---
title: "Handmade Boston 2025"
subtitle: "The East Coast's premier conference for systems programmers. Fully offline"
image: "/images/hmb/boston-dark-mode.svg"
layout: "event"

# Event Details
event_dates: "August 15-16, 2025 (Fri-Sat)"
registration_date: "August 1st, 2025"
venue_name: "John F. Kennedy Library"
venue_address: "Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125"

# Coming Soon Section
coming_soon_text: "Community Submissions"
coming_soon_description: "Submit a lecture below! Final deadline is Friday, August 1st"

# Initial Speakers
initial_speakers:
  - name: "Jim Calabro"
    topic: "Software Engineer at Bluesky"
    affiliation: "calabro.io"
    image: "/images/people/calabro.jpg"
  - name: "Abner Coimbre"
    topic: "Author of Terminal Click"
    affiliation: "terminal.click"
    image: "/images/people/abner.jpg"
  - name: "Caden Parker"
    topic: "Senior Graphics Programmer"
    affiliation: "vectrx.substack.com"
    image: "/images/people/caden.png"
  - name: "Macoy Mason"
    topic: "Independent Contractor"
    affiliation: "macoy.me"
    image: "/images/people/macoy.jpg"

# Call to Action Buttons
enable_newsletter: true
newsletter_link: "/news"
enable_discord: true
discord_link: "https://handmadecities.com/discord"
enable_cfp: true
cfp_link: "mailto:submissions@handmadecities.com"
cfp_deadline: "August 1st, 2025"

# Content Display
show_description: true
---

Handmade Boston brings together the brightest minds in low-level programming for two days of technical lectures, networking, and job booths.

We're the sister conference to Seattle and a fully-offline counterpart: enjoy deeper lectures exclusively in-person and make some new friends for life.