About

Why “Homebrew”?

This is a nod to the Homebrew Computer Club — a famously generative, show-and-tell meetup of microcomputer enthusiasts in the 1970s. It wasn’t a conference. It wasn’t polished. It was people helping each other build.

Homebrew Agents Club aims for the same energy, but for the weird new world of AI agents.

The rules (simple, on purpose)

• No pitches. If you’re here to sell, you’re in the wrong room.
• Be generous. Help someone ship something.
• Share what’s real. Demos are welcome, but so are failures and half-built experiments.
• Respect the room. Don’t quote people publicly without consent.

The format (people-first)

The goal is conversation and collision — not stage time. A few short demos at the beginning help everyone learn who’s in the room, then the rest is person-to-person.

1. Welcome + rules (5 min)
2. Lightning intros (10–15 min)
   • Who you are
   • What you’re building / exploring
   • What you’re stuck on
3. 1–5 mini demos (20–30 min total, hard time-boxed)
   • Think “matchmaking”, not “talks”.
4. Helpdesk + roaming conversations (40–60 min)
   • A “helpdesk” table with one or two volunteers who like debugging.
   • Everyone else: self-organise into small conversations.
5. Wrap (5 min)
   • What emerged?
   • Who’s hosting next?

Want to start a chapter?

That’s the point. Start small.

• Pick a venue (a back room, a coworking space, a pub — anywhere you can hear each other)
• Pick a cadence (monthly works well)
• Find one helpdesk volunteer
• Keep the rules tight and the format light

Just drop us a line and let’s talk: info@webdirections.org