Hey Journeyers, It’s time for our annual community review, where we look back over the last year, cover some behind the scenes, talk about what we’re hoping to do in 2026 and thank our contributors. I normally share this information via public social platforms but have decided to formalize this in our mailing list.
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Bayko said that sending an email out to our entire mailing list is expensive and that I must include a “call to action.” So here it is:
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 | Annual Community Survey 2026
FREE GenAI Bootcamp V2 Interest This bootcamp is slated to launch in 2026. Most likely Q2. Are you attending the FREE GenAI Bootcamp V2?
ExamPro Learning Community Name We are planning to implement more community features, a social platform for learners within the ExamPro Platform. What name do you like? ExamPro Study Hub, ExamPro Campus?...
Do you know who Bayko is?
How long have you been part of our community?
How useful do you find our courses and practice exams?
How interested are you in using a dedicated ExamPro community hub (private platform instead of Discord)?
What to call our social platform?
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 | We ran 3 bootcamps.
I did 5 free in-person workshops in Canada and 1 in Japan.
We added new practice exam sets for 8 new courses.
We refreshed 6 previous courses and released 5 new courses.
I coded a suite of new administrative and grading features to improve our bootcamp system.
We rebuilt our home page. | | |
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We have been working tirelessly to renovate Old St Andrews Church, with tentative plans to create a technology center and serve other community needs like accessibility to food and other goods. | | |
ExamPro subscriptions and bootcamps directly fund this large community project. When it’s completed, we hope you can make the pilgrimage to the church of cloud.
We’ve been focused on bringing the building to its MVP state by starting with the basement. We hope that before the end of 2026, the basement will be a large, usable room, after which we’ll continue with the upstairs renovations.
We have been receiving tech donations like computer hardware, 3D printers, and game stations. | | |
Here’s a photo of the elusive Bayko, captured by our employee Carson, who has been working with us on our renovations. | | |
Carson recently released a book, which is a collection of local interviews of paranormal encounters. The book is on Amazon:
Paranormal Encounters from the North Shore
And I know what you’re going to ask—and no, there are no stories yet about the Bayko, as most don’t believe it exists. | | |
The renovations thus far:
Complete gutting of water-damaged basement. New propane furnace and ductwork. Complete electrical panel replacement and electrical wiring. Complete excavation of foundation perimeter, with concrete parging, blue skinning, and dimple board. New window wells. Inspection and new sealant applied to all windows. Demolition of old wheelchair ramp and old concrete front door stairs. New architectural diagrams for front door stairs, with stair posts installed. Inspection of ye olde bell (it still works), replaced the bell rope. Repairing the original basement wood flooring. Applying asphalt felt to basement walls. Framing the basement walls. Computer rack installed. Internet service restored. Water service turned back on. Furnace can be turned on and heats the building. The renovations ahead of us:
Re-shingling and other repairs to the roof. Drywall installation. Foyer tile installation. Ceiling installation. Rockwool insulation of the interior walls. More electrical rough-in. Plumbing. New water tank. Kitchenette installation and cabinet construction. Bathroom installation.
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| I lost 25 lb but then put back on 10 lb. Bootcamps always do this to me. Walking and cottage cheese work. I just need to get an under-the-desk treadmill if I want to keep those bootcamp pounds off. | | | |
I’m really into loose-leaf teas now. I have a gaiwan (a lidded teacup—see image), a few fancy oolong teas, and I’m working toward a full gongfu tea set.
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I think it would be fun to host in Toronto or Montreal a Tech Tea Social, where we all socialize in a nice hotel lobby/lounge that serves tea and finger foods.
I put great effort into building a bear-proof garbage shed, only for it to be torn asunder multiple times. Next year I will need to build it out of metal.
I started a Grocery Share to help pick up groceries from out of town for those who cannot afford local groceries.
My brother spawned his first kid; they named her Meadow.
Sammy J is now Sammy B—don’t ask.
I sat both the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam (JLPT) Level N5 and N4. I think I failed both, and will continue onto the N3 exam this upcoming summer. |
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We are currently considering another Free GenAI Bootcamp in 2026.
We are currently seeking sponsors. If your company—or a company you know—would be interested in sponsoring, please email us at sponsors@exampro.co.
The 2025 bootcamp focused on multiple modalities of GenAI, with a strong emphasis on development tools, where we built a series of small projects.
The 2026 bootcamp will focus on AgentOps (DevOps for Agentic Workloads), so we’ll tackle anything required for production: Guard Rails, Evaluations, Deployment, Agentic Loops, Caching, Serving, Open Models, and more.
To run a free bootcamp, we need to gauge your interest so sponsors will come on board. Join the preregistration list. | |
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| Whenever we have a community project or bootcamp, we spin up a Discord server. The community energy is great, but as soon as it’s over, the activity sharply drops off, leaving a graveyard of dead Discord servers. Behind the scenes, we are struggling with the limitations of Discord, and this is impacting the quality of bootcamps.
I am constantly engaging across the public social landscape, but in recent years engagement has been slowly declining for all creators. GenAI is changing engagement mechanisms for LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit. The global news cycle of events keeps creating a blanket of noise.
Everyone I want to hang out with is already on ExamPro, and it’s time I build out community features within the platform.
If anyone remembers self-hosted PHP Nuke communities of the 2000s, I want to bring back that private, messy, but fun experience.
But what to call it? ExamPro StudyHub, ExamPro Campus, ExamPro Commons… Let me know in the survey.
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