Bring what you're building

Cascadia Builders Club is a Pacific Northwest community for people building hardware and software. This is show-and-tell for builders: In this meetup, a handful of local builders take the floor for short, hands-on demos of what they're actually making (startups, apps, hardware, side projects, tools), and then we hang out and meet the people behind the work. No pitch, no hype reels, just real things and the people making them.

Come see what's being built around the north bank of the Columbia, ask questions, and find your people.

Want to demo?We're looking for builders to show what they're working on, hardware or software, shipped or half-built. Demos run about 10-15 minutes.

Demos this month

Support Oregon’s Next Generation of Innovators

Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program (ORTOP) brings hands-on FIRST robotics and STEM experiences to thousands of students across Oregon. These programs help students build technical, teamwork, and problem-solving skills while introducing them to education and career pathways in Oregon’s growing industries. We invite the tech community to partner with us in developing local talent and helping young people see a future for themselves here in Oregon.

ORTOP board member Aaryn Curl will share a quick look at the current FIRST robotics season and the many ways you can get involved. Whether you have a few hours to volunteer, want to mentor a team, or work for a company looking for a meaningful way to invest in STEM education and Oregon’s future workforce, there is a place for you.

Come learn how you can help inspire and support Oregon’s next generation of innovators, engineers, technologists, and problem-solvers.

Colin McPike: Pike & Main is a mobile marketplace built exclusively for independent brick-and-mortar stores, helping shoppers find and buy from businesses in communities they want to support.Bio: Colin is the founder of Pike & Main. A product manager and former value engineer, he builds tools that help independent local retailers and makers get found.

Paul Steckler will demo Daubee, an Excel add-in to check the consistency of units of measure in spreadsheets. It's based on a research paper from 2004 which described a prototype.

Bio: Paul is a retired Computer Scientist, working mostly withfunctional programming languages (Scheme/Racket, OCaml, Haskell) in academic and commercial settings. In retirement, working on pet projects and struggling to keep pace with AI.

Even if you would not like to be in the formal demo lineup, we encourage you to show up ready to share/show what apps and/or hardware you are hacking on. We have plenty of space and time after the demos to show what you are working on. For presentations, projector and screen is available. If your demo requires anything additional, connect with Sam and we will do our best to accommodate.

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The evening

  • 5:00 to 5:30: Doors, snacks, and networking

  • 5:30 to 6:30: Builder demos

  • 6:30 to 7:30: Open networking (+ ad-hoc demoing, show us what your tinkering with)

Light snacks and beverages provided. Bring yourself, a friend, and anything you're building.

Sponsored by North Bank Innovations, Tissue.dev and Altered Craft .

🚗 Plenty of free parking

Enter off 34th st, There will be staff at the entrance (the North Bank entrance, not the VIC)

We are on the second floor. Stairs and elevator to the left as you go past the entry lobby. Look North Bank Innovations signs.

Look for the yellow flag 🟨