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Tech Affiliates — Discomfort is Growth. Learn it.

Eastern NC's room for people in IT, software engineering, and cybersecurity — whether you're already in the field or just breaking in.

Founded by Kelvin R. Tobias · Kelvinintech Consulting LLC · Kinston, NC

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You're invited

Tech Affiliates Meetup

A community for professionals and aspiring professionals passionate about IT, software engineering, and cybersecurity. Network, share goals, explore opportunities, and collaborate — together.

Date
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Time
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · 3 hours
Location
Middle Grounds
302 N. Herritage St, Kinston, NC
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Who
All welcome — casual, but professional. Join the groups before you arrive:
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    The flow

  1. 9:00

    Arrival & Networking

    Meet and connect over coffee and conversation.

  2. 9:30

    Group Introductions

    Who are you? Where are you from? What is your journey into tech? What are your goals — and how can this community support you?

  3. 10:30

    Small Group Breakouts

    Connect by path — IT, Software Engineering, or Cybersecurity — then strengthen the network on Facebook and LinkedIn.

  4. 12:00

    Group Photo & Departure

    Capture the moment before we wrap up.

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Tech Affiliates meetup flyer — August 1, 2026 at Middle Grounds, Kinston

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Product arm

Tech Affiliates Labs

The community stays free. Labs is where trading tools get built — Session Levels, APS Pro, Marauder, and Santana. None are for sale yet; they ship when they're ready.

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In the room

Prompt Engineering with Kinston Teens

One student said AI feels intimidating. Another uses it every day but doesn't know how it works. Both are why Tech Affiliates exists.

In this workshop we got a real feel for how LLMs, RAG, and multiple agents work together — including cyclical prompting: one model drafts, another critiques and refines, then you run it again with a new lens until the reasoning holds.

By the end, they weren't guessing. They were giving AI direction.

Kelvin teaching a Prompt Engineering workshop with Kinston Teens
Prompt Engineering workshop with Kinston Teens, Inc. — Learn to talk to AI, and make it work for you.
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Three years ago I walked into my first dev meetup in Atlanta with a new laptop and a freeCodeCamp cert. Now I get to host my own. I'm building the room I once needed.

— Kelvin R. Tobias, Founder

Early days at a CodeCamp event — never forget where you started
Never forget where you started.

Join the community — all welcome

Stay connected between meetups

Share goals, opportunities, and wins year-round. Search is optional — use the links below.

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Public evidence

Meetups in Kinston, workshops with Kinston Teens, and the rooms I walked into before I hosted my own.

Tech Affiliates meetup around the table
Tech Affiliates — in-person meetup, Kinston
Tech Affiliates group after a meetup
Building the room — Tech Affiliates community
Tech Affiliates meetup with laptops open
Working session energy at a community meetup
Community members at a Tech Affiliates gathering
IT, software, and cybersecurity — learning together
Kelvin with Tyren Jackson of Kinston Teens at Render at Zillow
Render at Zillow — with Kinston Teens, Inc.
Commit Your Code conference crowd
Commit Your Code — showing up in the broader community
Kelvin at Commit Your Code with programmer badge
Commit Your Code — Programmer badge
Networking after a tech meetup
Connections that keep the community growing
Early days at a CodeCamp event
Where it started — first rooms I walked into to learn

Community snapshots

Conferences, meetups, and people I've learned alongside.

Tech Affiliates kickoff meetup, January 2025
Networking at RenderATL 2024
TechBash 2024 conference session

If you're in Eastern NC, come through

Join a group, grab the Aug 1 flyer, or book 1:1 advisory through Kelvinintech Consulting LLC.

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© 2026 Kelvin R. Tobias

Consulting services are offered through Kelvinintech Consulting LLC (North Carolina). Products in development: Mimikry and DYTGT.

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