Hello Handmade community! It’s been an exciting year for Handmade so far. Here’s what we’ve been up to:

• We announced Orca, a new toolkit for cross-platform WebAssembly apps.
• We launched Time Machine, a community project where we collect video of old devices to see how the experience of computing has changed over time.
• We hosted the Visibility Jam, a jam where we make invisible things in computing visible.
• We held another fishbowl about software testing, and we’ll likely revisit this topic in the future.

And of course, Abner has expanded his conference efforts and is now hosting two Handmade conferences, one in Boston and one in Seattle. Handmade Boston is less than a month away, so check it out (and don’t forget there’s an online track!)

TL;DR: Orca and Time Machi

Hello, Handmade Network! We’ve got big plans for 2023 and it’s about time we shared them with you all. So let’s get into it!

Education: diving deep on networking

Last year we launched a new education initiative. Our goal is to cover topics that no one else is covering. And we’re not just making material for beginners - we want to dive deep into each topic and provide a rich understanding that can only come from real experts in the domain.

You see, we’re taking a different approach from most programmer education. We recognize that there are tons of great resources on the internet for a variety of topics. But if you’re new to a particular domain, there’s still an important question: where do I start?

We want to be your guide. We’ll point you to the best books, the best articles, the best resources that will help you gain real understanding. We’ll teach you the jargon and give you the context you need to understand

Handmade Network is different from other software development communities. We promote philosophies and projects that care deeply about software craftsmanship. We criticize common dogma within the software industry that has produced a computing world that is far too sluggish, too bloated, too poorly-designed, and too unwilling to change. We stand for a better computing world.

In the past 4 years, we've done some big things with Handmade Network. The community has grown dramatically, with thousands of (active!) users on the Discord server (where a bulk of Handmade communication happens). We started a podcast. We've had multiple Handmade-themed jams. We transformed the Handmade Network website into a larger repository of Handmade projects and showcase content, to serve as a bastion of Handmade ideas, and concretely demonstrate how Handmade can improve

Hello everyone! Just dropping by to make three announcements of upcoming events and projects here on the network over the summer:

1. Fishbowl on Saturday, May 28

Our next fishbowl conversation will be happening on the Discord on May 28! If you've never joined us, a fishbowl is essentially a panel conversation held over text chat, where a select few participants can hold a focused long-form discussion on a specific topic. We're a big fan of this format because of the way it allows participants to write thoughtful, long-form answers that would be impossible in any other medium.

We've had fishbowls on the future of operating systems in the age of the Internet, [the relationship between simplicity and performance](https://disc

Happy New Year, Handmade Network! I hope you all had an amazing holiday season, and I hope you're all looking forward to 2022 as much as I am.

The Handmade movement had a huge year in 2021. The Handmade Seattle conference, hosted by former Handmade Network staff member Abner Coimbre, brought the community together for yet another time, even in the face of the many changing circumstances that 2021 held in store. We on the Handmade Network staff team hosted the Wheel Reinvention Jam, and we had a number of very well-done project submissions. Ben Visness and Asaf Gartner rewrote the entire Handmade Network website backend in preparation for some huge features that are slowly making their way onto the website.

This is, of course, only an incomplete list. The real list of all of the great things that happened for the Handmade movement in 2021 is not enumerable. But let's dig into these.

Handmade Seattle 2021

Abner Coimbre successfully hosted Handmade Seattle for a 3rd yea

Hey, everyone!

It's almost time for the Wheel Reinvention Jam! It's starting on the 27th, which is this coming Monday. Be sure to explore or post project ideas, register for the jam, and get all of your coffee ready. I'm so excited to see what you all cook up!

During the jam, we encourage sharing progress (and result) either on the Discord (we'll have a special channel set up for jam showcase content) or on the forums. If you end up participating on Discord, be sure to connect your Handmade Network account to your Discord account!

To get things kicked off before the jam, the Handmade Network staff (myself, Ben, and Asaf) will be joining the [Zig Showtime show tomorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watc

For the past few months, Asaf and I have been working hard on rewriting the Handmade Network website - and as of today, we're pleased to announce that it is live, and you're using it right now!

The new site has been written from the ground-up in Go, replacing the old Python / Django codebase. The whole site should immediately feel snappier and more pleasant to use, but we've tried hard to keep all the features you know and love from the old site.

It's not all the same though. Here's one big new addition that we hope you'll like...

A new forum post editor (with Markdown!)

The old BBCode-based editor has been completely replaced with a new Markdown-based editor. It features real-time previews and all the features you'd expect from a Markdown editor, including GFM extensions and some features from Discord (like ||spoiler tags|| - always a favorite!).

However, if you are for some reason a BBCode diehard, that is still supported. You can freely mix BBCode and M

After a lot of planning, we are super excited to finally announce our second-ever jam: the Wheel Reinvention Jam!

The Wheel Reinvention Jam is an opportunity for you to fix something broken, to explore new takes on old ideas, or to just replace a tool that's bugging you. Members of our Discord may know that we have a #wishlist channel where people can post software that they want to see a "handmade" version of - something faster, something smarter, something more robust and high-quality than what they're stuck with today. This jam is our attempt to attack the software on that list and kick off the next wave of handmade programs.

This jam is a follow-up to our LISP jam from last summer, where several community members created LISP-related software over the course of a week. That jam produced some incredible projects, including a game framework, a novel [url=https://git

Hello again, everyone! Just in time for July, we have a project update for the month of June.

If you're not familiar, we take an opportunity each month to highlight some of the amazing work that's being shared on the Discord server and share it with the broader community as well. We also get a few words from each project's creator so you can learn more about what they're up to.

We've got a big one today, so let's get into it!

Palanteer (by Dadaaam)

This project came out of nowhere this month. Palanteer is a comprehensive profiler for C++ and Python with many useful ways of viewing all kinds of performance data. It's a super exciting project, and the author has gone to great lengths already to make it ready for use.

Here's a little background to entice you.

[quote]I started this pr

Hello, everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well! It has been another busy month in the Network, and I've got some exciting stories to share.

New Podcast Episode

First things first: We've been hard at work on more podcast episodes.

This month, we released the 14th episode, in which Demetri Spanos, artificial intelligence expert, PhD recipient, and former university professor, joins us to discuss a frequently-discussed subject on the Handmade Network: computer science and software engineering education (particularly in universities).

Demetri and I discussed the perceived problems in university computer science (and related) programs, how big of problems they are, what is being done about them, and what we might try to do about them in the future. It was a fascinating conversation, and I'm so excited to share it with everyone. I hope you enjoy the episode.

Hey everyone! This is the first post in a new monthly series where we highlight some of the amazing projects being worked on around the network, and share some updates from those projects' creators.

What you see here is just a small portion of what gets shared in #project-showcase on the Discord. For each project we're highlighting this month, we have a few words from the project's creator and resources so that you can find out more.

This update was entirely made possible by Cedric on the Discord, who had the idea to do a community newsletter like this in the first place, and who did all the legwork of reaching out to project creators and getting their updates. A huge thanks to Cedric for kicking this thing off!

C3 (by Christoffer Lernö)

C3 is a new language

Hello everyone! It's been a busy couple months around the network and we've got lots of exciting news to share.

The podcast is back!

After a bit of a hiatus, the Handmade Network Podcast is back! We're now publishing new episodes on a monthly basis, with each new episode coming out around the first of each month.

Our latest episode is an interview with Cancel, most widely known for Ripcord, an alternative Discord and Slack client that is written directly for native platforms. We're so excited and honored to have Cancel as a guest, so give the full interview a listen!

As always, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, [u

Well, it's certainly been a while! This is of course not a unique occurrence for me, really, but alas, I have come back to say hello and share some Handmade news!

The latter half of 2020 of course was a crazy year for everyone. It is often regarded as a time where nearly everything went wrong, but we can't forget to look at the positives as well. For Handmade Network in particular, we had a number of exciting moments...

HMS2020 (link)

...the first of which being the second annual Handmade Seattle conference, Handmade Seattle 2020, hosted by Handmade Network founder Abner Coimbre. This conference started in 2019 with an in-person conference, but Abner worked extremely hard to make a virtual equivalent in 2020 a reality, despite the ongoing circumstances. Abner's efforts were successful, and we were gifted yet another incredible conference.

Many Handmade Network projects, Handmade-adjacent projects, or Handmade Network pro

We are excited to announce a new integration with the network's Discord server! On our home page you'll see a new Community Showcase section - this new feature shows off the latest work shared in the server's [b]#project-showcase[/] channel, where community members share what they're working on. The showcase is an especially vibrant and special part of the community, and we're excited to bring some of that energy to the website.

To share your own work, all you need to do is link your Discord and Handmade Network accounts. There's only a couple steps: [ol] [li]Link your Discord account via the Discord tab in your [url=https://handmade.network/_settings#discord]profile settings[/]. (If you haven't joined our Discord yet - [url=https://discord.gg/hxWxDee]do that![/])[/] [li]Ensure that "Automatically capture everything I post in [b]#project-showcase[/]" is checked, and save your profile settings.[/] [/] In addition, if you have previous work shared in #project-showcase, you

Hi everyone!

I apologize for the extended period of silence. I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. I've gathered a number of very exciting announcements!

HMN Lisp Jam

Recently, on the Handmade Network Discord, we've been having some discussions about metaprogramming and using code as data. It should come to no surprise to those familiar with the topic that Lisp has come up. Lisp offers tools for this idea to a much stronger degree than, say, C. Treating code like ordinary data is an immensely powerful technique that is helpful even when doing C programming, and allows one to compress ideas in their code down to a very small area, allowing for faster iteration, smarter features, and less maintenance.

To provide an opportunity for the community to gather around, collaborate, and develop in this area, we are hosting a Lisp Jam! This Lisp J

Hey, everyone!

I hope everyone is staying healthy throughout these troubling times. Currently, many of us are either not working or working from home and are subject to local restrictions on movement and activities. While the world is in a very worrying position, I have found a silver lining: there's a lot of stuff to do for programmers stuck at home. This includes, for example, doing amazing work and posting it in the Handmade Network Discord server's #project-showcase channel, or writing valuable technical information for others to read. Additionally, if your name happens to be Ryan, it might be recording some podcast episodes...

Podcast Episode #1 Live

Actually, funny I mention that, because my name is Ryan, and I have a podcast episode prepared for you! In this very first episode of the Handmade Network Podcast, I speak with a long-time community member, and artificial intelligence industry veteran

Hey everyone! The library promised in our latest news post is now live.

https://handmade.network/library

There are over 50 resources to kick things off, with more on the way thanks to dedicated community members and everyone sharing links on the Discord. There are many categories to look into, and all resources are categorized by different types of media (books, videos, articles, etc.) so you can easily find the kind of resources you're looking for. You can also leave stars on resources so that everyone can see which resources are especially valuable to the community.

Every resource also has its own forum category, so you can post discussion threads if you have questions or feedback about it. We hope that this will make each resource even more useful over time!

We have several improvements and new features on the roadmap, including more ways to view the

Hello, everyone!

I have both good news and bad news. The good news is that some very exciting things are brewing here in Handmade Network! The bad news, on the other hand, is that I haven't kept you up to date for awhile, so you will have a lot of reading to do.

Jokes aside, rest assured that I am both alive, and well aware that I am extremely late in writing this. As the saying goes, better late than never. :)

Let's jump into the news!

Handmade Network Podcast

Have you been missing listening to conversations and interviews between members of the community? I certainly have. That's why we've decided to start a recurring podcast that is focused on Handmade principles and having interesting and valuable conversations about computing.

The first episode will be coming out within a week or so, and we will continue to produce episodes on a regular basis. More details are to come, so stay tuned!

(Site Update) The Library

The [url=htt

Hey everyone!

It has been a busy month! I have quite a few very exciting updates to share with everyone, including: Some new site features, two new projects, and some highlights from the community showcase.

Handmade Seattle

Handmade Seattle took place a couple of weeks ago, and it was amazing! If you haven't already, be sure to thank Abner Coimbre for all of his hard work. The conference was an incredible experience, and it was a huge treat to listen to experienced industry veteran lectures, and have the community brought together. There were some live A/V issues so you may have had trouble catching it live, but from my understanding there will be recordings released soon.

Several Handmade Network projects (and many others) were shown off at Handmade Seattle: 4coder, Odin, [url=https://me

Hey folks!

I hope everyone is doing well. I just have a short post this month, which will include: The announcement of a new project, and my usual collection of interesting and impressive community showcase posts from the Discord server.

Handmade Seattle

First of all, I'd like to remind everyone that the window for purchasing tickets to Handmade Seattle is closing soon, so be sure to head over to the Handmade Seattle website and pick one up if you are planning to make it! There have been some more exciting details about the conference announced, including the announcement of new speakers, new projects, and more general conference details, so I recommend checking the news out.

New Project: Dan Zaidan's Break Arcade Games Out

Community member Dan Zaidan recently streamed a short series in which he programmed an entire game from scratch in C. The serie

Hey, everyone; I hope you're all doing well! I have a few exciting updates to share with you this month regarding the site, Handmade Seattle, some of the projects here on Handmade Network, and the usual community showcase posts.

Handmade Seattle

I've been talking about this for awhile: Handmade Seattle, a conference about handmade software being put on by Handmade Network co-founder Abner Coimbre, is coming up soon! It's taking place on November 16th, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. Multiple projects from Handmade Network will be there, including both 4coder and The Melodist, as well as a large number of handmade programming projects from elsewhere!

Ticket sales are limited, but you can still pick them up. Get them while you still can here!

Handmade Network Discord Account Linking