I don’t need more conferences. But I do appreciate smaller conferences. Ad-hoc BOFs (Birds of a feather) usually give me some good ideas. If it’s on a specifi

I don’t need more conferences. But I do appreciate smaller conferences. Ad-hoc BOFs (Birds of a feather) usually give me some good ideas. If it’s on a specific open source project I can usually code with the core maintainers and squash bugs with immediate feedback on my MR. Smaller settings mean better Q&A with a keynote or a discussion at breakfast the next morning. When I contrast these small conferences with the mega conferences. I find it hard to justify just exactly what I get out of the big ones. You can usually watch the sessions on YouTube after the fact. Smaller conferences probably in the end equates to “more conferences” being held though. So I don’t mind all the conference notices for conferences I won’t attend.