Mr. 4th Programming Conversations

"Organizing Independent Conferences" with Abner Coimbre

Allen Webster Season 1 Episode 1

I talk with my good friend Abner Coimbre about his work putting on high quality tech conferences with no sponsor influence.

We cover: why Abner does the work that he does, how Abner manages the ticket prices while delivering a high quality event, Abner's day to day work, how he curates talks for a conference, the "programming language ban" at his 2022 conference, his new Handmade Cities initiative, and more.

Links referenced:
Context is Everything - https://guide.handmade-seattle.com/c/2021/context-is-everything/
Complexity: Why Can't We Make Simple Software - https://guide.handmade-seattle.com/c/2022/why-cant-make-simple-software/
It's Not Survivorship Bias - https://guide.handmade-seattle.com/c/2022/its-not-survivorship-bias/
handmadecities.com