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

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Post by arcturus17 » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 12:00 PM UTC

tonnydourado wrote: post #20

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. Mak…

To bring a contrasting perspective, I see nothing weird about meeting people one-to-one, and I see it as the most natural and efficient process for discovering opportunities.

I meet with potential co-founders on StartupSchool and customers for my consulting business one-on-one all the time. You shoot the shit for 10min, see if there is common ground, and take it from there. Nothing prevents you from connecting with a third person or more later!

I'm interested in DevClad as it is and have added it to my to-do list to try in the coming weeks.

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

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Post by shultays » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 12:15 PM UTC

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.

What if it used an AI to match you instead? We can even run that AI on blockchain!

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

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Post by nicoburns » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 12:17 PM UTC

tonnydourado wrote: post #20

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. Mak…

> This is not about being reclusive/introverted/autistic/antisocial/whatever

Sounds like it might be about being extraverted. It of course depends on the specific scenario, but introverts tend to be more comfortable 1 on 1 or in small groups, whereas extraverts tend to prefer small groups or large groups.

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

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Post by monsieurbanana » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 12:46 PM UTC

tonnydourado wrote: post #20

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. Mak…

I'm much more comfortable with a one to one meetings, just to give another anecdata point

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

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Post by fernandotakai » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 12:48 PM UTC

tonnydourado wrote: post #20

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. Mak…

funny enough, i used to have MASSIVE anxiety spikes when i thought about talking to a random stranger 1-on-1, to the point where i would basically lock up.

two things helped: i started taking CBD oil (with a medical prescription) and, more importantly, i started interviewing people at my last job, which meant i had to talk to strangers at least once a week.

nowadays i still have some anxiety, but after making my self go through 1-on-1 interviews i got used to it, and now i actually enjoy it :)

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

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Post by saurik » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 12:52 PM UTC

me551ah wrote: post #14

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.

The usage of "usually" in the comment you are replying to is often paired with a "but/except" that I feel is implied here, and so they actually agree with you.

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

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Post by Oras » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

It can be a good prescreening recruitment platform where developers try to find other developers to join their team.

With this kind of platform, you need to keep the quality and commitment high all the time, which is quite challenging. For example, I tried LunchClub for a few weeks, it was brilliant initially, but then you get those who canceled last minute or did not show up to the call and then stopped because I saw it as a waste of time.

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

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Post by tr1ll10nb1ll » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 1:11 PM UTC

Oras wrote: post #27

It can be a good prescreening recruitment platform where developers try to find other developers to join their team. With this kind of platform, you need to keep the quality and commitment high all the time, which is quite challenging. For example, I tried LunchClub for a few weeks, it was brilliant initially, but then you get those who canceled last minute or did not show up to the call and then stopped because I sa…

This is so on point. I've thought about this a lot and it's definitely something I will aggressively pursue if I manage to have good engagement initially.

The preliminary step before pursuing this would be allowing users to work on projects and hackathons (or at least, showcase projects better) on DevClad.

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

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Post by flickster » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 1:16 PM UTC

monsieurbanana wrote: post #24

tonnydourado wrote: post #20

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. Mak…

I'm much more comfortable with a one to one meetings, just to give another anecdata point

Same for me. In group situations I always have the pressure to talk so I am not overtalked by other people. This obviously depends on the group, but that's gow I usually feel. I also have a quite high "response latency" and people just tend to answer and share the stories quicker and more eagerly, so I feel often left out in those situations.

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

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Post by geuis » Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

I'll just be honest. One on ones suck. We all mostly have to do it year after year with managers and it's a huge uncomfortable waste of time.

Having to talk to some random person is even more awkward and a waste of time.

Make it useful and group up 3-4 randos at a time. The best conversations happen in small groups.