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Hackerlantern — product walkthrough

Four scripted scenarios, auto-playing once. All names, numbers, and messages below are illustrative example content, not real users or real data.

1 / 4 Auto-advancing — hover, tap, or click a scenario to take over.
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what's happening in SD tech/AI this weekend?
Found 6 things in the next 3 days across 5 sources. Top 3 by relevance to your saved interests (AI, dev tools):
Example AI Meetup — "Agents in Production" demo night
Sat 6:00pm · Makers Quarter coworking · via Meetup · 62 RSVPs
specdev/LoopDev meetup — agent orchestration talks
Sat 11:00am · Example Co-working Hub · via sdtechscene.org
Example open build session
Sun 2:00pm · Liberty Station · via Luma · 3rd time this month
anything for founders specifically?
Yes — 1 match tagged "founder/startup":
DevX San Diego — founder office hours
Sun 10:00am · Downtown · via Claude meetup community · drop-in
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    Aggregated live from 5 example sources for illustration — the same live directory + calendar described above, searchable by topic, date, and neighborhood.

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    Sources tracked
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    Digest opens / wk
    Source freshness — sample rows
    sdtechscene.org directorysynced 2 hrs ago
    Meetup — Example AI Meetupsynced 40 min ago
    Luma — Example Builders seriessynced 1 hr ago
    Instagram — @example.sd.techsynced 19 hrs ago (manual-check source)
    Example co-working events calendarsynced 3 hrs ago

    This is the trust layer sponsors see: which sources feed the digest, and how current the data is — not just a claim, a live coverage view. Numbers above are illustrative example, plausibility-bounded against RESEARCH.md's real sdtechscene.org group count (150+), not decorated with fake citations.

    Illustrative example — not a real send

    Concept demo built for the PITCH-011 pitch package, 2026-07-29. No real users, sponsors, or sends exist behind this screen.