Everything *[NYC] 2026

First, a few kilometres around New York

I landed in New York on Sunday around 11 pm and headed to my hotel in Brooklyn. By 5 am, I was already heading out again, this time on foot.

With a day to explore before the workshops started, I ended up walking around 28 km through the city. Probably not the most restful way to start the trip, but it gave me time to discover New York before switching into work mode.

The reason for the trip was Everything *[NYC] 2026, Sanity’s event bringing together developers, creative thinkers, and the people building the platform.

As the founder of 1367 Studio and a Sanity Pioneer for 2026, I wanted to spend time with that community, try the latest tools, and get a deeper understanding of a platform we use in our work.

September 8: getting hands-on with the Pioneers

On Tuesday, I joined the Pioneers workshop, where we worked with some of Sanity’s new features.

The session focused on building agents and exploring workflows alongside Sanity engineers. It was an opportunity to get beyond the presentation of a feature and start working with it directly. Sanity’s workshop listing

That practical side matters to me. When you run an agency, you need to understand how a tool might fit into an actual project. Where would it help? What would we need to configure? Would it make things easier for the person managing the content?

Those are the questions I want to bring into any experiment with new technology.

September 9: meeting the people behind Sanity

The following day was the main event at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, focused on AI, content operations, and culture. Everything *[NYC] 2026

I had the chance to connect with people across Sanity, including engineers, the CEO, and members of the sales team.

Having those conversations in person gave me a broader understanding of the platform. Each team approaches it from a different angle, from the technical decisions behind a feature to the needs businesses bring to them.

For someone who spends much of the week building websites and digital products, it was valuable to step outside individual project requirements and learn more about the thinking behind the tools.

It also made the community feel much closer. There is a difference between using a platform every day and meeting the people who work on it.

What this means for 1367 Studio

The useful part of a trip like this is deciding what to bring back into our work.

For me, that starts with paying attention to how clients manage their content. A website needs to look good, but the experience of updating it deserves just as much care. Publishing an article, changing a service, or adding a project should feel straightforward.

It also means being deliberate about automation. Before adding an AI feature, I want to identify the task it would improve. Helping prepare a draft or reducing repetitive content work can be useful, provided the team can review the result and stay in control.

Finally, hands-on time helps us make better decisions. Understanding a feature well enough to judge where it belongs is part of the work we do for clients.

These are the ideas I want to keep testing at 1367 Studio as we build websites and custom digital products.

Back to building

This trip combined a lot of walking with two days of learning and conversations around Sanity.

Thank you to the Sanity team and the Pioneers community for the welcome and the time together.

I’m back with a deeper understanding of the platform and a few things I want to explore in our own projects. I’ll share more here as that work takes shape.