Dan Lew

Bio

Dan Lew has code in his DNA and has been speaking since he was two years old. He's focused these skills on software development for the past two decades, working on many large mobile apps (FlightTrack, Expedia, Trello) as well as maintaining some open source libraries and applications. Currently he works on civic tech projects at Mighty Acorn Digital.

When not speaking, he's silent.

You can contact him on Bluesky, read his website, or stalk his commit history.

Presenting Sessions

What the fuck are passkeys and why are they everywhere now?

Past Presentations

Participating Sessions

Lessons from Two Decades of Angel Investing
MN Indie Gamedev Microtalks 2026
50 Ways to Leave Your Company in Ruins
The Good Years: Formative Tech Companies in the Twin Cities
Don’t Blame the User—Fix the Design: The UX of Streets and Cities
Gopher Supercomputing: Past, Present, and Future
Sol LeWitt, Combinatorial Enumeration, and Rogue
Only Amiga Makes It Possible: Discovering the Future in a Computer from 1985
50 Years of Consoles, Computers, and Handhelds: The Convergence of the Steam Deck
Growing Up "Vid Kid"
Managing Your Tech Career v17 – (Why do recruiters suck so bad?)
Everything in Time: The Ultimate Guide to Android Date and Time Programming
AI in Schools: What Students Are Actually Doing (and What Comes Next)
Government’s in the Room. Go.
Catan, Clean Energy, and Code: Can You Prove That Wind Farm Actually Generated Electricity?
What tech lessons should we learn from the ICE invasion?
The Part You Didn't See: A Collective Account of Operation Metro Surge