Mayank<p>i really respect that <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/11tyconf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>11tyconf</span></a> conf had speaker honorariums, despite being a free event.</p><p>it's super important for conferences to compensate all speakers, who spend dozens (sometimes hundreds) of hours preparing their talks.</p><p>personally, i chose to have my honorarium be donated to open source projects that i think need it more than me (namely <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://front-end.social/@openwebdocs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openwebdocs</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@servo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>servo</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://front-end.social/@OddBird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OddBird</span></a></span>, and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.webtoo.ls/@vite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vite</span></a></span>)</p>