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Urbit, a Network Older and Weirder Than Bitcoin, Finally Turns Toward Growth

Urbit Structural Design and Engineering Group. Always Thinking About Mechanics.

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Urbit is coming to Europe! Save the date for Urbit Assembly 2023 & Urbit Week in Lisbon this year. 

Early-bird tickets are going live by the end of may in the [UF Public Group](/groups/~halbex-palheb/uf-public). 

We’re changing up the format this year: the first two days will be more “conference-like” with launches, presentations and panels from the Urbit ecosystem.

Afterwards we’ll have a week of side events hosted by the community throughout Lisbon.

Don't miss it.

The third Urbit Assembly & first one outside of the US

Urbit Assembly Lisboa 2023

Tacen is proud to host Reassembly 2023 in Cheyenne, WY! Join us August 16-18 for focused discussions and exciting presentations on clean-slate OS, next-generation networks, and the future of modern computing.

We will be bringing world-class experts to present their big ideas and new breakthroughs regarding all things related to the Urbit universe. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind chance to see everyone gathered all in one place.

Breakfast, lunch and refreshments provided for attendees. Details on accommodations group rates, schedules, and online viewership to follow.

Confirmed speakers: [~hodzod-walrus](https://urbit.org/ids/~hodzod-walrus), [~harden-hardys](https://urbit.org/ids/~harden-hardys), [~littel-wolfur](https://urbit.org/ids/~littel-wolfur), [~dachus-tiprel](https://urbit.org/ids/~dachus-tiprel), [~nomryg-nilref](https://urbit.org/ids/~nomryg-nilref) and more to come!

![Screenshot](https://storage.googleapis.com/media.urbit.org/site/events/FwSOS1vXsAIgmZc.jpeg)

Reassembly 2023, hosted by Tacen, features focused discussions on clean-slate OS, next-generation networks, and the future of computing.

Reassembly 2023

This event is a gathering of Urbit enthusiasts, developers, and community members interested in exploring the possibilities of the Urbit project.

Whether you're new to Urbit or an experienced user, this meetup provides a great opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, share ideas, and learn more about Urbit's decentralized computing platform.

Come and join us for engaging discussions, networking, and a chance to dive deeper into the world of Urbit. We look forward to meeting you at our first Urbit meetup in CDMX!

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¡Únase a nosotros para la reunión inaugural de Urbit en la Ciudad de México (CDMX)!

Este evento es una reunión de entusiastas, desarrolladores y miembros de la comunidad de Urbit interesados en explorar las posibilidades del proyecto Urbit.

Ya sea que sea nuevo en Urbit o un usuario experimentado, esta reunión brinda una gran oportunidad para conectarse con personas de ideas afines, compartir ideas y obtener más información sobre la plataforma informática descentralizada de Urbit.

Ven y únete a nosotros para participar en debates interesantes, establecer contactos y tener la oportunidad de sumergirte más profundamente en el mundo de Urbit. ¡Te esperamos en nuestro primer encuentro Urbit en CDMX!


Join us for the inaugural Urbit meetup in Mexico City (CDMX)!

~ramteb-tinmut

Urbit Meetup in Mexico City

Hang out, make new friends & discuss #Urbit and all the finer things of life over some beer & nachos.  
New to Urbit?  No problem - we'll answer all your questions and help you get you set up on the network.

Please RSVP to the Meetup via the link above.


Urbit Meetup - Denver

We begin the series of Urbit Meetups in Argentina by meeting in the “Sala Torrontés” of Overo Bar in the neighborhood of Palermo.

This first meeting's idea is to get to know each other among Urbit users in Argentina, share experiences and knowledge in a room with high fidelity sound system reserved only for the attendees.

Come by for a glass of wine and bring your records if you want to share music. Space is reserved for a limited time, don't be late!

See you there.

~davwyd-sordem

Urbit Meetup in Argentina

We gather at Kava Garden to discuss the times and introduce new users to the ins and outs of being on Urbit.

Discover and create new commingled interactions on a platform owned purely by you and no one else.

We'll have free planets with free hosting for a hands off solution for every participant. Look dad no hands!

Please RSVP to the Meetup page by clicking the RSVP button above.


Modus Operandi Onboarding Urbit. Get your bearings on the network, get technical support and hosting.

Urbit Onboarding Miami - Look Dad No Hands!


Are you looking for more than the options presented to you?

Come to our Urbit (MST) meetup. All are welcome. Bring a computer and we can onboard you with a planet and hosting for free on site. Whether you are new to Urbit or fluent in Hoon, come and meet others in Utah interested in Urbit.

This will be our first morning meetup, we will have donuts. Bring your friends. You are invited.

Lyman

Urbit Meetup - Utah MST

Curious what the future of the Internet looks like?

Join us on June 29th in Paris!

Whether you're a tech enthusiast, an established Urbit aficionado, or a newcomer to the scene, our community is meant to welcome and engage everyone.

If you're confused about what Urbit is, no worries, most people are at first. Drop by and we'll give you our best explanations of what Urbit is and how it's going to change the internet as we know it.

We'll introduce Urbit, help you boot your own ship and make sure you go back home all set!

In the meantime, you can join us on [Twitter](https://wwww.twitter.com/urbitparis)!

See you there!

Urbit Meetup in Paris


The next meetup in Christchurch is at The Lotus Heart on the 24th June at 10:30am. Stick around afterwards for a drink and bite to eat if you desire.

Please [RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-christchurch/events/294172584/) to the Meetup. Friends are most welcome!






Urbit Meetup - Christchurch

Will have a table reseerved to accommodate number of RSVPs; just ask for Adam.
Please RSVP to the Meetup.



After the success of our last developer week, we’re hosting another one this year from June 12th to June 16th. This will be a week of online only conversations, build parties, AMAs, blog posts, and other content.

There will be watch parties for all streams in the Hacker House on gather.town. Instructions for joining can be found in the [Urbit Foundation group](/groups/~halbex-palheb/uf-public).

## Schedule
### Kicking Off Developer Week
*Time:* Monday June 12th – 9am Pacifc | 6pm CEST

We will kick off Urbit developer week with an introduction by ~wolref-podlex, ~lagrev-nocfep & ~dalweb-donfun. They will give you a sneak peek into what's awaiting you at Assembly this year, give you an update about the Foundation and tell you all about how to get involved with Urbit right now. Some very exciting announcements are waiting for you here.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/293888554/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38K2RfaScL8)

### %Lick by ~mopfel-winrux
*Time:* Monday June 12th – noon Pacifc | 9pm CEST

~mopfel-winrux, lead developer at [Native Planet](/organizations/nativeplanet), has taken it upon himself to build a hardware vane that lets your Urbit directly communicate with the machine it's running on. This opens up an array of new possibilities. In this talk ~lagrev-nocfep will interview ~mopfel-winrux about his progress, and we might even see a demo. 

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/294013274/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDROdmVW7_0)

### Core Roadmap
*Time:* Tuesday June 13th – 9am Pacifc | 6pm CEST

In this talk our CTO ~rovnys-ricfer, together with ~master-morzod & ~wolref-podlex, will give an update on the Roadmap and talk about other news concerning Urbit’s core development. There are some exciting announcements coming up.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/293893446/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmqn36RtnBk)

### Core Developers AMA
*Time:* Tuesday June 13th – 10am Pacifc | 7pm CEST

Always wanted to ask the core developers something? In this AMA they will be available to answer any questions you have. Join ~rovnys-ricfer, ~wicdev-wisryt, ~palfun-foslup & ~master-morzod on Tuesday right after the Roadmap presentation.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/293893486/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BolurhVR6N4)

### Portal
*Time:* Tuesday June 13th – noon Pacifc | 9pm CEST

In this talk ~foddur-hodler and ~dilryd-mopreg from [Portal](/applications/~worpet-bildet/portal) will update you on their latest developments. They are excited to share their experiences using solid state subscriptions, to present their ideas on what they're calling *the everything graph*, and to explain why they're "composability-maxxing."

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/294013283/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J8-jlqz2r4)

### Core School Preview:  Jetting
*Time:* Wednesday June 14th – 9am Pacifc | 6pm CEST

Core School approacheth. To whet your appetite for the inner mysteries of the kernel, we will discuss how jet-accelerated code works and how to write jets for arms. Join ~lagrev-nocfep & ~rovnys-ricfer at a preview of Core School content. And make sure to check out our [CSL page](https://developers.urbit.org/courses/csl) for more details.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/294013289/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1GRoY3QDdU)

### %Eyre by ~palfun-foslup
*Time:* Wednesday June 14th – noon Pacifc | 9pm CEST

Urbit solves a lot of problems with digital identity. But its HTTP server, Eyre, hasn't gotten the memo yet. Two new Eyre features will make identifying incoming HTTP requests much nicer, letting developers deliver richer experiences, even on publicly accessible web pages. Join ~palfun-foslup at this session about %Eyre. 

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/294013295/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN_oh_orCcg)

### Native UI
*Time:* Thursday June 15th – 9am Pacifc | 6pm CEST

Using JavaScript on Urbit has always felt a bit off. ~hastuc-dibtux is going to change this with his Urbit Native UI project. Rendering Hoon as a frontend? Piece of cake. 
In this talk ~palfun-foslup will interview ~hastuc-dibtux about his project. Don’t miss the future of UIs.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/293893568/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l9dnppQO1U)

### Integrating Uqbar Transactions
*Time:* Thursday June 15th – noon Pacifc | 9pm CEST

Want to know how to integrate Uqbar smart contracts with your app? In this presentation Uqbar's lead developer ~hodzod-walrus will walk you through what it takes to integrate your app with Uqbar's smart contracts. It's easier than you think. 

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/294013302/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-aZZabT6_M)

### Vaporware
*Time:* Friday June 16th – 9am Pacifc | 6pm CEST

In this talk ~harden-hardys will prove that [Vaporware](https://vaporware.network) is not actually vaporware. Get to know what he and his team are up to and you might even see a glimpse or more of their first public project, *Tharsis*.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/294013311/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh5U5q9Qp_k)

### What to Build on Urbit and Why
*Time:* Friday June 16th – noon Pacifc | 9pm CEST

AJ or ~larryx-woldyr recently launched a suite of Urbit-hosted front-ends for [Osmosis](/applications/~larryx-woldyr/osmosis), [Uniswap](/applications/~larryx-woldyr/uniswap) and [Safe](/applications/~larryx-woldyr/safe). In this talk he'll dive into why he thinks you should build on Urbit and what you should build on it. Tune in to his closing talk of Developer Week on Friday. 

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/294013323/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AARwK5cGavw)


2nd Dev-Week – full of talks, blogs and announcements

Urbit Developer Week


If you are new to Urbit, this is a great time and place to learn more.

Topic: App building

We are at Muted Horn, one of the best craft beer pubs in Northern Europe with a cozy vibe. It is also possible to order food from nearby restaurants and eat there. If the weather is great we will be sitting outside.

Please RSVP to the Meetup.


Urbit Meetup - Berlin

Urbit - A clean-slate OS and network for the 21st century.

​The meetup takes place as part of the [L2Loft](https://lu.ma/l2loft) initiative.

​Date: Thursday 8 June, 2023
Expected time: 14:00 - 16:00 (it may change!)

**​Schedule:**

[​Owen Barnes ](https://twitter.com/temporalwave) (~locruc-fonmec) - The Future of Apps

​*More TBA*

​Register for the event and stay tuned for more information! You can also join the L2Loft [Telegram group](https://t.me/l2loft) or follow [@L2Loft on Twitter](https://twitter.com/L2Loft).

​---

Urbit is a new kind of computer that you can own completely in ways that matter: networking, identity, & data.

​We realized that in order to fix the internet, we had to build a new computer from scratch. Good thing we started over a decade ago.

​Today, Urbit is a real system with thousands of users that are building all kinds of communities, software, DAOs, and more. And it’s getting better every day.

Urbit Meetup during Prague Blockchain Week at L2Loft

Owen Barnes

Urbit Meetup Prague


The next meetup in Christchurch is at The Lotus Heart on the 3rd June at 10:30am. Stick around afterwards for a drink and bite to eat if you desire.

Please [RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-christchurch/events/293265373) to the Meetup. Friends are most welcome!







Are you looking for more than the options presented to you?

Come to our Urbit (MST) meetup. All are welcome. Bring a computer and we can onboard you with a planet and hosting for free on site. Whether you are new to Urbit or fluent in Hoon, come and meet others in Utah interested in Urbit.


Next Saturday, make your way to Hampton Tower in Canary Wharf. You will be escorted to the Giga Corp premises, in which the 7th Urbit London meet-up will take place. Expect drinks, discussion, and much more. https://t.me/urblon


urbLon × giga present: Water Wellness Retreat

Urbit London x Giga

Group will meet in the Eagle Room. Ask the hostess for directions. Event Space Aesthetic is Spectral South-Beach. DJ comes at 10PM. Bring proof of planet for Miamese Martians.

Please RSVP to the Meetup page by clicking the RSVP button above.


Miamese Martian congregation parties all night long. Drinks, Food, DJ. Semi-formal attire.

Urbit Meetup - Miami

Group will meet at the upstairs tables towards the rear of the venue - just take a left when you get to the top of the stairs. Message on the meetup app or through Urbit/Pongo (~nospex-larsut) if unsure.
Please RSVP to the Meetup.



This Sunday we'll be doing a meeting up at cleopatra's needle. You'll recognise us by Urbit caps and citing Hoon outloud. See you all on Sunday, byob. Rach out to us on Urbit in case you can't find us. 

![Picture](https://storage.googleapis.com/media.urbit.org/site/events/2023-05-11%2011.45.27.jpg)


Urbit Meetup - London


We didn't get to cover all we wanted last time and there were lots of outstanding questions, so let's do another extra meetup, rather than wait another month!

Tentative topic: Urbit identity, art, and culture. What kind of expression is Urbit uniquely suited for? What would be some cool grants we could apply for?

We have temporarily changed locations to Muted Horn, one of the best craft beer pubs in Northern Europe with a cozy vibe. It is also possible to order food from nearby restaurants and eat there. If the weather is great we will be sitting outside.

Please RSVP to the Meetup.



If you are new to Urbit, this is a great time and place to learn more.

Topic: open grants – what do they say about the future of Urbit and what kind of knowledge do you need to start building on them?

As always, we are also helping new people get on Urbit to try it out, answer technical questions and discuss philosophical questions around Urbit.

We have temporarily changed locations to Muted Horn, one of the best craft beer pubs in Northern Europe. It is also possible to order food from nearby restaurants and eat there. If the weather is great we will be sitting outside.

Please RSVP to the Meetup.



Come hangout, drink cocktails at our open bar and talk Urbit during Consensus 2023. We will most likely have a short presentation or two from leaders of the top projects being built. We expect attendance from the Urbit Foundation, Tlon, Zorp, Uqbar, Holium, Assembly Capital and more. Rumor has it there might be free Urbit hats too.

If you haven't joined the network yet, bring a computer and we will help you get set up. Other than that we'll have some food and good tunes as well. See you there!


Urbit Austin meetup @ Consensus 2023 presented by the Urbit Foundation

Urbit Austin – Consensus 2023


Around in Lisbon this Thursday? ~dalweb-donfun will be hosting a meetup at 7pm. Come by for a drink with other urbiters. RSVP to the meetup event or send ~dalweb-donfun a message on the network. See you on Thursday!


Urbit Meetup - Lisbon


The next meetup in Christchurch is at The Lotus Heart on the 25th March at 10:30am.  Stick around afterwards for a drink and bite to eat if you desire.

Please RSVP to the Meetup.  Friends are most welcome!



Just before we all gather for the [Urbit Volcano Summit](https://summit.urbit.org) we are inviting all Urbit people that are already in town and curious locals to an Urbit meetup at the Urbit Mansion in San Salvador. The exact location will be shared with the registered attendees a few days before.

Drinks will be provided. See you there.


Urbit Meetup – El Salvador


The first Urbit Berlin meetup at our new location: c-base!

If you are new to Urbit, this is a great time and place to learn more.

For this first meetup we will simply meet, mingle and discuss new and exciting things happening on the network, like: App School Live, Uqbar, Scene, Native Planet, and the upcoming Volcano Summit in El Salvador.

The vibe at c-base is great and retro-technological, there is an bar and we have a table booked just for us. There will be other Meetups on various technological and futuristic topics happening at the same time if you like to mingle around.

Please RSVP to the Meetup.


The first meetup in Poland will be in Kraków on Tuesday the 31st of January. You are welcome to join ~dalweb-donfun and ~wistec-bisrum at the Hevre bar from 19:00 for some drinks and good Urbit discussions. Wether you are new to Urbit or already a full-time Hooner be welcome and bring some friends.

Please RSVP to the Meetup.

There is a planet waiting for you at Hevre.


Urbit Meetup - Kraków


The first meetup in Christchurch is at The Lotus Heart on the 28th January at 10:30am.  Stick around afterwards for a drink and bite to eat if you desire.

Please RSVP to the Meetup.  Friends are most welcome!



Please join us for a park meetup (picnic optional!) at Alamo Square Park in San Francisco, on Saturday, 11/19. We'll meet at 1:00PM and stay as long as people want to chat. Bring a jacket and your choice of food/drink.
Interested friends and the Urbit-curious are always welcome!

We'll meet in the SW corner of the park, on Hayes St near the dog area.


Please join us for a park meetup (picnic optional!) at Alamo Square Park in San Francisco, on Saturday, 11/19.

Tlon

Urbit SF Meetup ~2022.11


It's been almost two months since Assembly and the last cohort of Hoon School Live has just finished. The year is drawing to a close and the Urbit developer community is getting bigger every day. This calls for a celebration.

From the 14th through the 18th of November the Urbit Foundation is organizing a week full of announcements, thoughtful conversations, launches, and more.

## Schedule
| Date – Time*   | What                          | Meetup                                                    | Youtube                                              |
|---------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 11/14 – 10:00 | Urbit Foundation              | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289623363/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCxHvkS9o8g ) |
| 11/15 – 10:00 | The Network State's Ministry of Education| [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629398/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTpw2DG6WBc)  |
| 11/15 – 13:00 | Volcano Summit                | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629419/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckFsPr-DXNE)  |
| 11/16 – 08:00 | Encode Club x Urbit Hackathon | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289646836)  | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn_kGE9Ndbw)  |
| 11/16 – 10:00 | Speed Hooning                 | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629435/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRz3s9dQZe8)  |
| 11/17 – 12:00 | Core Roadmap                  | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629450/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaRloyA02Y)  |
| 11/17 – 13:00 | Core Dev AMA                  | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629467/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI_B7H8tSRE)  |
| 11/18 – 10:00 | So you want to work on Urbit? | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629483/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j96Gb6dXaNs)  |
| 11/18 – 12:00 | Engine Pattern                | [here](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629506/) | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4VyW72zX0w)  |

**times are in Pacific Time*

### Developer Week: Urbit Foundation
Want to know what’s new at the Urbit Foundation? On Monday Josh Lehman and Ted Blackman will kick-off Urbit Developer Week with a look back at the first year of the Urbit Foundation’s existence and share some exciting news with you. Make sure to tune in and ask your questions.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289623363/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCxHvkS9o8g )

### Developer Week: The Network State's Ministry of Education
In the last year Hoon Education has taken-off and hundreds of people have gone through Hoon School including Dr. Murphy himself. Tune in to watch the two post-academics talk about education on Urbit, opportunities for developers, and what the future has in store for new Hooners.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629398/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTpw2DG6WBc)  

### Developer Week: Volcano Summit
Assembly is barely two months out and there is already a new event waiting for us. The Urbit Foundation and Tlon have teamed up with AlephDAO to organize a new developer summit. Writing runes in magma has never been so comfortable.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629419/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckFsPr-DXNE)

### Developer Week: Encode Club x Urbit Hackathon
A new Hackathon for developers is being launched in just a few weeks. If you haven’t signed up for it yet, make sure to do so quickly. During this event we will let you know all the ins and outs about the Encode Club x Urbit Hackathon so you are ready to sign up and start preparing. More information about the hackathon can be found [here](https://www.encode.club/urbit-hackathon).

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289646836)  | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn_kGE9Ndbw)

### Developer Week: Speed Hooning with Quartus
Nobody is quicker than Quartus. In this workshop ~rabsef-bicrym will build a reminder application from scratch that integrates with the new %homestead and show you how you can do it as well. Are you up for the challenge?

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629435/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRz3s9dQZe8)

### Developer Week: Core Roadmap
Urbit Core Development is opening up to the world. Want to see where it is going? Join Philip Monk and Ted Blackman to listen to the new vision on core development, their plans for the future and what is in the pipeline already.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629450/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaRloyA02Y)

### Developer Week: Core Dev AMA
Have a burning question for the core developers of Urbit about what's going on or where things are going? Urbit’s core developers will be available to answer any questions you have. Join ~rovnys-ricfer, ~wicdev-wisryt, ~palfun-foslup & ~master-morzod on Thursday right after the Roadmap presentation.  

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629467/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI_B7H8tSRE)

### Developer Week: So you want to work on Urbit?
Just finished Hoon School? Or always wanted to work for an Urbit company but don’t know where to start? In this session ~poldec-tonteg will lead a panel with several Urbit companies about their open positions, hiring strategies, and explain how you can join them.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629483/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j96Gb6dXaNs)

### Developer Week: Engine Pattern
The "engine pattern" in Hoon programs is a newer design pattern that extends working with cores to higher-level domain-specific abstractions. Join Neal Davis and Ted Blackman in their conversation about this little-known piece of magic.

[Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/urbit-sf/events/289629506/) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4VyW72zX0w)



The big winner of our Hackathon will show off herd in this month's developer call. Herd is a dependency management tool for hoon. With herd, you don't have to include all the libraries you use on your application desk; instead, you get them from other desks on your ship. This talk is a walkthrough of creating a desk with herd, adding new dependencies, and running and distributing your application.

~midsum-salrux is a full-stack hoon developer. In addition to herd, he has written tendiebot (a chatbot that fetches stock and crypto prices), faux (a bridge between urbit groups and discord) and tracks (an upcoming dashboard app).


Neal Davis

Developer Call: herd – dependency management


Urbit Foundation and Tlon invite you to an evening at [Bar Continental](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8e3f9b3980826eb5:0x66696deb3877b7b?source=g.page.share) in Bogotá, Colombia. We’ll meet at 8pm for snacks and drinks, and maybe a cigar in the lounge upstairs. Interested friends and the Urbit-curious are always welcome!


Devcon Bogotá: Urbit Meetup Colombia


Last year we showcased the release of software distribution which enabled other developers to use Urbit as infrastructure for their creations. This year we’ll be showcasing an entire ecosystem of New World Energy.

Visit assembly.urbit.org for information on speakers, scheduling, and registration.

Urbit Assembly 2022 is the second ever Urbit confluence coming to you this year from Miami Beach.

Assembly 2022


Josh Lehman, Executive Director of the Urbit Foundation and CoinFund discuss web3 leadership, the importance of community, and  what reimagining the internet means for all of us.


Josh Lehman

CoinFund

CoinFund x Urbit – Rabbit Hole Talk


Join us on September 15th to talk to ~pilwyc-fastec about Communal Computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). ~pilwyc-fastec has been studying how Urbit and Internet of Things (IoT) devices can complement each other securely. Connected devices open up new frontiers of integration and automation, but have tradeoffs in security and control worth considering as users and developers.

~pilwyc-fastec is an IoT hobbyist, smart home enthusiast, Alexa skill builder, and most recently was product manager for the identity platform, biometric recognition machine learning, and voice assistant integration for Facebook’s Portal. He recently published [a blog post on Communal Computing](https://urbit.org/blog/smart-home-of-the-future).

We'll discuss how Urbit and Communal Computing ideas complement each other, and where work remains to be done. The smartest home is one you still control yourself.


Developer Call: Sovereign smart home


~littel-wolfur will be talking about the history and state of %khan, a new thread orchestrator vane in Urbit. He will go over its usage in apps like the discord bot by ~midsum-salrux, how it makes thread interaction much easier, and how future %khan clients will make native noun communication possible. There will be a simple demo of a naive client at the end of the talk.

~littel-wolfur is a longtime Urbit contributor currently working on devex for smart contracts at Uqbar.


Developer Call: The Future of %khan


Please join us for a park meetup (picnic optional!) at Alta Plaza Park in Pacific Heights, SF, on Saturday, 8/27. We'll meet at 1:00PM and stay as long as people want to chat. Bring a jacket and your choice of food/drink.
Interested friends and the Urbit-curious are always welcome!

**Time and date:** 1:00PM, August 27th, 2022

**Place:** Alta Plaza Park, San Francisco, CA


Urbit Outside: Alta Plaza Park


This month ~wolref-podlex of the Urbit Foundation is back with another Fireside Chat. This time to update you on Assembly 2022. Make sure to list your questions upfront via [this form](https://airtable.com/shrAH7d8CAPtp62IA) or ask them during the stream. See you there.


Urbit Fireside Chat #2 – Assembly 2022


Join us this August 4-6, as we launch into the Urbit universe in Cheyenne, Wyoming! Taking place in the historic Colony Building, we are gathering individuals from around the world; community members, projects, and yourself, to learn and discuss what a clean-slate OS & network for the 21st century is all about. Whether you just launched a ship, never heard of urbit or even own a galaxy, we invite all to attend! Food, snacks, drinks and swag will be available for attendees.

## Accommodations

We've partnered with the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham for group rate of $109/night.

Located at 1400 West Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY, 82001 a 5 minute drive to the event. To take advantage of this rate, please call to make your reservations at +1-307-274-4593 and mention 'urbit' as the group name.

## Websites

Urbit: https://www.urbit.org
Tacen: https://www.tacen.com



Join us this August 4-6, as we launch into the Urbit universe in Cheyenne, Wyoming!

Tacen Inc.

Reassembly: an unofficial urbit conference


This week the Urbit Foundation and Uqbar are meeting at the iconic LùBar in Milano! Come by for a drink on Thursday at 19:30 CET. Make sure to RSVP to Thomas if you plan to come to the meetup, let him know via: thomas@urbit.org or ~dalweb-donfun. The spots are limited.

Ci vediamo tutti giovedì!


Urbit Meetup Milano


![Urbit Outside](https://media.urbit.org/meetups/FWW0KPAVsAAuhYs.jpg)

Please join us for a park meetup (picnic optional!) at Alta Plaza Park in Pacific Heights, SF, on Saturday, 7/23. We'll meet at 1:00PM and stay as long as people want to chat. Bring a jacket and your choice of food/drink.
Interested friends and the Urbit-curious are always welcome!

**Time and date:** 13:00, 2022-07-2022

**Place:** Alta Plaza Park, San Francisco, CA



Tlon and the Urbit Foundation are hosting a meetup at Le Comptoir Général. RSVP on the meetup page and come by on Thursday, we will be ready with snacks and a drink.


Urbit Meetup Paris


Holium is one of the rising stars in the Urbit Community. Earlier this year they launched the Ballot app and will have much more to show at [Assembly 2022](https://assembly.urbit.org). Holium is focused on building a full OS experience around communities and DAOs, where the software that the community runs on — think chat, calendar, files, voice and video calls — are integrated in the computing environment like never before. Developers and especially fresh Hoon School grads should keep their eyes on Holium's roadmap, as opportunities to work with them are dropping regularly. On this call, Trent (~lomder-librun) will tell us all about their plans, their roadmap, and how you can help out.

Trent has worked in software for almost a decade. He spent his first 3 years in the corporate world before building various startups. A recent Urbit convert, he believes in a pro-human future and is fighting for humanity to keep its soul as we enter the neon age.


Trent

Developer Call: Holium's Community OS


~wolref-podlex of the Urbit Foundation will be holding monthly “Fireside Chats” to share what’s going on at the Urbit Foundation and network more broadly, and take questions from the community. If you have a suggestion for a topic or already have a question in mind you can ask it [here](https://airtable.com/shrAH7d8CAPtp62IA).


Urbit Fireside Chat #1


The Urbit Foundation is sponsoring a prize in the [HackFS](https://fs.ethglobal.com/) competition with the [InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)](https://ipfs.io/) and [Filecoin](https://filecoin.io/) communities.

IPFS and Filecoin are distributed data storage and access solutions for a decentralized Web.  Building Urbit compatibility tools will lead to new ways of decentralizing file storage and distribution.

- [Urbit challenge](https://ethglobal.com/events/hackfs2022/prizes#urbit)
- [Apply for Hack FS](https://ethglobal.com/auth?use_redirect=events/hackfs2022/apply)


Hackathon: HackFS with ETH Global


This time Tlon’s ~palfun-foslup will join Neal Davis to discuss Urbit’s current terminal stack and the improvements he is building for it. Multiple sessions and apparently a mouse has been spotted in the upcoming release. All in all some very exciting terminal improvements are coming up shortly. For the long-term ~palfun-foslup is aiming towards native UI which he will describe as well. Be sure to join the hangout after the Developer Call to ask ~palfun-foslup everything you want to know.

~palfun-foslup has been part of Tlon for over 4 years and works in the Infrastructure team.


Developer Call: Urbit’s improved Terminal Stack


The theme of this event is “Urbit: the Past and the Future” ~ribben-donnyl will give a talk about the history of Urbit from its accidental leak up to today. We will also discuss visions for the future of Urbit, and how we’d like to get there. If you have an idea on writing code for Urbit (or if you just want to talk Urbit runtime), we’ll have seasoned veterans on hand.

Join the group to discuss logistics, coordinate travel, and whatever’s on your mind: ~ribben-donnyl/no-coast-assembly-22


Urbit No-Coast Weekend Meetup


On the 26th of April the Urbit Foundation is coming to Kingsnight in Amsterdam, we will host you all in one of the oldest Botanical Gardens in the world. A short series of talks will introduce you to the technical background of Urbit, the vision on social computing by ~palfun-foslup from Tlon and an introduction to the first Urbit blockchain by Uqbar.

Bring your orange Tee and we will sort the drinks and lots of cool people, come join us from 18:00 at the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam.


Thomas

Urbit Foundation Meetup - Kingsnight


This time Uqbar’s ~hodzod-walrus will join Neal Davis to discuss Uqbar’s latest developments in building what will be the first Blockchain on Urbit. ~hodzod-walrus will go into Uqbar’s basic outline and how they will make their plans reality. Why their ZK interpreter, Zock, is the perfect form for smart contract integration on Urbit. How they will execute parallel smart contract on Hoon and the endeavours with uHoon.

~hodzod-walrus is a programmer working on Uqbar. Previously he built Pokur as an Urbit Foundation apprenticeship grant. He’s quickly become a Hoon evangelist and hopes to showcase its strengths in the world of smart contracts.


Developer Call: Uqbar and Urbit’s first Blockchain


On April 5th it’s time for the second Swedish Urbit-meetup! The plan for this time is to look a bit more closely at the technical details with ~millyt-dorsen (Founder of Ursverige and urbit.nu) and ~wicrum-wicrun (Dalten Collective and Quartus), as well as reviewing what’s happened online since the last meetup.

**Time and date:** 18:00, 2022-04-05

**Place:** Drottning Victorias Örlogshem, Teatergatan 3, 111 48 Stockholm

No registration is necessary, but if you want to receive emails about any changes as well as future events you can sign up [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSci5wzl1nPK9pe3QOKzc37jrdV7UZp0AT-CBMIyEfhbgZ0VqQ/viewform) (this is not necessary if you have signed up previously). You can also DM ~wicrum-wicrun your email address.

Välkomna / Welcome!


Martin

Urbit Meet-Up Stockholm


Quartus Corp's ~rabsef-bicrym will join Neal Davis to discuss his ongoing endeavours to make useful software on Urbit. ~rabsef will explain three visions Quartus has for Urbit’s use - Urbit as Personal Data Assistant, Urbit as Building a Better Syllogism, and Urbit as STEAM Toy.

~rabsef-bicrym is a long-standing member of the ~dalten Collective. His path to Urbit development is non-traditional, coming from the world of the practice of law prior to working on Urbit. Quartus’s products on Urbit include `%gora` and `%crow`. They’ve also submitted several updates to the main code base including, most recently, an update to the ring signature library.

If you’d like to know more about the work Quartus is doing, join their group at ~mister-hilper-dozzod-dalten/quartus.


Developer Call: Urbit Three Ways with Quartus


We'll discuss mapping out the current Urbit technology complex, how to promote ongoing developer engagement and cultivation, and the upcoming Hoon School Live reboot.

Neal Davis has taught computer science at the University of Illinois since 2015. Trained as a nuclear engineer, he moved through high-performance computing into training engineers to use computers well. He has joined the Urbit Foundation to work on all aspects of our developer experience.

[Sign up for Hoon School Live here](https://hooniversity.org/enroll/).


Neal Davis discusses Urbit education and the upcoming Hoon School Live

Developer Call: Building the Next Developers on Mars


Austin, Texas martians - come hangout and talk Urbit Friday, January 21st at 6:30 pm at Distribution Hall. We will be joined by ~poldec-tonteg, the director of The Combine (the-combine.org), which is the Urbit Foundation's incubator that invests in teams building on Urbit. He will give a presentation around 8pm on The Combine, its purpose and how to get involved as an entrepreneur. It will be followed by a more technical presentation by Edward Amsden (~ritpub-sipsyl), an Urbit kernel developer who is currently rewriting Vere, the Nock run-time environment and Urbit's virtual machine. Team members from many Urbit companies will be in attendance including ~Tirrel, dcSpark, Tlon.io, Urbit Live, Wexpert Systems, Native Planet, and Holium. Hosted by Assembly Capital and the Urbit Foundation.

If you haven't joined the network yet, bring a computer and we will help you get set up. Other than that we'll have some food, beverages and a fire, but be sure to bring a jacket too. See you there!


Meetup: Austin


What is the Urbit??

Philosophers, mathematicians and other timewasters have pondered this tough question for aeons. Many went mad, others grew long beards or even buried themselves alive, thinking the riddle unsolvable. So did we... until now.

Urbit Brisbane are proud to announce that we finally have found an answer: yes, we have figured out what is the Urbit!!

We'd like to share this important knowledge with you, so join us among the fair hills of St Lucia this Friday night. The Secret Venue will be announced on Friday arvo. RSVP and stay tuned to the event page so you don't end up walking around Guyatt Park accosting joggers for clues.

Come along and learn about the Urbit with us. You will gain access to an eldritch power far beyond the frail grasp of worldly things. If that isn't enough to tempt you, we also have beers and pizza with your name on them.\*

\*If your name is Asahi or Godfather Supreme.


Morg R

Meetup: Brisbane Australia


As many of you know, Urbit runs best when hosted, seeing that it's a server and all. The problem of course is that hosting an Urbit ship isn't the easiest of things to do for most people. Hosting Urbit ships in production is actually pretty tough though—doing it right requires wrangling the complexity of traditional "Earth" infrastructure in addition to a strong sense of how Urbit works.

In this call we're joined by Brendan Hay, the lead behind Tlon Hosting, and Lukas Bühler of UrbitHost, in what's sure to be an entertaining and informative conversation. Bren and Lukas have both been the masterminds behind their respective hosting architectures, and were somewhat surprised to learn that they'd independently settled on highly similar architectures.

This will be an unscripted conversation that's sure to span a gamut of topics including, but not limited to: the unique technical challenges of hosting Urbit ships, the upcoming %khan vane, Kubernetes operators, product roadmaps, custodianship of (or plans to do away with) private keys, and probably a ton more.

Hosted by Josh Lehman, the Director of the Urbit Foundation.


Brendan Hay

Lukas Bühler

Developer Call: Running a Hosting Provider


We wish we could get everyone together at once for Assembly, but travel still isn't as easy as we wish it was. For those that can't make it to Assembly, join Urbit Foundation Director and Tlon CPO Josh Lehman for an online-only AMA about Urbit's new software distribution capabilities.


Assembly Software Distribution Q&A Live Stream


Join us for the Assembly 2021 introduction, keynote and demos on Saturday, October 16th. You'll hear from Galen Wolfe-Pauly, Josh Lehman, Edouard Urcades, Jake Miller and Ted Blackman for five separate talks spanning roughly two hours.


Assembly Keynote Live Stream


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Assembly 2021 marks a pivotal moment in Urbit: software distribution. Yes, Urbit is ready to be built upon. We’ll spend three days together doing just that.

- Learn about building applications on Urbit (it’s easy).
- Find out how to work and create on a platform that is fully owned by you.
- Meet with the growing ecosystem of communities and businesses built on Urbit.

If you’re simply into calm computing, well, there will be plenty of that too.

You’ll choose between two tracks:

- Assembly: Assemble software or work together on projects in small groups
- Workshop: A two day workshop taught by Neal Davis, Urbit for Developers


Assembly


Please join us for a deep dive into Urbit Visor, a brand new web extension which transforms your browser into a first class Urbit client. Robert Kornacki from dcSpark will be taking viewers step-by-step through the history of how Urbit Visor came to be, starting off with his initial work on the Rust airlock implementation, moving into Login With Urbit, and finally arriving at the final product of Urbit Visor that we have today.

From there Robert will hit on many topics including:

- Live demonstration of how Urbit Visor works
- How Urbit Visor improves and increases the security of the Landscape login experience
- An overview of the first Urbit Web App: Urbit Dashboard
- Ship hot-swapping
- Streamlining the developer experience for any JS/TS dev to jump into the ecosystem and start building immediately
- UV Extensions and how they will allow Urbit and the current web to integrate seamlessly
- The long term goals and vision of Urbit Visor

Robert Kornacki (~mocrux-nomdep) is CSO at dcSpark and has been in the Urbit ecosystem since 2019. Robert has significant experience working in the crypto industry over the past several years, developing tooling and smart contract protocols which hold millions of dollars of assets to this day.

Hosted by Josh Lehman, the Director of the Urbit Foundation.


Urbit Visor transforms your browser into a first-class Urbit client

Robert Kornacki

Developer Call: Urbit Visor - Transforming the Web Browser Into an Urbit Client


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For our second post-Covid Urbit IRL, we're heading to the East Bay!

Please join us at Sibley Preserve for a hangout and (optional) hike.

We'll meet at the Sibley Staging Area at 3:00PM, and leave for a casual walk to the caldera and labyrinth at 4:00PM.

Hiking shoes, snacks, water, and picnic blankets/chairs are encouraged! There are restrooms and water at the Staging Area.

Please join the channel 'Urbit Outside ~[masked]' in ~bitbet-bolbel/urbit-community to get in touch with the gang.


Urbit Outside


ETH Gas prices are too high! The growth of Urbit has been greatly hampered this year by the cost of activating planets. Join Philip Monk (`~wicdev-wisryt`) and the entire L2 team as they present the work completed to date to implement Layer 2 naive rollups. Come see a demo of the new Bridge front end, first migrating a star and spawning some planets, then activating a planet, all on L2.

This call will be a great opportunity for galaxy owners to get their questions answered for the upcoming vote on Layer 2 implementation. It will also be good for anyone in the community that wants a comprehensive look at how naive rollups will work to bring down planet activation costs. If you're technically inclined, be sure to check out [Philip's walkthrough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQdqCwYIBoU) of the naive rollup code ahead of time so you can ask questions.


Discussion of Layer 2 Architecture and Implementation

Jimmy Young

 Jose Cisneros

 Tom Holford

 Mark

 Poprox

 Will Galebach

Philip Monk

Developer Call: Azimuth, Scaled


This week Jake Miller (~littel-wolfer) will be giving us a look at his development process, walking through his "urbit-emacs" setup and how he uses org-mode and tmux for hoon development. He'll also be giving us a quick demo of his work-in-progress Roam importer.

Jake considers himself a recovering Fintech engineer currently working at Tlon. He is interested in building learning systems and tools in Urbit.

Please join us for Happy Hour after the talk to ensure all your burning yakshaving questions get answered.


A look at ~littel-wolfer's Hoon development setup

Jake Miller

Developer Call: Urbit Yakshaving


Please join us for a look behind the curtain at the Urbit Runtime. Host Ted Blackman (~rovnys-ricfer) will be interviewing Joe Bryan (~master-morzod). Topics will include event log truncation, plans for storing more than 2GB, multithreading implementation, and much more.

Ted Blackman (~rovnys-ricfer) has worked on Urbit since 2017, mostly on the kernel, with forays into the runtime and userspace. Before Urbit, he worked in sensor fusion, robotics, web development, distributed systems, and data engineering. He has a degree in physics from MIT.

As always, join us for happy hour after the talk.


The current and future thinking about the Urbit runtime

Joe Bryan

Ted Blackman

Developer Call: The Urbit Runtime and its Future


The Urbit community has grown at a rapid clip throughout 2021. There are so many exciting things going on that it's hard to convey them all, even with Developer Calls happening every two weeks. This event will function as a virtual "mini-conference" where we'll give a series of important and exciting announcements, including both formal and informal talks from many members of our community.

Here's a rundown of what we'll be discussing:

## Introduction: State of the Network

_12:00 PDT, Josh Lehman_

Urbit is under heavy, active development by both Tlon and a wide range of contributors. Josh Lehman will discuss some of the most important areas of work being undertaken, provide a picture of where Tlon and community efforts are going in the future, and even has a few exciting announcements to make.

## Taisho, Urbit's Port City

_~12:20 PDT, Hunter Miller_

Piloting an Urbit ship requires expertise that many lack. To achieve the rich and prosperous ecosystem we've all envisioned requires making that journey easier. In this talk, Hunter Miller introduces a new way for users to join the network with minimal effort.

## Keynote: The Revenge of Teleology

_~13:00 PDT, Justin Murphy_

Teleology—or inquiry into ultimate ends—has been out of fashion since the seventeenth century, when Francis Bacon said that, “like a virgin consecrated to God,” it “produces nothing.” I argue that the digital revolution is inverting Bacon’s claim. Baconian instrumentalism is now suffering from diminishing returns—it is what the youth today call a Boomer Ideology. Rather, the greatest gains are going to individuals and communities with teleological attitudes. This talk will observe some examples and present a model consistent with the observations. Bitcoin inquires after the telos of money, the most winning independent “content creators” inquire after the telos of media, and Urbit inquires after the telos of personal computing.

## Lightning Talks

_14:00 PDT, you?_

After the scheduled talks we'll break out into a series of 30 minute talks led by community members. There will be up to three talks given in parallel at each of 14:00 PDT, 14:30 PDT and 15:00 PDT (so nine talks total).

If you'd like to give a talk, please use [this form to sign up](https://airtable.com/shr0Xmqcv1HSy47EP). You can see the full list of [proposed talks here](https://airtable.com/shreGQ4kCU8RA5GJS/tblTZxCpqedJBwSkE), and if you'd like to voice your support for any of these specifically, [cast a vote using this form](https://airtable.com/shrhNRUAGCqZ38VXA).


A virtual mini-conference for the Urbit community featuring a special keynote talk from our friend Justin Murphy.

Hunter Miller

Justin Murphy

Town Hall


Building solid networking infrastructure has been a major focus of the Urbit project since its inception. There's a lot going on under the hood
that ensures our servers reliably stay connected. Liam Fitzgerald (~hastuc-dibtux) will be explaining how Urbit is able to deploy changes without breaking the network. Anyone designing userspace applications will be interested in the approach he has designed.

Liam is an Interface Engineer working at Tlon working on the Landscape team. He will be discussing networking userspace applications in depth and going into detail about the new versioning system.

As usual, there will be an opportunity to jump on the call with us afterward to ask questions and hang out.


Versioned Networking for Application Developers

Liam Fitzgerald

Developer Call: P2P Versioned Networking


Video chat on Urbit? It's nearly here using the WebRTC protocol. Edward Amsden (`~ritpub-sipsyl`) will be giving us a look at the WebRTC Airlock library that he has developed that handles all the hard parts of WebRTC. This will allow developers to simply call or answer calls by ship or app name. Edward will also be giving us a live text-based demo of WebRTC on urbit. Please join us for an exciting presentation.

Edward is a software developer and the principal of Black River Software LLC. He has several years experience building both backend and IoT software in Haskell, and in particular building IoT control and software deployment infrastructure. He also has academic background in programming language research.

As usual, there'll be an opportunity to jump on the call with us afterward to ask questions and hang out.

## Resources

- [Urbit WebRTC on GitHub](https://github.com/black-river-software/urbit-webrtc)
- Check out WebRTC progress reports on `~ritpub-sipsyl/webrtc-on-urbit`


Video chat on Urbit? It's nearly here with WebRTC.

Edward Amsden

Developer Call: Real-Time Communication on Urbit


Bitcoin is coming to Urbit! With the upcoming release of the Bitcoin Wallet, you will be able to pay Urbit ships directly with BTC.

We’d like to take a moment to show it off, and discuss the future of commerce on Urbit. First, Christian and Josh will demo the wallet, then, our good friend Marty Bent will moderate a panel with Christian, Tim, and Ed. We will have time at the end for questions.

The event will have a live stream on Youtube, and a live-chat on Urbit, links to come.

Join the Bitcoin dev conversation in the Urbitcoiners group: [~pindet-timmut/urbitcoin-cash](web+urbitgraph://group/~pindet-timmut/urbitcoiners)


Bitcoin is coming to Urbit! With the upcoming release of the Bitcoin Wallet, you will be able to pay Urbit ships directly with BTC.

Marty Bent

Urbit Foundation

Bitcoin Launch


Some exciting work has been going on behind the scenes to provide the foundation for 3rd party software distribution. In this talk Phil (~wicdev-wisryt) and Raghu (~sovmep-ripsum) will discuss the work they've been doing to clay to provide "virtual desks"—an integral part of the infrastructure needed to have safe, generic software distribution.

Raghu is a software engineer at Hudson River Trading who is perhaps best known for his work on ucal, the Urbit calendar application. The work he's doing with Phil on virtual desks is being done through our Scholarships program, in which community developers pair up with Tlon infrastructure engineers to work on infrastructure projects. We'll spend some time at the beginning of the call to introduce Raghu and hear about his experience working on the Urbit kernel.

As usual, there'll be an opportunity to jump on the call with us afterward to ask questions and hang out.

## Resources

- [Original mailing list discussion of 3rd party software distribution](https://groups.google.com/a/urbit.org)
- [ucal](https://github.com/taalhavras/ucal)


Some exciting work has been going on behind the scenes to provide the foundation for 3rd party software distribution.

Raghu

 Philip Monk

Developer Call: 3rd Party Software Distribution


Urbit provides a powerful and extensible platform for all kinds of app development. It can serve as a general-purpose datastore, decentralized network, and identity solution for a variety of front-end applications. The client that ships with Urbit, Landscape, provides one example of the kind of applications that can be built on the platform. However, other developers can use the same tools used to create Landscape to power their own interfaces and clients for Urbit.

Tyler Brown Cifu Shuster (~radbur-sivmus) has worked with the Landscape team over the past few months to extract these tools into reusable Javascript packages. In this talk, he will explain how to use them to develop a client for Urbit independent of Landscape. He will cover the basic lifecycle of a client and explain how Javascript interface and state frameworks pair with Urbit's data model.

This talk should enable anyone familiar with modern Javascript development and HTTP grammar to build an application on top of Urbit without writing any back-end code.


In this talk, Tyler Brown Cifu Shuster (~radbur-sivmus) explains how to use Javascript tools to develop a client for Urbit.

Tyler Brown Cifu Shuster

Mike Osborne

Developer Call: JavaScript Apps on Urbit


Landscape was an experiment. Now it’s Tlon's flagship client for the Urbit project: a product, a full-stack application, spread across a variety of Gall agents and libraries, lighting the way forward against the dwindling unknowns in the reality of Urbit userspace development and distribution.

Matilde Park, Landscape team lead, talks about the distinctions between the Landscape product and basic Urbit development, and the significance of building Landscape for Tlon — the role of “high-pressure experiments” in forcing our computer toward something rock-hard, diamond-perfect. With a few examples of ongoing deployments, she also outlines the problems being solved right now and the ones still a touch further out.

As usual, join us after the talk on the call to ask questions and hang out.


Matilde Park, Landscape team lead, talks about the distinctions between the Landscape product and basic Urbit development, and the significance of building Landscape for Tlon.

Matilde Park

Developer Call: Pressure and Protolith


Urbit engineer Philip Monk will be discussing the solution space to scaling Azimuth, the infrastructure for Urbit ID that's built on Ethereum.

Unless you're living under a rock, you know that Ethereum is thoroughly congested and, as a result the cost of working with it is quite high. Most pertinently for Urbit, this means that the cost of bringing new planets onto the network is unacceptably high.

Phil has been doing a ton of research for the past few months on different approaches to scaling Azimuth. In this talk, he'll lay out the what's been explored so far, the relevant considerations for Urbit, and the emerging solutions that are being pursued.

As usual, this talk will feature a presentation, a Q&amp;A period and a follow-up video call that anyone from the audience can join.

See you there!


Urbit

Developer Call: Scaling Azimuth


Tlon Engineer Philip Monk is interviewed by Poprox in an "Architectural Idea Maze" discussion, where Phil will discuss the choices made, and possibly more importantly, the choices _not_ made in the design of a component of Urbit. In this discussion, Phil will be focusing on subscriptions in all their forms throughout Urbit.

Developer calls are focused on the technologies that underpin Urbit, from the top of the stack to the very bottom. They’re an opportunity for the people developing and contributing to Urbit to share their knowledge and expertise, including things that typically don’t make it into the docs, such as how and why Urbit works the way it does.

The livestream will be held on YouTube, and a group video call will be made available via Google Meet after the talk for casual discussion and in-person conversation.


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