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Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by _williamkennedy »

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..

Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by andrewxdiamond »

whalesalad wrote: post #3
verdverm wrote: post #2

Slack, discord, and similar chatty places. It's very niche, so joining several is helpful.

Can you recommend any specific communities on Slack/Discord?

The CodingBlocks podcast has a great slack community!

https://www.codingblocks.net/slack/

Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by nerdponx »

eatonphil wrote: post #7

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.

Sorry to be "that guy", but why Discord and not Matrix?

Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by generalizations »

nerdponx wrote: post #13
eatonphil wrote: post #7

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.

Sorry to be "that guy", but why Discord and not Matrix?

Easier to use?

Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by nathanaldensr »

whalesalad wrote: post #3
verdverm wrote: post #2

Slack, discord, and similar chatty places. It's very niche, so joining several is helpful.

Can you recommend any specific communities on Slack/Discord?

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.

Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by crummy »

whalesalad wrote: post #3
verdverm wrote: post #2

Slack, discord, and similar chatty places. It's very niche, so joining several is helpful.

Can you recommend any specific communities on Slack/Discord?

In Aus/NZ, there's View Source and DevANZ (both Slack).

Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by eatonphil »

nerdponx wrote: post #13
eatonphil wrote: post #7

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.

Sorry to be "that guy", but why Discord and not Matrix?

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!

Re: Ask HN: How to connect with fellow developers given few physical opportunities?

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Post by kroltan »

whalesalad wrote: post #3
verdverm wrote: post #2

Slack, discord, and similar chatty places. It's very niche, so joining several is helpful.

Can you recommend any specific communities on Slack/Discord?

GameDevNetwork is a pretty chill one for game development.

Lots of new people but also some big industry people there.

https://gdn.gg/

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