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TUG Buzz! for Monday December 29th, 2025

📣 Reminder... Our next TUG MoM is:

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
5:00 PM Eastern Time

Location: Monte Carlo Inn & Suites,
7255 Warden Ave.
Markham, Ontario L3R 5X5 Canada
(Plus simulcast on Zoom)

* Note: An MP4 recording of this meeting will be available to download for TUG members in good standing, by email request to admin@tug.ca.

SESSION 1 (5:00 PM):

TOPIC: “Next-Gen Development:
IBM Bob”

Join us in exploring IBM Bob, a new AI-powered software development partner. We’ll look at how Bob supports the software development cycle through intelligent modes, tools, commands, and agentic workflows that understand your code, intent, and standards.

BUFFET DINNER (6:00 PM)

SESSION 2 (7:00 PM):

TOPIC: “Bob Demo and The Open-Source IBM i MCP Server”

In this session, we’ll dive into practical demos for IBM i developers, showing how Bob can explain, understand, refactor, and transform monolithic or legacy IBM i codebases. We will also explore the IBM i MCP Server, an open-source bridge that enables AI agents to securely interact with IBM i data and system operations using the Model Context Protocol.

SPEAKERS:

Devansh Kumar  

Devansh Kumar

(IBM Canada)

Devansh is a Software Developer, IBM i App Dev & AI Toolchain Team. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science and Applied AI from the University of Ottawa (2025). His specialization was in Agentic AI through graduate coursework and multiple research internships. Devansh joined IBM in June 2025 and is currently a contributor to Project Bob for IBM i and the open-source IBM i MCP Server.

Sanjula Ganepola  

Sanjula Ganepola

(IBM Canada)

Sanjula is a Software Developer at IBM working on IBM i application development tools. As an open-source advocate, he is an active contributor and maintainer of several Visual Studio Code extensions including IBM i Project Explorer, Code for IBM i, IBM i Testing, Source Orbit, and much more.

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Future TUG MoM Calendar:

DATE / VENUE TIME / TOPICS SPEAKERS / SPONSOR

Wednesday
JAN 21
(In-Person)
Markham

5:00 PM (EST) Session 1
  Topic: Next-Gen Development:
IBM Bob
6:00 PM  (EST) Buffet Dinner
7:00 PM  (EST) Session 2
  Topic: Bob Demo, and
The Open-Source IBM i MCP Server

Devansh Kumar &
Sanjula Ganepola
(IBM Canada)

Wednesday
FEB 18 (Zoom)

12:00 PM  (EST) Noon Zoom TUG MoM
  Topic: TBA

TBA

Wednesday
MAR 18
(In-Person)
Mississauga

5:00 PM (EST) Session 1
  Topic: TBA
6:00 PM  (EST) Buffet Dinner
7:00 PM  (EST) Session 2
  Topic: TBA

TBA


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