[Originally posted on the blog at apprentice.us]]

Today is the one year anniversary of a little phenomenon called Code & Coffee Chicago. It's a simple gathering of coders every Tuesday from 7-9am at the Starbucks on Chicago Ave and Franklin St. There's no leader. There's no agenda. Just coders coding with coffee nearby. A year ago there was a few people every week. Nowadays, we overwhelm the place with dozens of early-morning coders.