Handmade Cities 2025

Conference tickets, community submissions, our new advisory board, and more.

Things to Discuss:

• Spring Ticket Sale
• Call for Submissions
• Our New Advisory Board
• New Meetup Hosts
• Terminal Click - Beta Access

Dear Conference Goer,

Since my last newsletter about parting ways with Handmade Network, things have been moving fast. I’ve got plenty of exciting news to share today!

Spring Ticket Sale

I’m excited to announce the Spring Sale for Handmade Cities 2025! This year, we’re hosting Boston in the Summer and Seattle in the Fall.

Discounted Tickets

These are now weekend conferences. Furthermore, Boston and Seattle are spaced further apart, giving our events a lot more breathing room.

The agenda isn’t finalized yet (hence the discounts), but we’ve already listed some promising presenters. If you’ve attended since 2019, you know we’re keen to deliver better conferences every year. (And trust me, last year was full of valuable lessons.)

Call for Submissions

We’re officially accepting talk and demo submissions for both conferences! Whether you have a technical lecture, a short talk, or a software demo, we’d love to hear from you.

Submit your proposals to: submissions@handmadecities.com

You’ll find a submission button on the Boston and Seattle pages too. Further news or deadlines will be posted there.

Our New Advisory Board

We’ve ratified a new Advisory Board to help guide Handmade Cities.
The board meets monthly to discuss progress with the conferences and meetups, offer feedback to presenters, or vote on community submissions. While I could in theory override their votes, any such action shall be made public in our meeting notes—serving as checks and guardrails.

New Meetup Hosts

Despite the interesting economy, our local meetups are thriving! This year, we’ve officially launched meetups in Tokyo and Berlin with Vancouver, Canada making a strong comeback.

A huge thanks to our hosts for fostering monthly gatherings of programmers who embody the Handmade ethos. If you’d like to join or wishlist a meetup in your city, visit handmadecities.com/meetups.

Interested in hosting a meetup? Email us at support@handmadecities.com!

Terminal Click - Beta Access

The closed beta for Terminal Click is in full swing. If you’ve attended (or plan to attend) Handmade Boston, you automatically qualify for access. Just email me at abner@terminal.click to get your download link.

Note: Please use the same email address that you used to book a conference ticket.

My latest April devlog, The Wizard and His Shell, hit the top spot on Lobsters for multiple days. It’s been fascinating to see the growing commentary with each devlog we release.

I believe it’s crucial for leadership to independently ship Handmade software. That’s why I’m sharing this project here—it’s a direct reflection of the ethos we’re building together.

In closing, I hope you’ll register for the conferences. If you like what I’m doing, registering early is the best way to show your support, and it means the world to me.

Your independent organizer,
Abner Coimbre