Unorganized, spontaneous gathering of hackers on a tropical island or coast. Every year in January. Next January: Koh Lanta, Thailand.
Joined September 2012
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19 Dec 2025
A new year, a new beach. See you on Koh Lanta in January:
hackerbeach.org/episode-14-s…
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Hacker Beach retweeted
6 Nov 2023
Take a break from winter this coming January, and join us on the magical island of Madagascar, for a few weeks of hacking, exchanging knowledge, and socializing:
hackerbeach.org/hacker-beach…
#hackerbeach
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25 Oct 2023
Preannouncement: Hacker Beach 2024 is a go! As always, we're gathering on a tropical beach during the month of January. This time, we'll meet on Madagascar!
Follow this account (or on fedi) and/or request an invitation to our XMPP room, if you're interested in dropping by.
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12 Apr 2023
It's still early for location proposals for next #hackerbeach. But due to our unwritten rules, the next destination should be somewhere in Africa again (3rd one on the continent would be a charm), or the Caribbean for only th…
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10 Jan 2023
Time-appropriate greetings, everyone! The sun just set on the beach again, but there are still many sunsets to enjoy this January! The gathering is slowly growing, there are private rooms for less than $20, and there's food f…
kosmos.social/@hackerbeach/1…
ALT Sunset on Tengah Beach, Langkawi
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5 Jan 2023
The vibe on Langkawi today (photo by @bkero@kosmos.social):
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29 Dec 2022
What to expect at Hacker Beach:
* Hacking, not cracking
* FOSS creation and contribution galore (non-programmers welcome)
* Exchanging knowledge, experience, and ideas
* Occasional unconference-style sessions
* Fantastic weather
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29 Dec 2022
* Outdoor activity options, like e.g. hiking, snorkeling, scuba-diving
* Explore the wider region before/after your time at the official location
* Whatever you want to make it. Hacker Beach is just people.
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27 Dec 2022
The first confirmed arrivals on Langkawi that we know of are on January 3! More people arriving during the first and second weeks of January as well. As always, some people will stay until the end of January or longer.
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21 Dec 2022
Wondering what kinds of projects and knowledge people will bring to Hacker Beach this coming January? Here are a few choice examples that we know of already:
#xmpp #infosec #devops #foss #linux #cooperatives #fediverse #ligh…
kosmos.social/@hackerbeach/1…
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21 Dec 2022
More topics: #lightningnetwork #podcasting #remotestorage #decentralization
(Sry for the character limit around here. We're syncing posts over from the open social web.)
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16 Dec 2022
Casual reminder that you can hang out with your laptop on Langkawi anytime this coming January, and there will be other opensource hackers around, who you can meet, and exchange ideas, knowledge, and experience with. Looking forward to seeing you there!
en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Langk…
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5 Nov 2022
Hacker Beach #11 is a go! Join us in Malaysia next January:
hackerbeach.org/hacker-beach…
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18 Aug 2022
We're slowly starting to think about locations for next January.
Anyone has tips for magical places among the Pacific islands in the Oceania/Asia-Pacific region? We have a gap to fill...
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Hacker Beach retweeted
15 Jan 2022
Here a shout-out to @Bitcoinbeach's Hope House for letting us crash their place to do some makery
We arrived here with a new friend we just met and he promptly recognized the camaraderie within bitcoin occurrence: Without hesitation Salim started helping us
This is the way :)
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