GRWebDev: Grand Rapids Web Development Group

🌟 The weather may be cold, but there's hot coffee and warm conversation at Coffee with Creators! 🌟

Join us tomorrow morning at The Factory for caffeine, treats, and good humans. 😎 Come as you are anytime between 8am and 9am ET... there's a seat for you at the table!

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Coffee with Creators @ The Factory, Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 8:00 AM | Meetup ✨☕️ **Kickstart your morning at Coffee with Creators!** ☕️✨ Coffee with Creators is the casual, early-morning meetup for anyone interested in technology, design, and busin

You may have heard of the Elixir language. But have you or your team actually used it in a client project?

Next week at GRWebDev, Torey Heinz from Vianet will present a practical case for Elixir as a noteworthy option in modern web development. If you’ve been wondering whether Elixir belongs in your stack, or you’re hearing about it for the first time, this presentation will give you a high-level overview of the language and practical examples to consider.

📍 Start Garden + Bamboo Grand Rapids, 2 Fulton St. West, Grand Rapids, MI
🗓️ Monday, February 23rd, 2026
⌚ 6:00 pm ET

RSVP on Meetup or Eventbrite:

Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/events/313265613/
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grwebdev-presents-real-world-elixir-a-practical-introduction-tickets-1982618811235

🎉 A huge thank you to our sponsors LaFleur Marketing, West Michigan Tech Talent, and of course Start Garden for making this event possible! 🎉

GRWebDev presents Real World Elixir: A Practical Introduction Curious about Elixir? Join us this month to learn why Discord, Pinterest, and other large corporations love it. You will too.

How a team operates is just as important as the code they write. This month at GRWebDev powered by LaFleur Marketing, we’re shifting the focus to the humans behind the software.

Join Array of Engineers’ Nora Bylsma and a panel of industry pros as they share "cautionary tales" and real-world management strategies that go beyond the textbook. We’ll kick things off at 6pm TONIGHT, Monday January 26th at Start Garden.

RSVP online:

Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/events/312628653/
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grwebdev-presents-methodology-melee-how-we-build-digital-products-tickets-1979259579683

GRWebDev presents Methodology Melee: How We Build Digital Products Success isn’t just the product; it’s the team that builds it. Join us this month as we unpack the human side of developing digital products.

Behind every product is a team navigating priorities, deadlines, tradeoffs, and the very human realities of collaboration. Methodologies come and go, but how often do they actually match the messy, high-pressure environments we work in every day?

Mark your calendars for next week, Monday January 26th, as we step back from the buzzwords and join a thoughtful conversation about what works in project management; and what doesn’t. Nora Bylsma, Carlus Henry, Chris Ruiter, Kate Mora Woods, and Melissa Bugai will explore the intricate dynamics of what really happens between planning and production and shed light on the challenges and decisions that shape the software we ship.

📍 Start Garden, 2 Fulton St. West, Grand Rapids, MI
🗓️ Monday, January 26th 2026
⌚ 6:00 pm ET

RSVP on Meetup or Eventbrite:

https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/events/312628653/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grwebdev-presents-methodology-melee-how-we-build-digital-products-tickets-1979259579683

🎉 A huge THANK YOU to our sponsors LaFleur Marketing, West Michigan Tech Talent, and of course Start Garden for making this event possible! 🎉

GRWebDev presents Methodology Melee: How We Build Digital Products Success isn’t just the product; it’s the team that builds it. Join us this month as we unpack the human side of developing digital products.

🎉 TONIGHT! 🎉 Join us at LaFleur Marketing for our annual year end wrap up panel led by Lydia Kauffman. After a year of turbulence, we're going to rewind, recalibrate, and reboot our minds as we focus on mental wellness. We'll kick things off at 6pm with food, refreshments, and the company of good humans... RSVP on Meetup and Eventbrite!

https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/events/311854782/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebooting-our-minds-a-panel-discussion-tickets-1918870506339

Rebooting Our Minds: A Panel Discussion Another year of LLMs, layoffs & uncertainty. Let’s come together as a community, recalibrate and recharge at our year end panel discussion.

💻 Ready to inspire the next generation of problem solvers? 💻

{Mi}Code Experience is coming December 8th through the 17th! This program connects volunteer mentors with 3rd - 5th grade classrooms across West Michigan for an Hour of Code activity. Do mentors need to be seasoned programmers with 10+ years of experience? Not at all: if you have a passion for technology and a desire to pass on this spark to others, {Mi}Code Experience is the perfect opportunity to do so. 😎

Learn more about the program: https://www.westmichigantechtalent.com/mi-code-experience

Register as a mentor: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CAAA72AA0F5CE9-59465529-micode #/

{MI}Code Experience Mentor Registration 2025 Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Each educator listing includes whether the session will be held virtually, in-person, or is open to both options. Please be aware of this before selecting your slot. Thank you for helping make the 2025 (Mi)Code Experience po...

Ready to make your resume stand out and target the perfect tech job? Join us TONIGHT at 6pm at Grand Valley State University's Eberhard Center for a presentation from Nathan Baker. Nate will guide you through the use of AI tools to land your next position. RSVP on Meetup.Com.

https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/events/311342619/

GRWebDev Presents Nathan Baker: Using AI to Personalize Your Job Search, Mon, Oct 27, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup **GRWebDev Powered by LaFleur presents Nathan Baker** **Hacking the Career Fair: Using AI to Personalize Your Job Search** GVSU L.V. Eberhard Center Room #215 (301 Fulton S