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How to Host an "Ask Me Anything" on dev.to

Ben Halpern on August 23, 2018

I have been really happy to see more folks hosting AMAs. AMAs are great because it's a really great way to distribute nuanced views into the softwa...
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Jesse M. Holmes •

How to write a Howto on dev.to #metameta

This is a great write up.

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TMcSquared •

It also brings up an interesting philosophical topic of an infinite regression of explanation. i.e. an explanation of an explanation of an explanation of an.....

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Kyle Johnson •

To understand recursion you must first learn to understand recursion.

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TMcSquared •

exactly

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Jesse M. Holmes •

I'm intrigued. Tell me more. lol

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Kyle Johnson •

You're intrigued? Tell me more

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Mike •

On the topic of AMAs, can we expect a Dev team AMA anytime soon?

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Ben Halpern •

Yeah, good call. I think we can make that happen sometime next week.

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Shannon Crabill •

It's awesome that dev.to is encouraging this!

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Ben Halpern •

You should do one Shannon! The topic of the CodeLand talk I saw you give would be a great hook.

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Shannon Crabill •

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I may have to do that. I still get asked about that project / talk. Might be a nice tie in to Hacktoberfest 2018.

Thanks for the idea!

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Ben Halpern •

You definitely should. Donโ€™t put it off! ๐Ÿ˜

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deleteme deleteme •

Is there any way to see how many views your posts have gotten?

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Kyle Johnson •

Doing one has been a lot more fun than I expected, really interesting seeing the different things people want to know!

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Ben Halpern •

Yeah, it's a great way to learn about how your own expertise relates to what other folks know or how they think about your field.