Arkansas hacker camp weekend. HackNWA was pretty sick. Raw wires, real freaks building shit for the love of it. Late nights in hotel rooms, laptop glow and cheap drinks, knocking out CTF points until the ice machine stopped rattling.
SparkCon was corporate slop. Suit-and-tie parasites sucking vendor dick for swag bags. All emphasis on the free pens and knick knacks that don’t make it past the kitchen trash can when you get home. Can’t complain that much. It was completely free.
Both have their place, I suppose. But only one remains when the SHTF.