[HN Gopher] Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given ... ___________________________________________________________________ Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities? Hello! I've been studying Computer Science for a few years, but due to changing my major as well as a lot of online classes I haven't been able to meet many fellow developers in my university, especially not those who share my interests within the field. And as far as I know, there aren't many physical community gatherings happening close to where I live. I would like to change that. So: those of you who have managed to successfully connect with other developers online, how did you do it? If anyone would like to chat or learn together, just send me a message here or email me at: erikpl (at) duck (dot) com. These days, my learning is focused on C (related to a compiler course) and video streaming (work-related). Author : erikpl Score : 30 points Date : 2022-01-04 12:24 UTC (1 days ago) | eatonphil wrote: | I host a small Discord for devs hacking on cool tech through my | company (for an invite go to https://discord.multiprocess.io). | Folks here interested in compilers/databases/emulators/big | data/ML are welcome to join, introduce yourself and hang out. | nerdponx wrote: | Sorry to be "that guy", but why Discord and not Matrix? | generalizations wrote: | Easier to use? | eatonphil wrote: | I wanted to pick the least FOSS-friendly platform around! | Just kidding. | | I don't really know what to say. I think Discord is more | mature than Matrix, though it's great as an IRC(-bridge) | client. You're welcome to start your own community on Matrix | if you'd like! | definataly wrote: | I found lunchclub.com useful for this. | _williamkennedy wrote: | For me, I found a server on Discord that I liked. There is one | for almost every programming niche at this stage. | | Introducing yourself on the channel can get you going so to speak | and then go slowly from there. Helping people, having fun etc.. | Shadonototra wrote: | join IRC servers, Discord servers, contribute to open source, be | active in suggestion discussions | | internet is a richer world than IRL, flawed with social codes, | unfair physical comparisons, wealth gap issues etc | | on the internet, you are just another random user, it's beautiful | | the only time it's ugly, is when people censor you because you | speak the truth and it goes against their agenda.. | | but this is the same stuff IRL, the advantage of the internet is | you can create a new life, it's a matter of a click | | embrace the internet, contribute, and eradicate the censors by | pissing them off | dave84 wrote: | I have great fun on small discords, join the community for a | software library you use, a game engine, an open source project, | a topic, e.g emulator development. The smaller the better | usually. | simonw wrote: | Finding the right Slacks and Discords will definitely help form | more intimate relationships, but I've also been gaining a huge | amount of value during the pandemic from the software engineering | community on Twitter. | omarhaneef wrote: | Online meetups. One video chat with voice = 200 smart comments on | IRC (that was the old slack) | | Go to meetup and sign up for whatever topics you are interested | in. Almost all the meetings are going to be on zoom these days. | chana_masala wrote: | How did you get a Duck Duck Go email address? | taterbase wrote: | https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-email-protection-beta/ | verdverm wrote: | Slack, discord, and similar chatty places. It's very niche, so | joining several is helpful. | whalesalad wrote: | Can you recommend any specific communities on Slack/Discord? | kroltan wrote: | GameDevNetwork is a pretty chill one for game development. | | Lots of new people but also some big industry people there. | | https://gdn.gg/ | nathanaldensr wrote: | For the .NET ecosystem (and also related topics), there is | the excellent and very active C# Discord server. | | https://discord.gg/csharp | | You can find me on there as NathanAldenSr#2130. | andrewxdiamond wrote: | The CodingBlocks podcast has a great slack community! | | https://www.codingblocks.net/slack/ | crummy wrote: | In Aus/NZ, there's View Source and DevANZ (both Slack). | juice_bus wrote: | Quite a few active channels on IRC (Libera.chat) as well! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-05 23:01 UTC)