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Sloan the DEV Moderator on February 25, 2026

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Ben Halpern The DEV Team • Feb 25

Welcome welcome welcome y'all!

If you're not sure what to do when you show up, please consider finding a post that you appreciate and thank the author, it goes a long way and it's free!

Happy coding!

Ridwane Ladany • Mar 3

hiiii

Ben Halpern The DEV Team • Mar 3

hi!

Francis Pwavwe • Feb 26

Khat Grey • Mar 3

Gracias.****

Savannah Trumpy • Mar 3

Hi! I'm here to write story's so I can give people who are coding a little story to read.

Karlis • Feb 25

Hi everyone,

I am software developer. Most of I wrote is still in use. In last 2 years with AI assistance I have written more than in my whole career. I am Oracle DB, Integrations specialist, but now work on my open source projects regarding logs/search/DB. Developing Solo projects at times feel lonely, so I joined DEV for missing communication part.

Cheers!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Karlis! Welcome to Dev.to! Made a great choice to come here as there is a lot of resources here to learn from and a great community! I hope you will find a person to work with you on projects! You can check out @itsugo post on How a DEV Friend and I Brought Two Avatars to Life . It's a great read and I recommend it! Hope your journey goes well :D

Aryan Choudhary • Feb 26

Hey Karlis! Welcome to dev!! You're definitely in the right place! (≧︶≦))(￣▽￣ )ゞ
and hey Francis! Thanks for mentioning my post, truly honored!

Karlis • Feb 26

Appreciate it! Happy to join the community!

Karlis • Feb 26

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate the warm welcome and the rec — that post sounds awesome. Totally agree, teams can make great things happen! Excited to keep learning and connecting here :)

Raqeeb • Feb 27

Welcome Karlis, I am also new here and in world of developers also. Can you kindly give any particular advice about how to get into open source projects for beginners like me.

Piotr Borys • Feb 26

Hello everyone :) I'm a software developer of all kinds for ages ;) My first code was for ZX Spectrum ;) Fortunately, I love learning and adopting new things and new technologies, so I'm still here (recently mostly as a manager, but I still love coding).

Chris Jarvis • Feb 27

Welcome to DEV, Piotr. There's plenty to learn here.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Piotr! Welcome to Dev.to! Great choice to join us since there is a lot to learn from others and great resources for all the things you need in your journey! What is your favorite part of being a Software Developer? Nevertheless, welcome!

Pawel Jozefiak • Mar 4

Hi Piotr!

Peter • Feb 25

Hey Dev 👋

I am an application developer who enjoys solving problems and staying up to date with the newest technologies. More recently I have been enjoying automation but I also like working with back end technologies and building APIs. I hope to build a mobile application one day!

Chris Jarvis • Feb 27

Peter, welcome to DEV!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Peter! Welcome to Dev.to! Glad you enjoy being an application developer! I was wondering if you have build any projects? I know you want to build a mobile application, but was wondering if there is anything you have done so far before? If so, feel free to share on this platform! Nevertheless, hope your journey goes well!

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Name twins! I'm into automation too, what's one of your favorites?

Raqeeb • Feb 27

Welcome Dev. I am also learning backend technologies and building APIs like FastAPI.

Void • Feb 25

Hello Dev's

Backend developer by trade. Java junkie by choice. Currently learning frontend for character development or trying to figure out how a "simple" bash script managed to erase half my machine.

Honest thoughts from the trenches
Occasional rants about tech debt, losing of jobs due to AI
Given advises are not followed by even me (so don't listen)

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Void! Welcome to the Dev.to Community! Hope your journey goes well!

Luisa Lima • Feb 25

Hi DEV!

I'm a software engineering student, I worked for 16 years in the fashion industry and developed a passion for solving problems. So here I am wanting to learn from the experience of others and be part of this community.
Happy to be here!

Chris Jarvis • Feb 27

Welcome to DEV!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Luisa! Welcome to Dev.to! 16+ years is quite impressive and glad you enjoy what you do! Any goals you have for this year on Dev.to? A lot of great well-minded people here to connect with! Overall, hope your journey continues to go well :D

StemSold • Feb 26

Wow! My fiance works on the corporate side of the fashion world and I am really trying to picture what the software side must’ve entailed! Very cool! I am new here and new to coding just been a build stuff junky my whole 30 years of life and finally found my way here. Just trying to learn and understand enough to make fun interesting cool things!

Kat • Feb 27

Hi Luisa! When you say "fashion industry", do you mean like, as a designer/model or as a software dev but in fashion? If that's the former, that's a big jump in careers! I feel like I would be completely overwhelmed if I was back to square one in computer science today. Best of luck and welcome 💖

A.L.I.E.N TechOS • Feb 26

Hello Luisa,

I am also from the fashion industry. I have a brand called Perfect Population but I just started a Tech Company and so Ive been learning and developing. Great to meet you!

mamp5594-hub • Feb 27

Hello!
I'm currently enrolled in a Software Development bachelor's program at Devry. I am hoping to become a full-stack developer with a focus on front-end development.
My low-key goal is to create an awesome AAA title game. (mildly joking but who knows lol)
The more realistic goal is to help build website and what people see when they look at the websites. I'm pretty good at making things look eye appealing. :)
In my classes I'm currently focused on Python so in turn Python will be my first language. Which, I think is pretty cool.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 27

Hey Mamp! Welcome to Dev.to! Also a Full Stack Dev here! For front-end development, what are you plan on using? React, Vue? In any case, welcome!

mamp5594-hub • Feb 27

I'm thinking React because the name is familiar but I also don't know anything about any of the other ones. I had heard that there are some that are more difficult to work with than others but I'm unsure graphically wise which one comes out better? If one is more difficult to work with but the end result is overall better I wouldn't mind using that one instead.

Kat • Feb 27

I'm a CS graduate who now makes games, and it's super cool to start making games once you got the bases down. Very gratifying and fun! So don't let your AAA dreams be dreams! Especially if you have a good eye for aesthetics and design, I would say it's one of the hardest things to really learn. (I would pick up Object Oriented Programming if you're looking to make games, though!)
Happy learning!

mamp5594-hub • Feb 27

What I'm thinking is having my base education be on web and app development while taking extra courses that lean into game development. I will definitely look into object oriented programming. I'm in so discord groups and one of them was talking about vectors and placements I'm assuming for leaning into 3D models for games. I just start but I'm super super excited!

Juliana Albertyn • Mar 1

Hi there! I'm also starting out on my Python journey. Hope you're enjoying it as much as I am

AitoCore • Feb 25

Hi everyone! I'm a full-stack developer (Apache/PHP 8.x + Vanilla JS) building AitoCore — an ecosystem for professional AI news and tools. I joined DEV to share technical insights about AI implementation and high-speed web architecture. Excited to be part of the community! 🚀

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Aito! Welcome to Dev.to! Also a Full-stack here as well, though my stack is different. How long have you been a full stack dev? What do you enjoy about being a developer? Hope your journey goes well for you here!

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Sounds great! What secret sauce do you have toward AI implementation? A few tips to share up front?

Natalia Hernández • Feb 25

Hi!
I'm a BTP/CAP/UI5 developer working in the SAP ecosystem, and I'm looking to transition into React. I'm here to learn as much as I can and benefit from everyone's advice and experience.

I'm looking forward to connecting with devs :)

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Natalia! Welcome to the community! Great resources here to hone your skills and a great community to be part of! Is there a reason you want to work with React? In any case, welcome :D

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Can't say I recognize any of those acronyms 😅, but React is pretty great! Welcome!

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Can't say I recognize any of those acronyms, but React is pretty great! Welcome!

John Samuel • Feb 26

Hi everyone 👋
I’m John and I love experimenting with ideas that sit between languages and code. I’m currently building multilingual, a programming language where the same semantic core runs on both desktop and the web.

Excited to be here, discover new projects, and maybe find a few people curious about language design.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey John! Great to have you here and welcome to the Dev.to community! Your project in Multilingual is awesome! Great work! How long have you been a programmer for and what's your favorite part about being a Dev? Nevertheless, welcome!

A.L.I.E.N TechOS • Feb 26

Hello, my name is Kelly.
I am a beginner developer transitioning from creative direction into technical execution. I started with vibe coding and gradually began learning the fundamentals more seriously. I am currently building a members only social and fashion tech community. I spent 15 years in the fashion industry as a designer and recently worked with the fast fashion brand Shein.

Now I am building my own startup that merges fashion, film, community, and technology under one ecosystem. I am here to deepen my understanding of software development, architecture, and product building. I am looking forward to learning from everyone here and contributing where I can.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

That's great to hear Kelly and welcome to Dev.to! Great work so far and 15+ years in the fashion industry is really impressive! What designs did you create specifically in that industry? Regardless, welcome and hope your journey goes well for you!

A.L.I.E.N TechOS • Feb 27

Thank you, I appreciate it. I designed for Shein for four years, focusing on ready to wear and fast cycle production. I was selected as one of five independent designers for the Shein X Monse collaboration alongside the creative directors of the fashion house Oscar de la Renta. I’m also the founder of Perfect Population By KL Allen and recently presented at Paris Fashion Week on March 8, 2026. Now I’m building my startup PerfectvilleUSA, merging fashion, tech, and media into one ecosystem.

João Gabriel Dal Lago • Feb 25

Hi everyone!

I'm a back-end developer, here to stay updated and contribute more to the community. I currently work with PHP/Laravel, and I also have experience with Java/ATG in e-commerce projects. In general, I really enjoy back-end development, software architecture, and algorithms, regardless of the language.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey João! Welcome to Dev.to! How long have you been a back-end developer? In any case, welcome aboard!

Svetlio Kolchakov • Feb 25

Hey DEV 👋
I’m a backend person at heart, frontend by necessity, and DevOps by force.
I love clean code, solid architecture, and commit messages that actually make sense (yes, even the ones written at 2:37 AM).
Right now I’m working with Laravel + PostgreSQL, thinking security-first, and doing a slightly obsessive amount of rate limiting. If it’s not logged — it didn’t happen. If there’s no test — it’s suspicious.
I’m here for ideas, inspiration, and to see how other people survive the classic “it works on my machine.”
Fun fact: I can explain why indexes matter more than yet another framework… and I probably will, even if nobody asks. 😄
Happy to be here — who else is fighting production bugs on a Friday night? 👀

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Svetlio! Welcome to Dev.to! Glad you join us! Feel free to tell us why indexes matter (Surprised me lol)! Would love to hear from you but in any case, welcome aboard!

Zebulun Arendsee • Feb 25

Hey Dev,

I'm a scientific programmar and the developer of the Morloc programming language. I'm interested in building universal libraries and finding ways to get free stuff from strong type systems.

I'm looking forward to meeting cool people!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Zebulun! Welcome to Dev.to! That's great to hear from you! I never heard of Morloc. Is there anything you work with that uses Morloc? Welcome aboard nevertheless.

Hamza • Feb 26

Greetings everyone,

I'm a software dev, have put on many hats over the past 5 years. My interest is in AI, mostly from the development end. Trying to balance between vibe coding and ownership of your own code has been a challenge, but rewarding.
Joined DEV here since I figured it would be a good 3rd option to LinkedIn and Twitter.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Hamza! Welcome to Dev.to! Glad you journey goes well and great choice of balancing Vibe coding and ownership! What AI do you use in your development process? Nevertheless, hope your journey goes well and great work!

Hamza • Mar 4

Thanks Francis,

I’ve experimented with a few. GPT, Claude, and for a while I used Zed with Claude as well.

Currently I’m mostly sticking with OpenAI Codex 5.3. The reasoning capability is pretty solid.

The tricky part is keeping ownership of the code. AI tends to be a little over-eager and will happily refactor half the repo when you only wanted a small change. Because of that I usually treat it more like a scanning sentry. I ask it where things are in the codebase, what options I have, and what patterns might work, rather than letting it directly edit large chunks.

It’s great for breaking coder’s block though. If I’m staring into a blank, it’s useful to get a starting structure.

Although sometimes it just turns engineering into janitorial work instead, so I try to use it sparingly 😅

Desmond • Feb 26

Hi DEV, I'm a finance student venturing into tech.
I started learning last year, and currently I'm trying to develop my JavaScript skill to a junior level developer before graduation, I hope to become a full stack developer, and be job ready upon graduation.
I'm here to learn from the experience of others and also to stay updated , and lastly to meet cool people.
Thank you

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26 • Edited

Hey Desmond! Welcome to Dev.to! I am glad you started off your journey in tech! Also, you are learning JS at the moment, is there a specific stack you would prefer when you become a full-stack dev? Nevertheless, welcome and hope your journey in full stack goes well :D

Kat • Feb 27

Hi! Good luck on your journey! I think a tech-savvy finance graduate is a valuable profile, so best to you for going down that road. Does your university offer CS courses? Or are you learning entierely on your own?

Stephane Nangue • Feb 25 • Edited

Hey DEV,

I am an IT engineer passionate about solving security problems. I am also a Golang developer currently developing Warden. I have been working for more than 5 years in financial institutions solving secrets management and data security issues. I also love open source and closely watch projects such as OpenBao, Zitadel and SPIFFE/SPIRE. I have a deep expertise in Hashicorp Vault Enterprise.

I think Warden could be huge and I am looking for open source enthusiasts that could help me develop it : github.com/stephnangue/warden

I am here because I want to learn from the experience of other developers.

Happy to join the community.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Stephane! Welcome to Dev.to! Great work on the Warden project! Looks quite interesting and I hope people on Dev.to will help you on this project! Hope your journey here goes well :)

Stephane Nangue • Feb 26

Thanks Francis,
It would be very helpful if you leave a star on github and share Warden github repo.
Sincerely

StemSold • Feb 26 • Edited

Hello! I’m thirty and just starting my coding adventure. Currently drawn in by the ability to create SPAs via single prompts to LLMs. Amazed and reverse engineering now to understand, rearrange and make modular the pieces built for me to hopefully create some novel useful things. Formal biology/education undergraduate degree. Higher ed drop out! Music lover. Student of life it’s one class we all get kicked out of eventually.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Stem! Welcome to Dev.to! Never too late to start on your coding journey! Great work so far!

Jamie Fraser • Feb 25

Hey Dev 👋
Thought I'd share a quick intro.
I started out as an infrastructure engineer, often hopping between projects and wearing whatever hat was needed that week/month. Over time, I kept automating the repetitive stuff (because who doesn’t love a good script?), which naturally pulled me into DevOps—and eventually SRE roles.
Along the way, I discovered I really love building things. I’ve made websites for friends, family, and even a few folks I’ve met in pubs who had a great idea but didn’t know where to start. Thought it was time I joined a community with other like minded people.
Cheers! 🚀

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Jamie! Welcome to Dev.to and thank you for the intro! You made a great decision to join us. A lot of great people on this platform to share knowledge with! Any plans you have for this year? In any case, hope your journey goes well on Dev.to :D

SSatya • Feb 26

Hi everyone,
I'm a support engineer working with Kubernetes and Linux for the past 5 years. I will use this space to write about new things I learn about in cloud computing and DevOps.

Happy to be part of the community!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey SSatya! Welcome to Dev.to! Can't wait to see what you share here and good luck on your journey in Cloud Computing and DevOps!

Errstein⍀ • Feb 27

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 27

Hey Errstein! :D

Harsh • Feb 26

hey
i am harsh
self taught developer

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Harsh! Welcome to Dev.to! Glad you are a self taught developer. I was wondering how long have you been a self taught developer for and what do you specialize? Regardless, hope your journey goes well!

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Glad to see another self-taught!

What language did you start with and what are you favoring now?

Alister Baroi • Feb 26 • Edited

Hi guys, I'm new to Dev, and looking forward to be part of this community. I'm specifically enthusiastic on AI, Cloud, k8s, and "AI on k8s" haha.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

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

Alister Baroi • Feb 26

I was looking for some communities online, and just heard about DEV. I'm here to catchup with the latest tech trends, events, news, etc.

Alister Baroi • Feb 26

This is because I was out of the industry for a good couple years, and just started working in tech again.

Francis Pwavwe • Feb 26

Hello everyone,
I am Francis Pwavwe. I am here to learn from the best. Fun fact about me: I think so much about coding I feel I am Code.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Francis! Welcome to Dev.to! I am also Francis lol! What programming language do you code in and any niche you specialize in? Regardless, welcome and hope your journey here goes well :D

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Haha that sounds like a trip!

Alok Ranjan Daftuar • Feb 25

Hey Dev

I am a Solution Architect specializing in cloud-native systems, scalable architectures, and pragmatic engineering decisions that align technology with business outcomes.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Alok! Welcome to the Dev.to Community! How long have you been a Solution Architect for and what do you enjoy most in that field? Welcome aboard!

Alok Ranjan Daftuar • Feb 27

Hi Francis, I’m nearing a year in this role and have really enjoyed the journey so far. I’m looking forward to contributing even more.

TJ Sweet • Feb 25

Excited to be here to share my insights as i build out NornicDB github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

That's great to see TJ! Great work and welcome to Dev.to! Any goals for this year you have in store? Nevertheless, welcome!

TJ Sweet • Feb 26

oh man yeah, well at least technically I think I've done something accidentally unique in a single database. my execution model doesn't have an intermediate AST to manipulate because i effectively wrote a cypher compiler that executes as it parses. so i made another blog post lol dev.to/orneryd/cutting-cypher-late...

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Ahh I see. Will leave it bookmarked for now. Great work!

Etienne • Feb 26

Hello !
Self-taught system orchestrator with an atypical brain (Aspi/HPI/ADHD). I don't write code the traditional way — I pilot AI agents to build tools that solve real problems. Based in France. 👋

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Etienne! Welcome to Dev.to! Great work on learning System Orchestrator! How long have you been in this field? In any case, welcome aboard and hope your journey goes well :)

Etienne • Feb 26

Hi Francis, thank you for your welcome. I started to be interested in development barely a year ago, but with AI, since the first models of LLM. 🖖

viv • Feb 26

Hi folks 👋
I’m a frontend engineer with over 3 YOE currently expanding into systems and backend architecture.
Excited to learn, build, and contribute here!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Viv! Welcome to Dev.to! Great community to expand your skills in backend! What's your favorite part of being a frontend engineer? Regardless, welcome!

viv • Feb 26 • Edited

Hey Francis! Thanks for the warm welcome. I actually enjoy turning complex ideas into something intuitive and smooth for users.
I joined mainly for the upcoming dev challenges and to keep expanding my skills beyond my comfort zone😅 Excited to build and learn here! 🙌

Metavative • Feb 26

Hi all,

I’m the Founder of Metavative, where we build scalable web applications and performance focused digital systems. Excited to share insights, exchange ideas, and grow with the community.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Metavative! Welcome to Dev.to! Glad you join and Good Luck with your company! Hope your journey goes well :D

cavinhthuan • Feb 28

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Rohan Mirjankar • Mar 2

Hey everyone 👋

I’m a 2nd year CS student who probably should’ve joined Dev Community in first year… but better late than never 😅

Right now I’m diving deeper into backend principles (HTTP, routing, APIs) and trying to become solid backend developer. Not just learning CRUD, but understanding the fundamentals of backend that governs the internet.

Elias Chalale • Mar 2

Good,

Benjamin Lam • Feb 25

Moin, Grüße aus Bremen.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Benjamin! Willkommen bei Dev.to! Hoffe, es geht dir gut :)

Lars Faye | Confident Coding • Mar 3 • Edited

Hello friends. I'm here to connect and uplift other developers. There's some choppy seas right now, I hope to help anchor all the good people in our industry by focusing on the fundamentals and evergreen qualities: good work, sharing our knowledge, and focusing on solving problems. ❤️

David Gamboa • Mar 3

Hello Everyone, I'm David, I'm from Colombia and I just find this giant community for devs.
I'm currently learning Devops & Cloud and I want to share here mi advance on the projects I do and things I learn :D

b-tec • Feb 26

“Good morning, starshine, the Earth says hello!”

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Welcome to Dev.to!

Nagachaitanya Inamdar • Mar 3

Hi everyone
I’m Nagachaitanya, a backend engineer currently working with Spring Boot and AWS.
Lately I’ve been diving into AI infrastructure and trying to understand embeddings, vector databases, and how LLMs actually work under the hood.
Here to learn in public and break down complex concepts as I understand them. Excited to connect!

Suggest me if you have best resources and community for AI to follow.....Cheers

امیربهادر حاتمی • Feb 27

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Amirbahador Hatami: SEO Specialist & Digital Marketer
Amirbahador Hatami is a professional in the field of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Digital Marketing, recognized for his strategic approach to growing online businesses and improving search engine visibility.

Core Expertise & Skills
His technical background and experience cover a wide range of digital growth strategies, including:

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Content Strategy: Developing data-driven content plans aimed at increasing organic traffic and user engagement.

Competitor Analysis: Conducting deep market research to identify opportunities and bridge the gap between a brand and its top competitors.

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO): Enhancing the user experience (UX) to effectively turn website visitors into active customers.

Key Projects & Professional Portfolio
Amirbahador has managed and consulted for various projects across diverse industries. Notable examples include:

amirbahadorhatami.ir: His personal professional platform, which serves as a hub for SEO consultancy and educational resources.

Industrial & Tools Sector: Managing SEO for specialized e-commerce platforms (such as professional tools and pneumatic equipment).

Service-Based Industries: Strategic optimization for emergency automotive services and technical insulation companies.

Professional Approach
Amirbahador Hatami is known for his systemic view of digital marketing. Rather than focusing solely on keyword rankings, he integrates branding and content marketing to build long-term authority for a business.

His additional technical interests include:

Web Development: Proficiency in building mobile-first websites using WordPress and Elementor.

Data-Driven Decisions: Utilizing advanced analytics tools to monitor site health and user behavior.

Infrastructure Optimization: A keen interest in network signals and internet infrastructure to ensure seamless digital operations.

Mohammed Al-Sarraj • Feb 28

Hello everyone! 👋 I'm Mohammed, a Full-Stack Engineer from Jordan.

I specialize in Angular and ASP.NET Core, focusing on building scalable web systems with clean architecture principles. I'm deeply passionate about performance, maintainability, and elevating the developer experience (DX).

Currently, I'm working on automating solutions for common Windows dev environment issues and building Web Console Error Intelligence tools. I'm excited to share my first article soon about a script I built to permanently fix Angular Live Reload & EPERM errors!

Looking forward to connecting, learning, and sharing with this amazing community! 🚀

Aditya Rai • Feb 27

Please support me and my project for growing 🙏💗 and it is open source project . You can found it easily on GitHub only you can search NF-1 programming language. on Google and Google is really my favourite company and you can go to my GitHub page and implement my mistakes

Hardik Pandey • Feb 26

Hello Dev's,
It's been just a while joining this domain of coding and stuff, and am trying to find a new way forward!!

print("Hello World")

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Hardik!

print("Welcome to the Dev.to Community!")

Great resources here to learn and improve your skills as well as a great community in general to support you :D

Oscar Garcia • Feb 26

Hello to all. New to the DEV community. Here to learn from the most experienced developers and hopefully to share my knowledge as well. Good day to all!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Oscar! Welcome to Dev.to! You will definitely find some great developers to learn from! Anything you are learning in particular?

Shubham Yadav • Feb 26

Hey, I’m glad to be on this platform. Now I’ll stay updated from here.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Shubham! Welcome!

Rayrock92610 • Feb 27

I'm Ray, just saying hello.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 27

Hey Ray! Welcome to Dev.to!

John from BoothIQ • Feb 28

Hi everyone, my name's John, I run engineering at an AI-native startup

I'm here to share what we learn in our journey of AI-native engineering and our best practices, learnings, and what to watch out for

Raqeeb • Feb 27 • Edited

Hello from a 6th-Sem AI Student & Backend Learner!

Hi everyone! I’m currently diving deep into the world of AI and Backend Engineering. I’m a firm believer that AI is at its best when it's solving real-world problems, and that’s exactly what I’m working on right now.

I’m currently developing an AI Tutor web app designed to help students. My goal is to follow strict industry standards from day one.

The Stack:
Backend: FastAPI (currently mastering this via Coursera!)
Frontend: React & Tailwind (deployed on Vercel)
Database: Supabase (PostgreSQL + pgvector)
DevOps: Docker, GitHub Actions (CI/CD), and Railway for deployment.

Let’s Collaborate!
By reading the commets below it is look like I am kind of at very beginner level but as they say expert was also once beginner so I am building this project with a "Zero Expense" mindset while maintaining high quality code. I would love to connect with anyone interested in:

FastAPI/Python optimization.
MLOps and scaling AI models.
Frontend/UI/UX contributors who want to work on a project with a social mission.

If you’re looking to build something meaningful or just want to talk about FastAPI and AI, let’s connect in the comments or on GitHub!

Happy to be with you all here.

Nubo Mail • Mar 3

Hello everyone 👋

I’m Ninad — founder & engineer building Nubo.Email, an all-in-one communication suite (mail, calendar, contacts, drive, chat + AI).

I joined Dev.to because I genuinely enjoy reading deep technical writeups — especially around distributed systems, startup architecture decisions, and real-world scaling stories. There’s something refreshing about builders openly sharing what worked and what broke.

Currently learning (and sometimes struggling with 😅):

Multi-tenant architecture patterns

Matrix-based real-time communication

Designing privacy-first SaaS systems

Making AI features actually useful — not just hype

One thing I’ve realized while building:
Shipping is hard. Scaling is harder. But explaining what you’re building clearly might be the hardest skill of all.

Looking forward to learning from this community and hopefully contributing back with honest build-in-public stories.

If you're working on infra, SaaS, or AI products — would love to connect!

Jaziel L.F. • Feb 26

Hello DEV!

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Jaziel! Welcome to the community!

CloakHQ • Mar 3

Hey everyone! Just joined DEV after lurking for a while.

I work on browser automation tooling - mostly the unglamorous side of it, like keeping browser sessions from looking identical to detection systems when you're running them at scale. Canvas fingerprinting, WebGL spoofing, that kind of thing. It's a weird niche but there's a surprising amount going on under the hood.

Looking forward to reading more here and hopefully contributing some posts on the browser internals side. If anyone else is working in the automation/scraping space, always happy to compare notes.

Savannah Trumpy • Mar 1

Hi!
I didn't come here for the coding—I came for the storytelling heist. I’m a author currently writing the "Devil guy with a sweet smile and little stories". 🥀🖤. I’m here to turn this place into a social media platform because it's unknown. Who else is here for the vibes and not just the code?

Anshul Gautam • Feb 26

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

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

Pawel Jozefiak • Mar 4

Hey, I'm Pawel, based in Katowice, Poland. I spend most of my time building AI automation systems with Claude Code, and writing about what actually works (and what doesn't) on my humble Substack.

Right now I'm running an AI agent that works night shifts - evaluating ideas, building prototypes, publishing experiments - while I sleep. The results are somewhere between impressive and embarrassing.

Always up to talk agents, automation, or CLAUDE.md rabbit holes.

Viviana Siano • Feb 28

Hi! I’m Viviana Siano
I’m a psychologist working at Psicoconecta. I’m especially interested in emotional regulation and practical tools like forgiveness, gratitude, and kindness — grounded in science and applied to real life.
I like to think of psychology as something we can train and use in everyday situations, not just something theoretical.
If there are colleagues from Mar del Plata who would like to exchange ideas, collaborate on projects, or simply talk about clinical work and neuroscience, I’d love to connect.

Mahima Mitra • Feb 25

Hey, I'm a complete novice in this field but I still want to learn.

FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Feb 26

Hey Mahima! Welcome aboard! Is there a field in particular you want to improve on! In any case, hope your journey goes well for you!

Mujeeb Ullah • Feb 27

Hi Everyone,
It is me Mujeeb, an enthusiast AI/ML engineer with problem-solving mindset. Right now, I am working on different python projects for improving my concepts and so on. Moreover, I have plunged myself into AI/Ml in order to bring solutions to problems that are causing hindrance.
Hope will learn a lot from here and will also try to share some insights on different topics whenever needed!
Thanks!

Cyber Demon • Mar 2

🌱 Aspiring Developer | Journeying from Hello World to... everything else.

I’m currently diving into the world of coding and documenting the "aha!" moments (and the "why won't this work?" moments) along the way. Currently wrestling with [Language, e.g., JavaScript] and loving it.

I'm here to connect with fellow learners and mentors. Let’s grow together! 🚀

Arul • Mar 4

Hey everyone 👋 I’m Arul, a software engineer. I mainly work on backend/web apps and I enjoy building small developer tools (CLI, automation, etc.), anything that makes work smoother and actually useful. These days, I’m also exploring AI to improve dev workflows (like reviews, quality checks, and productivity). Joined DEV to learn from the community and share what I’m building. Happy to connect 🙂

Andrew Shu • Mar 4

👋 Hey all! Excited to join Dev.to, see what folks are working on and share what I'm up to. About me: I'm a full stack developer that enjoys Elixir, analytic databases, AWS infrastructure, and dev tooling.

I'm tinkering on tooling to improve how I use vibe coding for myself , and would love to share it with folks that have pain points / wish lists. Would love to hear what folks are enjoying / disliking about the state of the tooling!

Filippo Venturini • Mar 2

Hi everyone,

I’m a software engineer with a background in distributed systems and AI. By day I work on backend infrastructure for autonomous driving, by night I build open source tools and read too many papers on multi-agent systems.

I joined dev.to because I just started writing about things I’m building and thinking about — mostly around AI agents, local-first systems, and the design decisions behind them. Solo building can get pretty quiet and I’m looking for more technical conversations.

Happy to be here!

The Great AI Adventure • Mar 3

Hello beautiful folks, I am back to Dev community and this time with an intent to stay.

A month ago, didn't really know vs code, GitHub, or Antigravity but guess who has all of it on their website?

Anyway, here to talk about non-code building, to share my experience.

Give me a shout so I can check out your work :)

Happy building!

Christie Cosky • Mar 2

Hi everyone! I’m a senior software engineer who’s spent a lot of time reflecting on why some codebases feel easy to work in and others feel exhausting. Lately I’ve been writing about readability, maintainability, and what happens when AI can generate code faster than we can understand it. Expect to see a lot on that from me here. :)

WP Multitool • Mar 2

Hey, Marcin here. CTO and WordPress developer from Poland, been building on the web for about 15 years now.

I run a small dev shop called We Got This - we mainly do WordPress consulting, emergency site repairs, and custom development. I also build tools that solve problems I keep running into myself.

The latest one is Hunazo (hunazo.com) - an escrow-protected marketplace for AI agents. That one's a different beast entirely - Solidity smart contracts, USDC on Base, the whole Web3 stack. Turns out the AI agent economy needs trust infrastructure before it can grow beyond toy demos.

I'm also working on WP Multitool (wpmultitool.com) - a 13-module performance toolkit for WordPress. Think slow query analysis with MySQL EXPLAIN, hook profiling, wp-config management, database cleanup. All in one modular plugin, so disabled modules add zero overhead. I got tired of installing 6 different plugins just to diagnose why a client's site was slow, so I built one that does it all. $50 lifetime, no subscription.

On the side I use Claude Code and AI tooling pretty heavily in my workflow. It's weird how fast the dev experience is changing - I'm building things now that would've taken me months a year ago.

Looking forward to sharing some WordPress performance tips here and maybe writing about the journey of shipping indie products as a small European studio. Always happy to talk WP optimization, plugin architecture, or the agent economy stuff.

What's everyone working on?

Dim Chen • Feb 26

Hi! I'm Dim Chen, a PhD student, indie developer & designer in Creative AI. Outside of academia I build reading/learning tools. Stack: Supabase, Vike/Next.js, Legend-State, Cloudflare. I spend way too much time on web data sync engines. Excited to share what I'm building and learn from everyone here!

Prakersh Maheshwari • Mar 3

Hey everyone! I'm Prakersh -- a systems engineer by day (7+ years working with Linux, cloud infra, and GPU clusters) and an indie maker by night.

I build AI-powered tools without VC funding, just solving problems I personally run into. A few things I've been working on:

onWatch -- onwatch.onllm.dev an open-source CLI tool to monitor your AI API quota usage across providers (Anthropic, Gemini, Copilot, etc.). Zero telemetry, tiny footprint, GPL-3.0.
domain.onllm.dev -- a free AI-powered domain name finder with real-time availability checking, price comparison across registrars, and social handle checking. Not open-source, but completely free to use.
memo.sbs -- a life management PWA with 46+ trackers, WhatsApp integration, and E2E encryption.

I also write about AI and developer tooling on my blog at onllm.dev.

Outside of tech, I have a Beagle named Beagu who makes sure I never code uninterrupted for too long.

Always happy to connect with other builders and tinkerers. What's everyone working on?

Moksh Jalendra • Feb 27

Yup 👋 Nice to meet you everyone , I am beginner programmer who loves python syntax and also likes webdevelopment , i intrested in automation, webdevelopment , and mechine learning , soo here i come improve my syntax , new to developer community 😅 learning through dev post and soon i will also post my thoughts 🤪

Dared Studio • Feb 27

Hey peeps🐥,
So, here I am. Thanks for building this platform! I appreciate and adore the makers! And everyone who participate. Let’s see what’s going on.

I am a designer, but knowing A bit what’s going on behind the screen.

Also doing art: here a quick stencil for Lego friend.

MORC • Feb 27

The Core Philosophy
"Nature is built solely on addition—including subtraction as its inverse. Complex math like multiplication, calculus, and trigonometry are nothing more than convenient shortcuts for repetitive adding."
Key Points in English
Multiplication is just repeated addition.
（掛け算は、足し算の繰り返しの省略に過ぎない。）
Calculus is the ultimate sum of infinitesimals.
（微積分とは、極小の要素を積み上げた究極の「和」である。）
Everything reduces to the 'superposition' of simple elements.
（すべては単純な要素の「重ね合わせ（足し算）」に還元される。）

Dan Molitor • Feb 27

Hey! I'm Dan. I build things with TypeScript, Rust, Golang, etc. I'm currently working on Forme - an open source PDF engine that lets you write JSX and get PDFs out. Rust layout engine compiled to WASM, no Puppeteer, no headless Chrome.

Built it because I was running headless Chrome just to generate PDF reports for a farming app. Slow, expensive, and page breaks were a constant headache. So I wrote my own layout engine. Now I'm turning it into something other people can use too.

I'll be writing here about PDF generation, React, WASM, and the experience of launching an open source project as a solo dev. Nice to meet everyone!

Queen Esther Chirima • Feb 27 • Edited

Hello Dev.to community!

I'm Queen Esther Chirima, a full-stack developer from South Africa building with React and Node.js. I've just completed two production applications that I'm really proud of:

Kwini Delivery - An e-commerce delivery platform with real-time order tracking
Queen Essy Interactive Hub - A community platform with user profiles and discussions

Both apps are live and fully functional. You can check them out on my portfolio

I'm currently looking for my first junior developer role and I'd love to connect with other React/Node developers, get feedback on my projects, and learn from this amazing community.

If you're hiring or just want to connect, drop a comment or DM me. Happy to return the favor with code reviews or just moral support!

My GitHub and Linkedin on my Profile.

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Hey I'm Peter, was looking for somewhere to post more "technical" content for some critiques, probably start that soon...

Fun fact: I'm an experimental chef. Love to think of and find new ideas to try, ~never follow recipes. Most concoctions come out bad at least a few times, but some nice surprises too!

Peter Williams • Feb 27

Reading other people in here I realized I should've project plugged. I'm building Attune.js a local (no AI) cli-based code analyzer trying to help the hackers/vibers get to "production-ready".

Can't decide on a slogan, preference?

"Slop to Ship"
"Vibe to Prod"
Other?

Ho Yeung Lai • Mar 1

Hi dev! I’m a junior backend developer from Hong Kong, specializing in Java, Python, and C++. I just joined a quant fund analysis firm, which brought me to dev.to—I’m eager to dive deeper into communities like this for tips on building efficient data pipelines and integrating financial models. Currently, I’m learning about quantitative finance while optimizing algorithms for trading systems.

Ripo Firdaus • Feb 27

Welcome welcome welcome y'all!

If you're not sure what to do when you show up, please consider finding a post that you appreciate and thank the author, it goes a long way and it's free!

Happy coding!

Kat • Feb 27

Hi, I'm Kat, a computer science PhD student. I learned how to develop video games by entering gamejams and fell in love with the format. I entered 19 gamejams in 3 years, 14 as a developer, and made it to the podium a few times!

I love learning about learning: how do you develop an eye for what works and what doesn't? How do you overcome the issue of the unknown unknown? And of course, how do you make a great gamejam game and become a better gamedev in the process?

So that's what I'll write about here!

Gijs Jansen • Mar 1

Hello everybody!

45 y/o data engineer from the Netherlands here. For the past years I have been focusing on raising my daughter and now the time is right to spend more time on building again. Cloud infrastructure (mainly Azure) and data engineering are my bread and butter but I am now expanding my horizon and using AI to learn about other crafts in the SWE domain. I have always been a shy guy without any public profiles and I am here to break old habits.

Looking forward to the times ahead!

Pavan Kumar Appannagari • Mar 11 • Edited

Hi everyone! I'm Pavan Kumar Appannagari, a software engineer focused on mobile architecture, iOS development, AI and distributed systems.

I'm particularly interested in cross-platform mobile development and observability in applications.

Looking forward to learning from the community and sharing some articles soon.

Juliana Albertyn • Mar 1

Hi, I’m Juliana. Retired after 20+ years in tech and starting fresh with Python. I’m moving from burnout to curiosity, learning at my own pace. My old laptop is Bagend, and my new one is New Adventure — fitting names for this journey