On Thursday, August 20, Howdy sponsored the Golang SP Meetup at Reserva Cultural Paulista, on Avenida Paulista. On the night itself, popcorn and drinks at the door were the first sign this wasn't going to be just another technical meetup.
Two Talks, Two Different Ways to Think About Go
Carlos Gandarez opened the night with "AI-Powered Selfie Verification," the Lavvo case study on how they built a facial verification system with artificial intelligence. Then Jeff Prestes took the stage with "Go Programming Done by AI Agents," a talk about what happens when you let AI agents write Go code, and what guardrails that workflow needs so nothing breaks in production.
Two different angles on the same question circling every developer community this year: how much of the daily work is already mediated by AI, and what part stays purely human.
What People Remember Isn't the Logistics
When we asked attendees what they took away from the event, the answer kept repeating: the whole thing felt cared for, start to finish. Popcorn and drinks at the door, beer and food after the talks. Nothing flashy, everything intentional.
But the unexpected part was something else: the stickers. People didn't just grab them, they stopped to talk about the artwork. A small detail that says a lot about how you build an event people actually enjoy. A good technical talk isn't enough on its own. Every moment of the night needs that same care.
What Golang SP Had to Say
Golang SP's organizers gave the event's production and logistics a 5 out of 5, with 100% satisfaction. When we asked about communication with Howdy before and during the meetup, the answer was simple: "very clear and organized." They said yes to future events together, and yes, they'd recommend Howdy without hesitation.
The messages that came in afterward were even more direct. "Thanks to you.", "Thank you very much for the partnership.", "Count on us." You don't need to translate the tone. That's what's left when an event lands well: not a satisfaction survey, but people writing to you the next day to say they had a good time.
The Golang SP Meetup confirmed something we've already seen in other cities: when a technical community gathers around something concrete, in this case the language they use every day, and the event is well built, nobody needs to sell anything. People show up on their own. São Paulo has a Go community that responds, and this was just the first time we sat down with them.
