DConf 2019: Shepherd's Pie Edition

[Joakim]

On Saturday, 22 December 2018 at 12:18:25 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> Thanks to Symmetry Investments, DConf is heading to London! 
> We're still ironing out the details, but I've been sitting on 
> this for weeks and, now that we have a venue, I just can't keep 
> quiet about it any longer.
>
> I've updated the DConf site and published a blog post, but I 
> ask that you please don't share this to reddit just yet. I want 
> to wait until after Christmas to share it there. We're still 
> ironing out some details (deadlines, prices, hotels) and I'll 
> update the DConf site in the coming days with info as I get it.
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> http://dconf.org/2019/index.html
>
> https://dlang.org/blog/2018/12/22/dconf-2019-shepherds-pie-edition/

Given that this conference format is dying off, is there any 
explanation for why the D team wants to continue this antiquated 
ritual?

https://marco.org/2018/01/17/end-of-conference-era
http://subfurther.com/blog/2018/01/15/the-final-conf-down/
https://forum.dlang.org/thread/ogrdeyojqzosvjnthpsi@forum.dlang.org

It costs $3k to hire a pull request manager, something D 
desperately needed, yet here you are having the average 
conference participant spend that mostly on flights and hotels to 
go to London, only to stare silently at presentations most of the 
time, while surrounded by a room full of people. What are the 
possible priorities that this can be considered a good idea?

The egregious waste of time and resources of this DConf format 
strongly signals that D is not a serious effort to build a used 
language, but a hobby project by two tech retirees, W&A, who just 
want to prototype some different ideas, show it off to a bunch of 
fellow hobbyists, and then have some beers and go sight-seeing.

If this is the core team's goal, please just stop stating 
otherwise and broadcast this on the front page of the website, as 
you're essentially doing by the way this blog post was written. 
Giant companies like google or Microsoft can afford these 
antiquated, giant wastes of time known as conferences and even 
they are cutting back. The fact that the D team is moving forward 
with this given how tech is moving is a horrible sign, suggesting 
it is completely out of touch and unable to prioritize well.