It was my first time at the Brightly office. It was my first Azure and Friends event as well. The Brightly office is on the fifth floor of this oldish building, right next to a beautiful Esplanadi park, a little distance from the Central Railway Station.

I have often wondered why do these companies (Brightly the present host) provide their venues and food for these events. What is the value they get from hosting these events?

Is it the 15 min time slot that why speak about their company. And usually there is someone from the company who has a slot in these meetups.

Today, it was Juha Tervo from Brightly, followed by Teemu Tapanila from Mallow.

Juha talked about Azure IoT devices and data pipelines. Teemu followed up with a talk about vibe coding. It was an excellent talk. Vibe coding talks are more engaging in general, because one can build something in the same session.

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After the event I had a chance to chat with the organisers - Teemu and Sebastian. And I asked both of them about the question I had.

How did they get into organising?

Why do they do it? What do they get out of it? - For connections, for talking to people.

It was fun talking to them both. It was a fun event to attend. Brightly were gracious hosts. The food and drink was great.