The Hallway Track
8 tracked signals on developer-community.
AI-generated contributions are eroding trust and community in open source projects.
“GitHub is effectively uh an archive of SLOP PRs and issues and security reports um where the sense of community before has turned into this like deep skepticism and distrust”
Andrew Ng invites developers to AI Dev NYC on November 30–December 1
“The sessions will be very technical, and the speakers will frankly share what worked and what ideas will help you create even more interesting projects.”
OpenAI launches Codex Originals program to spotlight builders using Codex
AI Dev San Francisco 2026 drew 2,599 developers, tripling in size over one year
“It feels like the future is happening here.”
Simon Willison and Jesse Vincent are hosting an informal SF show-and-tell for people building experiments on top of coding agents.
“This isn't about product pitches, it's about much earlier explorations than that. This agentic AI stuff is weird! Let's celebrate and lean into that weirdness.”
Microsoft says open source is now at the kernel and core of how it builds and delivers products today.
“And so open source is now literally at the kernel at the core of Microsoft today.”
Microsoft's MVP program recognizes 4,000+ community leaders across 96 countries for sharing technical knowledge.
“the MVP award is Microsoft's way of saying thank you to the people that give back in the community sharing their knowledge freely and openly”
Microsoft community leaders share how they build and lead developer communities across .NET, Azure, and AI.
“my role is really focused on community empowering communities around the world”