The Conference
One day on what it takes to trust what AI builds. Sessions run alongside the hackathon all day — dip in and out, or come just for these.
Three tracks, all day
Every session sits in one of these. Each track has a prize behind it, and every ticket includes all three.
Building with AI
Handing off between tools without losing the thread, where state lives, what each step needs.
Deciding what the model sees and what it shouldn’t. Retrieval, compaction, token budgets.
Reviewing what you didn’t write, at volume. Property tests, spec-driven generation, trust.
Building the Factory
The scaffolding a whole team codes against, shared context files, structure, conventions.
Knowing a regression happened before a person does. Tests and evals that earn the trust.
Secrets handled properly, and tracing a failure through code nobody on the team authored.
Building an AI Career
What hiring managers actually look for now, and how those signals have shifted.
How teams are reshaping around what the tools absorbed, and which roles are growing.
Shipping alone what used to take a team, and where that stops being true.
Sessions are still being booked
The call for speakers is open until October 15, 2026. First-time speakers are welcome — several of the best talks at Indy Hackers events have been someone's first.
How the day runs
Sessions run from mid-morning to late afternoon. Nothing is booked — move between tracks as you like.
- 8:30 – 9:00 AM
Doors open & check-in
Coffee, networking, and getting situated.
- 9:00 – 9:30 AM
Welcome remarks
The challenge, the rules, and how the day runs.
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Conference sessions
Building with AI, Building the Factory, Building an AI Career. Open to every ticket.
- 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Social happy hour
Toast the builds, talk shop, and meet the people behind them. Open to the entire community.
Come for the sessions alone.
The conference ticket is free, includes the demo social, and books you into nothing — move between tracks as you like.