Claude Waterloo·2026.04.28
claude code for everyone · #03
Welcome back.
Six lightning demos. Two rounds. Pizza in the middle.
● Tue Apr 28 · 5:30–8:00pm
Builders Club · Kitchener
~ third time, real community ~
live demo night
a full house
a room that builds
workshop energy
~/claude-waterloo01
Claude Waterloo·tonight's room
look around
Engineers, founders, designers, students, operators.
builders
People who ship
Engineers and founders running Claude in production.
operators
People who run things
PMs, ops, consultants. Wiring Claude into how teams actually work.
curious
People figuring it out
Students, career-switchers. "I just signed up last week."
$ whoami --everyone02
Claude Waterloo·feedback loop
we heard you
Less hyper-technical.
More "I could do that."
- This room is broader than any one track. Tonight is intentionally wider.
- Theme: Claude beyond the IDE. Workflows, internal tools, comms, prototypes.
- Six 10-minute demos. If one loses you, the next is ten minutes away.
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Claude Waterloo·tonight
the evening
How tonight runs.
5:00Arrivals & networking~30 min
5:30Opening remarks that's now~5 min
5:35Lightning Round 1 · 3 demos~40 min
6:15Pizza break & networking~30 min
6:45Lightning Round 2 · 3 demos~45 min
7:30Open networking · stay as long as you likeuntil close
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Claude Waterloo·why we keep doing this
three events in
Why we keep doing this.
repeat attendees
People who came back
Some of you are at your third event. You're back because of who you met last time, not because of the agenda.
real talk
Not theory. Practice.
The people in this room are running Claude on real work. Ask them what's broken, what's working, what they'd do differently.
cross-pollination
Perspectives you don't have
Engineers, founders, designers, students. Each one is using Claude for something you haven't thought of yet.
~ this is why the community part matters more than the demos ~
not a conference. a community.05
Claude Waterloo·section
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since we last met · mar 26 → apr 28
A lot happened.
In 33 days: a new flagship model, a new product, two Claude Code modes you'll actually use, and a protocol that became an industry standard.
diff main..HEAD06
Claude Waterloo·anthropic shipped
april 2026 · the past 33 days
Anthropic shipped.
april 8 → 1707
Claude Waterloo·spotlight · claude design
apr 17 · anthropic labs · research preview
Claude Design.
Plain English to slides, mockups, prototypes.
~ skip the Figma starting point ~
cream stamp
terminal
round three
anthropic.com/news/claude-design08
Claude Waterloo·one to watch
apr 7 · gated research preview
And one to watch.
the model
Claude Mythos Preview
A new general-purpose model. Strikingly strong at security tasks. The first time Anthropic has positioned a model around defensive cyber.
the program
Project Glasswing
Anthropic's effort to harden the world's most critical software and prepare the industry to keep ahead of attackers.
~ FYI only. Invitation-only, can't try it yet, won't change your week ~
anthropic.com/glasswing09
Claude Waterloo·claude code
claude code itself
Claude Code, post-March.
- Auto mode. Let Claude run continuously; a classifier handles permissions so safe actions don't interrupt.
- Computer use in the CLI. Claude opens native apps, clicks UI, verifies changes from your terminal.
- Ultraplan (preview). Draft a plan in the cloud, review in a web editor, run remote or pull it back local.
- Monitor tool + /loop + /team-onboarding. Tail logs live; self-pace tasks; package your setup as a replayable guide.
code.claude.com/whats-new10
Claude Waterloo·the space
the space around claude
MCP became the standard.
adoption
Everyone joined
OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, AWS. All support MCP. Table stakes.
governance
Linux Foundation
New Agentic AI Foundation anchors MCP. The boring stuff that makes it last.
2026 roadmap
Production gaps
Audit trails, enterprise auth, gateways. From "can we?" to "at scale?"
what it means
Pick once, ship many
Your MCP server works for Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Bedrock.
modelcontextprotocol.io11
Claude Waterloo·so what
so what
The shape of the work changed.
- Can the model run the workflow? Not assist. Run it.
- Can a non-engineer build the internal tool? The gap is collapsing.
- Can my team adopt this without a six-month rollout? Ergonomics > raw capability now.
~ that's why we're here ~
// the thesis12
Claude Waterloo·section
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six demos · two rounds · ten minutes each
Tonight's lineup.
Hold questions for the break, or grab the presenter at the end.
$ ls demos/13
Claude Waterloo·round 1
lightning round 1 · 5:35pm
First three.
demo 01 · 10 min
Sarah Kerr
Everyday Claude. Research, analysis, drafting, customer-discovery sourcing.
demo 02 · 10 min
Joseph Fung
Pulse, his personal social-media coordinator. A production app run by a CEO, not a developer.
demo 03 · 10 min
Shristi Gartaula
A live design-feedback site. Claude Code + Supabase. Audience comments in real time.
round 1 · accessible first14
Claude Waterloo·break
~30 min · 6:15pm
🍕 Pizza.
Talk to someone.
The good stuff happens between the talks. Find someone you don't know.
~ go on, introduce yourself ~
$ sleep 1800 # 30 min15
Claude Waterloo·round 2
lightning round 2 · 6:45pm
Last three.
demo 04 · 10 min
Karthik Manoharan
Construction design through conversation. Claude Code CLI, spec-driven, skills + hooks.
demo 05 · 10 min
Artem Zhutov
Automated social publishing. Writes in Obsidian. Claude posts to LinkedIn, Substack, X. No tabs.
demo 06 · 10 min
Babajide Okusanya
A concierge MCP + Managed Agent. Frontend changes that understand the backend.
round 2 · deeper after pizza16
Claude Waterloo·venue
~ thanks for the room ~
Builders Club
A 24/7 coworking spot at 165 King W for people actually building. Weekly "let's demo stuff", no pitch theatre, no demo days you didn't ask for.
~ ask about a tour ~
buildersclub.ca · 165 King St W
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Claude Waterloo·stay in touch
stay in the loop
See you in May.
Two QR codes. One for the site, one to subscribe on Luma.
claude-waterloo.ca
the website
luma.com/claude-code-waterloo
subscribe for #04
~ a community meetup, not affiliated with Anthropic... yet ~
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