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 — April Meetup

Thursday, April 9, 2026

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MST

Deep Dive Coding Classrooms, CNM STEMulus Center, Downtown Albuquerque

Two talks this month — agentic entrepreneurship and an open-source AI agent with 250K+ GitHub stars.

Unblocking Your Vision: Entrepreneurship in the Agentic Age

Tim Farkas · ~45 min with Q&A

Agentic AI is changing the math on what one person can build. Tim walks through how founders can validate faster, iterate continuously, and scale lean — with a real-world ed-tech platform as the case study.

How agentic AI is lowering the barrier to turning ideas into products
Validating ideas faster and iterating continuously with smaller teams
Real-world example: an ed-tech platform built with multiple AI technologies

OpenClaw: The Open-Source AI Agent That Actually Does Things

Michael Noyes-Smith · ~30 min with Q&A

250K+ GitHub stars in four months. Michael breaks down what OpenClaw actually is, why it matters, and how he uses this open-source AI agent in his own workflow.

What OpenClaw is and how we got here
Why it matters for developers and non-developers alike
How Michael actually uses it day-to-day and resources to get started

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.
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 #2 · March 12, 2026

The Most Valuable Developer on Your Team — Building AI Workflows That Scale

Marty Bonacci — Organizer, Claude Code ABQ

Explored how the biggest AI advantage isn't one developer prompting better — it's one developer building systems that make the entire team better. Covered how to design shareable AI workflow tools that give every developer on your team consistent, high-quality results from AI coding agents.

Highlights

Why the most valuable hire right now is a developer who can systemize AI workflows for a team
How to design tools that give your whole team access to repeatable, high-quality AI results
Turning your best practices into shareable, reusable AI workflow systems

Source Code Event Page

AI WorkflowsTeam ScalingClaude CodeDeveloper Tools

Meetup #1 · February 12, 2026

Claude Code Live — Building a Tweeter App from Scratch

Marty Bonacci — Organizer, 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 Code Event Page

Claude Code Docs SpecSwarm Four Minds Pattern

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.

Resources

Claude Code

Anthropic's AI coding agent that lives in your terminal

Install Claude Code

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Anthropic

The company behind Claude

SpecSwarm

Specification-driven development plugin for Claude Code

Deep Dive Coding

Full-stack web development bootcamp at CNM Ingenuity

Claude.ai

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