TechBash 2026 is right around the corner, and we can’t wait to welcome you back to the Kalahari Resort in the Poconos from October 13-16! If you haven’t secured your ticket yet, now is the time to act. We have some important deadlines approaching, as well as exciting opportunities for organizations to get involved.

Approaching Deadlines: September 13th

Standard Registration Ends Soon

September 13th is the absolute last day to grab your 3-day or 4-day tickets at our Standard Registration rates. Just as importantly, it is the final day our room block at the Kalahari Resort is guaranteed to be available. Booking by this deadline is the only way to lock in our deeply discounted room rates for your stay, so please don't delay! Head over to our registration page to secure your tickets and book your room.

Bring Your Team: Group Discounts

Want to attend TechBash with your whole crew? We offer great group discounts! Teams of 5 or more developers receive 15% off their registration, and groups of 10 or more receive 20% off their 3-day or 4-day tickets. It's a fantastic way to learn together and bring new skills back to your organization.

Why a 4-Day Ticket?

When you purchase a 4-day ticket, you unlock access to our incredible deep-dive Tuesday workshops. This week, we’re thrilled to highlight an essential session by Brain Aboze titled "Beyond the Demo: Engineering AI Agents That Actually Ship."

This talk covers the emerging discipline of agent engineering and the architectural patterns required to build AI agents that are reliable, testable, and debuggable in production. Whether you work in Python, .NET, JVM, or TypeScript, this session gives you the engineering mental model to ship agents that work every day, not just on demo day.

Last-Minute Sponsorship Opportunities

As a registered charitable organization run entirely by volunteers, we rely on the generous support of our sponsors to continue bringing world-class content to our attendees. If your company is looking to reach an engaged developer audience, we still have last-minute sponsorship opportunities available!

We have remaining space in our exhibition hall for Gold and Platinum sponsors. For organizations that cannot attend in person, our Silver Sponsorship is a perfect way to get involved by providing materials directly in our attendee swag bags.

Please review our Sponsor Prospectus to learn more and secure your spot.

See you at Kalahari!

Join hundreds of other developers this October for an amazing week of learning and networking. We can't wait to see you there!

As developers, our terminal is our command center. It’s where we write code, manage dependencies, and ship features. But what if your terminal could also help you plan your next dev conference, map your project's tech stack to relevant sessions, and organize your event notes?

Today, we are thrilled to announce the TechBash CLI, a developer-first complement to our event app. Built as a plugin extension for popular terminal-based AI assistants like GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code, the TechBash CLI connects your local development environment directly to the live TechBash 2026 session catalog.

Whether you are preparing your trip, sitting in the front row at the Kalahari Resort, or heading home to apply what you learned, the TechBash CLI has you covered.

What Can the TechBash CLI Do?

The TechBash CLI isn’t just a basic text scraper—it’s an intelligent tool designed to streamline your entire conference workflow in three phases:

1. Before TechBash: Plan Your Perfect Schedule

Instead of manually browsing through dozens of talks to see what fits your current work, the TechBash CLI inspects your actual project files. It reads configuration and dependency files—such as package.json, requirements.txt, *.csproj, or go.mod—maps your stack to relevant topics, and queries our live catalog hosted on Sessionize.

• Match sessions to your project: Ask it, "What TechBash sessions should I attend?" and it will tailor recommendations based on your local codebase.
• Filter by topic: "Show me the .NET / DevOps / soft-skills sessions."
• Look up speakers or workshops: "Tell me about Mitchel Sellers" or "What's on the workshop day?"
• Family track & Venue info: Bring the family along? Ask, "What's happening on Family Day?" or navigate seamlessly with "How do I get to Kalahari from EWR?"

2. During TechBash: Live Tracking & Easy Note-Taking

When you're on the ground in Pocono Manor, PA, the CLI turns into your live event copilot.

• See what's on now: Ask "What's happening right now?" or "What's next in the main hall?" (Note: Room and time data populate dynamically once the final GridSmart schedule goes live!).
• Capture notes instantly: Write your takeaways directly into your workflow without switching windows. For example: Log a note from 'Restoring Lost Work in Git': great demo of reflog. The tool automatically handles custom markdown templates for you.

3. After TechBash: Ship What You Learned

The conference doesn't end when you leave the Kalahari. The CLI helps you synthesize knowledge so you can share it with your team.

• Review notes: Ask it to "Summarize my TechBash notes."
• Draft reports: Tell it to "Draft a TechBash trip report" to easily justify that conference budget to your manager.

Getting Started (Quick Start)

Getting up and running takes less than a minute. No API keys are required, and all data is fetched live.

For GitHub Copilot CLI:

Open your terminal in any project folder and run:

/plugin install techbash/techbash-cli

Restart your session:

/restart

Test it out:

What TechBash sessions are relevant to my project?

For Claude Code:

Add the plugin from the marketplace:

/plugin marketplace add techbash/techbash-cli

Install the skill:

/plugin install techbash@techbash-marketplace

Scope, Architecture, & What’s Next

The TechBash CLI is highly focused on optimizing the TechBash 2026 (Oct 13–16, 2026) experience. Because it queries the Sessionize catalog live, an active network connection is required.

Behind the scenes, the skill relies on load-bearing YAML frontmatter and markdown templates (session-note.md, daily-rollup.md, trip-report.md) to deterministically manage your developer logs. Looking ahead, the architecture is slated for some exciting upgrades, including Zoho Backstage integration for sponsors and ticketing, alongside an @techbash/events-cli Node helper for even faster local search caching.

Join Us at TechBash 2026!

We built this tool because we want our community to have a seamless, developer-centric experience from the command line to the convention floor. Head over to the TechBash CLI GitHub Repository to check out the source code, view the workflow recipes, or drop some feedback in the issues section.

Haven't registered yet? Head over to techbash.com to grab your 3-Day or 4-Day passes and join us this October at the Kalahari Resort!

Yesterday at the opening keynote for TechBash 2025, Jason Gaylord announced that we're coming back to the Kalahari Resort next fall. TechBash 2026 will return to the Pocono Mountains in PA on October 13-16.

We'll once again have world-class speakers presenting three days packed with sessions, full-day workshops, and Family Sessions on Friday. Look for more information about Early Bird ticket sales, exclusive discounts for past TechBash attendees, and our call for speakers soon! Sign up for our email list to be the first to hear about these.

TechBash 2025 Dev Conference Single Day Tickets

1-day tickets for Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday are now on sale for TechBash 2025. Check out our schedule and pick your day(s). But don't wait, these single day slots fill up quickly!

Late Bird Pricing In Effect for Multi-Day Registration - Group Discounts Available

You can still get 3-day and 4-day tickets for TechBash 2025, but our standard registration period has ended. We're now in the final 30 days leading up to the event, and our team is working with the Kalahari Resort and our other partners to get all the amazing food, activities, and swag ready for our attendees.

If you have a group of 5+ developers, you can still get our 15% off pricing for multi-day tickets. Groups of 10+ save even more, with a 20% discount off Late Bird prices. Discounts are applied automatically when you register 5+ or 10+ people together.

TechBash Welcomes .NET Community Guy & Live Streamer Jeffrey T. Fritz

Join Jeff at Kevin Griffin's .NET Foundation & .NET Open Source keynote on Wednesday, Nov 5th! Later that day, he'll also be presenting Building Confident Application Systems with .NET Aspire: From Dev to Deployment:

.NET Aspire makes developing robust application systems simpler and more approachable—even for small teams and solo developers. In this introductory-to-intermediate session, we’ll walk through how Aspire’s opinionated stack helps you architect distributed .NET applications while maintaining flexibility and observability.

Check out the entire schedule online or in our app for iOS & Android and plan your week today.

Take Note - Our Keynotes Are Switching Days

To accommodate our speakers' travel schedules, Nicole Tibaldi's keynote will now be on Wednesday, and Kevin Griffin will deliver his keynote on Thursday. Visit our website for more info and the up-to-date schedule.

Labor Day Sale Ends Today

Today is the final day of our summer sale. If you register for 3 or 4 days by midnight EDT tonight, you can save 10% on each ticket with code SUMMER10. Bringing more than five people from your team? You can save even more. We have discounts of 15% for groups of 5+ and 20% for groups of 10+. Reach out to groups@techbash.com for more information. Don't miss the experts speaking at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center this fall. We have up to four days of keynotes, sessions, amazing food, networking, sponsors, and optional full-day workshops. Check out our website for all the information.

Register today and save!

Kalahari Room Discounts and Availability

Our low room rates ($169/night plus tax for a standard Desert Room) at the Kalahari Resort are only guaranteed thru October 3rd. After that, we can't guarantee price or availability. If you're coming to the resort the week of TechBash, visit our website for information about reserving your rooms online or by phone.

Book Your Room Online

Late Bird Registration on the Horizon

The price of 3-day and 4-day tickets to TechBash also go up after October 3rd. On the 4th, our Late Bird registration goes into effect. That means the per-attendee cost goes up by $100. Secure the best deal by registering through Labor Day with discount code SUMMER10. Save 10% through Labor Day (today) on all 3-day and 4-day tickets!

Register Now

Sponsor TechBash 2025

Is your company interested in sponsoring our non-profit developer event? We're run entirely by volunteers and need your support to make TechBash the awesome event it's been since 2016. See our sponsor prospectus for more information and reach out to sponsor@techbash.com to join us in November. Put your logo on every attendee badge and lanyard or setup a booth and meet the developers and leaders attending TechBash this year.

Sponsoring TechBash

TechBash returns to the Kalahari November 4-7, 2025! Want to sponsor and be a part of the learning, networking, food and fun?

Our approach is simple: Allow you to make a more direct connection between your sponsorship dollars and our costs and allow you to only pay for the things that make sense for you. How do we do that? Flexibility. Yes, we can make this simple and offer basic sponsorship packages to our vendors. But we also offer you the chance to build your own package. We know that each vendor has unique needs and a different message to get out. So, we do not force you into a package that doesn’t fit your plan. If you have an idea, just let us know. We are very flexible and encourage creativity! Download our prospectus and reach out today!

Our Venue

Call for speakers is open thru March 31st

Our CFP opened this month. If you or anyone from your company is interested in joining us as a speaker, they can submit sessions, workshops, and keynotes on Sessionize now!

The full TechBash 2024 schedule is now available on our website, including six workshops, two huge keynotes and 70+ kick-ass sessions. Check it out, register today, and plan your week!

TechBash 2024 Developer Conference at a Glance:

• Where: Kalahari Resort & Convention Center, Pocono Manor, PA
• When: September 24-27 (workshops on Tuesday, sessions Wed/Thu/Fri)
• How much: Standard registration before discounts - 3-day ($799); 4-day ($999) - Save 10% with EventBrite code DOTNET10
• Hotel rate: $184/night Monday thru Friday night (rates available until Aug 24th)

Tuesday Workshops

Every 4-day ticket holder will join the workshop of their choice on Tuesday, September 24th. This year, we have in-depth workshops on Blazor, accessibility testing, public speaking, parallel programming in C#, web development with Astro, and Kubernetes. Join us and learn the real-world skills you need for today's hottest developer technologies.

This year's workshop speakers are:

• Jeffrey T. Fritz - Microsoft's .NET Community Guy and Live Streamer
• Erissa Duvall - Accessibility Ally and Engineer
• Jeremy Clark - Microsoft MVP; Developer Betterer
• Nicole Tibaldi - Senior Engineering Manager at The New York Times
• Jason van Brackel - Lead Associate @ Booz Allen Hamilton
• Nick Hodges - Writer. Presenter. Nerd.

Wednesday

Our Wednesday highlights include AWS Dev Advocate Brandon Minnick's opening keynote, a full day of world-class sessions, the opening of our sponsor exhibits, great meals, and our always-popular evening Welcome Reception in the River Rooms.

Thursday

We kick off Thursday with a .NET-focused keynote from Microsoft's Maddy Montaquila, continue with another full day of world-class sessions, plus an amazing breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack. Thursday is the second and final day to meet with our sponsors too! They'll have some great giveaways later in the day. We'll reconvene Thursday evening for Game Night, featuring board games, card games, snacks and more!

Friday

In addition to being another awesome day of sessions, Friday is Family Day! Bring the kids for our Family Day sessions. The family sessions are still being finalized. Check out the schedule so far! We'll also have a full day of developer-focused sessions, plus delicious coffee, meals, and snacks.

Join our TechBash 2024 sponsor lineup!

We still have some great opportunities to sponsor TechBash 2024. Join us at the Kalahari Resort in September and meet our attendees. We always have a great mix of talented developers join us at TechBash, and they love to learn how our sponsors can help them solve problems and build great solutions.

Can't make it to TechBash? You can become a Silver Sponsor and we'll provide your materials to our attendees or keep an unstaffed table refreshed with your materials. Contact us to learn how we can partner with you!

Check out the TechBash 2024 session list!

Register by May 21st to save $100 and level up your developer skills!

TechBash 2024 Developer Conference

TechBash 2024 will be our 7th event to be hosted at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in the beautiful Pocono Mountains in Northeast Pennsylvania. Hosting the event in September means even better weather to enjoy the great outdoors while you're visiting us. It's the perfect time of year to spend the week learning new skills and taking a long weekend with your family at the Kalahari Resort. Take the kids out of school early on Friday, September 27th to join our Family Day sessions and activities! Our room rates can't be beat! Book your room by August 24th to get our guaranteed low rates!

TechBash 2024 Sessions

Check out a few of this year's sessions and view all the sessions confirmed so far on our website. Our first keynote announcement is coming soon! If you love .NET MAUI, you won't want to miss it.

Orchestrating Stateful Workflows with Dapr

In this session, Cecil Phillip will show you how the Dapr Workflow building block enables you to create stateful workflows using Dapr’s built-in workflow engine. During this discussion, he will cover some core concepts, explore the workflow authoring experience, and take look at various orchestration patterns.

Going Native: Lessons learned as a newcomer to mobile development

Ashley Stove: I started my career as a web developer, but after a recent job change, I found myself managing a mobile development team and I needed to get up to speed quickly on the ins and outs of native development.

.NET in a Box: Containerizing .NET Applications

The rapid rise of microservices and cloud-native applications underscores a pressing opportunity for developers: achieving seamless scalability, portability, and amazing efficiency for .NET applications. Join Chris Ayers for this hot topic.

AI for Developers: Making your app smarter w/ Azure AI Services

Samuel Gomez: Do you want to add AI capabilities to your application but find the prospect of creating your own models overwhelming? Azure AI services are a great alternative that allows you to bring AI to your application without the extra work.

View the Session List.

These are two of the Family Day sessions confirmed for Friday at TechBash 2024. Bring the kids!

Fighting Robots: Hands-on STEM principles with Zac O'Donnell

Have you seen fighting robots on TV and wondered what it would be like to actually get your hands on one? We'll get our hands on some materials commonly used in fighting robots and talk about some of the science and engineering concepts around what makes things strong and lightweight.

Secret Agent Academy with Jim Vomero

Could you be the world's next Super Spy? After adopting a new covert identity and undergoing debriefing, your exciting spy training will kick off. This comprehensive program will transform you into a master of disguise, a code-breaking aficionado, a surveillance expert, a stealthy operative, and an expert in covering your tracks.

TechBash 2024 Workshops

The TechBash 2024 full-day and half-day workshops on September 24th are going to be epic! Every 4-day attendee will attend a workshop of their choice on Tuesday. Just like every day at TechBash, the amazing Kalahari breakfast and lunch are included in the convention center.

TechBash 2024 Sponsors

Welcome back Text Control and Uno Platform as TechBash sponsors! Want to join them? Check out our sponsor prospectus.

Thank you to all our 2024 sponsors so far! We would love to have your company join us as a TechBash sponsor too! We can't do this without the support of our speakers, sponsors, and volunteer organizing team.

Welcome to 2024! We're so excited to get this rolling for TechBash 2024. We have a few announcements and reminders for attendees, speakers, and sponsor today.

First a reminder to save the dates for TechBash 2024. We'll be back at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in the Poconos this fall. It's a little earlier in the fall this year... September 24th through 27th. Here's the projected high-level schedule:

• Tuesday 9/24: Full day & half-day workshops
• Wednesday 9/25: Sessions and Welcome Reception
• Thursday 9/26: Sessions and Game Night (families welcome for games of all kinds)
• Friday 9/27: Sessions and Family Day (bring your kids)

Early bird ticket sales will be opening before you know it. Subscribe to our email newsletter to be the first to get notified.

Next, we're announcing the dates for our TechBash 2024 Call for Speakers. It will be back on Sessionize and will be open January 29th through March 8th. More info and links coming soon!

Finally, if you're interested in sponsoring TechBash this year, our 2024 Sponsor Prospectus is now available on our site. Download it and reach out to sponsor@techbash.com with any questions or ideas of your own.

That's all for today. We hope that everyone attending CodeMash this week has an amazing time!

Due to speaker travel and scheduling conflicts, there have been several changes to the TechBash schedule. We had some speakers with conflicts over the last few weeks, and others have graciously stepped in to fill those spots on the schedule. You can always view the latest schedule on our website or in the TechBash mobile app (see below).

We are excited to have an amazing new workshop on cross-platform .NET apps to replace the OpenTelemetry half-day workshop which was removed due to speaker travel issues. You can still register for 1-day, 3-days, or 4-days and save 10% with EventBrite discount code DOTNET10. This year we have 1-day registration for the Tuesday workshops available for the first time!

Updated Workshop Duo: Azure MLOps & Building beautiful, performant, single-codebase Web, Mobile & Desktop apps with .NET

Steve Bilogan will now be presenting the afternoon workshop in this Workshop Duo track. This is a hands-on, semi-guided workshop in which attendees will be asked to complete a series of exercises to build a complete cross-platform YouTube-like application using the open-source Uno Platform.

Get the TechBash app to stay up-to-date and build your schedule

The TechBash app is available again this year. Use the app to build your schedule, get session and room info, and submit your speaker evaluations. We have great prizes for random eval submitters from Packt Publishing and CodeSmith Tools.

• Get it on iOS
• Get it for Android

New Sponsor too

We're excited to welcome Uno Platform back as a TechBash 2023 Gold Sponsor! Come meet them in the Poconos next week.