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Thanks for welcoming me. I want to learn JavaScript first. Looking forward to seeing you support my progress.
Hello DEV community! 👋🏼
I’ve been working in game design for over 15 years. I started a newsletter fairly recently to share thoughts and practical insights from the work I do day to day.
I began writing after noticing a gap in resources that focus on fundamentals, especially ones that connect theory to real working experience. Most advice is either too abstract or too surface level. I wanted to try and share something more grounded.
DEV felt like a great place to share these ideas and learn from others here too. I’m looking forward to exploring the community.
I’ll be cross-posting more of my writing here over time. I’ve started with a couple of pieces you can check out below:
Looking forward to the conversations.
Hey Ishan. Welcome to the community! Hope you are having a good morning, afternoon, or evening!
I minored in Game Design in my undergraduate years and you have a lot of experience into it! 15 years is a lot! What is your favorite part of doing Game Design? Welcome aboard!
Hey! Game design has been fun, and I never left it once I started :D
I love the fact that you have the power to affect the mood (in a good, or a bad way) of a lot of players just by making a few decisions for the game. * slightly evil laugh *
Hey, what's up everyone!
I hope that we are all having a productive start to Feb and also enjoying our 2026 experience so far. I live in the states, Pennsylvania to be exact. I am a noob CS undergrad and take online accelerated course FT. I have 3.25 years in total to obtain my BSCS/Software Engineering and have just about finished my first year of schooling. As I have started learning about programming principles/Python syntax/ Data structures and Algorithms, I realize that school alone is NO WHERE NEAR ENOUGH practice and time put in, by itself. Since 2-3 months ago, I have fully committed my free time to nothing but reading, and writing code/ the how and the why. For e.g. I can't stand not knowing how something works that I use on the daily; so, I have decided to take a deep dive into Cpython and understand what the hell the interpreter is doing behind the scenes and I wasn't aware of how freaking relevant C/C++ is in the world. Damn near EVERYTHING is abstracted from C, or so many languages these days will utilize C to carry out the instructions in an intermediate language called 'byte (not bit) code'. I am sure I may not have said that properly but, I find it so incredibly cool and interesting... Excited to learn C/C++ in the future. I work in operations and are a Hub Supervisor at a UPS regional hub. I have always had an interest in IT/Software and computer architecture. Unfortunately, I made some bad decisions growing up and gave up a lot of my life for nothing, essentially. I am 37 now and are grinding my balls off... Not literally, but yea.. I am sure you understand the sentiment, lol.
Currently, I am focusing on Python via codewars/leetcode (fun learning games imo) and have been homing in on backend dev frameworks like FastAPI, Django, and Flask. I am going to be starting some basic projects this week and will be creating an http server, which I am very tempted to learn how to perform this task from scratch to help me get a better understanding of how the protocol/s are built upon TCP/UDP. What we must do to create a server which is as secure as we can make an http server. I will need to learn many different little things that I may not fully understand by just using Pythons amazingly extensive libraries like, 'http.server', lol. Then I will make my own rest API, and more than likely some sort of small db with SQLalchemy and will be able to learn how to utilize SQL to properly query my db as well as, will have to take the time to set up tables/db schema... Of which, I have never done before but, this is how I learn best.
I appreciate any replies, lol - whether they are encouraging or trying to convince me to do something else, I welcome all comments with an open mind and promise I won't be a sensitive noob who gets offended. Thanks to the creators and maintainers of this cool social media platform!!
Hey Kyle. Welcome to the community! Hope you are well.
Appreciate taking the time for writing this comment! As @richardpascoe mentions, you don't see that quite often for someone taking the time and reflect.
I respect you taking some self reflection and making initiatives! Again, not a lot of people have that kind of self-awareness of knowing their needs and wants.
You mention about doing basic projects. Anything in particular you want to build ultimately (Ex: Chat app)?
Regardless, I hope you will find this community very inclusive and will support you on your journey!
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Hey Cesar!
Hey Ben! Hope you're doing great. ! Thanks for the welcome
I'm really enjoying exploring the platform so far :))
Hey Cesar👋. Welcome! Looks like you already got a good start on Dev.to! I notice you are also into Full-stack. How long have you been into Full-Stack Development and what do you enjoy being in this field? Welcome again!
Hey Francis!
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome 👋
Full-stack has been a really interesting and rewarding journey for me. I love how even small ideas can grow into something, from planning and architecture all the way to design and implementation.
I’ve been as a full-stack developer for around 3 years now, always learning and improving along the way :)
Also, your post about the Multiplayer ASL Game using MQTT is super interesting awesome work!
Great to connect, and thanks again
Thanks for your reply and happy you read my post on MQTT! Hope your journey goes well on Dev.to and can't wait to see what you will post!
Hey! 👋 Flutter dev here, working on indie apps.
Looking forward to connecting with you all!
Hey Mogee. Welcome to the community! What's your favorite part about being a Flutter Developer? In any case, hope you find yourself at home on Dev.to!
Hey Francis, thanks for the welcome! 😄
My favorite part? Definitely the "one codebase, all platforms" thing. As a solo indie dev, being able to ship to iOS, Android, AND web without maintaining separate codebases is a lifesaver. Hot reload is a close second though — it makes the dev loop so satisfying.
Actually, that cross-platform power is exactly why I used Flutter to build FeedApp, a feedback exchange community for indie devs. I wrote about it here on DEV if you're curious!
Thanks Mogee! That does sound satisfying! Have you tried Tauri? I know you can make android apps using Tauri and you can use any stack such as React, Vue, etc. I haven't made one myself but used it to make a Desktop app! Flutter is really useful though either way.
I bookmark your post for now and will read in the future! Thanks again Mogee for your reply! Hope your journey goes well :D
Hallo zusammen, ich bin Hobby Programmierer seit 30 Jahren und fordere mich täglich aufs neue selbst heraus. Hauptgebiet sind kleine Web Anwendungen für private Nutzer und Freunde.
Freue mich auf Interessante Kommentare und Themen
Hey Mirko. Welcome!
Danke
Kein Problem!
Hey Everyone!
Professionally: I have worn multiple hats over the past few years, as a technical writer, data analyst, frontend engineer, DevRel Engineer.. and am currently wearing the hat of a Full Stack AI engineer. All these hats had a common goal, make people's lives easier!
My blogs: A lot of courses around AI are trying to break people's banks. Sooo my current blogs aim to make it easy for people to understand the concepts around AI through Eli5 explanations, cause I believe that knowledge should be easily accessible.
Random stuff: I am considering adopting a bombay cat, love plants, jigsaw puzzles, and wine! :)
PS: Love this post, and the sense of community it brings.
Hey Shloka! Hope you are well. Looks like you got a lot of experience under your belt. What is your favorite "hat" among other hats you have worn? I am also a Full Stack AI Engineer as well (Title is Verbatim in my profile!). What's your favorite stack?
Hey Francis, Yeah. I have continuously been exploring roles.
My favorite hat is the one of full stack AI engineer, although it makes me feel guilty sometimes because of how the current methods are not good for the environment.
Hey DEV folks 👋
I build apps - mostly Flutter (Dart). I also do ML engineering, and I’m pretty into shipping small tools that make life easier (and then open-sourcing them when they stop being embarrassing 😄).
I joined last week - let’s connect 🤝
Here are two posts I’ve already published:
2x Limits Right Now - Here’s How Much You Can Actually Code Before They Cut It (Codex Promo)
Fit Happens ML ・ Feb 3
Building a Custom FB2 Converter for LLMs
Fit Happens ML ・ Jan 29
Hey Fit! Welcome aboard! I notice you got a good start on Dev.to and highlight your post! I also notice you replied to one of my post as well, appreciated it!
Will look into your posts in a bit. Going to bookmark it for now. Welcome again!
Hi guys, i'm new to this community. Im James Im Currently restudying vanilla programming basically just pure html,css, and js. But im also interested in learning Computer Network and graphics design.
Hey James! Welcome aboard! Hope you are well. I am also into Web Development and currently honing my skills in Full-stack! Have you got any projects related to Computer Network and Graphic Design? In any case, welcome!
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