Simon Willison Hosts Agentic Engineering Birds of a Feather Meetup in San Francisco

Simon Willison and Jesse Vincent announced an informal Birds of a Feather meetup in San Francisco on October 14th for developers experimenting with AI coding agents. The event aims to be an informal show-and-tell session focusing on early-stage, unusual, and unreleased agentic engineering projects. As agentic engineering rapidly evolves into a core paradigm of AI-assisted software development, community-led gatherings foster collaborative problem-solving and knowledge sharing among practitioners. It provides a space to discuss practical insights and uncharted challenges before projects reach the commercial market. The event explicitly avoids commercial product pitches in favor of open discussions, odd experiments, and unfinished projects. Attendees are encouraged to share their work in a single flowing conversation format, though formal presentations are not required.