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

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Post by arcturus17 »

nicoburns wrote: post #23
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.

Tbh, it sounds like it might be about not wanting to connect that bad. Because if you want to connect really bad (for romance, business, friendship, or what have you), you learn very quickly that one-to-one connections are not something you dispense with.

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

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Post by dewey »

geuis wrote: post #30

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.

The problem there isn't the tool ("one on one") but the surrounding process in your organization from what it sounds like.

In my experience, having a weekly 1:1 with your manager works really well. If that's a frequent and regular occurrence, there's nothing uncomfortable about it.

It's a weekly block of time where you can discuss the priorities, give feedback, talk about things outside of work or start salary negotiations or role changes. If there's a week where there's nothing new it'll just be 5 minutes long, but having a regular no-pressure event is a lot less stressful than having a scheduled 1:1 come out of nowhere or once or twice a year.

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

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Post by mr90210 »

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 personally don’t do well on group chats, I am also an introvert but I feel that I am able to better connect with people on a 1-to-1 capacity.

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

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Post by geuis »

dewey wrote: post #32
geuis wrote: post #30

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.

The problem there isn't the tool ("one on one") but the surrounding process in your organization from what it sounds like. In my experience, having a weekly 1:1 with your manager works really well. If that's a frequent and regular occurrence, there's nothing uncomfortable about it. It's a weekly block of time where you can discuss the priorities, give feedback, talk about things outside of work or start salary negoti…

You completely missed my point. I'm not talking about managers, I'm talking about how fucking awkward it is to talk to people. We're mostly all a bunch of nerds. Lots of common ground, below average social skills. (I'm intentionally being facetious here.)

Small groups of 3-4 people with similar interests are WAY easier to feel comfortable in and get interesting conversations going.

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

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Post by dewey »

geuis wrote: post #35
dewey wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem there isn't the tool ("one on one") but the surrounding process in your organization from what it sounds like. In my experience, having a weekly 1:1 with your manager works really well. If that's a frequent and regular occurrence, there's nothing uncomfortable about it. It's a weekly block of time where you can discuss the priorities, give feedback, talk about things outside of work or start salary negoti…

You completely missed my point. I'm not talking about managers, I'm talking about how fucking awkward it is to talk to people. We're mostly all a bunch of nerds. Lots of common ground, below average social skills. (I'm intentionally being facetious here.) Small groups of 3-4 people with similar interests are WAY easier to feel comfortable in and get interesting conversations going.

Even for "nerds" there are usually people where they don't feel awkward about talking to them (Friends, family, online regulars,...). My point is that by not making a 1:1 a big event but rather a regular occurrence it'll be just become part of a regular week, and not a big event or something to feel awkward about.

This is very different to meeting an online stranger you have never interacted with every week.

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

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Post by jdthedisciple »

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…

Just to add myself to the contrasting voices: I used to be like you but nowadays I enjoy the idea of 1-on-1s with strangers.

Perhaps what changed for me was accumulating knowledge and experience over the years by simply being very curious about all sorts of things. Thus I found that I don't even have to try anymore, my natural curiosity + experience automatically leads me through such encounters all the while being fully aware of the risk of being confronted with an absolute nutcase which only makes things a little more exciting.

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

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Post by jdthedisciple »

tr1ll10nb1ll wrote: post #3
personjerry wrote: post #2

Is this like Lunchclub? https://lunchclub.com/

Similar. I took that as a starting point for the developer niche and I plan on turning it into something where developers can work on ideas together. I built an even more rough version of that here - https://connectdome.com (but then I realized I was dealing with feature-bloat) so now I'm experimenting a little slower.

is connectdome still up and running or is it a dead project at this point?

might wanna try it and compare to this one

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

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Post by throw1234651234 »

shultays wrote: post #22
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!

I literally can't even, trigger warning! I hope you are using that blockchain on an ethically sourced quantum computer using ethically raised qubits.

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

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Post by karmakaze »

I was wondering how you pair devs with similar interests and noticed that it says "using ML" exactly once. Is that the scope of it or are there settings?

Seems I misunderstood completely. The site uses ML to do the matching and devs feed the ML how?

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