Best online communities for software developers

I used to use dev.to a lot, they definitely do great community building, at least as of a couple of years ago. Aren't they more aimed towards beginners?

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Post by calhoun » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 4:02 PM UTC

Just wondering, what is that community for startup stories? Dark blue in theme.

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Post by detaro » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 4:04 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #2

I thought everyone was using dev.to these days?

From what I've seen it has very little value if you aren't into trendy web dev or mobile apps. + the dark patterns soured me on it (although they've gotten rid of at least the worst ones)

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Post by jean-malo » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #2

I thought everyone was using dev.to these days?

I used it for a while, it seems that most content is geared towards beginners (ie. to-do list web apps). There is a lot of noise and I failed to find really interesting / in-depth articles.

They do a great job at building communities though.

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Post by ktkoffroth » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

Any good communities (not on reddit) for Electrical/Computer Engineers? Things like HDL, Embedded, VLSI, General Electronics?

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Post by rayrag » Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #2

I thought everyone was using dev.to these days?

dev.to is new medium.com