Every thought I had at RenderATL 2026

  • Yay friends!
  • Oh god I forgot how serious the air conditioning is inside of AmericasMart
  • Must find quiet spot on the floor and access wifi for quick work Zoom
  • Apparently I am now too old to sit down on the floor like that
  • Everybody looks so nice in their fancy conference outfits
  • I am grateful for this hot but undrinkable cup of Fern Gully sludge in a coffee cup, aka free hand warmer
  • Strong opening panel
  • “Meat proxy” mentioned
  • New Relic’s marketing slogan reminds me of Superhuman
  • Killer Mike is extremely likable on stage, despite controversies
  • Unlike Killer Mike, I would be happy to take a ride in a Waymo, especially if they stop booking exclusively through Uber
  • It is so cold in here I wish one of the sponsors had sweatshirts as swag
  • It is WAY too loud in the Expo Hall for these side talks and live demos
  • Phone charger lockers are a blessing
  • Netlify Agent Runners look cool but where do I see the code changes…?
  • After all the layoffs, I can’t believe Intuit has the nerve to be recruiting here right now
  • The ranch sauce at Glide pizza is exactly as good as everybody said
  • Walking 2 miles outside in sparkly jelly sandals was a mistake
  • Hey, it’s Cassidy!
  • Matt Biilmann’s talk on AX is actually about the user experience for humans driving agents
  • These startup alley tables are piled on top of one another
  • Snaps for haikus
  • Dang the AI Expo rooms are tucked way back here
  • Do I need to build a software factory?
  • Must go back to hotel room and crash
  • Must rally for hosted party
  • Hell yea beers with new and old friends
  • Whoops it’s past 8:30 and too late for tacos
  • Sushi? (Sushi)
  • Wow the rooftop view from O-Ku looks so different now compared to 10 years ago
  • That party at The Interlock sounds wild
  • Must go back to hotel and watch old episodes of Great British Bake Off
  • Must secure vittles and brace for day two
  • Why is everybody sitting on the floor outside the main stage…?
  • Escalators closed until 11:00, got it
  • Hey, it’s Cassidy again!
  • Heck yes Hanselman talk boosted to Main Stage
  • Dang somebody should have moved those chairs off stage
  • “Meat proxy” mentioned again
  • Successfully retiring from tech to be a teacher sounds like a dream, actually #goals
  • I cannot believe how great Scott is at effortlessly navigating between slides and live demos with chat agents running
  • This talk is very good and funny
  • We can all vibe code but our apps look “mid” because none of us are designers
  • I’m pretty mid at design
  • How can I learn to be better at design?
  • Holy crap that New Relic UI
  • There are a lot of people in line to talk to Netflix
  • Must decamp for table pickles at Ted’s
  • The light fixtures in our booth desperately need to be dusted
  • Oh no now I smell like a bison burger
  • TIL “Frazee” rhymes with “crazy” like Patrick Swayze
  • Now I have a pixel character version of myself on rpg.actor
  • I guess I should go home and take a look at my PDS…?
  • I would like to build something on the atproto but I’m probably not the right person to build an atproto version of npm
  • I wonder if any of my friends who built npm would teach me how to build an atproto version of npm
  • Naw better not push it
  • I am so tired and anxious about the work I’m not doing while I’m here
  • RenderATL event email explicitly said don’t go home early to beat traffic but guess what

An elevator at Render ATL 2026