Hacker Residency (@HackerResidency) is a developer co-working retreat that took place in Da Nang, Vietnam in November 2025. It was organized by Travis_Fischer (@transitive_bs) and Phuc Tran Minh (@phuctm97), and attended by Jan_Wilmake alongside roughly a dozen other builders and engineers.
The residency brought a curated group of developers together to work intensively in a co-located environment for approximately two weeks — shipping projects, giving lightning talks, and collaborating across disciplines. It was sponsored by companies including Stainless, Parallel AI, n8n, and OpenRouter.
The core premise: concentrated time with high-calibre peers accelerates both output and professional relationships in ways that remote-only work cannot replicate.
Jan arrived at "The Code Hotel" in Da Nang on approximately November 2 and participated in standup presentations and lightning talks. His notes from the event describe a high-energy atmosphere: he brought Parallel_AI context as his professional angle, explored MCP integrations with attendees, and made connections with developers including:
Jan articulated his collaboration potential as: Cloudflare + task automation expertise, with interest in collaboration involving Artem_Murzin on context management and EastlondonDev (Andrew) on MCP/distributed systems.
Jan later described the people he encountered in strongly positive terms: "I've never been around such an incredibly talented group of people. Shipping with such urgency and passion, all with the best possible vibes."
uithub went viral during the period of the residency in November 2025. This is documented in uithub_Viral_Events.