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Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by tr1ll10nb1ll »

Laaas wrote: post #9

When I try logging in with GitHub: This application will be able to read and write all user data. This includes the following: Private email addresses Private profile information Followers Seems odd?

Two things.

1. The page mentions:

  Github is only for login. To create an account, go to Signup.
2. It's completely optional to connect it. The reason it asks for all those permissions is because I'm planning to use it to integrate common Github actions in DevClad. Again, you don't need to do any of that. Optional.

Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by jamessb »

tr1ll10nb1ll wrote: post #10
swyx wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

maybe just say “similarity” rather than “ml algorithm” since that is what you are doing

From the POV of a marketing copy, I don't think that sticks. I could possibly change it on the Github, however. Or, elaborate on what is meant by an ML algorithm in the context of DevClad.

> you are matched with another dev using an ML algorithm

Could be simplified to just:

> you are automatically matched with another dev

Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by tr1ll10nb1ll »

jamessb wrote: post #12
tr1ll10nb1ll wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the POV of a marketing copy, I don't think that sticks. I could possibly change it on the Github, however. Or, elaborate on what is meant by an ML algorithm in the context of DevClad.

> you are matched with another dev using an ML algorithm Could be simplified to just: > you are automatically matched with another dev

Fair point.

Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by me551ah »

lol768 wrote: post #4

> Every week, you are matched with another dev using an ML algorithm for a 1 on 1 call. I must admit I rolled my eyes when I read "ML algorithm" since it's usually marketing bullshit. Seemingly it's unsupervised knn w/ Scikit Learn, mixing variables like "open to video calls", "location", "openness to ideas" and "timezone". Fairly neat.

Isn't "unsupervised knn w/ Scikit Learn" ML? Yes it's unsupervised and not a lot of effort was put into it, but it is still ML.

Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by Laaas »

tr1ll10nb1ll wrote: post #11
Laaas wrote: post #9

When I try logging in with GitHub: This application will be able to read and write all user data. This includes the following: Private email addresses Private profile information Followers Seems odd?

Two things. 1. The page mentions: Github is only for login. To create an account, go to Signup. 2. It's completely optional to connect it. The reason it asks for all those permissions is because I'm planning to use it to integrate common Github actions in DevClad. Again, you don't need to do any of that. Optional.

Thanks. I was imagining it'd use information from your GitHub account to match you better.

Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by tr1ll10nb1ll »

cssanchez wrote: post #16

Just tried it and even though I hit save on step 2, nothing happened and it deleted everything when I went back to step 1… Hope you can figure it out.

I'll try replicating it.

Update: It's a possibility you didn't hit Save on Step 1.

Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by DoingIsLearning »

As a suggestion you could also try and give users some levers on your matching algo.

For example some people might be interested in matching up with someone similar. Some (like me) would like to talk to people doing different things, on different stacks, with different problem domains and find synergies/learning opportunities that way.

Re: Show HN: DevClad – A social-workspace platform for developers

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Post by tonnydourado »

OP: this is not a direct criticism of your idea or implementation (in fact, by the end, you might notice I'm not sure I even have a valid criticism here), just a general observation on a trend I feel is common on this sort of initiative.

I don't know about y'all, but I hate this idea of random 1-on-1s. Nothing sends my anxiety levels to the freaking roof as the idea of having to talk alone to a complete stranger.

Make it 3+ people, though, and I'm absolutely game for it. This is not about being reclusive/introverted/autistic/antisocial/whatever: I actually like socializing, and meeting new people (well, to a certain extent, but I digress). It's just that, at least for me, 1-on-1 interactions are the most intense ones, even with people you know, let alone with strangers. Group interactions put much less pressure in each person, and it increases the chances of having at least one more extroverted person to lead the conversation.

And yet, almost every single instance of this trope of "helping people connect through random pairings" is 1-on-1.

Maybe I'm the exception here, or maybe it's easier to implement 1-on-1 pairings, I don't know. But I'd love to see more things like this, but that didn't promote one of my worst nightmares as a feature.

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