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Welcome Thread - v360

Sloan the DEV Moderator on January 14, 2026

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. Re...
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Anita Duray

Not sure if I belong in this post, but, Hello: I am a realtor who is looking to educate myself on creating simple links into icons and other Apps, software tips, and software protection for my business. Any information I may gain is a +.

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Gail Terman

Hi! my name is Gail and i'm currently looking for work, but also have opinions on pretty much everything to do with software development. I'm a 12 year industry veteran who specializes in UI architecture, revitalizing legacy codebases, and communicating between business and engineers in a way that actually works. I love learning new things and understanding how mental models work.

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Richard Pascoe

Greetings, Gail. Welcome to the community here at DEV. I look forward to hearing about your journey and best of luck with finding employment!

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Rainier Pearson Saputra

Hi everyone! 👋
My name is Rainier P. S. I’m a high school student from Indonesia and a programmer / future engineer.
I’m currently learning and working with Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, C++, and Arduino. I joined to improve my skills, learn from others, and grow as a developer.

Looking forward to be part of this community and learn together!

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Disco Chess

👋 Hi dev.to, I’m building Disco Chess.

Disco Chess is a chess training platform focused on implementing the Woodpecker Method in software. The core idea is simple: fixed tactical sets, repetition across cycles, mistake resurfacing, and measurable changes in speed and accuracy over time.

From an engineering perspective, the interesting problems are mostly under the hood. That includes ingesting and querying large chess datasets efficiently, working with Stockfish evaluations at scale, and turning raw user activity into longitudinal training metrics that actually reflect improvement.

Some of the supporting tooling is open source, including a Go library for fast Stockfish evaluation lookup by FEN using public Lichess data. I plan to write here about those technical pieces, design tradeoffs, and what I have learned while building and operating the system.

Looking forward to learning from others here and contributing where I can.

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Alex Maxwell Picasso

hello

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Richard Pascoe

Welcome to the DEV Community, Alex. What brought you here, if you don't mind me asking?

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Noah Bruijninckx

Hi, i build open-source app in JS

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Mustak Patel

MaPa - Hola learning vibe coding x-cobol.

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Maria Emilia Checa

Hello!
My name is Maria Emilia, a recent-ish computer science graduate. I stumbled upon dev. Looking for inspiration on how to get back on track to becoming a hireable junior developer these days.

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TANNER PARKS

how do I hack a chrome extension

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Abdelaziz HIBAT ALLAH

hello guys

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alfredo montes

Un gusto saludarte en este bello día