diff --git a/content/english/news/splitting-from-handmade-network.md b/content/english/news/splitting-from-handmade-network.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eff7fd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/english/news/splitting-from-handmade-network.md @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +--- +title: "Splitting from Handmade Network" +meta_title: "" +description: "Handmade Cities and Handmade Network are separating" +date: 2025-02-01T12:00:00Z +image: "/images/hmc/glass.jpg" +categories: ["Press Release"] +author: "Abner Coimbre" +tags: ["meta", "hmc"] +draft: false +--- + +Handmade Cities (HMC) and Handmade Network (HMN) are going their own ways. + +**Dear Handmade folks,** + +The title of this newsletter is eye-catching, but the breakup between Handmade Cities (HMC) and Handmade Network (HMN) leadership was amicable in the end. However, I'm sure you have questions. I'll do my best to address the ones I've received in-person already! + +### Disagreements on Governance + +There's fundamental disagreements between the two organizations on directing the brand. Note that, legally speaking, we're separate entities. For better or worse, the Handmade movement was already split into three hubs: + +1. Handmade Hero, by Molly Rocket Inc. +2. Handmade Network, managed by their own non-profit +3. Handmade Cities, which is my own small business + +Therefore the divorce is pretty clean as it is. Any mention of collaborations between the two parties is no longer valid. For my part, I wish them all the best with their newfound freedom. I hope they prosper. + +That should cover the important details. You can talk to me if you require more context. + +### Implications for Community Members + +**No implications for you.** It is absurd to demand loyalties from *anyone*. You're welcome to flit between any community as you see fit; you should derive value from us without politics getting in the way. + +The majority HMC community comes from this [newsletter](https://handmadecities.com/news) and [meetups](https://handmadecities.com/meetups) mailing list. We also have an HMC [Discord](https://handmadecities.com/discord) for additional coordination of in-person events. + +### Handmade Cities Roadmap & Recordings + +What I said two newsletters ago about the roadmap [continues](https://handmadecities.com/news/hms-2024-my-honest-take/) to apply. Nothing has changed about our goals except that, as you can well imagine, we're getting a bit of a late start. What I wanted for January should now be happening during February. + +I'm excited for you to access new conference recordings and I'm terribly sorry for the wait. + +### Terminal Click Ships This Weekend + +One funny outcome of the 2024 conference is that some detractors argued Handmade Cities doesn't care about shipping software (even though we've had plenty of speakers who've shipped.) That we're focused exclusively on activism. + +First off, I stand by all my speakers and guests. They are excellent programmers in their own right and the majority of our audience agrees. Second, we can prove them wrong starting from the top; this weekend I'm shipping Terminal Click: a native desktop terminal that's killing the shell. + +We're in a closed beta first: Windows, Mac, and Linux users all welcome. **Handmade Boston attendees** (all tracks) receive priority because I promised access for joining this lesser-known conference! Two ways to get in: + +1. Email my other address (abner@terminal.click) with a request. Let me know which HMB you attended to verify (2023 or 2024) +2. Visit the TC server at [terminal.click/discord](https://terminal.click/discord) and ping me there + +Anyone else interested can still message me and let me know why they're a good fit. + +### My Own Views + +In my haste to find some peace in the [last](https://handmadecities.com/news/hms-2024-clear-the-air/) newsletter, my personal values were obscured. Let's not forget them: + +- If we could wave a magic wand, I would have the Handmade way be the ethos of every programmer + +- If we could wave a magic wand, I would have indie devs or small software shops multiply like rabbits + +- If we could wave a magic wand, I would have all of us (myself included) gain superb social and marketing skills (soft skills) + +- If we could wave a magic wand, I would have tech workers join guilds or unions + +- If we could wave a magic wand, I would erode corporate power + +Handmade Cities is about becoming a better programmer. For the upcoming conferences I want 80% of content to be classic engineering presentations. The remaining 20%, however, must incorporate discussions beyond programming, including the rights and well-being of individual workers (for example, those who were laid off in droves.) As an attendee, that doesn't mean you agree with everything, engineering or otherwise. + +With this official 80/20 split, if Handmade Seattle 2025 has ten talks, that means two of them won't be about pure software. In upcoming news I'll discuss the revamped submission process to ensure we represent as much of the HMC audience as possible. + +### Personal Website + +It's [abner.page](https://abner.page) from now on (currently not pointing anywhere.) I'll resurrect everything there soon enough. + +If you're wondering what happened to **abnercoimbre.com**, I forgot to set auto-renew and it seems someone's squatting it. (Crazier things happened during the online drama.) It's part of the job I guess, though I can't wait for local meetups to keep growing. The more of us communicate in meatspace, the better. + +Your independent organizer,
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