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title: "Boston Schedule and Updates"
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description: "The Handmade Boston 2023 schedule and final updates."
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date: 2023-07-31T05:00:00Z
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image: "/images/news/hourglass-2910948_1920-980x653.jpg"
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categories: ["Press Release"]
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author: "Abner Coimbre"
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- /boston-schedule-and-updates
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#### Dear Handmade Folks,
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The first ever Handmade Boston begins this Thursday!
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Whether you attend the physical or online track I hope you have a good time with our instructors, learn something new, and make friends with programmers like yourself: those who care about building quality software.
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**Note:** Handmade Boston is an experiment on forming mentor-pupil relationships; the software industry is in dire need of apprenticeships (even if they’re informal.) While I can’t guarantee an instructor will become your mentor after the conference, I’m helping create the fertile grounds for it. You may even discover a fellow audience member, a seasoned expert, who willingly decides to teach you things.
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If you’re comfortable in any systems language and are not a complete beginner this conference is for you. We’re here to help you grow if you’re feeling stuck.
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_P.S. This conference is a more intimate affair compared to Handmade Seattle. Think of “dozens” instead of “hundreds” in attendance._
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#### The Schedule 🕰
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The [Boston page](https://handmadecities.com/boston) has been updated with the conference schedule for both tracks. Make sure to keep it bookmarked for quick reference.
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Unlike Handmade Seattle, the physical track in Boston will not be live-streamed. However, fret not, as I will be recording all the sessions exclusively for ticket holders. You’ll have the privilege of accessing these recordings a number of months before they’re made available to the public.
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While the online track awaits these recordings, tune in for a special livestream show featuring our online instructors. Keep an eye out for masterclasses with a Twitch logo, as those are designed specifically for the online track. While this show will be streamed to the public, take-home assignments will remain private just for ticket holders.
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#### Door Prices 🎫
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Yes, tickets can still be purchased on the day of the conference! Rest assured, there will be no increase in prices. I firmly believe in maintaining the early-bird sale indefinitely for 2023. We must assist the financially disadvantaged; it’s been a tough year in tech.
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**We have a sponsoring pool from fans who donated some cash to spare. If you or someone you know needs a discount, or even a free seat, send Abner an email and briefly tell us your story:** abner@handmadecities.com
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#### Demoscene Masterclass Postponed
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Andreas Fredriksson has had to deal with a family illness, preventing him from contributing to Handmade Boston. Naturally, family comes first, and his well-being and that of his family are the priority.
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We apologize for this inconvenience. However, Andreas has graciously agreed to turn his lecture into a Handmade Seattle talk this fall, so I hope you will join us there!
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#### Mitchell Hashimoto
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My friend [Mitchell](https://mitchellh.com/), founder of HashiCorp, has always been a hacker at heart. Mitchell has recently developed a keen interest in Handmade, just like many of you!
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We both independently embarked on creating terminal emulators from scratch, looking to innovate in this somewhat barren landscape. During our countless hours of project comparisons we stumbled upon a fun idea: to record a conversation dubbed **The Future of Terminals**. Mitchell and I agree on a bunch of things but disagree on others, so this discussion should prove entertaining and insightful.
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This will be streamed for the online track: we should treat it as bonus content to compensate for the cancellation of the demoscene masterclass.
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And don’t forget that by joining Handmade Boston you’ll be enrolled into the closed beta for [Terminal Click](https://terminal.click/) – taking place later this August.
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#### Private Forums
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Forgive me if you’re still waiting on an invite to the private forums. I had promised to send them a week in advance, and unfortunately, I wasn’t able to meet that timeline.
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You should still receive an invite ahead of the conference, but we might be coming in clutch! Note that the forums are for:
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* Accessing take-home assignments
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* Accessing recordings once they’re available
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* Downloading any files the instructors post during their masterclass
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Which means it’s not strictly necessary for you to be in the forums right away. Stay tuned for further updates and your forum invite.
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#### Discord Chat 💬
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Unlike Handmade Seattle, we’re not self-hosting a private chat server. It’s only the private forums. However, the [Handmade Network](https://discord.gg/hmn) has a public channel called **meetups-boston** for anyone looking for things to do around Boston 🙂
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If you ping me there and I don’t respond immediately, please be patient! I’m the sole organizer of this conference so my bandwidth will be a bit saturated. (I generally prefer that you email me instead.)
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#### Closing Notes: Sponsoring Tickets
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If an individual wishes to donate to the sponsoring pool, please use our [Donorbox](https://donorbox.org/handmadecities) and in the comments write in “Sponsoring Pool” or similar.
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If you mark yourself as an anonymous donor I won’t be reaching out to you. Otherwise, I’m happy to report progress on how your donation helped the cause!
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Finally, if you don’t trust me to handle this, you can always buy a seat and use the **transfer** button in the ticket email to gift it to a friend or loved one. For me the best feeling in the world is to run conferences that are independent and powered by individual engineers, not corporations.
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Thank you for helping,<br>
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Abner |