TONIGHT! Join Saint Petersburg AI Collaborative Intelligence Group for an interactive 2-hour workshop that will change how you think about building software! Ever wondered how Netflix builds features in weeks instead of months? Or how startups with small teams compete with tech giants?

The secret is multi-agent coding – where specialized AI agents work alongside human experts to dramatically accelerate development while improving quality.

Details here:
https://www.meetup.com/saint-petersburg-ai-collaborative-intelligence-group/events/313158240/

Welcome to the working week! Here’s what’s happening in Tampa bay’s tech, entrepreneur, and nerd scene this week. Find your events, find your people, make some opportunities, and #MakeItTampaBay!

https://www.globalnerdy.com/2026/02/13/tampa-bay-tech-entrepreneur-and-nerd-events-list-monday-february-16-sunday-february-22/

Sunday is “opinion” picdump day on the “Accordion Guy” blog. These four are just a sample — click here to see the full set: https://www.joeydevilla.com/2026/02/15/sunday-picdump-for-sunday-february-15/

First draft of the title card for a video coming to the Global Nerdy YouTube channel next week!

https://www.youtube.com/@globalnerdy

Saturday’s the day I post the “work- and tech-related” picdump to Global Nerdy! Here’s a sample; find the rest here: https://www.globalnerdy.com/2026/02/14/saturday-picdump-for-saturday-february-14/

This screenshot is another regular reminder from Yours Truly that the LLM isn’t always right, but the final decision is ALWAYS yours. Sometimes, you need to sass back — not necessarily to get better results, ***but to remind yourself not to abdicate completely to AI.***

https://www.globalnerdy.com/2026/02/13/remember-to-occasionally-sass-back-at-llms/

Next week in Tampa Bay’s tech scene features a “Thursday for the Thirsty,” where there’ll be A LOT of events on the same evening. Wondering what they are? Check out the “official unofficial” list of Tampa Bay tech events and find out!

https://www.globalnerdy.com/2026/02/13/tampa-bay-tech-entrepreneur-and-nerd-events-list-monday-february-16-sunday-february-22/

Current status: CODING (and scribbling some quick notes for a later client presentation on said code)! I’ve already made a 500% speed improvement on one part of an MCP server for an AI data platform; trying to see if I can beat that improvement on another part of the server.

Making a quick pre-lunch run to this place, which is (thankfully) not too far from home.

Discord announced that they’ll treat you as a teen user by default unless you submit some PII to prove you’re an adult for full access. But just a few months ago, they disclosed that they’d been breached, and about 70K users may have had their sensitive data exposed.

(And yes, this pic is also going in Saturday’s picdump.)

More here: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/discord_demands_id_proof_of_age/

Here’s your first warning.

This one’s going in Saturday’s picdump on Global Nerdy, but it’s too good (and too inspiring!) not to share RIGHT NOW. I’m dedicating it to everyone who’s going through “one of those weeks.”

Time for the Sunday “opinion” picdump, and there are TWO of them this week! These four are just a sample; find the rest here:

✅ Part 1: https://www.joeydevilla.com/2026/02/08/sunday-picdump-for-sunday-february-8-part-1/

✅ Part 2: https://www.joeydevilla.com/2026/02/08/sunday-picdump-for-sunday-february-8-part-2/

It’s Saturday, which means it’s time for Global Nerdy’s weekly work- and tech-related “picdump,” a collection of images that I found interesting or relevant this week. These four are just a sample — click the link for the full set!

https://www.globalnerdy.com/2026/02/07/saturday-picdump-for-saturday-february-7/

Here’s the list featuring the upcoming week’s tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events and meetups happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas! Compiled with the help of Python, AI, and good ol’ personal connections, it’s for keeping us techies and nerds here in “The Other Bay Area” connected.

I hope you find it useful! Here’s the list:
https://www.globalnerdy.com/2026/02/06/tampa-bay-tech-entrepreneur-and-nerd-events-list-monday-february-9-sunday-february-15/

This is going in Saturday’s picdump, but it’s too good not to share now.

How upset is Sam Altman about Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads for Claude? Upset enough to call them “authoritarian,” in the same way a tween would call their parents “fascist” because they wouldn’t give them permission to go to a slumber party.

I’ve collected them all here:
globalnerdy.com/2026/02/05/claudes-super-bowl-ads-are-so-funny-that-sam-altmans-crashing-out-over-them/

It’s a shame that I can attend only one meetup at a time! I’m at the PT8N (Power Testmation) presentation at the joint Tampa Bay QA Meetup / Tampa Bay AI Meetup at the ECC, with Andres Castaneda presenting.

There’s a story behind this bumper sticker. I’ll explain later.

“Kid Rock” is the *perfect* nickname for Epstein’s island.