Vancouver.dev x atono IRL: Supercharging Dev Productivity in 2025 We’re back with Vancouver.dev IRL, the city’s premier monthly gathering for developers, founders, and tech enthusiasts! This time, we’re diving into "Supercharging Dev Productivity in 2025" – an evening of insightful discussions, live demos, and meaningful networking. 📅 Thursday, Mar 20 📍 Northeastern University, Vancouver 🕠 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM A huge thank you to atono for sponsoring this edition of Vancouver.dev IRL! Built for cross-functional development teams, Atono is an all-in-one platform to plan, build, run, and improve software. It brings roadmapping, story writing, feature flagging, bug reporting, and usage tracking together in one place—so your team can move fast with clarity and quality. Whether you're leading a team or writing code, Atono is the clean, lean, and unstressed way to build software together. Join atono for a firsthand look at how it all comes together. 📢 Event link in the comments #VancouverDev #atono #VancouverAI #VancouverTech #AIStartups #TechCommunity #Networking #Startups #DeveloperProductivity
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Vancouver.dev is the leading community for developers in Vancouver. ➤ OUR VISION Propel Vancouver into a global tech hub. ➤ OUR MISSION Unify developers, tech enthusiasts, and leaders through dynamic events to elevate Vancouver's global tech presence. ➤ OUR VALUES Collaborative Impact - Drive change through collaboration. Innovation Advocacy - Cultivate innovation. Inclusive Community - Foster diversity and inclusivity.
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I'm excited to be speaking at next week's Vancouver.dev IRL event on Supercharging Developer Productivity in 2025, alongside Rahat Khanna and Toby Tobkin. Dev productivity is something I've been exploring extensively since 2013, and it goes far beyond just AI copilots and CI/CD pipelines. Whether you're at a startup, a digital agency, or part of a large tech company, this panel brings a wealth of experience to share insights on what truly works - and what’s just hype. ⬇️ What topics would you like us to cover? Let us know in the comments! Toki Hossain #VancouverDev #VancouverTech #Productivity
Where does Vancouver stand in tech productivity? San Francisco engineers reportedly get 13.9 months of work done in a year. The latest data puts SF at the top, with New York (80), London (77), and Toronto (76) trailing behind. But what does that actually mean? And how does Vancouver stack up? 💬 The Vancouver.dev take: → SF is the grind—people push hard, make money, and then move somewhere more chill. → Is productivity just shipping fast, or does quality matter? If you write 20 useless docs or ship buggy code, does that still count? → SF keeps poaching talent from places like Vancouver and Waterloo. The cycle feeds itself. → Some companies optimize for speed, but does that mean real impact, or just busy work? We’re digging into this at Vancouver.dev x atono IRL: Supercharging Dev Productivity in 2025. Panelists: Rahat Khanna – Engineering Lead @ Big Tech James Harrison – Founder @ Vast Technology Inc. Moderator: Toby Tobkin – Founding Engineer @ PermafrostAI, ex-Google Cloud AI - What’s your take? - Can Vancouver compete while keeping its balance, or does success always demand the grind? Drop your thoughts below👇 #VancouverDev #VancouverTech #Productivity
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Where does Vancouver stand in tech productivity? San Francisco engineers reportedly get 13.9 months of work done in a year. The latest data puts SF at the top, with New York (80), London (77), and Toronto (76) trailing behind. But what does that actually mean? And how does Vancouver stack up? 💬 The Vancouver.dev take: → SF is the grind—people push hard, make money, and then move somewhere more chill. → Is productivity just shipping fast, or does quality matter? If you write 20 useless docs or ship buggy code, does that still count? → SF keeps poaching talent from places like Vancouver and Waterloo. The cycle feeds itself. → Some companies optimize for speed, but does that mean real impact, or just busy work? We’re digging into this at Vancouver.dev x atono IRL: Supercharging Dev Productivity in 2025. Panelists: Rahat Khanna – Engineering Lead @ Big Tech James Harrison – Founder @ Vast Technology Inc. Moderator: Toby Tobkin – Founding Engineer @ PermafrostAI, ex-Google Cloud AI - What’s your take? - Can Vancouver compete while keeping its balance, or does success always demand the grind? Drop your thoughts below👇 #VancouverDev #VancouverTech #Productivity
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Panel Opportunity @ Vancouver.dev x atono IRL 👀
Panel Opportunity @ Vancouver.dev x atono IRL We’re looking for engineering leaders, AI tool builders, and dev productivity experts to join our panel at Vancouver.dev x Atono IRL: Supercharging Dev Productivity in 2025. If you’re working on developer experience, AI-powered coding tools, workflow automation, or strategies to help engineers ship faster and smarter, we’d love to hear your insights! Whether you’re an engineering manager, startup founder, or tool builder, this is a great chance to connect with Vancouver’s tech community. Our last event brought together 80+ developers and AI builders. Know someone who’d be a great fit? Send them my way! 📅 Date: March 20 📍 Venue: Northeastern University Vancouver 🎟 Event Link: https://lu.ma/vandevirl3 DM me if you’re interested! Saemi Park Toby Tobkin
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This Monday, we had an amazing discussion on 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀, featuring insights from a panel of founders and investors: 💡 Melaniia Volkodav, VC @ Panache Ventures 💡 Allen Pike, Co-founder & CEO @ Forestwalk Labs, Co-founder & Chair @ Steamclock Software 💡 Ashaya Sharma, Co-Founder & CTO @ honeycomb.io 💡 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿: Toby Tobkin, Founding Engineer @ PermafrostAI, ex- Google Cloud AI Hosted by Toki Hossain & Saemi P. with Toby Tobkin co-hosting. Our panel covered key 𝗔𝗜/𝗠𝗟 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, including: 🔹 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜/𝗠𝗟 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 – Why is there a gap between business intent and AI adoption? Is AI replacing developers, or is that just vendor-driven FUD? 🔹 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜/𝗠𝗟 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 – What does it take financially to go from 0 to a sustainable AI startup? Are AI/ML startups best built with just a salesperson and an engineer? 🔹 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜/𝗠𝗟 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 – Why don’t companies hire more junior developers? Does Vancouver suffer from AI talent brain drain? Do we have the spaces and networks needed for deep, impactful work? ⚡ We also hosted 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 &𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘀 session, where community members showcased their latest 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀. 🎤 February Speakers: Stephan Wehner, Joel Happ, Jonny Kalambay, Daniel Johnson 💡 January Speakers: Aditya Saxena, Kasey Fu, David Zhou, Sal Rahman, A 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 to our sponsors for making this event possible: ✨ Segev LLP – Supporting startups with expert legal guidance. ✨ Defang Software Labs – A radically simpler way to develop, deploy, and debug cloud applications. Special shoutout to Dinuka G., Director of Career Development and Experiential Learning at Northeastern University for stepping in as our MC, and to Northeastern University Vancouver for hosting us! Also of course, a big thank you to CaterDash for your ongoing support. We’re grateful for your continued partnership. Also, thanks to our volunteers: Jaskaran Singh, Ahmad Zubair Zahid, Aryan Bansal 🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussion! 🔜 𝗔𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲! Next month, atono will be joining us for another exciting session!! 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lu.ma/vandevirl3 If you are planning to participate and have a project to share, please reach out to us. Let’s keep building together💡🔥 #VancouverDev #Startups #AI #ML #TechCommunity #Networking #Entrepreneurship #Innovation
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Great products aren’t built in sprints. They’re crafted, pixel by pixel. I overheard something along those lines at Monday’s Vancouver.dev panel, and it stuck with me. Tech teams talk a lot about speed—shipping fast, iterating quickly, staying lean. But in the rush to deliver, craft often gets lost. Building something remarkable isn’t just about writing code and shipping MVPs. It’s about: • Engineering & design working in sync • Perfecting the small details users never notice—until something feels off • Refining, tweaking, and elevating, not just delivering Speed matters. But execution without craft leads to forgettable products. The best products don’t just work—they feel right. Because the people who built them cared. What’s an app that nailed the little things? P.S. The photo is from the panel. Attending it reminded me how valuable it is to connect with the local tech community. Get out there and shake hands—you never know who you’ll meet.
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Happy to be part of revitalizing Vancouver’s tech energy!
Awesome tech energy in Vancouver tonight with a double header of events from Vancouver.dev and TechTO, with speakers including Melaniia Volkodav, Allen Pike, Ashaya Sharma, Toby Tobkin, Jack Newton, Annalea Krebs 🌎, Trevor Johnston, Tamer Mohamed, and Alex Norman.
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🚀 Vancouver.dev IRL: Building AI Startups – Sponsored by Defang Software Labs! 🔥 We’re SOLD OUT! 🔥 Excited to welcome developers, founders, and tech enthusiasts to Vancouver.dev IRL – the city’s premier monthly tech gathering. Tonight, we’re diving into Building AI Startups, featuring insightful discussions, live demos, and meaningful networking. 📅 Happening Today! 📍 Northeastern University, Vancouver 🕠 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM A huge thank you to Defang Software Labs for sponsoring this edition of Vancouver.dev IRL! 🚀 Defang – A radically simpler way to Develop, Deploy, and Debug production-ready cloud apps. See you there! #VancouverDev #Develop #Deploy #Debug #Defang #AIStartups #TechCommunity #Networking
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We've recruited great panelists and demos for this event. Hope to see you out.
What does it take to build a successful AI startup? AI is moving fast, but many developers feel left behind. Businesses want AI, yet the gap between intent and adoption remains. → What forces are shaping the AI/ML landscape? → What does it take to build a sustainable AI venture in Vancouver? → Are developers being replaced, or is this just noise? We’re bringing together founders, investors, and builders @ Vancouver.dev IRL to break it all down. Toby Tobkin, Saemi Park, and I are putting together an incredible panel featuring: Panelists: → Melaniia Volkodav, VC @ Panache Ventures → Ashaya Sharma, Co-Founder and CTO @ Honeycomb.ai → Allen Pike, Co-founder and CEO @Forestwalk Labs, Co-founder and Chair @ Steamclock Software Moderator: → Toby Tobkin, Founding Engineer @ PermafrostAI, ex-Google Cloud AI Thanks to Northeastern University Vancouver and Segev LLP for supporting this event. Join us @ Vancouver.dev IRL: Building AI Startups 🔗 Link in the comments.
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Check out this amazing startup announcement from Bijan Vaez, who has been actively involved with our community through talks. Congrats to Bijan Vaez and the Merchkit team! 🎉
🎉 Today I’m excited to announce Merchkit – a smart, vertical AI solution built to eliminate the tedious challenges of product information management for retail merchandising and ecom teams. After two years of hearing about endless copy-pasting, formatting fixes, and tedious Excel work, we built Merchkit to change how work gets done. Because when your product data is clean, every other task on your list becomes simpler. What Merchkit does today: • 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: Our AI agents pull data from vendor spec sheets, intranets, and manufacturer websites. Updating and formatting it to your brand standards in real time. • 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Generate new product attributes in seconds. All standardized against your guidelines without manual data entry, inconsistent formatting, and error-prone Excel formulas. • 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗽: Reformat your catalog and create tailored content for personalization campaigns and sales channels—all guided by you, without the grunt work. What Merchkit will do tomorrow: We’re building familiar, meaningful interfaces for merchandisers & ecom teams that let them focus on creative, strategic work. Letting AI do what it's good at and what it should be doing - removing the manual processes that get in the way of progress. Watch Rob Hayes walk you through our demo in this video. If you’re ready to remove manual processes from your team, from SKU onboarding to image standardization, reach out for a demo and see how Merchkit can transform your retail operations. Let's make work simpler and smarter. #commercetech #retailtech #marketplacetech #productlaunch