The latest articles on DEV Community by Andrew (@andypk). https://dev.to/andypk https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2749446%2Fc26acf59-568a-4752-868b-094a465343cc.png https://dev.to/andypk en Andrew Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:58:48 +0000 https://dev.to/andypk/village-square-the-anti-social-media-site-2c3p https://dev.to/andypk/village-square-the-anti-social-media-site-2c3p <p>Hello</p> <p><a href="https://thevillage.dev/blog" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://thevillage.dev/blog</a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fksomksq8tzd0nrkcy2fj.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fksomksq8tzd0nrkcy2fj.png" alt=" " width="799" height="382"></a></p> <p>Village Square is a place to create small private groups with a forum for posting conversations. I originally started working on it to have a place to connect with family online without having to use Facebook and as a project to learn React.</p> <p>You will have to register to use it, but that is the whole point. You are creating or joining small communities called villages. Anyone can create a village and invite others to join with their username.</p> <p>There are email notifications and notifications will appear on your home page when anyone posts in one of your villages or if you are invited to a village.</p> <p>You can also create photo albums and share them in your village. Be aware those images are not private but stored for free on imgbb.com</p> <p>The link above goes to the news feed/blog but once you are logged in click the "Village Square" in the header from anywhere to return to the home page where you can create villages, find links to your villages and create photo albums. You will also find a settings menu where you can personalize your avatar some and select themes including dark mode themes.</p> <p>This site was built with React and uses Firebase firestore for its database (which I have come to hate) and uses firebase for authentication.</p> <p>If you have any questions or run into any issues or bugs or if you want an invite to the feedback village you can email me at <a href="mailto:andy@thevillage.dev">andy@thevillage.dev</a></p> <p>This site is free to use, and I'd love to have someone use it! Let me know what you think.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> webdev showdev Andrew Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:30:45 +0000 https://dev.to/andypk/check-out-my-antisocial-media-site-village-square-2f8i https://dev.to/andypk/check-out-my-antisocial-media-site-village-square-2f8i <p>I've been learning React for work and was looking for a big project to work on for practice. I built this site with React on Firebase and I'm pretty happy with it.</p> <p>Keep in mind I'm no designer so it may not be the best-looking site, and it is still a work in progress, but I think it is coming along nicely. So, check it out and let me know what you think.</p> <p><a href="https://villages-257e2.web.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Village Square</a></p> <p>You can create villages (Small private groups with a message board) and invite friends to join your village.</p> showdev Andrew Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:57:16 +0000 https://dev.to/andypk/i-am-following-several-tags-but-nothing-is-showing-in-my-feed-29f5 https://dev.to/andypk/i-am-following-several-tags-but-nothing-is-showing-in-my-feed-29f5 <p>Any suggestions? Thanks!</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F32cmbggwkli7l3dqmy2a.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F32cmbggwkli7l3dqmy2a.png" alt="Image description" width="738" height="214"></a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fpvxbsenekikxmwbjaf2y.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fpvxbsenekikxmwbjaf2y.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="445"></a></p> devto