# The Evolution of the Developer Retreat

DevFeed: [The Evolution of the Developer Retreat](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-evolution-of-the-developer-retreat-32226.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bruceeckel.com/2018/09/06/the-evolution-of-the-developer-retreat/>)

Author: Bruce Eckel

Published: 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bruce Eckel - Computing Thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bruce-eckel-computing-thoughts.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Elixir](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/elixir.md>), [Flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/flutter.md>), [Erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/erlang.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [conferences](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conferences.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [elixir](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/elixir.md>), [erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/erlang.md>), [events](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/events.md>), [evolution](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evolution.md>), [flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flutter.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [self-organizing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-organizing.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on a developer retreat that used no central theme or fixed structure. Participants worked independently, shared discussions, and explored Kotlin, Elixir, Erlang, and Flutter, among other topics.

## Source excerpt

I've been experimenting with different forms of events for many years now. Mostly this has been in the form of self-organizing conferences, but in recent years I've tried going further, to even less structure. I've held a number of "developer retreats" where we had a theme that everyone focused on, and those have been quite interesting and valuable. To be honest, what I really wanted to try with the developer retreats is zero structure.