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Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-16

Fireside, a conference control room for the whole program

onfireside.com ↗ · Developer Corner · score 84.0
Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

An open-source, self-hostable system for conference proposals, blind reviews, decisions, speaker tasks, agendas, green-room logistics, and attendee connections.

Why it surfaced

Fireside treats a conference as a chain of obligations rather than a single event: its examples track 1,000 proposals, 328 undecided submissions, 610 staged letters, and placement conflicts before they reach print. It also offers a role-aware concierge through MCP, while volunteers get a no-login green-room view of the next speaker, room, deck status, and one action.

The 240-Material Organ

August 16’s newborn domains include a 240-material perfume organ, a repeatedly saved JPEG cat, a ski tracker designed by a 15-year-old, and a searchable page claiming to contain 148,303 prescription records.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-16 Domain Arrivals issue.