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**Author:** [@system](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/welcome-to-the-catholic-computing-club-forum/7 "2019-12-07T22:58:29Z")
This is a group for Catholics who want to delve into the intersection of their Faith and the technology that they work on every day. Take part in discussions and presentations or collaborate on personal side projects. No… --- ## [Houston - Taking a Hiatus](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-taking-a-hiatus/72)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-taking-a-hiatus/72 "2024-01-11T14:55:15Z")
The Catholic computing club in Houston has made the hard decision to suspend meeting indefinitely. There are a significant number of challenges that the group has been facing, and so we figured that it was better to ceas… --- ## [Houston - GPTs and Reality](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-gpts-and-reality/71)
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GPTs and Reality Description Large Language Models and other advances in the realm of Artificial Intelligence continues to conquer intellectual areas that previously were considered only possible for humans. Should we be… --- ## [Houston - Partnering on Presentations](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-partnering-on-presentations/70)
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Presentation Patterns Description In our knowledge economy, presentations are a common method for sharing information to large and small audiences. This sometimes leads to situations where the presenter is either extreme… --- ## [Houston - Finding Your Next Best Action](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-finding-your-next-best-action/69)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-finding-your-next-best-action/69 "2023-10-09T13:23:40Z")
Finding Your Next Best Action Description Congratulations, you were named the lead for a new initiative! How would you identify where to start? How would you connect your work with your users and their needs? Allow me … --- ## [Houston - Privacy, Sustainability, and You](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-privacy-sustainability-and-you/68)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-privacy-sustainability-and-you/68 "2023-09-10T02:40:21Z")
Privacy, Sustainability, and You Description You’re speaking with some colleagues about the energy and resources required to keep private information secure when one of them blurts out that human beings are just a virus … --- ## [Houston - A Use Latex Salesman](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-a-use-latex-salesman/67)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-a-use-latex-salesman/67 "2023-08-14T19:29:36Z")
A Use Latex Salesman Description Even with the advent of the Modern text processor, getting text layout right is still extremely difficult. Well, one of our members went digging for a better tool and discovered the magic… --- ## [Houston - Scaling GitHub Actions](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-scaling-github-actions/65)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-scaling-github-actions/65 "2023-07-09T01:47:41Z")
Scaling GitHub Actions Description Automating tasks around a GitHub repository is incredibly easy with GitHub Actions, but how do you scale GitHub Actions to work with 3 or more teams, each with multiple repositories? Pe… --- ## [Houston - Open Forum - June 2023](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-june-2023/64)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-june-2023/64 "2023-06-10T21:46:07Z")
Open Forum - June 2023 Description It’s Open Forum! If you have a burning question that you’d like to ask or a topic you want to discuss, this is the time to bring it! When 2023-06-12T23:30:00Z (UTC)→2023-06-13T01:30:00… --- ## [Houston - Wardley Mapping 101](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-wardley-mapping-101/62)
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Wardley Mapping 101 Description Hoping everyone had a great Easter last month. For this month, slipping in at the last minute, we’re going to have an introduction to Wardley Mapping this month. Wardley Mapping is a great… --- ## [Houston - Unexamined Code Is Not Worth Writing](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-unexamined-code-is-not-worth-writing/61)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-unexamined-code-is-not-worth-writing/61 "2023-03-12T20:47:33Z")
The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living The Unexamined Code is not Worth Writing -An invitation to explore and question- Description Let’s talk about the difficulty of making the right decision whether in one’s life o… --- ## [Houston - Computing Effectively](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-computing-effectively/60)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-computing-effectively/60 "2023-02-11T00:55:53Z")
Houston - Computing Effectively Description When using a computer, are you actually being effective? Or are you burning that CPU very efficiently? As a follow-up to the previous month’s meeting on Computing Leisurely, w… --- ## [Houston - Computing Leisurely](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-computing-leisurely/59)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-computing-leisurely/59 "2023-01-09T20:27:04Z")
Houston - Computing Leisurely Description Usually, computers are seen as either tools to get work done or as a device to waste time on. This month, we are going to dig into what it means to spend time in leisure with com… --- ## [Houston - Open Forum - December 2022](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-december-2022/58)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-december-2022/58 "2022-12-12T15:14:37Z")
Open Forum - December 2022 Description It’s Open Forum! If you have a burning question that you’d like to ask or a topic you want to discuss, this is the time to bring it! In addition, we will be looking back over the pa… --- ## [Houston - Technocracy and Its Discontents](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-technocracy-and-its-discontents/57)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-technocracy-and-its-discontents/57 "2022-11-04T03:35:18Z")
Technocracy and its Discontents Description The culture surrounding the computing industry is primarily informed by and understood through a belief that all problems will be resolved through technology. However, Catholic… --- ## [Houston - Getting Started with Nix](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-getting-started-with-nix/56)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-getting-started-with-nix/56 "2022-10-10T02:09:15Z")
Getting Started with Nix Description Continuing with our theme of packaging, we going to take a look at Nix, which is a package and configuration manager combined. This program uses a functional rather than declarative a… --- ## [Houston - Distributing Your Debian Packages](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-distributing-your-debian-packages/55)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-distributing-your-debian-packages/55 "2022-09-09T16:58:23Z")
Distributing Your Debian Packages Description Last Meetup, we successfully built a Debian package leveraging the steps from Ubuntu and Debian documentation at the last minute. At this meetup, we will take the Debian pack… --- ## [Houston - Introduction to Debian Packaging](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-introduction-to-debian-packaging/54)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-introduction-to-debian-packaging/54 "2022-08-03T22:41:30Z")
Introduction to Debian Packaging Description When installing software on an Ubuntu or Debian Linux system, you usually install a package from the package repository. Have you ever wondered where those packages come from … --- ## [Houston - Open Forum - July 2022](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-july-2022/53)
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Houston - Open Forum - July 2022 Description We had a virtual online open forum, focused largely on Open Source and how code is a liability rather than an asset. --- ## [Houston - No June Meeting](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-no-june-meeting/52)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-no-june-meeting/52 "2022-06-06T22:18:44Z")
Unless a member wants to step up and host, we will not be having the Catholic Computing meeting this June. It’s the marriage anniversary of our usual host and he plans to spend it with his wife. The Nextcloud meeting roo… --- ## [Houston - Open Forum - May 2022](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-may-2022/51)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-may-2022/51 "2022-05-05T23:09:45Z")
Houston - Open Forum - May 2022 Description It’s been over 6 months since we’ve done one of these. Let’s take some time to catch up and discuss potential topics for the next 6 months. If you’ve been on the fence about co… --- ## [Houston - Getting started with PowerBI](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-getting-started-with-powerbi/50)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-getting-started-with-powerbi/50 "2022-04-11T23:03:33Z")
Houston - Getting started with PowerBI Description Come join us as we get a whirlwind tour of the good (and bad) of analyzing and reporting on data using PowerBI! We’re putting Jonathan Camara on the spot since he just f… --- ## [Houston - Setting up Grafana/Prometheus](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-setting-up-grafana-prometheus/49)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-setting-up-grafana-prometheus/49 "2022-03-14T16:49:42Z")
Houston - Setting up Grafana/Prometheus Description Join us for an interactive session of getting started with monitoring and observability with Grafana and Prometheus! These open-source projects have set the industry st… --- ## [Houston - St. Valentine's Day](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-st-valentines-day/46)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-st-valentines-day/46 "2022-02-14T16:27:26Z")
Houston - St. Valentine’s Day For February, the Catholic computing meetup will be taking a break since it is St. Valentine’s Day. (I don’t have a backup presenter and I’m spending time with my wife and family). We plan o… --- ## [Houston - Setting up Nextcloud](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-setting-up-nextcloud/45)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-setting-up-nextcloud/45 "2022-01-08T19:01:06Z")
Houston - Setting up Nextcloud Description As the saying goes, if you aren’t the customer then you’re the product. If you are interested in managing your own set of cloud services, then come find out how to set up and ma… --- ## [Houston - Technology Forms Us](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-technology-forms-us/44)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-technology-forms-us/44 "2021-12-03T01:59:28Z")
Houston - Technology Forms Us Description So often we look at technology as a set of tools to entertain, explore, and achieve more. However, unlike the wheel or the printing press, digital technology can automatically ad… --- ## [Houston - Useful vs. Useless Knowledge](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-useful-vs-useless-knowledge/43)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-useful-vs-useless-knowledge/43 "2021-11-04T02:34:30Z")
Houston - Useful vs. Useless Knowledge Description Much of our time as technologists is spent learning how to better exercise our craft and achieve our business goals. We often hear how we need a hobby or side hustle in … --- ## [Houston - The elephant in the conference room](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-the-elephant-in-the-conference-room/42)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-the-elephant-in-the-conference-room/42 "2021-10-08T04:03:09Z")
Houston - The elephant in the board room Description An increasingly painful dilemma is showing up in board rooms and businesses, especially within the tech industry. On the one hand, there is a focus on delivering value… --- ## [Houston - Open Forum - September 2021](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-september-2021/41)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-open-forum-september-2021/41 "2021-09-12T20:15:24Z")
Houston - Open Forum - September 2021 Description Once again, we are hosting an Open Forum! If you have something to share or just want to discover what the group is about, please come and join us! When 2021-09-13T23:30… --- ## [Houston - Microservices, Monoliths, and Pelagianism](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-microservices-monoliths-and-pelagianism/37)
**Author:** [@owner](https://catholiccomputing.club/u/owner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://catholiccomputing.club/t/houston-microservices-monoliths-and-pelagianism/37 "2021-08-05T03:08:57Z")
Houston - Microservices, Monoliths, and Pelagianism Description This month we will be examining Microservices and Monoliths in comparison with Pelagianism. Which one is closer to the ancient Christian heresy? Monoliths o… [Next page](https://catholiccomputing.club/latest.md?page=1)