“It was a flawless event! Fun, polished”, “That event was waaaaay too good to be the first!” said attendees, summing up the energy buzzing through the inaugural Let Me Show You Something (LMSYS) meetup at co-working space 1909. Now, with momentum behind it, the organizer announced the next date: Thursday, July 10, 6 – 8 PM at the same downtown hotspot.
What’s the Deal?
The first LMSYS, held on June 5, brought together a packed room of developers, engineers, and tech tinkerers from across South Florida for a fast-paced, show-and-tell-style evening. The format? Simple and powerful: five developers, five minutes each, sharing something they are genuinely excited about a tool, a fix, a project, or a weird-but-cool technical breakthrough. No sales pitches. Just devs showing devs what they love.
The vibe lands somewhere between lightning talk and open mic, offering a chill, low-pressure space to spark ideas, nerd out, and meet like-minded builders. Following the talks, attendees hang out and continue the conversation with snacks, drinks.
What Went Down on June 5
- Andres Espinosa (CTO, BundleIQ) showed how PostHog can power smarter product decisions through better data.
- Kay Anar (CTO, CompanyLX) demonstrated Meshtastic, a resilient, off-grid mesh network tool for emergency and remote comms.
- Valeri Karpov (Founder & CEO, MeanIT Software) debuted an AI-powered MongoDB GUI for querying databases with natural language.
- Damian Montero (Organizer, FloridaJS) gave a crash course on running AI models locally, even on a Raspberry Pi.
- Daniel Vaughn (Principal UX Engineer, Dreadnode) walked through his experimental browser design tool using React to imperatively render across multiple frames.
What’s New for Round Two
The upcoming July 10 event will again take place at 1909 (319 Clematis St. Suite 300, West Palm Beach) and will run from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. In a new twist, this edition is a collaboration with South Florida Tech Hub’s Dev Dive, uniting two of the region’s most active grassroots tech communities under one roof.
Agenda:
- 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Welcome
- 6:30 – 7:15 PM: Dev presentations
- 7:15 – 8:00 PM: Hang out, snack, and connect
For those interested in presenting, the five-minute slots are open to developers of all backgrounds and skill levels. Submissions are open via this form. First-time speakers are welcome, but yes, the five-minute limit is enforced. Practice makes perfect.
Meet the Organizer
LMSYS is the brainchild of Michelle Bakels, a developer, speaker, and tireless community builder across Florida’s tech scene. She is best known as the co-organizer of React Miami, co-author of The Developer Health OS, and a board member for both the South Florida Tech Hub and 1909.
Bakels has spent years creating spaces where devs can thrive, not just as coders, but as humans. With LMSYS, she is tapped into something refreshingly honest: a place where people show up not to perform, but to share what genuinely excites them.
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