Humans & Computers Club is inspired by the Homebrew Computer Club, established in 1975.

Before, the computing landscape was shifting from the industrial mainframe to the personal computer. The Homebrew Computer Club brought together hobbyists to share projects and exchange ideas.

Half a century later, we find ourselves in a moment that rhymes. Artificial intelligence research takes place in labs, yet the technologies that have percolated outward are finding a verdant playground in the work of true hobbyists.

Thus, Humans & Computers Club was born.

INAUGURAL EVENT

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We are marking the beginning of HCC with an evening of demos. The line up so far is:

  1. Filip Pizlo
    Leads the Verse virtual machine team at Epic Games. Former manager of the JavaScriptCore team at Apple and longtime WebKit contributor. Creator of Fil-C.
  2. Cheng Lou
    Early member of React, ReasonML, ReScript, Facebook Messenger, and Midjourney.
  3. Gray Crawford
    Designer at Luma AI. Previously an interaction design engineer at Leap Motion / Ultraleap. Also makes electronic music under the name Optia.
  4. Riley Walz
    Member of the technical staff at OpenAI. Creator of Jmail, IMG_0001, Bop Spotter, and Find My Parking Cops, among other experimental web projects.
  5. Melissa Du
    Researcher at Fundamental Research Labs, core contributor to Jmail, and creator of Jwiki.

When: March 17, 2026 at 7 PM PST

Where: Pebblebed, 1417 15th St, San Francisco, CA 94103. View on Google Maps

Special thanks to Keith Adams and Pamela Vagata, who are kindly hosting.

Sign up if you can so we can include you on the guest list for archival purposes. Otherwise, we're excited to see you there!

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