Are you suggesting it’s any other reason than Couchbase didn’t want to pay for the sponsorship anymore? Is there a statement from Couchbase about this? If not I’ll err on the side of trusting the conference over them and effectively blame them.

Thanks, taking that reply at face value means I'm wrong that it was only about money. It is still a pretty shitty thing to do at the 11th hour, there are many better ways Couchbase could have approached this.

Regardless of the reason for it, this is a dick move. How you think it's acceptable to withdraw sponsorship in this timeframe baffles me.

How about you?

Are you suggesting the Tech fest Twitter account is lying, impersonated, or hacked?

Couchbase confessed.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34959458