CTXiUG song from ChatGPT

I was playing with ChatGPT, and I asked it to create a song for the CTXiUG:

Question I asked: Create song for the Central Texas IBM i user group

ChatGPT responded:

Verse 1:
We're the Central Texas IBM i user group,
A community of experts, a telented troupe,
We gather to share knowledge, and to learn,
Our passion for technology continues to burn.

Chorus:
Central Texas IBM i, our hearts beat as one,
Our love for this system, it can't be undone,
We code, we debug, we collaborate,
We're a family of innovators, its never too late.

Verse 2:
From RPG to SQL, we know it all,
Our skills are unmatched, we stand tall,
We push the limits, we strive for more,
Our hunger for sucess is hard to ignore.

Chorus:
Central Texas IBM i, our hearts beat as one,
Our love for this system, it can't be undone,
We code, we debug, we collaborate,
We're a family of innovators, its never too late.

Verse 3:
We tackle challenges, we never give up,
We're determined to succeed, we won't distrupt,
Our passion drives us, it fuels our file,
We're the Central Texas IBM i user group, we never tire.

Chorus:
Central Texas IBM i, our hearts beat as one,
Our love for this system, it can't be undone,
We code, we debug, we collaborate,
We're a family of innovators, its never too late.

I am surprised what a good job it did, and the way it managed to identify what this group is about!

March 2023 meeting

Our March meeting will be on Tuesday March 21 starting at 6:30 PM US Central Time .

This month we welcome Patrick Behr, a COMMON Speaker of Merit. He has kindly said that he will make two presentations.

This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone who registers. It will not be recorded, therefore, if you arrive late you will miss out.

Presentation  Why Procedures Are Better Than Subroutines:
Discover the super powers that procedures have(and subroutines don't) and how they can help you create more reliable and more easily maintained programs. We'll talk about the benefits of input parameters: local variables, and return values, error handling with on-exit, and increased functionality with recursion.
1. The benefits of using procedures
2. How to create a procedure
3. How to get the most benefit out of procedures

What the Heck is Binder Source and Why Do I Care?
Discover what binder source is, what it's used for, and why you definitely want to use it with your service programs. We'll talk about binding, signatures and signature violations, and how to change service programs without having to recompile all your programs.
1. Learn about binding
2. Learn about signatures and signature violations
3. How to change service programs without recompiles

Bio:  With a career in IT spanning over 20 years, Patrick Behr has been working on IBM i (and its predecessors) for all of it. He spent most of his career working with RPG and Db2, and earned the COMMON ILE RPG Developer Certification. He has also worked in web development and application and database modernization. Patrick is a COMMON Speaker of Merit and has spoken at conferences and user groups across the country.

January 2023 meeting

What a way to welcome in the New Year!

We are fortunate to have the President of COMMON, Dawn May, as our guest presenter.

The meeting will be on Tuesday January 17, 2023, at 6:30 PM US Central Time ) .

This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone who registers. Spaces are limited, and you must register by clicking here.

The meeting will start promptly at 6:30 PM. It will not be recorded, therefore, if you arrive late you will miss out.

Presentation:  This session, presented as a live demo, will demonstrate how you can use the new and exciting features of Navigator for i to manage your system. Highlights include new Work Management tasks for active jobs, server jobs, prestart jobs and JVMs, as well as how you can use Navigator to configure your subsystems and subsystem routing. Other new features, such as system status, watches, function usage, reviewing the audit journal, and more will also be reviewed. Finally, this session will also include common Navigator tasks such as custom charts, bookmarks, favorites, and connection properties.

Bio:  Dawn May is a leading authority on work management, systems management, performance, and diagnostics, with intimate knowledge of the IBM i operating system developed through her distinguished career with IBM.

Today, as an independent consultant, she focuses her skills on helping companies troubleshoot issues and plan for the future while teaching them how to get the most out of their IBM i systems.

Dawn is the author of the i Can blog published by TechChannel; a frequent speaker at local user group meetings, IBM i conferences around the world; and an innovator with five patents.

November meeting

This will be the last Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG, meeting of 2022. It will be on Tuesday November 15, 2022, at 6:30 PM US Central Time.

This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone who registers.

The meeting will start promptly at 6:30 PM. The presentation will not be recorded, therefore, if you arrive late you will miss out.

Our presenter is Steve Riedmueller.

Presentation:  This session is designed for IBM i system administrators. It covers real-world problems faced by system admins, and how to solve them using SQL (with some help from IBM i Services). Don't be intimidated by SQL. It isn't just for developers! You can copy and paste the examples provided in this session to get started easily. Attend this session and add a suite of new tools to your system admin toolbox!

Bio:  Steve has been working on the IBM i platform since 2001 as a system administrator, responsible for security, performance, software/OS upgrades, IBM and third-party products, and much more! He is an advocate for IBM i and a big fan of using IBM i Services to make tasks easier and faster with SQL. Steve also enjoys being a mentor to colleagues, and participates in the N2i mentorship program.

September meeting

After a summer break the Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG, returns with an online meeting on Tuesday September 13, 2022, at 6:30 PM US Central Time .

This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone who registers. Spaces are limited, and you need to register by clicking here.

The meeting will start promptly at 6:30 PM. The presentation will not be recorded, therefore, if you arrive late you will miss out.

Our presenter is Steve Pitcher.

Presentation:  The real effects of ransomware on IBM i

In this session Steve will talk about the risk of malware on IBM i. He will also demonstrate a live malware attack on an IBM i partition to show the real danger of a misconfigured system.

Bio:  Steve has been involved with IBM i since 2001 primarily in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Over that period he’s been a systems administrator, developer, IT Manager and IT Director. He joined iTech Solutions in 2017 in a combined sales/technical role, bringing additional expertise in security, HCL Domino and WebSphere.

A longtime IBM Champion, first as part of the inaugural group for IBM Collaboration Solutions (2011) and then as an IBM Champion for Power Systems (2016-present), you’ll find Steve speaking at events around the world about IBM i administration, modernization and security. He’s been a community advocate on the COMMON Americas Advisory Council since 2012 and is a former member of the COMMON Americas Board of Directors.

May meeting

The Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG, is having an online meeting on Tuesday May 17, 2022, at 6:30 PM US Central Time.

This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone who registers. Spaces are limited, and you need to register by clicking here.

The meeting will start promptly at 6:30 PM. The presentation will not be recorded, therefore, if you arrive late you will miss out.

Our presenter is Simon Hutchinson.

Presentation:  Db2 for i audit columns maintain “audit data” for a record or row when it is inserted or updated in a file or table. These columns are updated by the database manager, and can be included in any DDL table or DDS physical file. Simon will explain how to add them and why they are the most secure way to keep this kind of information.

Bio:  Simon is the author of the acclaimed blog RPGPGM.COM. He is acting president of this User Group, and believes that the role of LUG, Local User Groups, is to share knowledge to the IBM i community as a whole. His efforts have been recognised by IBM as he has been an IBM Champion for Power for 2021 and 2022.

March 2022 meeting

The Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG, is having an online meeting on Tuesday March 8, 2022, at 6:30 PM US Central Time.

This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone who registers. Spaces are limited, and you need to register by clicking here.

The meeting will start promptly at 6:30 PM. The presentation will not be recorded, therefore, if you arrive late you will miss out.

Our presenter is Simon Hutchinson.

Presentation:  Temporal tables allow users to be able to look at snap shots of data over time. Simon will demonstrate how to create one. He will insert, update, and delete from it. And show how it is possible to see the data as it was over time.

Bio:  Simon is the author of the acclaimed blog RPGPGM.COM. He is acting president of this User Group, and believes that the role of LUG, Local User Groups, is to share knowledge to the IBM i community as a whole. His efforts have been recognised by IBM as he has been an IBM Champion for Power for 2021 and 2022.