Goatmire Elixir was excellent.
I could stop right there.
Three days of Elixir - a language I do not use - in a theatre in off-season Varberg may not sound all that amazing. If so, it could be because you are missing the fact that a theatre in off-season Varberg is a fantastic place to gather a small, high-energy community. Everyone was nice and approachable, speaker, participant, and organizer alike. There were always people around, but never a long line. Everything worked so well that it looked easy and completely natural.
All talks were great, and a ridiculous percentage were completely stellar. Speakers had been encouraged to lean into theatricality, and many did to great effect. Murder mysteries. Multi-act stories. Frequent use of props.
Fantastic Hamlet-inspired monologues about pull requests.
And of course puppetry set to live music.
Wow.
There was also a programmable e-ink badge which spawned its own sub-theme, several mentions of _why the lucky stiff, live coding music, great evening discussions, and plenty of coffee.
I am still very much processing everything. I am going to start the work week in a few minutes, and it feels like I have been away for ages, in the best possible way.