Danny Thompson

- JavaScript / Frontend
- AI
- Java
- Cloud
- Startup & Entrepreneur Track 👀
- Workshops. A dedicated track for two days filled with 90 minute workshops. 👀👀

Once confirmed, I'll announce CFP!

Big group photo from the CYC conference at fowling Warehouse

Venue details are 99% locked in for #CYC26 👀 The @commityourcode.bsky.social Conference!

I know y'all keep hitting me up for details but I need it 100% before I announce it.

Based on today, we are aiming for the first week of September but will confirm soon!

Tracks I am thinking about this year:

Image of the conference hall area for CYC25

I met a software developer with over 10 years of experience who said it was their dream to go to a specific tech conference but they couldn't afford to go.

That's when I realized there are devs with experience that do not have access to resources because of income.

Here's what you don't realize:

Meals - covered, 4 external events - Covered, 125 speakers and we donate 100% OF ALL TICKET SALES TO CHARITY! Forty Bucks!

We had 860 in person and 8,100 online for our second year! This year will be year three!

That's the @commityourcode.bsky.social Conference!
Will we see you there? 🤔

For the average person, Airfare, Hotel, Food, THEN you get to the conference tickets.

A person may spend $2,500 to attend a $700 conference.

So I decided to make a tech conference that is a $700 conference but make the tickets Forty bucks without them FEELING LIKE they are at a $40 conference.

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Image of the conference hall area for CYC25

I met a software developer with over 10 years of experience who said it was their dream to go to a specific tech conference but they couldn't afford to go.

That's when I realized there are devs with experience that do not have access to resources because of income.

Here's what you don't realize:

😂😂😂

For free of course

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Anthropic actually just released a college level course.

I am working on a full course for it to release as well

anthropic.skilljar.com

There is a VERY distinct difference between Vibe Coding and Software Engineering with AI.

😂😂😂😂

😏😂

Did you know Jira is statistically the most fit software on the market? It's true because it is always... preparing for the next sprint.

Vibe coder "I made sure the database and everything was working"

"Great! Wait... Uhhh Where is the data?"

Vibe coder "Well I had to make sure the DROP TABLE command worked as well otherwise how would I be sure? So I dropped the table."

We may have two sponsors committed to The Commit Your Code Conference 2026 IN JUST TWO DAYS after reaching out! 👀 Y'all, we may end up putting on something special this year at @commityourcode.bsky.social

If you were me and you were setting up CYC26, what would you do differently? 🤔

A wide shot of a fluffy cream-colored cat resting in a white mesh-style chair. Behind the chair stands a tall double-ball artificial topiary. The scene is bright and minimalist, featuring a wooden dresser on the left and a glimpse of a white desk with books in the lower right corner.

A fluffy, light-cream pointed cat curled up comfortably in a white modern grid-pattern armchair. The cat is facing away from the camera, looking toward a green topiary plant in the background. To the left, a natural wood dresser is partially visible against a white wall.

Y'all, I am not an expert on body language but... I think my cat is mad at me for not giving him snacks when it was time to eat breakfast...

Community is the ultimate cheat code to success.

If you are sitting at home right now feeling stuck, frustrated, or ready to throw in the towel... hear me on this.

Get. In. The. Room.

You never know who you may end up helping or being helped by!

Chasing a goal is incredibly lonely.
Try explaining a merge conflict to your family and watch their eyes glaze over. But a room full of developers? They feel that pain in their soul!

You share a struggle, a laugh (and maybe some 🍪), and realize you aren't fighting alone.

Five people sitting at a table

A girl selling girl scout cookies with two men in front talking

Several groups working on their laptops and talking

A long table with several groups around

A 5-minute conversation you had last night MIGHT BE the exact reason someone didn't quit their dreams today!

The true value of an event isn't the speaker on stage. It's the people sitting next to you.

Look at last night's DSD meetup. THIS is community. 👇

Stay tuned here! I know I have some followers from Austin!

100%! You already know!

You don't have to tell me twice!

Image is of the conference sponsor area

I am ramping up our efforts for The Commit Your Code Conference 2026! Aiming for the end of October.

I have a prospectus, you have a company. What's the best way to share this prospectus with your org?

8,960 total attendees between in person and virtual!

#CYC26

AUSTIN, TX putting this on your radar now, I will definitely be putting on a meetup there within the next few months 👀

Y'all have been asking for a couple years so let's do it big!

Image is of a spreadsheet like display of information inside of an application that showcases a cohort and the way that they are organizing students between active students alumni accepted applied rejected dropouts etc .

For our Cohort I always managed it with Spreadsheets & I got tired of it. Spent today building out an internal Cohort Management System.

Stack: Next.js + TypeScript + @appwrite.io

Save so much time!
The best part, I'm using role based auth to protect personal data from volunteers.

A screenshot of a mobile Discord-style messaging interface within a channel named "# general." At the top, a user with a profile picture of a dog sitting next to a birthday cake has posted an enthusiastic message. The text starts with a line of random keyboard-smash characters, followed by: "I JUST GOT A JOB OFFER I AM SCREAMING WITH DELIGHT." Below this, there are several reaction emojis with high counts, including custom emojis of a man's face, party poppers, fire, a rocket, and clapping hands. The message concludes with: "So grateful to this community and for all of yalls support!!!" followed by more fire and "100" reactions.

THEY GOT THE JOB!!!!

We currently have our cohorts going on and it's been a VERY busy week but nothing is better than seeing someone land a job in tech on a Friday after being laid off for a year.

Came in the discord, changed his strategies, and the rest is history!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

A square "Clean" style speaker card for Danny Thompson. It features a centered, square portrait of Danny wearing a blue blazer and patterned shirt. Above the photo is the Dallas Software Developers logo. Below the photo, his name "DANNY THOMPSON" is in white text on a dark banner, followed by his title, "Senior Developer Advocate @ Atlassian." The bottom text reads "Dallas Software Developers Group, Dallas, TX."

A square "Split" style speaker card with a high-contrast design. The left side has a bright orange background with a close-up, background-removed photo of Danny Thompson. The right side is a dark navy blue background featuring the text "I'M SPEAKING AT Dallas Software Developers Group, Dallas, TX." Below this, Danny’s name and title are highlighted in orange and white. The Dallas Software Developers logo is in the bottom right corner.

A square "Bold" style speaker card on a dark navy background. On the right, a portrait of Danny Thompson in a blue blazer is shown with rounded corners. On the left, the text "I'm speaking at Dallas Software Developers Group" is displayed. His name, "Danny Thompson," and title, "Senior Developer Advocate," are highlighted in bright blue rectangular badges. The Dallas Software Developers logo is positioned in the bottom right.

A screenshot of the EventConvo "Speaker Cards" customization interface. The dashboard shows a preview of a "Split" template with Danny Thompson’s photo. Options on the right allow users to toggle between "Bold," "Clean," and "Split" templates, select accent colors like "EventConvo Orange," and apply photo effects like "Remove Background" and "Drop Shadow." A sidebar lists group members and upcoming events like "Intro to Generative AI for Developers."

Yesterday with JavaScript I made a speaker card tool. One huge pain point with organizers is speaker cards. Especially if they are not great designers.

I wanted to solve that!
Give them the easiest way to download speaker assets.

Just a few clicks and it's done!

Today Gemini 3.1 Pro just dropped. It's great and so are the benchmarks. Every LLM release that comes out is great. It functions well and all that.

It still gets A TON WRONG.
If you don't know how to identify it, explain it, and understand programming to fix it, you are screwed.

Even better! Right now it is in Beta, so the events aren't real until we solve as much as we can before bringing folks on but would love feedback from the attendee perspective. I'll DM you

If you want to check it out I can share it with you as I still have Beta testers testing things out. Would love all the feedback I can get.