What if we could build collaborative applications where the users own their data and can decide what is done with it? Apps that work offline and load faster than any server could deliver them? What if they are also easier to create and run for developers without the need for complicated cloud deployments?

From August 7th - 11th 2024 Marshall, Myriah and David went to DWebcamp at Camp Navarro in the California coastal redwoods. With Marshall and David working together on open source for over a dozen years, it was the first time in 8 years that we got to spend time in person again.

Basically every software project has repetitive tasks and code that needs to be created over and over. Be it a new component, a controller, middleware or a service. This is where a code generation framework comes in. Generators can codify best practises and help developers get started quickly with common tasks.