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Handmade Cities hosts two major tech conferences each year: Handmade Boston (HMB) in the summer and Handmade Seattle (HMS) in the fall.
Early-bird ticket sales typically start sometime in the spring. Subscribe to the newsletter to stay updated.
Summer - Handmade Boston
- The Sister Conference to Seattle
HMB is a smaller, more intimate event focused on what Abner calls “long-ass technical lectures.” It's the fully-offline counterpart to Seattle: there is no online track. Only in-person tickets are sold. - Return to Form
Starting in 2025 we’re going back to the exact format of the first HMB conference (sans homework) which was the most well-received. We are recreating the old-school lecturing environment.
HMB lectures are typically 90–120 minutes long. They're informal sessions with room for tangents and audience interaction. Think of Martin Mozeiko’s legendary HMB recording on compiler errors/warnings—raw, unpolished, but deeply impactful. It’s still referenced by the community today and strongly influenced Abner’s programming habits; he’s now obsessed with arena poisoning!
Next Handmade Boston: August 1–2, 2025 (Fri–Sat)
Fall - Handmade Seattle
- Our Flagship Conference
HMS is the largest event featuring a trade show, job fair, and a fully-hybrid experience with both physical and online tracks. - Professionally Live-Streamed
Thanks to our technical producer HMS is 100% professionally live-streamed.
HMS is packed with shorter, polished talks and demos. While it’s less of a deep dive than HMB it does reach a broader audience. (Presenters can still tackle technical subjects, but they’ll have less time to do so.) A community favorite is Andreas’ Context is Everything:
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HMS often explores bigger questions that plague the Handmade community. For example, we asked the head of Ink & Switch why the industry struggles to create simple software. His response led to a masterclass in software complexity:
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Next Handmade Seattle: December 5–7, 2025 (Fri–Sun)