Community
Detroit is a tech town. Pass it on.
Everything I know, somebody showed me. The community work is how I pay that back: organizing meetups in Detroit, helping shape an open standard for conversation data, and writing things down so the next builder gets there faster.
Detroit TechWatch
Co-organizerDetroit TechWatch brings Detroit-area engineers, founders, and builders together to share what they're actually working on. I co-organize because this city's tech community deserves the same energy as the coasts, and because the best ideas I've ever stolen came from a meetup, not a keynote. If you're building something in southeast Michigan, come find us.
Join us on Meetup →vCon Foundation
Charter membervCons are an open standard for conversation data: think of them as the PDF for conversations. I'm a charter member of the Foundation and a regular on the vCon conference circuit. I've been at every event Jeff Pulver has run, talking about what happens when you treat conversations as portable, structured data instead of exhaust.
AI Bytes
AuthorMy newsletter for people who want to build with AI rather than read think pieces about it. Real systems, real failures, real costs, and the occasional strong opinion about where this is all heading.
Writing and video
Medium, YouTube, podcast guestingLong-form essays on Medium, video on YouTube, and the full archive of the Artificial Antics podcast. These days my podcast energy goes into guesting: Telecom Reseller, The Barefoot Dev, and wherever else a good conversation about shipping AI is happening.
Meetup
Detroit TechWatch
Professional
LinkedIn → mike-onslow
Essays
Medium → @mike_onslow
Video
YouTube → MikeOnslow
Podcast archive
Artificial Antics
Day to day
X → @mike_onslow
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