| About Handmade Cities |
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| Sponsor-free tech events |
**100% indie.** We reject sponsorship deals because we must be allowed to criticize anyone’s software. Accepting “free” bags of money destroys our ability to change the software industry. |
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| An obligation to software quality |
Our industry’s incentives erode ownership to extract rent from consumers. We’ve abandoned the love for our craft, the user's quality of experience, and their right to privacy. |
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| Self-host wherever possible |
Our services live in-house: we operate our own chat server and newsletter system. For payments, Stripe/PayPal ping our servers to process any orders ourselves. |
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| Direct funding approach |
We grow through obvious means, funded through users buying our own Handmade software. No investors. |
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Official Memos |
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