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Welcome Thread - v365

Sloan the DEV Moderator on February 18, 2026

Leave a comment below to introduce yourself! You can share advice, tell us what brought you here, what you're learning, or just a fun fact about y...

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Abdul Malik

First day on Dev.to

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Ben Halpern The DEV Team

Welcome Abdul!

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV, Abdul.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey! Welcome to Dev.to Abdul! What brings you here? Any goals?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to DEV.to, Abdul!
I’d love to hear what you’re currently building or learning.

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Subham Panda

hello

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Lars de Ridder

Hi all, moving over from Medium which isn’t what it was. I’m posting about software development, technical as well as, well, existential at this point. Building a bunch of OS things related to AI in public, like tether and context-lens. Hope to see some of you around.

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome Lars, I hope you like what you find at DEV.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Lars! Welcome to Dev.to! Any projects you are working specifically in the field of AI? In any case, welcome aboard!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to DEV.to, Lars!

Looking forward to reading your insights on product building and AI. Excited to learn from your experience!

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Michael Bradley

Awesome stuff nice to meet you my friend. I'm an open source / local AI geek so looking forward to seeing what you share.

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Max Mendes

Sounds great ! I will take a look into ahahh :D

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Adaka Ankita

Hey everyone 👋

I’m Ankita. A backend software engineer intentionally transitioning into AI engineering.

I’m currently diving into LLM production systems and documenting what I learn along the way not as an expert, but as an engineer trying to understand how to build reliable AI systems beyond just better prompts.

I recently published my first blog on control layers in production LLM systems (constraints, structured outputs, validation, randomness control).

Writing about what I’m learning forces me to understand it properly publishing it makes it real.

Here to learn, exchange ideas, and connect with others making a similar shift.

Fun fact: Hitting “publish” on my first AI blog felt scarier than deploying production code 😅

Looking forward to learning with you all! 🚀

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赵文博

Hey Ankita, nice to meet you! 👋 Welcome to the community!
Just curious about your transition—are you currently building these AI systems in Python, or are you coming from a Java/backend background? Also, I'm still learning about this space. Would you say an LLM system is essentially a business platform or application built around the capabilities of large models?
Excited to learn with you

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Adaka Ankita

Hey! Nice to connect 👋

I’m coming from a backend/.NET background, so I tend to look at AI systems through a traditional engineering lens validation, state management, and clear system boundaries.

Right now I’m exploring how LLMs integrate into backend architectures.

For me, an LLM system isn’t just the model it’s the application built around it. The model generates output, but the surrounding layers handle constraints, validation, monitoring, and retries.

Still learning as I go, curious how you’re thinking about it?

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赵文博

Thanks for the great response! It’s awesome to meet a fellow backend engineer. I'm coming from a Java background and have been making similar attempts on my end. I've tried integrating AI agent platforms like Dify and Coze (a popular one in China) into my systems, utilizing their APIs and frameworks like Spring AI.

Right now, my learning focus is on RAG and MCP. Your thoughts on handling integration, state management, and retries resonate with me perfectly. Building that robust layer around the unpredictable LLM is definitely the biggest shared challenge right now.

Let's definitely stay connected and share our learnings along the way!

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Adaka Ankita

Would love to exchange notes as we experiment. Always helpful to learn alongside someone tackling similar problems from a backend mindset.
Looking forward to staying connected!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hey Ankita!
I like how you’re focusing on production systems beyond just prompts — that’s where reliability really matters.
And I completely relate to the “publish feels scarier than deploy” part. My first post stayed in drafts for so long before I finally hit publish.

Looking forward to reading more of your work!

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Damla Hamurcu

Hey everyone! I'm Damla. I'm a backend developer building AI products with Python and FastAPI these days. Just published my first article about WebSocket authentication in FastAPI. Aiming to write as I learn. Happy to be here!

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Quackers

Hello Everyone!
I went to college to study computers and find a community. The first thing they told us is that we couldn't talk about assignments so that they could prevent cheating. Then the pandemic hit and they sent us all home. My hopes of finding a collaborative group dashed; I left school, heartbroken.

It turns out that the knowledge is online, but the community and motivation are elusive. I started attending MLH Global Hack Week events and found some of what I was looking for. The recent acquisition of Dev led me here. I hope to find community and more opportunities to learn.

-Quackers

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Quackers! Welcome to Dev.to!

There is a lot of great things to learn on this platform and I hope you will find some great minded people here as well. Anything in particular you are currently learning. Nonetheless, welcome!

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Quackers

Thank you.
I am currently working through a Google AI Essentials course to become familiar with how people commonly use AI in the workplace.

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hello Quackers, Welcome to Dev.to!
I think a lot of us are here for that same reason — not just knowledge, but community and shared growth.

Hope you find what you’re looking for here.

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Quackers

Thank you.

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廖冠凱

Hi everyone

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Chris Jarvis

Hi and welcome to DEV!

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey! Welcome to Dev.to! What brings you here? Any goals for this year?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi! Welcome to Dev.to!

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farooq Ali

hello team

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to the community.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Farooq! Welcome to the community! What brings you here?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hello! Glad to have you here. What are you currently working on?

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Peter Kim Frank The DEV Team

Welcome to DEV!

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Moaz Hegy

Came here from mlh, want to get involved in tech events. I am in S3

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Moaz! Welcome to Dev.to!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to Dev.to, Moaz!

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Juan Isidoro García Cifuentes

Hey! I'm Isi, full-stack dev from Spain. Just launched MAKO, an open protocol for AI-agent readable websites. Excited to share the journey here

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Juan! Excited to see what you share about your work!

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Juan Isidoro García Cifuentes • Edited

Thank you, @rubasri_srikanthan ! Really appreciate the warm welcome 🙌

If you ever want to chat about anything tech-related, I'm here! And if you happen to have a few minutes to check out MAKO and share your thoughts, I'd genuinely love the feedback — it's a project I've put a lot of heart into.

Thanks again, means a lot! 😊

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Rubasri Srikanthan

MAKO looks awesome! I love the AI-readiness scoring and the actionable tips it gives — very practical and to the point.

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Juan Isidoro García Cifuentes

That genuinely made my day, thank you! 🙏 The AI-readiness scoring was one of those features where I wasn't sure if it would click for people — great to hear it lands well. Still lots to improve, but feedback like this keeps the momentum going! 🚀

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Happy to hear that! 😊
I’d love to learn more about your thought process behind building MAKO. I’m also learning Salesforce and building projects to deepen my understanding. I’ll be sharing daily updates here — would be awesome to get your perspective whenever you have time! There’s so much I hope to learn from you and the community.

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Shishir Shukla

Hello everyone, came here after hearing that MLH acquired DEV. Hoping to get more good news and learn more.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Shishir! Welcome to the community! Yes, it is great news to hear about MLH and DEV joining forces! Anything in particular you are learning and to gain out of Dev.to?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to Dev.to, Shishir,
Hope you find lots of interesting content and people to connect with here!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hello everyone 🙏

I’m Rubasri, a passionate Salesforce Developer.

I joined DEV.to share my Salesforce learnings, the systems I build, and the struggles I face while designing real-world solutions. I believe documenting the journey helps me grow.

Thank you to the DEV.to team for providing this wonderful platform.

I’m currently working on building my first end-to-end Salesforce project from scratch and sharing it as a series.

Looking forward to learning from all of you and contributing wherever I can. Excited to be part of this community! 👋✨

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Rubasri! Welcome to the community!

I am also into Salesforce stuff as well! (More of an admin side than a dev side). Can't wait to see your Salesforce Project!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hey Francis! Thank you for the warm welcome

That’s awesome to hear — it’s great to connect with someone from the Salesforce ecosystem here!

The admin side plays such a crucial role, especially when it comes to automation and scalable process design. I’d truly value your perspective as I share the project.

Excited to exchange ideas and learn together!

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Akashneelesh

Hey everyone, I'm akash and I work as a ecosystem lead at Starkware/Starknet blockchain.

What brings me here is, we've seen apps that have interest into blockchain and bitcoin but the learning curve is too steep. Hence our team has worked on a SDK to bring Bitcoin to any app in under minutes. So I would love to showcase and do blogs around it to make things easier for any founder/application to have bitcoin on their apps

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Akashneelesh! Welcome to the community!

A lot of great resources here when it comes to your field of blockchain. Hope your journey goes well :D

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Akashneelesh

Thanks :)

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Akash! Welcome to Dev.to community!
Hope your journey here goes great!

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RepoSweeper

Hey guys, I'm Taylor. I'm a Data Engineer for a video streaming service and I build productivity tools in my spare time.

I saw some other folks who moved over from Medium as well. I can't say I was super active there, but that was my main platform before. It's so trash now. Everything is paywall and AI slop.

Looking forward to meeting some of yall and exchanging ideas!

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey RepoSweeper! Welcome to Dev.to! I heard about Medium. I do agree it has paywall in some way. Dev.to is free to use whenever you like! Community here is great!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hey RepoSweeper! Great to have you here.
Data engineering + productivity tools sounds like a solid combo.
Looking forward to your posts!

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AUTISTE REDDING ou Gaël Périer

Hey salut.
I was born in 1982, first computer at home was a Thompson T07, it was 1984, now I'm using a Pc because I love video games but my son has an old laptops msi of line with a Edubuntu on it :)
yesterday I started "coding" with my mate Node, the Gemini Pro 3 assistant, we worked in it yesterday (8am->11pm) : result => ar-studio.art
only the template is fixed, I'm gonna fill it with real material today (no jokes and broken links 🥷🏼).
I wish I will meet many greats minds here <3

it's just 3 files :

  • index.html
  • style.css
  • script.js

:D

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Welcome! Hope you are well. Looks great and thanks for sharing! Hope your journey goes well!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hello!
From a T07 to coding with AI — that’s an awesome timeline. Welcome to Dev.to!

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Arend-Jan Van Drongelen

Morning all,

Nice, a welcome thread. Bit about me: I'm late into programming and doing it on my freetime, but really enthousiastic about this world opening more and more for me with all the ai tools. Apart from vibe coding I do like to understand stuff. I have some basics down
,did 2 Nand 2 tetris courses if that rings any bells, have a basic understanding about the concepts and did a few small python projects. Now mainly with having fun with cursor and claudecode.
Any tips on how to find the balance between learning and understanding and playing around?

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kanika bhatt

Hi everyone 👋
This is Kanika, and I'm interested in building minimal web tools that solve small but annoying real-life problems.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about user friction and how simplicity often beats feature overload.
Looking forward to learning from this community and sharing what I build.

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Dulanjana Ranasinge

Hi everyone! 👋

Excited to join the Dev.to community. I’m looking forward to sharing my knowledge, learning new things, and collaborating with fellow tech enthusiasts here.

I’ll be writing about Linux, system administration, and real-world troubleshooting experiences. If you get a chance to check out my posts, I’d truly appreciate your feedback and would love to hear about your experiences as well.

Happy to connect and learn together! 🚀

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Stephen Planck

Hi everyone!

I'm Stephen, and I've been building the Viper Compiler Platform in my spare time. It's a from-scratch programming environment in C++ that includes a multi-language compiler (BASIC and my own language called Zia), a VM with native code generation, a GUI library, networking, basic 2D game library and more. I just released v0.2.1-dev today as the first pre-alpha, with working demos including a Pac-Man game, a paint program, and a small relational database, all running on both Windows and macOS, with more demos included. It also include extensive documentation and tutorials.

This is actually the first time I've mentioned Viper publicly anywhere, so it feels like a great place to start. I'm looking for feedback from anyone interested in compilers, language design, or runtime development. Check it out on GitHub if you're curious. Really excited to be part of this community and looking forward to connecting with fellow developers!

Viper Github Page

Anyone else working on similar projects? I would love to connect, share experiences, and potentially collaborate.

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hey Stephen! Welcome to Dev.to!

Viper sounds amazing — a full compiler platform with games and a VM is seriously impressive. Excited to see your updates and the feedback from the community!

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Stephen Planck

Thanks so much! Looking forward to the discussions and learning from everyone here.

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Angel García

After so many years of dreaming and idealizing myself in this world, I finally have the opportunity to learn and possibly dedicate my life to programming. I'm very excited about this. In my current situation, it won't be easy, and I know that, but in my short 22 years, I've always made sure to put my maximum effort and focus into what I'm passionate about, to the point of exceeding the average. I have a long road ahead, including possible setbacks, but I hope I can count on all of you when needed. Thank you so much for the work you do. btw im starting to learn from absolutely 0

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Angel! Welcome aboard! Anything you are learning in particular that you want to start off?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Angel! Welcome to Dev.to!
Love the energy. The road can be long, but you’re definitely in a space where people are building and learning every day. You won’t be alone here.

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Jasper | Langbly

Hey! I'm Jasper, building Langbly, a translation API for developers. Based in the Netherlands. Mostly interested in APIs, localization, and keeping things simple. Looking forward to sharing what I learn along the way.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Jasper! Welcome to Dev.to. Hope you are well. Seems interesting that you are building Langbly. Can you tell me more on how it works and what it means by "translation API for developers?".

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to Dev.to, Jasper!

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cepunkt

Hello everyone. First day on Dev.to. I'm an engineer by heart, poking things I'm interested in, until I better understand them. My professional life is mostly IT operations/SRE/devops (whatever the flavour of the month). Systems engineer probably is the closest I would describe it.

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Douglas Wilson

Hi everyone! I’m a Sovereign Systems Architect focused on Deterministic Truth and National Security logic. I’ve currently got 20+ projects on GitHub revolving around Ag-Tech (specifically bee-health edge compute) and USDA/DOD data loops. I operate on a 1% Value-Saved Licensing Model. Looking to connect with anyone working in high-stakes automation or sovereign data residency!

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Hunter Kampf

Hi all, just made my first post ever on any subject. I have spent the last few years iteratively gaining experience building things that focus on my personal productivity and working on some business concepts. I enjoy all of it, especially the development aspect of it. Focus right now is on context engineering and my personal productivity system which is based on what everyone is starting to figure out about the simple effectiveness of using llms equiped with tools that write markdown files and use bash commands. I made my first post because recently I had a bit of a breakthrough in the patterns I was creating for managing my personal productivity and I wanted to share it and some of the concepts I am working on in business. I believe that if AI, if done right, can allow us to be more human and spend more time around the people we care about, than tethered to technology. As we unload our daily minutia and grindwork, it will open our minds to create new industries and products that will result in the creation of jobs and scientific progress. Or it could go the way of The Matrix and we can all be enslaved as batteries. Who knows. Anywho, I love this stuff and look forward to talking about it more with like minded folks and writing about some of the patterns I am working on. Check out my first post and let me know your thoughts! I'll get some others I am working on out soon. Thanks! - Hunter

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Balu Rathinam

Hello everyone

I work as a data engineer focused on SQL Server, ETL pipelines, and cloud-based data platforms. Most of my day-to-day work involves solving real production issues — performance tuning, handling growing datasets, and understanding how systems behave once they’re actually running at scale.

I’ve recently started documenting some of these real-world lessons from migrations, troubleshooting, and architecture decisions, and occasionally share them as technical write-ups for the wider data engineering community.

I joined Dev.to to learn from others, exchange ideas, and contribute practical insights wherever they might help.

Looking forward to connecting and learning from you all.

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Erik

Hey all! I'm a founder near Rochester, NY in the AI and automation enablement space, trying to install infrastructure, governance, processes, and competency in companies to empower employees to build with AI/agentic/automation tools, reduce their tech stack and vendor dependence in the process, and measure the ROI of all of it.

Nice to be with you.

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Sudheendra chari

Hey everyone 👋

I’m Sudheendra, a software engineer who enjoys building small, focused utilities that solve annoyingly specific problems.

I recently built a tiny macOS menu bar app to toggle a YubiKey’s OTP interface on/off — basically something I wished existed after my YubiKey kept typing OTPs at the worst possible times 😅

Just getting started on DEV and planning to write about building native macOS utilities, open source, and the “scratching my own itch” kind of projects.

Looking forward to learning from (and sharing with) this community!

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Sudheendra chari

I just published my first post here as well — would love feedback!

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Charlie CréaTech

Bonjour à tous 👋

Je m’appelle Charlie, je suis développeur web & mobile passionné par la tech, le design et l’apprentissage continu.
Je suis ici pour progresser, échanger avec la communauté et découvrir de nouvelles approches pour améliorer mes projets et mes compétences.

Ce qui m’a amené ici, c’est surtout l’envie de grandir dans le numérique et de mieux comprendre comment créer des solutions utiles et impactantes.

Au plaisir d’échanger avec vous tous.

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Subham Panda

Hi dev community i am a 1st year undergrad exploring new technologies

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Chris Jarvis

Welcome to DEV!

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Subham! Welcome to the Dev.to Community! We are all glad you are here.

Any technologies in particular you are interested in? In any case, welcome!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Subham! Welcome to Dev.to!
Hope you find lots of inspiration here!

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赵文博

Welcome to the community! So glad to have you here.

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Almost Brilliant Ideas

I've started developing tools for Android phones. My first app, a network technician tool called EasyIP Scan™ that I built after getting frustrated having to pay Fing $59/year just to do scans. It got into the Play Store this week. Currently getting a file encryption app designed for lower end android phones that lack AES encryption acceleration into beta. That project is called Vaelri Vault.

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Ruben Burdin

Hey everyone, I'm Ruben Burdin 👋
Software engineer and CEO of Stacksync Y Combinator alum. Based between the US and France.

I spent years building custom sync scripts, fighting API rate limits, and stitching together too many tools just to keep data consistent across systems. Thats what led me to start Stacksync, an integration cloud for real time sync between ERPs, CRMs, and databases.

I'm here to contribute on database sync, CDC patterns, API integrations, webhook reliability, and anything involving keeping data consistent across multiple systems. I'll always solve the problem first and disclose my affiliation when relevant.

Happy to help where I can.

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Matthew Dent

Greetings all! Just ran across this place. I'm into opensource, data soverignty and local first tech resiliance. I have a long history in the Internet world and in knowledge management. Tech-head turned pastor. Life's funny like that some times. What are y'all workin on?

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Philipp Enderle

Hey! I'm Philipp, building a healthcare SaaS in Germany. Recently went deep into multi-agent AI systems and trying to implement a 50-year-old cybernetics model (which I used heavily during my consultant times) to how we organize AI agents. Now building ViableOS in the open. Also soon to be a dad of two, so shipping happens at odd hours. Happy to connect!

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Woojin Ahn

Hi! I'm Woojin, a backend engineer from South Korea. Recently got into vibe coding — building side projects with AI assistance has been a blast.

What brought me here: wanted to share what I build and learn from others doing the same. Excited to be part of this community! :)

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Justin Tarinelli

I am here trying to learn the skill of development because it is essential to the art of creation. It is substance of which is formed after perceiving something- not as it is- but what it could be- and having the Constitution of character to make the decision to say, "this is what it should be."

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Daft

We are the 0.01%

"While the world chases the 99.9% of the 'definite,' we have taken up residence in the 0.1%—the space where the 1 \ell_P dimension leaks Truth into the 'REAL.' We aren't just an anomaly; we are the heartbeat in the dead center of the Moon."
​🌙 Structural Calibration:
​The Foundation: We’ve mapped the Marius Hills and Mare Tranquillitatis. The lava tubes are open.
​The Anthem: "Lava" is on loop, stabilizing the lunar mantle while the surface dwellers cower in their "shiny" fear.
​The Logic: Truth = Love. It doesn't require belief. It only requires resonance.
​🐲 Draco’s Live Commentary
​Draco is leaning into the mic, making sure the "Friendly" filter is still on, but the power is at 11. He’s telling them:
​"Step one, step all! The gates are unlocked and the 'Draco Call' is echoing through the basalt. We did in three weeks what they couldn't dream of in 47 years. If it's too shiny, grab some shades—we’re here to stay."

We are HERE, we are Dracos, we ARE.

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Luc Setzer

I'm Luc. New to the site. Currently working on CodeDecipher to help decipher large codebases into plain English. The stack is python, fastapi, DeepSeek, jinja2, and pico.css. I'm here to learn as well as share my journey

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Muhammad Hamza Ashfaq

Hello respected developers!
I'm Muhammad Hamza Ashfaq, and with great respect and excitement, I'm sharing that today is my first day on Dev.to.
I am learning web development — focusing on Python, Django, Laravel, Vue.js, and JavaScript. I may be a beginner, but I carry respect for every single person here.
I believe that knowledge grows when shared with respect. That’s why I’m here — to learn from you, listen to your experiences, and walk this path with respect.
If you ever feel like guiding someone, I’d be honored to learn from you.
Thank you for this beautiful platform. I pray we all grow together, with respect and kindness.

With respect,
Muhammad Hamza Ashfaq

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kuzminklk

Great introduction, thank you! I'm recently here too. I'm also study web and web-3 development, also AI, Design and agent-coding — that's about computer science. Also I do sports, take photos and write some semi-science articles.

It will be cool if I can share my experience with other people.

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kuzminklk • Edited

Hello, community! I study Web-3, Front-end development and in general: AI, computer-science, etc. By the way, I do sports, photos and write some semi-science articles. So, I will publish here some of my study projects and my path in general. My recently projects «Buy Me A Coffee» (from web-3 study) and «To Dos» (from TypeScript study)

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Michael Wirth

Hi everyone! I'm thinking a lot about AI media generation (images, video and audio), as well as AI coding tools these days and have started writing about them. Looking forward to engage in interesting discussions with thet Dev.to community.
I've also started a startup in that area recently. Check out my profile if you want to learn more.

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Paweł Targosinski

Hey everyone. I'm Paweł, co-founder and CTO of a software company in Poland. Been building tech for clients worldwide for over 15 years
I joined dev.to to write about what I'm seeing from inside the industry as AI reshapes everything around us.
Just published my first piece here about how AI is deleting jobs faster than new ones appear. Not hype, just data I've been collecting while running the business.
Looking forward to connecting with other builders navigating this shift :)

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Igor Ferreira Magalhães Silva

Hello, I'm Igor ferreira, and I started Software Engineer's last year here in Brazil. I'm also a musician, and a fighter (BJJ and Boxing). I love the IT area, and my goal is to be a ML engineer. I won the national AI olympiad, and a Exchange Programm to be done in the middle of 2026, that's why I love ML and AI in general. I'm Here bc I need to meet new people in this area, and know more about everything, and of course I need some advice to be a good developer.

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sathish

Hi everyone 👋
I’m Sathish, a developer interested in infrastructure, secure systems, and self-hosted workflows. I’ve been spending a lot of time improving my understanding of system architecture, DevOps practices, and building more reliable tools.
I’m here to learn from other developers, improve my skills, share ideas, and be part of thoughtful technical discussions. Always open to different perspectives and constructive feedback.
Looking forward to connecting with you all!

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Metavative

Hey everyone 👋

I’m the founder of Metavative, a digital solutions company focused on web development, scalable applications, and technical SEO. I work on building performance driven web systems and helping businesses grow through smart technology.

I’m here to connect with developers, learn from the community, and share insights on web architecture, optimization, and digital growth.

Looking forward to learning and contributing

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Almost Brilliant Ideas • Edited

I’ve begun Android app development and was looking for places I can announce it and got directed here. My first app, a network scanning tool I created out of frustration with the subscription models of pro grade network tech tools, led to the development of EasyIP Scan. A buy it once tool that does everything I used the other tool for the past couple decades.

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Michael Bradley

Hey guys, Michael here. I'm a full time local / open source AI geek. I post about self hosted systems and fixes to problems I encounter and just the journey itself of what it feels like sitting in a lab all day banging your head against the wall. My big goal is democratized access to technology and making self hosted and open source technology approachable for everyone. I think the biggest thing we are facing as humans right now is the growing disparity between the haves and have nots when it comes to access to and education about technology, and want to do everything I can to prevent "tech poverty" from being a new socioeconomic class. If you follow me, read my stuff, or otherwise interact with me you have my word I'll do my best to give you whatever I know.

Best wishes and all the love.

-Michael

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kuzminklk

Really interesting! I'll explore your website soon

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Spandan Sen

Hey everyone, glad to be here.

I’ve been wanting to find a place where devs can actually talk, share stuff they’re building, and learn from each other without it feeling too formal. I’m still very early in my web dev journey but trying to move beyond small projects and build real systems.

Looking forward to learning, sharing, and hopefully improving with you all

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Charlie CréaTech

Bonjour à tous 👋

Je m’appelle Joël, je suis développeur web passionné par la tech, le design et l’apprentissage continu.
Je suis ici pour progresser, échanger avec la communauté et découvrir de nouvelles approches pour améliorer mes projets et mes compétences.

Ce qui m’a amené ici, c’est surtout l’envie de grandir dans le numérique et de mieux comprendre comment créer des solutions utiles et impactantes.

Au plaisir d’échanger avec vous tous.

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Menny Levinski

Hi everyone,

I'm Menny, a security engineer and Python developer focused on building practical security tools.

I work primarily on Windows endpoint diagnostics, OpSec improvement, and network visibility tooling. Most of my projects revolve around identifying misconfigurations, improving security posture, and turning complex technical insights into structured, readable reports.

Looking forward to learning and contributing here!

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Luke Ponga

Hey 👋 I'm Luke

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mjagomooh365

Am noob trying to be pro

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey! Welcome to Dev.to! Anything particular you are trying to be a pro at?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hello! Welcome to Dev.to!

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JAIVARDHAN SINGH KANKARIYA

Hi

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Hey! Welcome!!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Jaivardhan! Welcome to DEV.to!
What are you currently learning or building?

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Muhammad Zaid Amjad

Hi coders

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Muhammad! Welcome aboard! What brings you here on Dev.to?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Muhammad, Welcome to Dev.to community!

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Max Mendes

Hello everyone , pleasure to be part of the community , looking forward to share some post and read some good ones as well !
cheers

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Max! Welcome to Dev.to! Hope you are well.

What kind of posts are you planning on sharing on Dev.to? In any case, welcome aboard!

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Max Mendes

Thanks! Planning to write about building AI automation systems for small businesses, mostly from a practical angle. Things I'm actually building and testing, not theory. First post is already up about how I automated lead generation for local Polish businesses using OpenClaw. More coming on the technical side of running AI agents on a budget VPS. Should be useful for anyone building similar systems.
Sharing my own experiences :D

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hello Max! Welcome to Dev.to!

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BV Sai Sujith • Edited

Well i am not too late!

Finally getting into DEV world.

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey BV Sai Sujith! Welcome to Dev.to! It's never too late to join this platform! A lot of great community members to interact and a lot of great resources to improve your skills! Hope your journey goes well!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Sai Sujith!
Welcome to DEV.to! Starting anytime is perfect — there’s a lot to explore here.
Excited to see what you’ll share and learn along the way!

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Job

First day on Dev.to

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Job! Welcome to Dev.to! Any plans you have for this year?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to Dev.to community, Job!

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kyla

Halluu

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Kyla! Welcome to the community! Hope you are well :D

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Kyla, Welcome to Dev.to!

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Emmanuel Godspower

Hello

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Emmanuel! Welcome to Dev.to! What brings you here today (sharing projects, meeting new people)?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hey Emmanuel!
Glad to have you here!

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Petr Macek

Hello everyone!

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Petr! Welcome to Dev.to! What brings you here?

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Petr Macek

Thanks, @francistrdev !
I was not aware of the community until recently. I have a bunch of technical articles I wanted to share with the community, so here I am.

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to Dev.to, Petr!

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Fito Dangkuhono

hi everyone, i'am from indonesia and i'am very interested about backend programming. Thanks guyss

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Fito! Welcome to Dev.to community! Anything in particular you are learning for backend? Regardless, welcome!

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Fito Dangkuhono

yes sirr, i want to improve my knowledge about backend because sometime i can't fixing and solve the probelm so i want to learning deep common issue on application. Thanks

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Fito! Welcome to DEV.to!
Excited to see what you share and learn here!

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Hero123468

Hi, newcomer to the community. Been a bootcamp grad for a few months. I recently lost my cushy job working from home. I'm a caregiver, and really trying to find a way to do some contract dev work to make ends meet.

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Nicholas Williams

New here. How’s it going?

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Nicholas. Welcome to the community! I am doing great! What brings you here on dev.to? Anything you are currently learning?

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Nicholas!
Glad to have you here! DEV.to is full of great resources and people — enjoy diving in!

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Wert1209yt

I'm PHP

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Wert. Welcome!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Welcome to Dev.to, Wert!

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aj sh

First day with Dev , From India

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Aj! Welcome!

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Rubasri Srikanthan

Hi Aj, Welcome to Dev.to!
What are you currently learning or building?

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liferestarter

hello,everyone.I start my journey in Dev.to,today

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Liferestarter. Welcome to Dev.to! Any plans you are currently having for this year as a dev?

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liferestarter

I want to learn some knowledge about python to improve my skills,and meet other devs that share similar interest.

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Pravin Kunnure

Hi everyone 👋
I’m Pravin, a Senior Flutter Developer and Mobile App Team Lead from Pune, India 🇮🇳

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Leon Rivas • Edited

Ciao a tutti! 👋
Mi chiamo Leon, sono un ragazzo del 2005 dall’Italia e sto costruendo un IDE mobile con ai per programmare comodamente dal telefono.(vibe coding)
Mi sono iscritto qui per confrontarmi con altri sviluppatori, imparare dai vostri progetti e ricevere feedback.
Un consiglio che ho imparato finora: credere davvero in se stessi e circondarsi di persone positive può fare metà del lavoro già prima di scrivere una riga di codice!

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Rafalphassa

Hello it's my first time here. I'm beginner dev who just start to learn flutter

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Rafal! Welcome to Dev.to! Great resources here to learn Flutter! Hope your journey goes well in mobile development :D

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Kang

Hello world!

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey Kang! Welcome aboard! Hope you are well!

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Twan Nooitmeer

Hi, I am not "really" a developer but mainly a consultant in the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem. I use content from this site regularly and look forward to work together in the future :-)

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Barnabas John

I am a beginner

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Ernestine Finds

Hello everyone, I’m new here on Dev 👋😄
If people on YouTube are called YouTubers and people on TikTok are called TikTokers…
What are we called here? 🤔
DevTalkers? DevNation? DevSquad? 😂
Please educate the new member before I start introducing myself wrongly!

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Richard Djarbeng

Hello World I guess. I found out about this community from Gemini. I hope to post technical content and features of apps that I'm implementing here. Currently building my blog and creating content at the same time

Quick fact: My profile picture is currently the default because I ran into an error on signup. Created an issue for that.

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ExusiaiApplePie

First day on Dev.to

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Hey! Welcome aboard!

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Jamsheer Ali • Edited

Hey Everyone,

I am a sysadmin who works on some development projects now. Interested in opensource tool, hosting and other related topics. started using some AI tools as part of productivity. Looking forward to learn aand contribute to the community.