August 4, 2017
TALK
builderscon tokyo 2017, Keio University Hiyoshi Kyoseikan, Tokyo
Factory Class
Jesse's invited guest talk at builderscon tokyo 2017 — the Tokyo developer conference that took the YAPC::Asia slot after that series ended in 2015. Factory Class is the long-form, in-person version of the Keyboardio backer-update saga: how Jesse and Kaia found a contract manufacturer for the Model 01, what they had to learn about Shenzhen on the fly, and the specific failure modes (mold sign-off, LED supplier retooling, vendors substituting Dremels for CNC routing) that recur in the HDDG #10 and Hackaday Hack Chat tellings. Delivered in English with simultaneous Japanese interpretation. Roughly an hour, recorded for the official builderscon YouTube channel.