SYDNEY · EVERY THURSDAY

Vibe Thursday

Sydney · every Thursday afternoon

Bring whatever you made with AI — a site, a script, an automation, a video tool, or an idea that does not work yet. Five minutes, to a room that gets it.

When
Thursdays, 3–6pm
Where
Sydney CBD
Cost
Free, buy your own coffee
Next · Thu, 6 Aug

We move to a pub from 5pm for anyone coming straight from work.

§ 01 — What this is

A group of people around one table every Thursday afternoon, showing each other what they built with AI.

Borrowed from the weekly Thursday meetups in Beijing's Zhongguancun. Sydney already has plenty of monthly evening events, but nothing weekly in daylight — a monthly event is a calendar entry, a weekly one becomes a habit.

Not a lecture

No keynote, no status-report slides, no stage. Laptops get passed around and you interrupt with questions.

Broken demos welcome

The thing that does not work is usually the more interesting conversation. Nobody is grading polish here.

No pitching

No sponsor slots, no recruiting, no consultants working the room. It is the number one killer of groups like this, so it is stated up front.

§ 02 — Who it is for

Anyone actually building with AI, or seriously about to start.

  • Indie developers
  • Founders working on their own product
  • Freelancers and digital nomads
  • Engineers curious about AI
  • Team leads trying to get AI into real workflows
  • Creators and writers covering AI

The daytime slot is the filter. People who can show up at 3pm on a Thursday have usually already made AI work for them — that is the group we want in the room first.

§ 03 — Run of show

Same rhythm every week.

3:00–3:30pm
Arrive · one-line introsThree things: your name, what you are building, what you are stuck on.
3:30–4:30pm
Demo roundThree slots max, five minutes each, hard timer. Tick the box when you sign up.
4:30–5:00pm
Open time · the stuck wallEveryone writes down one blocker. Whoever can unblock it, does.
From 5:00pm
Optional move to a pubEntirely optional. This is where the after-work crowd joins.
§ 04 — House rules

All five of them.

  1. 01It runs even if two people show up. Cancel a weekly once and it dies.
  2. 02Same time, same place, every week. The venue does not rotate.
  3. 03Free, no tickets. Signing up is only so we know how many chairs.
  4. 04Demos are always optional. Show something or just listen.
  5. 05No pitching, no recruiting, no selling. You will be asked to leave.
§ 05 — Sign up

Sign up and I will send you the address.

The venue follows the headcount — a big table at a cafe when we are small, a room with a screen once we are not. So signing up genuinely helps me book the right thing.

Only used for the address and the weekly reminder.

Most announcements currently go through a WeChat group. Leave it and I will add you.

Want to demo this time?
§ 06 — Questions

The ones people ask first.

I have not built anything yet. Can I come?

Yes. Demos are optional and there are always more listeners than presenters. The only real bar is genuine interest — this is not a networking room.

Do I need to code?

No. What you made with AI does not have to be code — a content pipeline, an automation, a prompt system all count.

What language is it in?

Mostly Mandarin right now. English sessions start once the group is big enough to run both.

Where exactly?

Sent after you sign up. Always in Sydney CBD, always reachable by public transport.

Does it cost anything?

No. Everyone buys their own coffee. No sponsors either — taking sponsor money means giving them stage time, and that ruins it.

I cannot make this week. Can I come next week?

Of course. It runs every week and you do not need a streak.