Freelancers meeting notes from 7th January 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 7th January, eleven freelancers got together in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton to talk freelancing, clients, and random stuff. This is some of what we talked about:
- Christmases and New Years
- Laravel and Cashier for Stripe integration
- CTO of… not a lot (yet!)
- Android e-ink tablet – Onyxbooks
- Home assistant and automation
- You can’t bring unwrapped cheese back from France any more
- London Borough market
- Allotments
- The Trump / Venezuela situation
- Using multiple AIs to balance their responses
- RAM pricing
- Moving home
Thanks to everyone who came along and kicked off 2026 at the Farm!