The setting

Meet at a cozy Dallas specialty coffee shop (bring your own favorite beans if you like), then head to Chuck’s homelab-friendly workshop to brew a pour-over together while pairing it with a 90-minute hands-on Raspberry Pi + network security mini-lab—set up a Pi as a simple monitoring agent (Checkmk client), segment it on a guest VLAN you configure together, and celebrate with espresso shots and geeky banter.