Full Stack DFW
![TODAY 1/18 at 12:30PM CT: ChatGPT....Say What? ā Large Learning Models with Eric Wright](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/826394/twenty_by_nine_extra_large_5ee470d0-ef14-49d4-be7c-69c05c3a7271.png)
TODAY 1/18 at 12:30PM CT: ChatGPT....Say What? ā Large Learning Models with Eric Wright
The end of 2022 saw a frenzy of hype around ChatGPT and language learning models (LLMs) in general. So join us for this Lunch'n'Learn with Eric Wright, a data scientist at Microsoft, who will lead us through a nuts-and-bolts discussion of transformers, "the bitter lesson," and more.
Eric Wright works as a data scientist at Microsoft where he has been a member of the Azure Machine Learning team and focused on time-series forecasting applications. He has a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas where he wrote software to detect muons.
DFW Tech
![Starting the Conversation: Tech Ethics: WWCode Global Partner Event , Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 11:00 AM | Meetup](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/825395/twenty_by_nine_extra_large_ec72e041-ba73-4e54-a5f1-ca0e49759b81.jpeg)
Starting the Conversation: Tech Ethics: WWCode Global Partner Event , Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 11:00 AM | Meetup
Ethical issues in tech, and learn to keep the conversation going in your own tech followed by an in-person mentoring session in the evening with Women Who Code
![Virtual Meet and Exciting Projects at Code for Dallas, Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:00 PM | Meetup](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/826445/twenty_by_nine_extra_large_0bbfe1cd-fcc0-44ba-9667-16e0c3ee7476.jpeg)
Virtual Meet and Exciting Projects at Code for Dallas, Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Check out this eventing virtual meet and greet with Code for Dallas.
DFW
![The Bill of Rights Applies Even If You Are Poor](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/826402/twenty_by_nine_extra_large_36b0c798-f297-49fa-bf8a-376debed76a1.jpeg)
The Bill of Rights Applies Even If You Are Poor
Criminalizing panhandling does nothing to solve the problem of poverty in Dallas.
![Texas Legislature 101: Understanding the state government and how it passes laws](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/824567/original_ratio_extra_large_fa58b7ee-e517-47e3-8dbf-f93e743cdf10.png)
Texas Legislature 101: Understanding the state government and how it passes laws
A refresher for those of us who can't remember Texas Legislature week in our high school government class.
Tech
![Enums vs Check Constraints in Postgres](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/824569/original_ratio_extra_large_d230949f-e0bb-4da6-a72f-068c9608beff.png)
Enums vs Check Constraints in Postgres
Check constraints provide the same functionality as enums in Postgres with more flexibility.
![Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem - module resolution](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/826393/original_ratio_extra_large_2c55011b-fa17-4771-9613-06b1756e95f5.png)
Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem - module resolution
Marvin Hagemeist on some overlooked areas where we can improve the performance of our Javascript projects.