---
title: "Handmade Seattle 2025"
subtitle: "The West Coast's premier conference for systems programmers. Fully Hybrid"
image: "/images/hms/seattle-dark-mode.svg"
layout: "event"

# Event Details
event_dates: "Saturday December 6th, 2025"
registration_date: "October 5th, 2025"
venue_name: "Ada's Technical Cafe"
venue_address: "425 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112 "

# Event Features
event_format: "Fully Hybrid"
event_features:
  - "In-person & online attendance options"
  - "3 days of technical talks & workshops"
  - "Trade show with industry exhibitors"
  - "Live coding sessions"
  - "Networking opportunities"

# Coming Soon Section
coming_soon_text: "Community Submissions"
coming_soon_description: "Submit a presentation below! Final deadline is Sunday, October 5th."

# Initial Speakers
initial_speakers:
  - name: "Taylor Robbins"
    topic: "UI Tools Engineer"
    affiliation: "Bungie (Makers of Destiny 2)"
    image: "/images/people/robbins.jpg"
  - name: "Benjamin Thompson"
    topic: "Math PhD turned Puzzle Designer"
    affiliation: "Cornell University"
    image: "/images/people/thompson.webp"
  - name: "This is You"
    topic: "Audience members can demo projects"

# Trade Show Information
trade_show:
  enable: true
  title: "Trade Show & Job Fair"
  description: "Connect with companies seeking handmade talent. Our trade show features booths from tech companies and studios looking for skilled low-level programmers."
  dates: "December 6-7, 2025"

# Call to Action Buttons
enable_newsletter: true
newsletter_link: "/newsletter"
enable_discord: true
discord_link: "https://handmadecities.com/discord"
enable_cfp: true
cfp_link: "mailto:submissions@handmadecities.com"
cfp_deadline: "August 15, 2025"

# Previous Events
show_previous: true
previous_events:
  - year: "2024"
    link: "/seattle/2024"
  - year: "2023"
    link: "/seattle/2023"
  - year: "2022"
    link: "/seattle/2022"

# Content Display
show_description: true
---

Handmade Seattle is our flagship event for systems programmers worldwide: going strong since 2019.

We look forward to inspiring you with the best software projects our community has to offer. And who knows: yours might be among them!