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Monthly Meetup — April 2026

Vibe Coding &
Web App Development with AI

📅Monday 6 April 2026 — 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM NZST
📍EPIC Innovation Centre 78–100 Manchester St, Christchurch
🎟Free — RSVP on Meetup

You don't need to write code to build software anymore. You need to know what you want to build and how to describe it clearly — and AI handles the rest.

This month's Christchurch AI meetup is for anyone who's curious about building real tools and web apps with AI assistance — whether you're a developer looking to move faster, or a non-technical professional who's never written a line of code.

The Talks

Talk 1

From SOP to Web App
(No Developers Required)

Greg Dickson

Standard Operating Procedures exist in almost every organisation — step-by-step guides for how things get done. Greg will show how you can transform those SOPs into fully functional web applications using AI, without writing a single line of code yourself.

If you've got processes that should be software but the cost and complexity of development has kept them as Word docs, this talk is for you.

Talk 2

Vibe Coding with Claude

Caelan Huntress

Vibe coding is building software by describing what you want — in plain language — and watching it become working code. No syntax to memorise. No debugging rabbit holes. Just clear communication between you and an AI that knows how to build things.

Caelan will demonstrate vibe coding live using Claude, showing how to go from an idea to a working application in a single session. Expect something to be built on stage.

Who Should Come

  • Business owners with processes that should be software
  • Developers curious about AI-assisted coding workflows
  • Anyone who's wanted to build a tool but been blocked by technical complexity
  • Product managers and operations people tired of manual workarounds
  • The curious — you don't need any technical background to get value from this

Format

Doors open at 5:30 PM for networking. Talks begin at 6:00 PM. Q&A and further networking until 8:00 PM. Free to attend — bring a colleague.

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