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title="Tech Conferences"
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mediatype="struct"
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conference="seattle-2022"
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date="2022-11-16T12:00:00-08:00"
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description="Two annual conferences: from Boston to Seattle"
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[[videos]]
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title="Memory Strategies"
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embed="https://player.vimeo.com/video/774890907"
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download_link="https://player.vimeo.com/progressive_redirect/playback/774890907/rendition/720p/file.mp4?loc=external&oauth2_token_id=1777364455&signature=3c443137144bf46966f5607ab00f818dfa5f98e1ac7643e62160f55e0bb27792"
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[[speakers]]
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name="Abner Coimbre"
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bio=""
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[Prev](/operation2030/structure/meetups) | [Contents](/operation2030) | [Next](/operation2030/structure/team)
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Handmade Cities hosts two major tech conferences each year: [Handmade Boston](/boston) (HMB) in the summer and [Handmade Seattle](/seattle) (HMS) in the fall.
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Early-bird ticket sales typically start sometime in the spring. Subscribe to the [newsletter](/news) to stay updated.
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#### Summer - Handmade Boston
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- **The Sister Conference to Seattle**
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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.
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- **Return to Form**
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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.
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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](/media/boston-2023/errors-and-compilers) 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!
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**Next Handmade Boston:** August 1–2, 2025 (Fri–Sat)
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#### Fall - Handmade Seattle
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- **Our Flagship Conference**
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HMS is the largest event featuring a trade show, job fair, and a fully-hybrid experience with both physical and online tracks.
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- **Professionally Live-Streamed**
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Thanks to our [technical producer](/about) HMS is 100% professionally live-streamed.
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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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{{< vimeo 644068002 >}}
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HMS often explores bigger questions that plague the Handmade community. For example, we asked the head of [Ink & Switch](https://inkandswitch.com) why the industry struggles to create simple software. His response led to a masterclass in software complexity:
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{{< youtube czzAVuVz7u4 >}}
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**Next Handmade Seattle:** December 5–7, 2025 (Fri–Sun)
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