We demoed opencode publicly for the first time here.
🇨🇦 A year+ ago I put out a public offer: if you're building software in Canada, I'd like to help. That led to ~20 Zoom calls with founders and developers. And one thing stood out: people were building amazing things — but doing it alone. So in August 2024, we organized the first Devtools Toronto meetup. No structure, no talks. Just meet at a bar and hang out. We were joined by local developers from globally-popular tools/products like Deno, GitHub, SST, SolidJS, and Sentry. We had founders from up and coming Canadian startups like Tempo (YC S23), Rootly, and vlt technology inc.. Wes Bos popped in too! The feedback: "this doesn't happen enough". So for Toronto Tech Week we leveled up. On Wednesday, we hosted the first proper Devtools Toronto Meetup (miniconf?) — open to everyone, skyline views from the 37th floor of CIBC Square, and lightning demos from the founders of Kiln AI, SST, vlt, and DevCycle. (The first in-person demo of Opencode, too.) OpsLevel and Sentry generously sponsored. BDC provided the space. CaterDash brought the food. We made stickers. I've spent 10+ years at SF tech meetups. This was one of the most action-packed meetups I'd ever attended — and it was 100% local. So much so I was asked afterwards, “Does this city have anything left in the tank for the next one?” Absolutely. Stay tuned! 🇨🇦💪