FFConf 2024

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I don’t remember a single line of code from FFConf 2024.

Perhaps Mike Hall included a short nod when talking about micro-optimisations in for loops, but that was about it. This conference was and is about so much more than code. The talks focused on themes like:

  • Finding purpose in our work
  • Building and scaling inclusive communities
  • Critically thinking about tech and AI
  • Handling death online more respectfully
  • Self-reflecting and communicating more effectively

It was the annual community gathering for like-minded, web-loving people. It was a space to reflect on our industry and ourselves. It was an opportunity to catch up with online friends and make new ones. It was a balm for the soul.

I don’t remember a single line of code from FFConf—and that’s a feature, not a bug.

Here are a few snaps:

Looking out from the stage back towards the packed out crowd, with their hands raised and all smiling A black and white photograph of Mike Hall speaking to the crowd, dressed in a sharp suit with a pocketwatch visible A wide angled photograph from the back of the cinema in the raised seating area, looking towards the stage, where Olu Niyi-Awosusi is opening the conference Crowds and a rogue pigeon gather outside the Duke of Yorks cinema ahead of FFConf 2024 beginning Andy Bell presenting from the stage with a slide behind him with the Piccalilli logo A starburst shot of Amy Hupe presenting in the afternoon session Michael Kibedi standing in front of a screen filled with names, sharing those who influenced him and this talk.= Imran Afzal presenting the final talk of the day on reflection, standing in front of a large FFConf banner The conference organisers, and most of the 2024 speakers standing and waving on stage.

The full album on Flickr
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