About two weeks ago, I landed in Amsterdam for the first time. Not just to visit, though the city deserved every extra day I gave it, but to attend DevWorld Conference 2026. Two full days of talks, hallway conversations, and the kind of energy you only get when you put a few hundred developers who genuinely care about their craft in the same space.
This is my honest recap.
First impressions
I had followed DevWorld online for a while. Watching talks on YouTube, seeing posts from attendees, always telling myself "next year." This time I actually went.
The first thing I noticed was the atmosphere. It wasn't overwhelming or corporate. It felt like a place where people came to actually talk about engineering.
