I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
While I like the idea of a place to chat that's more fast-paced and cross-device than DEV's own "connect" solution, I don't like discord very much and I don't care enough about promoting myself. I have no aspirations of being popular :)
I've enjoyed various communities' IRC channels over the years. They usually last longer than the forum they came from!
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
Sometimes, here, I get the urge to ask the community something small. If I asked in a post, it'd get lost or maybe have one or two answers. If I asked on a chat service I could ask again a few hours later if people were idle or the conversation drifted, and I wouldn't feel spammy. I would also be happy if the conversation drifted to something else, where on a post I'd like to remain on topic.
Accessibility First DevRel. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
While I like the idea of a place to chat that's more fast-paced and cross-device than DEV's own "connect" solution, I don't like discord very much and I don't care enough about promoting myself. I have no aspirations of being popular :)
I've enjoyed various communities' IRC channels over the years. They usually last longer than the forum they came from!
Actually let me add something more constructive:
Sometimes, here, I get the urge to ask the community something small. If I asked in a post, it'd get lost or maybe have one or two answers. If I asked on a chat service I could ask again a few hours later if people were idle or the conversation drifted, and I wouldn't feel spammy. I would also be happy if the conversation drifted to something else, where on a post I'd like to remain on topic.
Well, I normally enjoy your articles when I read them, so if you do change your mind you are more than welcome.
And if you don't want to become popular you can always share other people's stuff and give them a boost 😉