Show HN: A platform to find tech conferences, discounts, and ticket giveaways
tech.ticketsI created a platform that compiles tech conferences in one place - not just the when and where, but also the best discount codes and free ticket giveaways! Feedback and suggestions are welcome as I continue to refine it.
>try to find events around may 30
>click "See more events" 2 times
>still only see events til may 23
>click "See more events" once again
>page starts lagging, nothing happens
>try to click "See more events" again
>more events suddenly load
>get clickjacked onto some random guys LinkedIn
this could be a simple html table for the entire year 2025 and be both more performant and more comfortable to use
Why make it simple, when you can make it complicated?
Why make it work when you can just make it not work?!
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I’m seeing a list of conferences, and for each a popup is saying:
> Sorry, we don't currently have any offers for this event. Register your interest to be notified when something becomes available.
Could not find the tech conference "Joy of coding" (I am one of the organizers) but then again we do not offer discounts as we try to keep the tickets as low as possible. We do offer a small set of diversity and student tickets for a lower price.
hi OP! i run the AI Engineer conference which is coming up soon and was pleasantly surprised to see this here :)
HOWEVER this link: https://www.tech.tickets/event/ai-engineering-world-fair-a9a...
links to the WRONG conference!!!! it is at https://ai.engineer/ and tickets are at https://ti.to/software-3/ai-engineer-worlds-fair-2025
discounts do exist for loyal latent.space listeners and ainews subscribers but i wont make them that easy :)
(for those who are between jobs and just getting into AI Eng, here's a good one for you: HNEXPO - we put all talks up on youtube on a delay: https://www.youtube.com/@aidotengineer but really the value is the live interactions/hallwaytrack )
Thanks for that! Subscribed!
Relying on others to submit events seems like it could be difficult to maintain.
Why not use apis to search engines to find events, then use an LLM to evaluate which need to be added, and automatically maintain a database that identifies events in various languages, then automatically uses contact information from those sites to work with those managing the events?
Nice idea. But I can’t navigate the site on my phone. For example: I try to press on any ”want ticket” link (I think it is a link since it is coloured and underlined) but my browser just selects it as regular text. Same with both Firefox and Safari.
Okay, I am on a desktop now and why are you using a span with an event listener as a link when an <a href> would do?
I would expect it to get my location and be able to sort by the distance. And also to sort by time. So I can see the closest and the nearest.
Looks great. Only suggestion I have would be to be able to search by multiple properties- city and technology are the two that come to mind.
Good shout, thanks.
Nice idea. Balkans Crypto shows up under the North America tab. It's in Tirana, Albania.
Great domain, and great idea!
I've been looking for something like this for a while, I usually take a look at the lu.ma featured page but not everything is in there, hope one day your tool hast all of them.
Congrats on the launch!
Best way to get free tickets is to ask the sponsoring vendors/companies directly I've found - can play either the 'I'm a current customer' card, or the 'I'm considering your solution seriously' card.
Have gotten many free tickets, dinners, sports tix, etc that way over the years!
How exactly do you contact them and ask? Can you give an example
Sales people are always happy to talk to you. :)
Sure, but why would a sales person give me a free ticket to a conference? Am I going to come by their booth and buy something?
For major conferences, they probably have a fairly limited number of free tickets.
You might think of them the next time you need their product
pretty cool work imo - always find the bits about scoring deals way more interesting than just listings. you think people care more about meeting others or getting access to new info at these events?