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Welcome Thread - v226

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  1. Leave a comment below to introduce yourself! You can talk about what brought you here, what you're learning, or just a fun fact about yourself.

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Ralph Hightower

I am a retired software engineer with 50++ years of experience, primarily in the C languages, C++, C# .Net. I have experience in Windows, Unix, and Linux. Just four years older than NASA, I've been interested in crewed spaceflight beginning with NASA's Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle through today's spaceflight systems. I have witnessed two final crewed spaceflights, the American half of Apollo/Soyuz in July 1975, and the final Space Shuttle launch in July 2011; I also saw Atlantis land for the final time next to the control tower of the Shuttle Landing Facility, 200 yards from the runway.
Photography is another creative outlet that I have enjoyed since 1980. I started with the Canon A-1 (which still works), one of my bucket list cameras: Canon F-1N in July 2013, and Canon 's DSLR, EOS-5D III (December 2013).
I married the year that the Voyager space probes were launched. Our kids are the four-legged kind, Beagles; we have competed in obedience and confirmation.

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Nick Taylor

Welcome to DEV!

Spiderman swinging by to say hello

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Ralph Hightower

Thank you.

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Ben Halpern

Great to have your experience here Ralph!

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Ralph Hightower

Thank you.

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Thomas Bnt ☕

Welcome here 👋

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Daniel Lower

Welcome to DEV. I like photography too. If you want something entirely different I can recommend getting into Large format especially if you have bucket loads of time. It's a nice feeling get back to basics though in hindsight I wish I'd done medium format as an intermediary step.

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Ralph Hightower

Hi Daniel,
A 4×5 monorail is one of my "bucket list" cameras. Also on that list, Mamiya 645 and RB67 or RZ67. I bought one of my bucket list cameras in July 2013, Canon F-1N with AE Motor Drive FN and AE Finder FN. I have multiple bucket lists:

  • BID (the traditional Before I Die)
  • Cars
  • Cameras
  • Computers
  • Space Shuttles
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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to Dev! Photography is one of my hobbies.

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Bupendra Wijegunawardhana

Welcome to DEV ❤️🎉

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Abubakar Bello

Hello sir, I want to you learn more from as you old software engineer developer.

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hamdi119

Yes, NASA is the first which forge the definition of digital twin.

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Branden

That's awesome!

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yasin cengiz

Oh my god, that is so nice, I am a young person 13 yo. I am still learning what do you have advice for me? and thank you.

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Lucas Barret

Hello everyone.
Hope you are doing well :).
If you want to learn more about SQL you can check this article my profile.

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Michael Tharrington

Heyo Lucas!

Just a heads up that you can embed posts in comments if you wanna link to a specific post. To do so, you just use this syntax for example {% embed https://dev.to/yet_anotherdev/postgres-concurrency-what-could-go-wrong-part-1-1fmf %} and it appears like:

All this said, you may not have wanted to link to a single post but instead were pointing folks to your profile. If that's the case this also works for profiles — {% embed https://dev.to/yet_anotherdev %} makes:

And then of course, there's also the chance that just didn't wanna do this at all, in which case feel free to just ignore me, haha! 😆

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Lucas Barret

TIL ! Many thanks Michael 🤓

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Michael Tharrington

You are very welcome, Lucas! Glad this helped. 🙌

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Thomas Bnt ☕

Welcome Lucas here 👋

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Lucas Barret

Thanks Thomas, seems we are both French ! Let's connect whenever you want :D

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Thomas Bnt ☕

Oooh 🌱🙌🏼

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Edih Goodluck

Hello everyone Just a friendly developer that wants to connect to as much developers as possible

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV.

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Edih Goodluck

its Good to be here

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Ben Halpern

Great to have you Edih!

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Edih Goodluck

its Good to be here can I connect with you so we can check out each other's content

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Thomas Bnt ☕

Welcome ! ✨

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Augusto Valdivia

Hello everyone!

I hope this message finds you all in high spirits. Allow me to introduce myself as a DevOps Specialist based in Toronto and proudly a member of the AWS Community Builders program.

Now, let's dive into some fun facts about me:

Firstly, I am an ardent lover of football/soccer. The thrill of the game and the camaraderie it brings truly excites me.

Secondly, I have a deep fascination for IoT (Internet of Things) and the endless possibilities it offers in connecting devices and revolutionizing our daily lives.

Thirdly, I have a strong affinity for the vast world of Big Data. The ability to extract valuable insights and make data-driven decisions is something that captivates me.

And last but not least, let's not forget my mischievous side. I thoroughly enjoy the art of applying and, yes, occasionally "destroying" infrastructures using Terraform. It's like a puzzle that challenges me and brings out my inner explorer.

I'm excited to be part of this community and look forward to engaging with all of you.

Feel free to reach out if you share any of these interests or simply want to connect and chat.

Cheers to a fantastic journey ahead!

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Rishav Dhar

Hi folks, hope you're well. According to my profile, I've been a member for 4 years (!) but only just started engaging, due in part to #GithubHack23

Keen to branch out and really get into blog-writing as a whole (if for no other reason than to remind myself of things when I inevitably forget!)

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Michael Tharrington

Woot! I'm glad to hear that you're digging the hackathon and that it's pulled ya in closer to the community. 🙂

And hey, never too late to start blogging... you're right that it can be a super handy way to store your knowledge. And really, sometimes writing and explaining something is the best way to hold onto the info — it kinda cements it into your brain!

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Rishav Dhar

Definitely agree, and it's great practice for writing documentation as well, but structured in such a way to be open and approachable to anyone. Though that's easier said than done!

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Michael Tharrington

Great point! It really does help with those documenting skills.

And I soooo agree with the easier said than done part. You might've seen some posts on flow state out there... I think that is really applicable to writing to. Once the flow of ideas start it's not too bad, but getting into that space of mind can be tough.

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Philip How

Hey, I'm Phil!

I'm software developer turned product manager with a few hobbyist projects on the go - mostly small websites for local organizations and charities. I'm particularly keen on SSR/static websites to keep things nice and speedy but I'm also learning Svelte as I was blown away by Rich Harris' initial demo.

Professionally, I'm the new Senior Product Manager at Forem - so I get to spend my days helping make DEV a better place. I'm always open to ideas and suggestions so feel free to drop me an email at philip[at]forem.com.

Look forward to seeing what everyone gets up to on DEV!

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Adetutu Gbangbola

Hey Philip, I'm also software developer who has transition to Product mgt. Currently working as a technical product manager. Its nice having you here. Welcome to devto.

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Kevin Hackett • Edited

Hi there, I am a semi-retired developer, with 20 years in the banking industry and 14 more in many other areas. Long time Microsoft coder, from C in the 80s, C++ in the 90s and then on to ASP.NET using C#. Consider myself a full-stack developer, have a lot of SQL and BI experience too.

Left my job to pursue a dream of building a web community for musicians and artists, with future connectivity with many other areas of the local music scene. When I can local, I mean "wherever-you-are-in-the-world" local. I recently published the web app in BETA, so if you're a musician anywhere from a beginner to professional, please check out the site.

It's called SoundCheck, have a look! soundcheck12.co/

PS. My latest endeavours are integrating more Azure functionality and the ever-present daily "fun" with GIT. I gotta say being a one-man shop sure helps with branching woes!

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CHutch

Please allow me to introduce myself. I am an engineer interested in robotics, AI and all types of automation. I am mostly a machine head with a background in mechanical and electrical design. I am more involved in programming to make machines work and turn their data into useful artifacts. This looks like a great site. I cannot believe I didn't find it sooner.
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Michael Tharrington

Awww yeah! Great to have ya with us here. 🙌

I don't know if you like to write or not, but I would love to see some posts on robotics and engineering.

I'm really into music and like seeing folks work on synthesizers and odd instruments. It's kinda, sorta, maybe engineering related... haha, you're speaking with a Creative Writing major, so I'm not the most technical even though I enjoy having my brain stretch by this stuff.

Anyway, as an example, I really love the YouTube channel LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER where the host builds all sorts of wacky music-making tech... and despite the name, he does do some programming from time to time. For instance, here he is working on a church organ and making it communicate via midi:

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Brent

Hi everyone. I am a software engineer with about 25 years of experience. Currently working in an primarily Microsoft environment. I use .Net Core, SQL Server, C#, ASP.Net MVC Core, Azure Devops. We do use Vue.js/Typescript/Javascript for our front end & deploy to docker, linux containers. I do have a love for stuff that I can't use on a daily basis like functional programming, golang, rust, ect...

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Vincent Willcox

Hello all! The name's Vince, a he/him.

I am currently based in Colchester in the UK. My day job is managing 11 people in a software technical support team (2nd/3rd line support) for a company called Civica.

In my spare time, I like to mess around with SBC's like the Raspberry Pi. I like to tinker with things that show! So displays, LED's and the like.

I like stats and graphs, so speedtesting and logging is on thing I do and talk about a LOT!

When I am not sat infront of a computer, I will be wathing Star Trek, Star Gate, NCIS, 9-1-1 or simular type shows.

Finally I do like to take photos of things around me. So I share the best that I take and hide the rest!

According to Midjourney this is what I look like:
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Ben Halpern

Great to have you!

If you’re finding anything valuable on DEV, please go out of your way to leave a thankful reply to the author, it goes a long way!

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Taylor Wayne

Hey there!

I am a newer software engineer, I consider myself to be a full stack web developer. I mostly work with building software from the ground up using combinations of Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, Django, or a few other languages/framworks.
I am currently in the stage of just building my portfolio and projects for it and getting ready to apply for jobs!

Before I decided to move into the field about a year ago and started this journey, I had a career in restaurant management. I was dang good at it, but it just never felt like it was enough, I just never felt accomplished. But now I can confidently say, Its because I was built for software engineering.

I know I am a junior in the field, but I also love helping others and love learning new things. I find that I have a very natural talent for teaching and hope to one day do some form of education for new devs in the future.

And one fun fact about me is I have two pet rabbits that are named Pesto and Alfredo. They have a lot of personality and always running around my home eating any hanging wires they find. (everything is wireless if possible in my home now.....)

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Ben Halpern

Great to have you Taylor!

And one fun fact about me is I have two pet rabbits that are named Pesto and Alfredo

I love that! 😅

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Ian

Hello everyone.

I'm a hobbyist C++ developer with just over 2 years of experience. Most of what I've made are experimental projects that I've mostly kept on my host system at home, though I have a few repositories that were uploaded to GitHub over the past couple of years.

I guess my biggest accomplishment so far is doing a fair bit of work on a program called CMakeEasy; as one might guess by the name, it's a program designed to help with CMake - it generates CMakeLists.txt files with string inputs.

Nice to meet you all.

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Davi Donadelli

Hey everybody!

Just joined here because I want to stay closer to the community. I want to follow subjects about Software Engineering, System Design, Backend Development and this kind of stuff

My name is Davi, I am a backend Software Engineer, married, I have a puppy called Bento and I like to spend time in the computer

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Janice Alecha

Welcome aboard!!!

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Davi Donadelli

Thank you!

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Hudu Hamed Fodio • Edited

Hello, I am a React developer, precisely frontend web developer residing in Barcelona, Spain. Here to learn, share and contribute to the community as well broaden my scope of knowledge on software in general. Now learning Node.js, searching for job and prepping for interviews. I am open to collaborate on projects and internships at this moment.
Gracías!