If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library, whatever. We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open forum. The audience will ask questions and provide feedback. We w …

This group is for developers, entrepreneurs, and startuppers who hack and hustle. We will be hosting events regularly at Citizen Space in SF. If you have event ideas hit me up @nochoa1622 (twitter) or join our Fb group below https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackandhustle/ If you are interested in sponsoring please send an email to nick@minglemedia.co

API Hack Day brings developers together for an all-day coding fest focused on building apps with APIs. Developers of all experience levels can share ideas, collaborate on projects, start new ventures and find out about great tools and new APIs to play with. API Hack Day events are sponsored by a core group of companies that are built on and around APIs, including Mashery, Twilio, Apigee, SimpleGeo, and SendGrid. Most of the companies are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we hold API Hac …

Hack nights are a great way for developers in the Python community to get to know one another, to find out about new and interesting projects, and to generally get the pulse of the community. Whether you're working on the latest bits of Open Source greatness or planning the application that's going to win you the world, the SF Python Hack Night can provide you with valuable early feedback. Plus, it's fun! Who wouldn't want to hack some Python over beer and pizza?

About Hacking 4 Health The launch of Community Health Data Initiative by HHS and Institute of Medicine is exciting news for programmers interested in the development of health applications. Under this initiative, HHS and other government agencies are releasing vast amounts of health data developers can use to create applications that will help individuals and communities. HealthTap, in collaboration with Health 2.0, is thrilled to announce a Hackathon where developers can learn more about this …

This group is created to facilitate Growth Hacking practices to allow businesses to accelerate growth in a defined metric. Growth hacking is the art and science of creatively fostering awareness, traction, adoption, engagemant, new customers and advocacy using unorthodox and surprising means (many digital). It’s quite literally a hack for traditional processes to accelerate business. The vision of this group is to hold events and meet ups where entrepreneurs with established businesses get toget …

Network security has made some major advances in the past couple decades, so much so, that is has become incredibly difficult to attack a well secured network perimeter as a means of accessing the data and systems contained therein. So it’s no wonder that malicious users have begun pursuing other avenues and skirting the perimeter defenses all together. From the attacker’s standpoint, breaching a network is all about economics and ROI. It just doesn’t make sense to mount an attack that will c …

This is a group for developers, designers, entrepreneurs and investors who are interested in creating, making, hacking, funding wearable devices, accessories and applications. Examples include Google Glass-based apps and devices, Pebble watch. Initially, we will focus on talks and demos. As the ecosystem grew, we plan to bring hackathons and contests. Ideas are welcome, so are volunteers.

Feel compelled to build the tools for a better society? Find "your people" hacking the future at our weekly meetup. Tuesdays at 6 PM at TechShop San Francisco 926 Howard Street (near 5th) San Francisco, CA 94103 Feel free to share and to bring great people!

We are a group of first-time, non-technical entrepreneurs without a programmer/technical co-founder...and we've decided to go it alone! If you are starting your own company (or thinking about it) and want to learn how to do it yourself, join the Hack Job Mob! Some people call it an MVP, some people call it a Hack Job - we just call it a prototype. Come to one of our Happy Hours, meet other people going through the same thing, find out how they are doing it and learn tons!

A hacker space for JavaScript enthusiasts, coding educators and students, and those who want to make the web a cool and beautiful place. http://hackreactor.com Twitter: @HackReactor

Welcome To SF Growth Hackers! Growth Hacking: A data-driven approach to marketing, user acquisition and sales funnels. Learn how to leverage user analytics, split testing and modern marketing techniques to improve every step of a sales funnel. As a startup or even a fortune 500 company you can't make informed decision about your product without the right data backing you up. We will discuss how to capture your data, setup experiments and make confident decisions about your business. Come and j …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

A place to learn and discuss new developments in web technologies. We are not focused exclusively on any one language or framework. Instead, this group is to help developers explore the rapidly changing world of web development and understand new technologies and techniques that might fit their needs. We'll try to have a diverse set of events from speakers, to tutorials, to hack nights.

Bringing developers and comedians together to create hilarious apps. And also, free food and beer.

This is a group for Russian Speaking Hackers and Developers from the Bay Area and SF. We meet to hack on new technologies, discuss best practices, startup news, talk about our side projects. Join and tell what are you working on!

Come work together with other folks passionate about open government and civic tech! This is a weekly event hosted by Code for America, so come by and work on a civic project you have already started, start a new project, or collaborate with others on their projects. http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/brigades/81 https://www.github.com/sfbrigade irc.freenode.net #sfbrigade #codeforamerica

Like coding? Want to interact with and learn more from other baller coders? Got an internet connection and a Google Hangouts account? Wow, you rock - it's time for you to get pairing! In this group you'll meet friendly peers to connect, hack, and collaborate with. We meet virtually: Twice during the week between 7-9pm PST Every second Saturday from noon-5pm PST Why try pair programming if you haven't before? Learn new tricks and skills Teach others and improve your communication ability Get f …

nReduce is a group of tech start-up founders working on web apps, mobile apps, hardware products, and everything in between. We meet once a month at WeWork Labs to give each other feedback on everything from UX/UI, traction, growth hacks, and investor pitches. We're all about shipping product, execution, getting shit done, and kicking ass. nReduce.com is the online counterpart of our monthly meet-ups. It's a community of 1,500 start-ups all around the world who give each other feedback through v …

We're a group that uses hacking, stats, and machine learning to dig up alpha in the financial markets. Programmers, traders, and everyone else who enjoys crunching numbers is welcome to contribute and work on ideas.

Some may think you're a unicorn, but you just want to create. This group is dedicated to bringing out both the hacker and designer in all of us. The old dichotomy of developer vs. designer is a relic of 20th century corporate America. In this experimental group, we study interaction and visual design while simultaneously translating our new-found sensibilities into actual code. This group is about balancing our logical and linear left brains with our imaginative and creative right brains.

Monthly hack sessions at Citizen Space.

DEDICATED SITE: http://hack.tvot.tv DATE & PLACE: JUNE 22-23, 202 Green Street, San Francisco, California PLATFORMS BEING USED: Connected TV, Tablets, Smartphones, OTT Boxes (e.g. Google TV, Roku, Apple TV), PCs, Others of Your Choosing! SDKs: Android, iOS, Synchronizing Mobile with TV and Metadata (Gracenote), Mobile Video Editing (Ignite Video), Commerce (PayPal), 3D Motion (LeapMotion), Voice Control (Nuance), Connected TV (Samsung Developers AllShare Framework) [itvt] is pleased to announce …

This is a group for anyone who currently leads, organizes, manages and engages online communities. We started this group as a way to exchange best practices, share challenges and solutions, and ignite ideas! If you are a community manger or leader, or want to be - you know that the success of your great idea and awesome product rests with a strong and passionate community. Learn tips and tricks from community managers from large organizations, non-profits and start-ups. Community Hacks is a plac …

Research, discuss and deconstruct exploits at the code level -- maybe even make our own. The objective is to get a code level understanding of how it works and to get a feel for common techniques. An engaged, participatory and fun atmosphere is of utmost importance. Target audience is for the people who aspire to become super l33t established hackers (or something like that). That said, if you are truly l33t and want to share your skillz you are way more than welcome to join/participate.

Events organized or facilitated by Dave Nielsen in the SF Bay Area

Make:SF is an opportunity to get started in the Maker community. You can meet local makers, learn some new skills and grow from there. The goals are to: - Meet other local Makers - Share ideas, skills, and local resources - Gain new skills through mini-workshops - Hear guest speakers who are tackling large projects - Create collaborations between engineers, makers, craft folks, artists, etc. - Get opinions or advice on project execution

Geekli.st brings the world's top developers and key decision-makers together to meet, share, build, and grow. Like a 24/7 hackathon online. This series of meetups takes that experience and pairs it with special guest speakers in a friendly environment where the highfives are louder.