: Beyond The Hype
Wed, Aug 26, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT • Improving (Plano)
Speaker: Derrick Bozkurt
Engineering patterns for reliable agent loops, including goals, guards, gates, feedback, progress checks, retries, and stopping conditions.
M3+ UX/Tech Mentoring + Networking: Conversations That Build Great CX
Thu, Aug 27, 5:30 PM – 8:15 PM CDT • Improving (Plano)
Speaker: Christopher Mock
An interactive workshop on using improvisation to create conversational momentum, connect confidently, and keep discussions flowing, followed by a celebration of M3+'s fifth anniversary.
Global Security Tour – Dallas 2026
Fri, Aug 28, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM CDT • Davidson Auditorium, UT Dallas (Richardson)
Full-day AI and cybersecurity program covering threat detection, governance, cloud security, DevSecOps, cyber resilience, autonomous SOCs, and enterprise AI at scale.
September 2026
AI Makes Disciplined Testing and Architectural Boundaries More Important, Not Less
Tue, Sep 1, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT • 25N Coworking (Frisco)
Speaker: Todd Empcke
A pragmatic look at TDD, Red-Green-Refactor feedback loops, Clean Architecture, and behavior-focused tests for human- and AI-generated code.
Commit Your Code Conference 2026
Wed, Sep 2, 7:00 PM – Fri, Sep 4, 6:00 PM CDT • Capital One Plano
Multi-day software conference with virtual and in-person options, 110+ speakers, six tracks, and meals included for in-person attendees.
Unlocking AI in Manufacturing Without Compromising Security
Thu, Sep 3, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT • Corello (Frisco)
Applied-AI session for manufacturers covering private and public models, operational data, estimates and quotes, communications, and cybersecurity risk.
DFW Pythoneers – Monthly Meeting
Thu, Sep 3, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT • Improving (Plano)
Beginner-friendly monthly Python gathering with a social hour at 6:00 PM and the meeting and technical talk at 7:00 PM; the September topic has not yet been announced.
ACM x IEEE Hackathon: Intelligent Solutions for Real-World Challenges
Fri, Sep 4, 4:00 PM – Sun, Sep 6, 7:00 PM CDT • The University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson)
Free team hackathon with a virtual Friday kickoff, remote building, and Sunday presentations at UT Dallas across AI agents, smart campus, healthcare, fintech, sustainability, social impact, and open innovation tracks.
Dallas Elastic User Group: Office Hours with Elastic Consulting
Tue, Sep 15, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT • Improving (Plano)
Speaker: Mauro Sartin
Open Elastic consulting hours for technical Q&A, deployment best practices, performance and efficiency guidance, and peer networking.
DFW Code & Coffee 35 at Arlington PD South Station
Sat, Sep 19, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT • Arlington Police Department South Station
Bring a laptop to work on a project, get debugging help, share a presentation or Hack & Tell demo, and meet other DFW developers.
DevOpsDays Dallas 2026
Mon, Sep 28, 8:00 AM – Tue, Sep 29, 5:00 PM CDT • Southwest Airlines Wings Building (Dallas)
Two-day community conference and AI summit for DevOps, cloud, platform, security, automation, and IT-improvement practitioners.
October 2026
HackFW: MADE Challenge
Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 AM – Fri, Oct 30, 3:00 PM CDT
A month-long techno-industrial hackathon focused on practical manufacturing and supply-chain challenges, with an October 1 Fort Worth kickoff, virtual incubation and technical support, and an October 30 Enterprise Demo Day. In-person details will be published as they are confirmed.
SREday Dallas 2026 Q4
Fri, Oct 23, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM CDT • evolv consulting (Dallas)
Speaker: Krishna Reddy and Yossi Eliaz
One-day SRE conference featuring secure context caching for reliable AI agents and an operations and SLO model for production coding-agent fleets.
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Learning Resources
Harvard CS50
Harvard's introduction to computer science. Use as a generalist to build foundational skills across algorithms, data structures, and web development. Free through edX with an optional paid certificate. Learning paths: CS50x, Python, Web, R, SQL, AI, Cybersecurity, Games, Mobile
OpenAI Academy
Courses and learning materials from OpenAI for building practical AI skills, from foundational concepts to applied workflows and agents.
Anthropic Academy
Courses from Anthropic on AI fluency, Claude, Claude Code, APIs, Model Context Protocol, and agent skills.
BMad Method Masterclass
Use as a generalist to learn about multi-agent development workflows.
Developer Roadmaps
Visual learning paths for frontend, backend, DevOps, and other tech career tracks. Use as a generalist to navigate what to learn and in what order with interactive guides.
Featured Communities
Dallas Software Developers
JavaMUG
Big Design DFW
UX Student Association (UXSA) at UNT
UX Club at UT Dallas
Dallas TechXchange
North Dallas Developers
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