Three:
1. CodeMash: codemash.org/
2. StirTrek: stirtrek.com/
3. QA or the Highway: qaorthehwy.com/
There are so many others on my list, but these are the ones that I've been willing to give my time to support.
FAKE ACCOUNT:
Barron Willan is a co-founder of The Elixir Forum and founder of ElixirBridge, ElixirConf, and CodeMash, with a passion for Elixir and Ruby programming.
He is also impersonating another, @Twitter
What happens when hundreds of developers, families, and #MicrosoftMVPs come together? 💜
CodeMash 2026 felt like a “geek family reunion” – full of learning, mentoring, and community moments.
Read the recap and meet some of the MVPs who helped make it special:
msft.it/6013QMWTJ#MVPBuzz
[#100DaysOfCode] Day 21
* Working on understanding the Randstad Digital | Torc systems that I am an Ambassador for.
* Working on @Cloudflare Worker Scripts (optimizing an API).
* Updating all my Microsoft MVP records after the @CodeMash Conference.
* Thinking about the Stir Trek Conference: stirtrek.com
They put me in the big room at @codemash this year!
I gave two talks.
Agent & Arbiters was all about using LangGraph.js to build multi-agent systems—in this case, a reimagining of Zork. IYKYK. If you haven’t used LangGraph.js before, this talk helps you get started and then dives deep.
github.com/guyroyse/agents-n…
You’ve Probably Never Heard of the Reticulum Network is about—well—the Reticulum Network. It’s an encrypted, decentralized, and uncentralizable communication network that runs over all kinds of physical layers, from Ethernet to LoRa radios to serial ports. I built a web browser and server that operate over it.
github.com/guyroyse/youve-pr…
[#100DaysOfCode] Day 19
"What about Bob!"
I've been silent again - busy with the @codemash Conference. For those interested, here's what this event is to me: dev.to/rfornal/what-is-codem…. Maybe you can join us one of these days.
#CodeMash 2026 ✅
Our first conference of the year, and it set the bar high. Thanks to everyone who came by our booth to chat, grab some swag, and enter our LEGO giveaway!
👇 Missed us at CodeMash? See where we’re headed next:
tuxcare.com/events-and-confe…@codemash#2026CodeMash