Ask HN: Recommendations for Good Developer Conferences?

#1

Post by shreythecray » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 8:00 PM UTC

I would love to get more involved in developer conferences, meet new folks, and learn from them. It's really difficult to find these opportunities though. Do you have any recommendations on where I can find them or specific conferences I should attend?

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#2

Post by charxyz » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 8:54 PM UTC

The ones I’m looking forward to most are KubeCon/CloudNativeCon (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-no...) and the Python at Scale Summit (https://www.pythonatscale.com/).

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#3

Post by bananarchist » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 9:42 PM UTC

If you're close to MN, the MinneBar conference put on by MinneStar is the best I've ever been to. MinneStar is a nonprofit supporting the Minnesota tech scene, so it avoids some of the commercialistic trappings of many other conferences I've attended...

I missed this year tho :/

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#4

Post by 50 » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 10:36 PM UTC

You might like Handmade Seattle[1], a conference for system programmers, but also, the community behind it, Handmade Network[2].

1. https://handmade-seattle.com/ 2. https://handmade.network/

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#5

Post by ahartmetz » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 10:58 PM UTC

FOSDEM in Brussels. It has like 20 parallel tracks, so statistically, there "have" to be some good presentations, and there are.

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#6

Post by whalesalad » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 2:14 AM UTC

Strange Loop is the holy grail imho but I’ve not attended (yet). Lots of very bright minds.

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#7

Post by 414techie » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 2:59 AM UTC

SoCraTes in Soltau, Germany is a great experience. It is about Software Craft and Testing.

It’s an unconference held at a hotel that is in a very rural location. People are very welcoming and social. I went in 2017, learned a lot, and had a great time.

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#8

Post by taubek » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 9:36 AM UTC

If you are from Europe, check out We are developers https://www.wearedevelopers.com/

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for Good Developer Conferences?

#9

Post by shreythecray » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 8:16 AM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #6

Strange Loop is the holy grail imho but I’ve not attended (yet). Lots of very bright minds.

Planning on going there this year, what should I expect?