--- title: "Revolt for Fast Updates" meta_title: "" description: "Abner Coimbre is our Seattle meetup host. Read their latest announcement" date: 2026-01-16T22:32:38Z image: "/images/revolt_community.png" categories: ["Meetups"] author: "Abner Coimbre" tags: ["meetups", "seattle"] draft: false --- > [Abner Coimbre](/about) is our [Seattle](/meetups/seattle) meetup host. You may reach the author at abner@handmadecities.com **TL;DR:** Request [invite codes](https://handmadecities.com/chat) for Revolt today! Check out our [brand new](https://guide.handmadecities.com) wiki. Finally, the Seattle co-working session is cancelled as we potentially switch venues. --- Seattle area folks, Happy 2026! Our Discord server is no more: as I [promised](/news/summer-update-2025/) last summer (see **Discord Off-Ramp** section) and then [very explicitly](/news/revolt-against-discord/) in the fall. Indeed I'm going underground to promote offline meetups - may the power of word-of-mouth bless the community. My own account is scheduled for deletion. Discord said it will take up to 14 days, so I don't know if that means my account appears active? Anyway, if you're sending me DMs there I'm not seeing them. ## Keeping up with Handmade Cities There's three official ways to keep tabs on things. As we go down this list the frequency of updates goes way up: 1. [Public Newsletter](/news): this is the slowest one. You get a [Press Release](/categories/press-release) newsletter once in a blue moon, because it's intended for a mass audience. I take into account the events occuring at other Handmade meetups around the world. 2. [Seattle Mailing List](/meetups/seattle): you're already part of this! You get notifications about monthly meetups, co-working sessions or just critical announcements like our Discord shutting down. 3. [Chat Server](https://chat.handmadecities.com): Revolt is the new real-time chat. I send messages there every other day: some of them bubble up to the mailing list and, eventually, a public newsletter. For Revolt we have an [application process](/chat) for you to get an invite code. ## Quick Guide We're excited to announce the [HMC Guide](https://guide.handmadecities.com): a proper wiki to document how our community is structured: In the new spirit of [handing off](/memos/HMC-Memo-001-Wiki-Ownership.pdf) ownership to trusted community members, our friend [Zac Nowicki](https://guide.handmadecities.com/docs/support/contact/#editor) is editor of Handmade Cities. If you spot inaccuracies or valuable missing info shoot him a message at `zac@handmadecities.com`. ## Seattle Co-Work on Pause I am scoping out new venues for co-working in Seattle today. There's a strong chance we're going to use the ol' Third Place Books for the monthly meetup after-party (instead of co-working.) Our best candidate for a new co-working venue is **Armistice Coffee**, which is in the Roosevelt neighborhood as always. Anyway, until the dust settles I am canceling the co-working session today. Forgive me and stay tuned on this front. Your independent organizer,
Abner Coimbre