For engineers who ship after dark.
01 · Format
A single night, end to end.
- 7:00 PM Doors soft open · drinks · introductions in the foyer
- 8:30 PM Programme eight talks · four live launches · running until 1 AM
- 11:00 PM Workshop a hands-on session in the side room · 40 seats only
- 1:00 AM Late closing DJ · open until four · room is yours
- — — Address released 48 hours before to ticketed guests · Williamsburg waterfront
— Wave 01 of 3 · 480 cap · public list opens 09 Sep 2026
02 · Why
A room for the people still building things at 2 AM.
Twelve hours. Eight talks. Four live launches. Four hundred and eighty engineers, designers, founders, infra people, ML people, the frontend people who keep telling you the framework isn't done yet. Show up at seven. Leave when the sun does.
The conference circuit is fine. But the launches that matter — the new database, the new compiler, the next thing you'll be writing against in March — those don't happen on big stages. They happen in small rooms, late, when the ten people who actually shipped the thing are still around to answer questions.
Hyperlane is a room for that. No badges. No pitches. No panels. Talks short enough to remember (twelve to eighteen minutes). Live demos you can interrupt. Closing DJ.
— Brooklyn. October. The list opens in September.
03 · Programme · Wave 01
Six of twelve slots announced.
Wave 02 reveals 09 Sep · final programme 30 Sep · launches stay sealed until the night.
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8:30 PM
Opening keynote
A short talk on shipping under constraint.
Twelve minutes. From an engineer who's released compilers to production for the last decade.
— announced soon
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9:00 PM
Live launch · 01
A new way to ship developer tools.
First public demo. Press embargo lifts at the door.
— sealed until the night
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9:45 PM
Talk
Live coding · forty-five minutes · no slides.
A working session, in front of the room, on a real production codebase.
— announced soon
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10:30 PM
Wave 02
Reveal · 09 Sep 2026.
A speaker we're glad to have. The third name we're announcing first.
TBA
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11:30 PM
Live launch · 02
Open-source. Day one. The repo opens during the demo.
Bring a laptop if you'd like to follow along.
— sealed until the night
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12:30 AM
Closing
Eight engineers · one sentence each.
Then dancing. The DJ takes over at one.
— announced soon
04 · Tickets
Two emails. One night.
Join the public list and get early access to Wave 01 tickets when they open on 09 Sep. We send the address two days before doors and a final note 24 hours out — that's it.
05 · Questions
A few honest answers.
What exactly is Hyperlane?
One night, twelve hours, eight programmed slots. Four of those slots are live product launches — first public demos, with the team that built it taking questions afterward. Talks are short (twelve to eighteen minutes). No panels. No badges. The room itself is the after-show.
Who comes?
Roughly: half engineers, a quarter designers, a quarter everything adjacent — founders, ML researchers, devrel, technical writers. The list is public; the seats are not. Tickets are not transferable.
Where is it, exactly?
A warehouse on the Williamsburg waterfront. We release the address forty-eight hours before doors, to ticketed guests only. There are real reasons.
How much?
Three waves. Wave 01 (early list, you're reading this) opens at $140. Wave 02 at $180. Wave 03 at the door, capacity permitting, $220. We don't do tiers, comp lists, or sponsorship seats.
Is it recorded?
Talks are recorded and released thirty days after the event. The launches and live demos are not streamed and not recorded — you have to be in the room.
Refunds?
Up to seven days before doors. After that we'll move your seat to the waitlist and credit you toward the next room.
I'd like to launch something. Can I?
Maybe. Two of the four launch slots are still open. Email launches@hyperlane.events with what you're shipping and we'll write back. We are not a sponsorship channel; the slot has to be a real launch.