The big question is how can we keep doing the work we do, when it sustains us, provides meaning and purpose, and sometimes pays the bills. We’re

Monki Gras | The developer conference about craft culture

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2025-01-20 15:30:03

The big question is how can we keep doing the work we do, when it sustains us, provides meaning and purpose, and sometimes pays the bills. We’re in a period of profound change, technically, politically, socially, economically, which has obvious implications for us as practitioners, but also for the culture at large.

We’ll likely focus this year on a couple of key themes – open source as a means of production, and the human side of software development as AI impacts the work we do. Of course we’ll also go meta – crafts and skills are disappearing, so how can we maintain them, and why should we?

Open source is under sustained threat in the era of the open source rug pull, where companies build success through communities and open distribution, before changing to proprietary licenses. Meanwhile AI is shaping up as a transformative technology – so how can software developers, both new industry entrants and experienced engineers, build skills and maintain their relevance in the face of the oncoming revolution?

At Monki Gras 2025 we’ll explore these themes and more. As ever we’ll lean into delightful craft experiences and tastings – notably with amazing craft beers and ciders, natural wines, great soft drinks, and truly excellent food. This is an intimate event where you’ll learn a lot and meet some lovely people. If you care about the future of the software industry you’ll get a lot out of it.