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title="Zero Favoritism"
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date="2022-11-16T12:00:00-08:00"
description="Dissenting views matter"
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**Dissenting views matter.** As long as someone genuinely cares about software quality and the craft of making good software (beyond just earning a paycheck), they will virtually\* always have a platform at Handmade Cities: even if their views directly contradict or criticize other contributors, or even the founder himself.  

We intentionally include opposing perspectives. For example:  
- Andrew Kelley publicly criticized Kagi’s business model while Kagi was actively hiring at the same Handmade conference.  
- We rented a job booth to K&C, a defense contractor, which outraged a conference speaker who nearly stormed out—until Abner spent half an hour justifying their inclusion.
- Orca supporters were pissed off when Serenum was given a platform, because Serenum fans openly trash Orca’s work. [Both companies](/operation2030/intro/exemplary-software) demoed at the same event.  

Our stance is clear: the founder and his advisory board curate a buffet of content, and the audience decides what resonates best.

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\* We prohibit the usual suspects like hate speech, doxxing, or incitements to violence.