April 2026 Meetup Minutes
April 25, 2026
Date & Time
- 25th April 2026
- 3:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Hosts
- Shrayas
- Rengaraj
Venue
Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall,
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
C.I.T Campus, 4th Cross Street,
Taramani, Chennai - 600113
Schedule
- Introductions (10 min)
- Technical Sessions (Approx. 90 min)
- Networking over Tea (20 min)
- Lightning Talks (30 min)
- Discussions & Wrap-up (15 min)
Talk Details
1. Session by Shrayas
Topic: Strongerr.in & Agentic Engineering
- Introduced his project Strongerr.in, focused on gym-centric solutions.
- Contributed 466 commits and worked approximately 80 hours.
Key Principles of Agentic Engineering:
- Learn to steer LLMs effectively (Start with Why?)
- Set clear intentions (Sycophancy in LLMs)
- Move beyond web interfaces (Tool calling)
- Be mindful of context (LLMs have fixed limits)
- Plan extensively
- Externalize the stack
- Be willing to rebuild (Code is cheap)
“The future of programming is agentic.”
2. Session by Rengaraj
Topic: The Magic of Generators
- Explained Python generators and why certain code may hang.
- Generators process data one at a time and give better control.
Key Points:
Generator pipelines (generator → generator)
Compared generators vs loops:
- Similar execution time
- Better memory efficiency and lazy loading
Suggested learning from David Beazley
Networking Session
- Informal networking
- Tea break
3. Session by Guru Vigneshwaran
Topic: What is Time?
- Explained clock synchronization in distributed systems
- Demonstrated
datetime.now()limitations
Key Concepts:
- Monotonic vs Real-time clock
- Clock issues:
- Drift
- Offset
- Jitter
- Skew
Algorithms & Protocols:
Cristian’s Algorithm
Berkeley Algorithm
NTP (Network Time Protocol)
PTP (Precision Time Protocol)
Explained why physical time is not enough
Included a demo
4. Lightning Talks
Manjari Bagchi
- Spoke about precise clocks (Rubidium clock)
- Discussed:
- Dead stars
- Inverted gravity
- Mentioned SKAO and SKA India
Praveen
- Demo on Windows on Linux
- Explained Linux graphics stack
Closing
- Group photo session
- Meetup ended at 6:15 PM