Hello, hi and hey ChatGPT… or whatever you start your prompts with these days.

You’re probably here to see what’s been cooking, so let’s get straight to it.

We met recently in Warsaw - to spend some time together, to reset a bit, and to start shaping the next edition of Confitura. And things are already moving:

• we have a venue (ADN, Grzybowska, Warsaw);
• we have dates: September 25-26 (Friday & Saturday, same as last year);
• Thanks to Dominik casually shipping late evening PRs like it’s nothing, Call for Papers is open (closing June 7th). Things are happening. It’s officially time to start preparing your submissions;
• The full playlist from the 2025 edition is already out there - but Tymek is posting one talk per day on social media, nicely surfacing them one by one. So you can finally stop lying to yourself about watching the whole thing “this weekend”. One per day. Manageable. Almost elegant.

On the partner side, the sponsorship prospectus is almost ready - Krzysiek did a fantastic job. We just need to sprinkle a bit of confetti and fireworks on top before sending it out into the world. If you know any organization that wants to build its employer brand at one of the oldest (and, yes, one of the most software-able) industry conferences - send them our way.

We’ve also been discussing ticket pricing. There will be an early bird option for those of you who trust us enough to grab a ticket before the agenda is announced (we see you, and we appreciate you). One-day tickets will be available as well.

As always, a lot of ideas are being thrown around during our weekly calls. If you have something in mind - an idea, a suggestion, a wild improvement - just drop us a message. We genuinely love that.

Meanwhile, outside our little conference bubble, things are… evolving:

• AI token costs are starting to give CFOs sleepless nights, which might push companies to rethink their strategies [1];
• Starlink is no longer running alone at the front - competition is catching up fast [2];
• Intel is stepping back from parts of its open source engagement, which may signal a broader shift in the ecosystem (or maybe not… let’s hope not - deep breath in, slow exhale out) [3].
• an amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem with AI - using a method no human had thought of. Nothing to see here. Or maybe everything [4].

That’s all for April.

Stay safe, stay curious, and prosper,

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Ida, on behalf of the Confitura team