Kevin CollinsInside the May 2026 Claude Code Dublin Meetup
Around 100 people, four speakers, and a 30-minute build challenge at Vibeworks — persistent memory, production Claude Code workflows, AI movie-making, and what people can ship in half an hour.
What was the May 2026 Claude Code Dublin meetup?
On 29 May 2026, around 100 people gathered at Vibeworks in Dublin for another Claude Code community meetup hosted by Echofold. Four speakers went deep on things they had actually built — persistent memory with Obsidian, production Claude Code workflows, AI movie-making, and a free library of website templates — before Kevin Collins closed the night with a live 30-minute build challenge.
TL;DR
- •Dexter Bykowski showed persistent memory for Claude Code using an Obsidian vault, with a live
/om-dumpfrom the stage - •Sri Prasanna Karuppapillai walked through how his company uses Claude Code in production — the skills, the bottlenecks, and why they picked the CLI
- •Liam McCormick showed how he used Claude to storyboard and keep consistent characters for an AI movie
- •Nikita Akella shared 111 free website templates built to help sites look less like "AI slop"
- •Kevin Collins closed with a 30-minute build challenge and built a DNA-based health platform from a single prompt
On Friday 29 May 2026, around 100 people packed a room at Vibeworks in Dublin for another Claude Code meetup. The format was simple: four speakers, each going deep on something they had genuinely built with Claude Code, followed by a live workshop to close out the night.
Here is a rundown of what each speaker covered and what we built at the end. If you are new to it, Claude Code is Anthropic's AI coding agent that runs in your terminal — it can read and edit across a whole codebase and carry out complex, multi-step work on its own.
01.The Talks
Dexter Bykowski
Dexter opened with a way to give Claude Code persistent memory across sessions using an Obsidian vault. The point that stuck: the model resets between sessions, but the vault doesn't — so the context survives from one session to the next.
To prove it, he ran a live /om-dump from the stage that archived his own talk notes straight into the vault as he was speaking, in front of the room. Decisions, patterns, and project notes get captured as you work, then read back in when the next session starts.
Sri Prasanna Karuppapillai
Sri Prasanna followed with a practical deep-dive into how his company uses Claude Code for real, day-to-day development work — not theory, actual day-to-day. He walked through the specific skills they rely on, the bottlenecks they keep running into, and the lessons they have learned the hard way shipping with it.
It was a useful look at what the tool is actually like inside a working codebase rather than a demo, including why the team leans on the CLI over the desktop and web experiences.
Liam McCormick
Liam showed how he used Claude to storyboard and keep consistent characters and prompts for an AI movie he made. Keeping a character looking like the same character across a whole project is harder than it sounds, and his approach to solving it was clever and worth borrowing from for anyone working with generative video.
Nikita Akella
Nikita closed out the talks with a free resource his team built to help websites look less like "AI slop". It is 111 templates, completely free, no strings, that anyone can drop into a project to get a sharper starting point.
Browse the 111 templates02.The 30-Minute Build Workshop
I closed the night with the workshop. The challenge was simple: build the most complicated thing you can in 30 minutes. I gave everyone the workflow needed and then we all started building at once.
I built a platform that analyses your DNA and other health biomarkers to give personalised advice, with a supplement shop tailored to your specific DNA and markers on top of it. All of it inside the half hour, and from a single prompt.
I'm going to write a separate post breaking down exactly how I built it, step by step, including the prompt and the structure — so keep an eye out for that one.
The room did not hold back either. In the same 30 minutes, people built:
- •a flight simulator
- •a car racing game
- •an evolution game where entities competed for resources
- •a Minecraft-style world
As a snapshot of what one person can put together in half an hour with the right workflow, it spoke for itself.
03.Thanks, and What's Next
Thanks to everyone who came along and took part, and to Dexter Bykowski, Sri Prasanna Karuppapillai, Liam McCormick and Nikita Akella for sharing what they have been building. These nights only work because people show up and build, and this one had plenty of both.
We run these meetups regularly at Vibeworks in Dublin. They are free and open to all skill levels — whether you are new to Claude Code or already using it daily. New dates go up on the Luma page, and you can find all our upcoming events on the Echofold events page.
Want to speak at a future Claude event?
If you are building something interesting with Claude Code, we'd love to have you on stage. Leave your details and I'll get back to you.
Submit a speaker application04.Frequently Asked Questions
What happened at the May 2026 Claude Code Dublin meetup?
Around 100 people gathered at Vibeworks in Dublin on 29 May 2026 for four talks and a live workshop. Dexter Bykowski showed persistent memory for Claude Code with an Obsidian vault, Sri Prasanna Karuppapillai covered using Claude Code in production, Liam McCormick demonstrated AI movie-making, and Nikita Akella shared 111 free website templates. Kevin Collins closed with a 30-minute build challenge.
How do you give Claude Code persistent memory?
Dexter Bykowski's approach uses an Obsidian vault as an external memory layer. The model resets between sessions, but the vault does not, so decisions, patterns, and project notes persist and can be read back into context on the next session. He demonstrated it live by running an /om-dump that archived his talk notes into the vault as he spoke.
What did Kevin Collins build in the 30-minute workshop?
Kevin built a platform that analyses DNA and other health biomarkers to give personalised advice, with a supplement shop tailored to a person's specific markers — all from a single prompt inside 30 minutes. A full breakdown of how it was built is coming in a separate post.
Where are the Claude Code Dublin meetups held, and how do I attend?
The meetups are hosted by Echofold at Vibeworks in Dublin, Ireland. They are free to attend and open to all skill levels. Upcoming dates are posted on the Luma page and the Echofold events page.
How can I speak at a future Claude Code event?
If you would like to speak at a future Claude Code event, submit your details through the speaker application form linked above and Kevin Collins will get back to you.
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