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Hi all! Here a gray-haired software engineer willing to continue learning and sharing experiences, thoughts and ideas with anyone.
Someone recommends me this site as a place to feel again the Internet spirit of the early 2000s. And at first sight seems true! :-)
Greetings, Fernando. Welcome to the community here at DEV. Glad to have you here and look forward to learning more about your own experiences.
You're right about the vibe here - one of the few sites left with such a spirit!
Welcome to DEV and thanks for sharing your post about software complexity! I look forward to more sage advice and hope the community has something to offer you too :)
Thanks Jess! For sure that I will learn tones of new things here from the community! That is the reason why I join this place :-)
Welcome! I like that description a lot — DEV definitely brings back some of that early internet community vibe. Always great to see people who enjoy learning and sharing their experience.
DEV is best platform to engage with people and gain some valuable experience.
HI Fernando,
hi! :-)
nice to meet you
hello. 👋
Hello, i'm just a gen z brazilian girl of 24 years old, discovering this world of coding and the computer backend and frontend. I am taking baby steps, hopping i can change my working career ( currently i'm in heath care area). I'm exciting, and a little lost( if i can confess haha), but i love to learn anything .
Greetings, Kesia. Welcome to the DEV Community. You might want to check out the recommended curriculum at freeCodeCamp, if you haven't already.
It goes without saying that you'll also find plenty of resources here, through posts from fellow members - junior, senior, and everything inbetween!
That's sounds great ! I'll take a look, thank you .
You're more than welcome. Hope it helps!
Wish you fun coding.
Welcome to this challenging world! :-)
Hi everybody. It's not my first time here, but I've been reluctant to create an account lately because I wasn't sure my content or my interest belong here, I still am not quite sure. I mostly do embedded, and I do more engineering than pure software. While I love technology and it is my profession, I've started exploring digital minimalism as a new way to keep myself from burning out, avoid brain rot, and keep my inspiration going.
I believe technology and modern conveniences have the power to bring people together, instead of pulling them apart like they have been. I wish to change that--or, at least bring a subtle different perspective to others through my content wherever possible.
Lovely to meet you all!
Welcome to the community here at DEV, m3khanikal, or should I say welcome back! I look forward to hearing more about your journey and experiences - we'll not all webdev here I am quite sure!
Your exploration of digital minimalism sounds very interesting. I'm on a journey to migrate from Big Tech this year, which I will post about from time-to-time I am sure.
Thanks Richard! Good luck on your journey out of Big Tech.
Cheers, m3khanikal. Appreciate it!
Welcome! What sort of techniques or actions have you taken towards digital minimalism? I realized just the other day that I've actually quit social media because I genuinely cannot recall the last time I found myself doomscrolling. I was very pleased to make that realization!
Hi Jess! First of all I actively removed myself from all mainstream social medias, this alone was a harsh process that took about a year. My mood got better, but I was still over 2-3 hours a day just reading meaningless things on Reddit. That realization made me buy a dumb phone, which was admittedly a pretty extreme move. It lasted a few months but I eventually went back to my smartphone because I needed it for work.
I then replaced my phone with a dumber physical-keys Android phone. This lasted for a while longer (almost a year I'd say) until the phone started to break down (it was a cheap chinese-made QIN phone). This happened about 8 months ago and I've been with a fully fledged smartphone since, but never returned to mainstream social media.
My plan for the future is to buy one of those tiny 3" screens Android phones. I'll use it as a smartphone for whatever I need to do for work (I just need to have access to some apps, nothing more). I will probably replace it's launcher with a simple launcher to avoid distractions, and turn off all non-critical notifications.
Since music is a huge part of my life, I also want to get a dedicated music device, this way I can play hifi tracks on the go and stop dealing with music streaming platforms. I am currently searching for the perfect modern portable music player.. Haven't found one yet. Might just build one myself if I can't find anything that is worth the hassle.
Sorry for the long comment! Digital minimalism has been a journey for me, and iterations do take time to unravel and process.
Thanks for asking :)!
Sounds like you're really making progress, m3khanikal. I haven't used mainstream social media for years, and also feel much better for it. Even when I was using the Fediverse, I would only log-in via my desktop browser - never installing the app(s) on my phone.
Yeah, absolutely agree. I plan to take back my nervous system and attention span no matter what. Stopped watching the news years ago, that did my mental health absolute wonders. No mainstream social media (I don't consider forums like dev.to a bad thing), I'm on my way!
You are indeed. Strangely enough, almost the first thing I do with any new smart phone is disable any kind of news feed. Wouldn't have to do that if the algorithmic nature of the 'net didn't push negative stories to the fore but, hey, a discussion for another time and place!
Going back to Mastodon at some point but, again, not through any kind of app. Considering the Fosstodon instance this time around but we'll see what happens. Not in any rush!
Welcome!
Hi! my name is Gail and i'm currently looking for work, but also have opinions on pretty much everything to do with software development. I'm a 12 year industry veteran who specializes in UI architecture, revitalizing legacy codebases, and communicating between business and engineers in a way that actually works. I love learning new things and understanding how mental models work.
Greetings, Gail. Welcome to the community here at DEV. I look forward to hearing about your journey and best of luck with finding employment!
👋 Hi dev.to, I’m building Disco Chess.
Disco Chess is a chess training platform focused on implementing the Woodpecker Method in software. The core idea is simple: fixed tactical sets, repetition across cycles, mistake resurfacing, and measurable changes in speed and accuracy over time.
From an engineering perspective, the interesting problems are mostly under the hood. That includes ingesting and querying large chess datasets efficiently, working with Stockfish evaluations at scale, and turning raw user activity into longitudinal training metrics that actually reflect improvement.
Some of the supporting tooling is open source, including a Go library for fast Stockfish evaluation lookup by FEN using public Lichess data. I plan to write here about those technical pieces, design tradeoffs, and what I have learned while building and operating the system.
Looking forward to learning from others here and contributing where I can.
Very cool. I bet @peter is interested in learning more about Disco Chess!
Sure am! Welcome to the community!
That’s perfect! Didn’t expect to see the Woodpecker Method make an appearance in my intro post.
It was a big inspiration for what I’m building, so that made my day. And if you ever get tired of setting everything up on the board, there’s a digital shortcut waiting! :-)
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Looking forward to it! :)
Welcome to the DEV Community, Disco Chess! Would love to hear more about your journey building your chess training platform - as would many fellow members!
Not sure if I belong in this post, but, Hello: I am a realtor who is looking to educate myself on creating simple links into icons and other Apps, software tips, and software protection for my business. Any information I may gain is a +.
Hi everyone! 👋
My name is Rainier P. S. I’m a high school student from Indonesia and a programmer / future engineer.
I’m currently learning and working with Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, C++, and Arduino. I joined to improve my skills, learn from others, and grow as a developer.
Looking forward to be part of this community and learn together!
Welcome, Rainer. I'm sure you'll find a great home here at DEV. That's an impressive array of languages you're working with there!
Hi everyone! 👋
My name is Jeremiah Charles, and I’m currently learning backend development with Node.js and JavaScript. I’ve been building small projects, but my goal is to master backend development and eventually work on professional-grade applications.
I joined Dev.to to connect with other developers, share my journey, and learn from the community.
Fun fact: I love turning ideas into mini-projects to practice what I learn. 💻
Looking forward to meeting you all and exchanging tips, advice, and projects! 🚀
Welcome to the DEV Community, Jeremiah. I'm sure you'll find an ideal home here. Turning ideas into mini-projects is probably the best way to reinforce learning and something I need to do more of myself.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the warm welcome. I agree—turning ideas into mini-projects makes learning stick better. I’m excited to build, learn, and grow with the community
Hi everyone 👋
I’m focused on backend development and data engineering with Python, and I’m excited to learn from and contribute to the dev community.
Looking forward to documenting my technical journey and exchanging feedback with like-minded developers.
Fun fact: I’m building a personal knowledge system in Obsidian that maps all the tools, patterns, and lessons I pick up along the way.
Greetings, Pymetheus. I'm sure you'll find a great home here at DEV! I look forward to hearing more about your journey, particularly in regards your personal knowledge system - I plan to use either Logseq or Zettlr to do something similar for my own learning journey!
Thank your for the nice welcome, Richard. Already feel more home here :)
The personal knowledge system helps me a lot of keeping track of the tools and things I'm learning on the way. It took me some time to set it up, but once there is a foundation, expanding it goes much faster. Looking forward to hearing from you, how your personal knowledge system develops with Logseq or Zettlr.
Yes, it's why I'm looking into a similar thing. Appreciate your thoughts on it - I'll make sure I take my time setting it up. I will probably make a post about it once I get it up and running. Best of luck with your own learning journey!
Hey everybody! I have worked in the food/beverage industry for my whole career and I'm looking to go into tech. Currently working on finishing my B.S. in software engineering at Western Governor's University.
Greetings, Owen. Welcome to the DEV Community. Best of luck with your B.S. in Software Engineering!
Hi Owen.
I think that you would get a great success in your work.
If you are interested in, I can give you some opportunity.
But it would require the dedicated work.
Hi Owen.
I think that you would get a great success in your work.
If you are interested in, I can give you some opportunity.
But it would require the dedicated work.
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