Gifts

I’ve added a new page for virtual events
improved the layout on mobile
I took a little troubleshooting journey into figuring out why NovaLUG events weren’t working– and now DC Tech Events can handle iCal recurrence rules AND calendars can have a url_override, which in this case is because the NovaLUG iCal feed was sending the URL for the location (and not a correct one), in which case the main “meetings” page is the most useful place to send people.

Without saying the “v” word, with LLM coding assistance I recently experimented with a couple of more ambitious visions for this site and codebase: for example, expanding into a broader network of similar sites for different cities, and/or making DC Tech Events more of an active community hub and meetup.com alternative. Ultimately, I decided against both. I enjoy the simplicity of the current site, and I don’t want a web project that east more of my time and attention. My hobby is making games, not websites.

I do intend to keep running it in it’s current state. It still helps me find events, either directly, or when I occasionally go looking for events and groups to add.