Home-cooked Software Meetup

​Lots of software we use these days feels like a fast-food restaurant: made by huge multinational corporations, designed to appeal to anyone, optimized for quick dopamine hits.

​It's easy to fall into the mindset that something’s not worth doing unless it can be a huge business. Will it scale? Will it monetize?

​It doesn't have to be that way — software can be a home-cooked meal, shared with only friends and family. It can be an art, a gift for the people we love. What kind of software feels like having friends over for some nice soup?

​Inspired by Robin Sloan’s essay and Maggie Appleton's follow-up on the subject, we're hosting a night of talks and demos about home-cooked software.

​Have a project you’d like to share? Come give a demo of it! We’re looking for projects that are…

• ​Situated: you know each user personally

• ​Tailored: tries to exactly meet the needs of a few people

• ​A gift: made out of a spirit of care rather than commerce

​We'll be hanging out at the lovely 1RG space and will have food, snacks, and drinks available!

​1RG's Code of Conduct to keep things welcoming for everyone

​Accessibility

​1RG does not have an accessible entrance, the front entrance requires 3 steps of about 8 inches each. The rear entrance is two steps. There is a bathroom on the ground floor.