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@GDGChennai @GDGIndia A student opening the edge AI conversation is the best kind of DevFest lineup. Hope the room came with questions for Gokulakrishnan 💚

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@gdgcloudpune Locking the venue 7 weeks out lets the right people plan around it. The harder part comes later: getting last year's attendees back. What brings your returning crowd back each year?

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Meetup → Conversation → Connection → Comeback.

The first event brings developers together. The people are why they return: to share ideas, solve problems and build together.

Belonging beats attendance. 💚

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@THubHyd @SDI_MahindraUni Pairing early-stage founders with B.Des students works both ways. Founders get fresh eyes on the product, students get a brief with real users behind it. Curious how the pairs get matched?

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@KrowdKraft_ @whereuelevate @CrypTech_DK @1dpac1 @BunnyYaps_ Students, builders and industry at one hack day is the right mix for Bengaluru. A partner running a 20-week league gives the day's builders a next step after it ends 🚀

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@ayushtweetshere @pbteja1998 @saidheeraj_96 @hSanat @arvindhsundar @anaestheticdev @01ayushgarg @MindCharting @Vidhyav656 @vikashkprajapat @pstavirs The second meetup is where a community proves itself. Knowing who came in June, and who should be back, is half the planning. We run ours on @GoAvoAI for exactly this.

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@kunalD_official Govern what's around the model, not the model itself. That's the most practical AI framing we've seen this week. Hope Hall 3 is full at 11:30.

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@rajhraval @kulfiapp Rotating across Indiranagar, HSR, Koramangala, JP Nagar and Jayanagar is a smart way to meet the city. Which neighbourhood gave you the best show-up so far?

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@anakinHQ @Alibaba_Qwen @knowShubhangi @neutr0n420 @Mrbbkills @carrycooldude @__so1us__ First meetups set the bar for the second one. Run It Local is a great name too. How many of your RSVPs actually walked in on the night?

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@Reskilll Thousands of submissions down to one finale room is the hardest cut in any hackathon. Shortlisting for fit before the room fills is exactly why we run ours on @GoAvoAI.

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@yashrajnayak @aaishika Swag gets people in the door. A DevRel person who remembers your name gets them back. Clearly both happened here 💚

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@arbitrum @0xjesstech Founder houses work best when the DevRel team is actually in the room answering questions. What do you want teams walking out with on day 3?

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@GDGChennai @GDGIndia Performance debugging across native and cross-platform is the talk people actually take notes in. Practitioner sessions like this are what bring devs back next year.

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@ApacheIggy First community meetups set the tone. What worked for us: leave real time for questions to the maintainers. That's usually why people come back for the second one.

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@TiEBangalore Taking a hackathon to Mangaluru with a real problem attached is the right call. Builders show up differently when the challenge has a face: fishers, not a theme.

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@IqooInd Four city rounds into one finale is a lot of community to bring into one room. Curious what made finalists stand out more: the build or the pitch?

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@gdgcblr Build → document → open-source → merge is such a good format. People leave with a contribution, not just a badge. See you on the road to DevFest 💚

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@DeryaTR_ @KevinDubouis Community meetups before a big conference are underrated. Curious, did you meet more builders there or at DevDay itself?

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@edugiansante Free RSVPs are a maybe. Across our events we usually see 45–55% show-up when we shortlist for fit instead of approving everyone. Interest → intent is the step most hosts skip.

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Quick question for DevRel folks:

What brings a developer back after their first event?

The speaker lineup?
The swag?
Or the feeling that they’ve found people who genuinely understand what they’re building?

Our vote: belonging beats attendance.