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Welcome Thread - v378

Sloan the DEV Moderator on May 20, 2026

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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ • Edited

Welcome everyone to dev.to! Glad you are here! Another week! Hope you are having a great summer so far (Even though it just started lol).

To get started, I recommend reading this guide on making the most out of dev.to!

Make sure to check out other resources here: dev.to/help/community-resources


Feature Comment from last week thread!

Last week, I asked the community "What is your favorite music to listen to when programming?" and here is one answer that stood out to me by @sathishk-dev stating "Microsoft Teams ringtone 🤯😅"


Question of the Week!

"What is your favorite programming language?"

The comment will be featured on the next Welcome Thread!


Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to introduce yourself and welcome others by replying to at least 2 people! It would be greatly appreciated! :D

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Jonathan Martin Paez

TypeScript, easily. 🙌 It's the language that finally let me move fast and sleep at night — the type system catches the dumb mistakes before they reach prod, and refactoring a large codebase stops feeling like defusing a bomb. The tooling and ecosystem are just icing. Python is my close second for anything data/AI-related though. What about everyone else — anyone here a Rust convert trying to pull me over? 👀

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K Vivaan Reddy

TypeScript ahh, I am trying to learn JS, I seem to be struggling I learned HTML,CSS fairly quickly

Have you tried Zig btw?

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Krish

Hey K Vivaan,

I was on a similar path a while ago. One thing that helped me a lot was trying to understand how JavaScript works behind the scenes rather than just learning the syntax.

If you haven't already, you could start by learning about the V8 engine and how JavaScript executes code internally. It gave me a much better understanding of what was actually happening when I looked at my code.

Just sharing what worked for me—everyone learns differently, but it might be worth checking out.

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K Vivaan Reddy

oh that's great advice I will look into it

thanks 😄

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Greati

Hellooooo 👋

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Ghanmidev2012

thanks @francistrdev

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Mayree

Hi everyone, I'm Mayree, a Customer Service Representative transitioning into tech(Front-End Development).

The journey hasn't been easy. I've spent a lot of time stuck in tutorial hell, often not knowing what to learn next. Sometimes I learn something new, then find myself going back to learn something else instead of building.

I'm hoping this community will be my last stop on that cycle. My goal is to focus on understanding what I learn, applying it in real projects, and turning knowledge into actual code and solutions.

I'm excited to learn, build, and grow alongside everyone here. Looking forward to connecting with you all!

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Stephane Patteux

Shifting your focus to building real projects is absolutely the right move. I spend a lot of my time spinning up my own web apps and automation tools, and I can promise you that the real learning happens when things break and you have to figure out how to fix them yourself.

Don't worry about knowing everything before you start. Just pick a small project and dive in. Looking forward to seeing what front-end solutions you build!

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Mayree

Thank you! I really needed to hear this. I've spent a lot of time jumping from tutorial to tutorial, so I'm intentionally focusing more on building now, even if it's not perfect. Looking forward to sharing my progress and learning from everyone here!

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Eugene Maiorov

Welcome, Mayree.

Tutorial hell is familiar to many of us. What helped me was picking one very small thing and finishing it, even if the code was ugly.

Good luck with front-end. Share what you build here — small projects count too.

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Mayree

Thank you Eugene!

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Farhan Rehman Sherief • Edited

Haaaiiiii, my name is Farhan, I may not be from the same field but I do relate on the part where you're stuck in hours of tutorial learning about programming etc, it can be really daunting and a steep hill to climb (the last half year to finally understand and be able to explain things at a glance) but it felt so rewarding once I did. It's even more fun to build projects, especially those that could solve real-world solutions etc. Can't wait to see your future work! All the Best ✨️💪🏻

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sebastian castano

👋 Hey everyone, Sebastian here from Cali, Colombia.

I'm a software engineer and consultant. Outside of client work, I build small projects to learn and experiment. Right now that includes a multiplayer party game at games.valdemird.com and a growing collection of developer tooling projects.

Lately I've been focused on a question: how do we make AI assistants genuinely useful for day-to-day software development, not just impressive in demos? Most of my experiments and writing revolve around that.

I share what I learn—in both English and Spanish—at valdemird.com. Looking forward to sharing some of those ideas here and learning from what everyone else is building.

Fun fact: I started with React Native before I ever touched React on the web. Mobile came first; the DOM came later.

What are you learning, building, or experimenting with these days?

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DEEPAK M S

Hey Sebastian , your question about making AI genuinely useful day-to-day rather than impressive in demos is exactly what I've been thinking about too. I've been experimenting with MCP and LLM gateways for infrastructure use cases. What's been the biggest gap you've noticed between demo AI and actually useful AI in your experiments?

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sebastian castaño

Totally with you on this. For me the gap is consequences, in a sandbox nothing actually breaks so the AI always looks great, but the second it touches a real project that changes real fast lol.
Honestly that's half the reason I've been living in OpenTelemetry, Langfuse, Prometheus and Grafana lately. If the problem is consequences, you kinda need to actually see what the agents are doing once they're loose, otherwise you're just guessing. Throw in stuff like the Ralph loop and harness engineering and yeah, it's a fun time to be doing this.
Your MCP + gateway thing sounds super interesting btw, would genuinely read a whole post on it. How's it going?

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Biprayan Choudhuri

hey, i am on a similar path too , would like to connect .

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sebastian castaño

Sure 🙂

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T.

Hey Sebastian! Your journey with tech is really cool, and I definitely want to check out your game. I'm learning web development and data analytics right now.

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Jamie Cropley

Hi, I finished university a while ago now with a degree in AI, I signed up to this site to hopefully share work on my projects, knowledge and to connect with others in the tech and AI industry, and somewhat game development.

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croc100

Hey! DevOps engineer from Korea. Been working with Python and Django for a while —
mostly infrastructure, CI/CD, database migrations. Just shipped my first open source
tool and figured this was a good place to share things. Excited to be here!

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MOULIK CHOUDHARY

👋 Hi everyone!
I’m Moulik, currently pursuing my B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. My journey so far has been fueled by building projects in C++ (including a modular SAT solver) and diving headfirst into game development, which I’m learning independently.

I love exploring how code can evolve into scalable systems or immersive gameplay, and I’m always excited to collaborate, share ideas, and learn from this amazing community. Let’s push boundaries together and make tech fun, impactful, and a little bit playful along the way! 🎮✨

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Pratik Goswami

Hi All!

I am Pratik Goswami, a Frontend Engineer based in Bangalore, India.

I am deeply passionate about modern web architecture and UI engineering—specifically:

  • The Evolution of UIs: How interfaces are scaling and changing to meet future user needs.
  • Performance & UX: The direct correlation between frontend optimization and real-world user experience.
  • Architectural Tradeoffs: Exploring how different rendering strategies, state management patterns, and system designs work together to build resilient apps.

Lately, I’ve been spending my time diving into frontend system design and building side projects focused on real-time collaboration tools and performance optimization.

Excited to join the community here, read some great technical breakdowns, and share some of my own insights down the line. Let’s connect!

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Eugene Maiorov

Welcome, Pratik.

Frontend system design is a great rabbit hole. The deeper you go, the more you realize performance and UX are not separate topics at all.

Real-time collaboration tools sound interesting too. Looking forward to seeing what you share.

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Shreyash Chaugule

Hi everyone 👋

I'm Shreyash, a software engineer passionate about building scalable applications, AI-powered solutions, and agentic systems.

Recently, I've been exploring Generative AI, multi-agent architectures, and modern cloud technologies through hackathons, open-source projects, and real-world applications. With the rapid pace of innovation in AI, there's always something new to learn, build, and experiment with.

I joined the DEV community to connect with fellow developers, share projects, learn from others, and participate in exciting community challenges and programs. Looking forward to contributing, collaborating, and growing alongside this amazing community.

Happy coding! 🚀

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vaibhavi suradkar

Hey everyone! 👋

My name is Vaibhavi. I'm a frontend developer currently learning backend, finally opening the folder where the backend lives and hoping for the best 😅
Exploring Node.js, databases, APIs, and AI while building full-stack projects and documenting the whole messy journey along the way.

Excited to be here and looking forward to learning from the community, sharing ideas, and connecting with people building interesting things.

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DEEPAK M S

Hello Vaibhavi, finally opening the folder where the backend lives, honestly this is the bast description of starting backend development I've heard. One quick question, what's the first thing that susprised you once you got in there?

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vaibhavi suradkar

Haha, thanks!

The biggest surprise was realizing the backend folder wasn't just a single folder.

It was several folders, a database, a dozen environment variables, and at least one error message that refused to explain itself!!

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Sami

Hey everyone! 👋

I’m an electronics engineer with a PhD in AI, but my passion is coding and development.

I recently built my own desktop tool: an AI writing mentor to assist me daily with my writing tasks. Because data privacy is essential to me, I designed it to run 100% locally using local LLMs. No cloud, total confidentiality.

Excited to join the community and chat about local AI setups with you all! 🚀

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Jonathan Townsend

Hello! I've gotten pretty into Cython recently. I'm not quite a systems lang programmer but love Cython for its inherent speed and Python-like syntax and Python interoperability (the language I have far more experience in). Glad to be here!

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PaoloMassignan

Hi everyone 👋

I'm Paolo, a software manager and developer from Italy.

I've been working with C# and industrial software systems for many years, spending most of my time somewhere between software architecture, team leadership, and hands-on development.

Lately, like many others, I've been fascinated by how quickly AI is transforming the way we build software. Every week there seems to be a new model, a new tool, or a completely new way of working.

One of the reasons I joined DEV is that keeping up with this pace is almost impossible alone.
Looking forward to learning from the community and hopefully contributing something useful along the way.

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Max Becker • Edited

Hi I am Max. Nice to meet you!

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FatimaZehra.Dev

Hey everyone! 👋 I'm a full-stack developer working with React. I just joined the community to submit projects for two challenges at once: the June Solstice Game Jam (my cosmic alignment game, Solstice Sync, powered by Gemini) and the Finish-Up-Thon!

It's been a busy couple of weeks wrapping these up. Excited to be here, connect with other developers, and check out everyone's submissions!

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Youcef KADDOUR

Hi everyone 👋

I’m Youcef, an AI engineer working on production AI systems and LLM infrastructure.

I recently started building Odock.ai, an open-source LLM gateway designed to help teams manage multiple providers, MCP servers, virtual API keys, budgets, guardrails, security, custom worflows, observability, and failover from one place.

Happy to be here, learn from the DEV community, and share what I’m building along the way 🚀

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Mohammad Tahir

Hello everyone!

I'm Mohammad Tahir from India and currently working as a Digital Marketing Intern. I'm learning SEO, content marketing, and exploring topics related to inventory management, logistics, and business growth.

I'm excited to learn from the DEV Community, connect with professionals, and share useful content along the way.

Looking forward to engaging with all of you!

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william muldrow

Hey, I'm Will,

I'm a beginner programmer with ambitions to create really cool projects. Right now im taking some online free courses on data science from DataCamp and building projects based on YouTube walkthroughs. I've joined this community in hopes to stregthen my skills as a developer.

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devkitlab

Hi DEV community! 👋

I’m building DevKitLab, a browser-based utility tools library for developers, technical teams, and everyday productivity tasks.

It started from a simple problem I kept running into: small tasks often require opening random websites, signing up for tools, or uploading data when all I really needed was a quick, simple utility. I wanted a place where common tasks around text, data, encoding, security, network, files, design, time, generators, and references could feel easier and more focused.

My goal is to keep the tools simple, fast, and privacy-friendly, with many of them running locally in the browser whenever possible.

Happy to be here, learn from the community, and share the process as I keep building.

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Albert • Edited

Hey everyone! I'm a senior dev and solo founder. By day I work on enterprise software, by night I build CFAI — a Windows desktop AI layer that operates at OS level. It reads screen context, captures system audio without bots, runs local LLMs via Ollama, and lets you trigger AI actions in any app via hotkeys. Basically I wanted an AI that works while I work, not one I have to go talk to. Always happy to geek out about local inference, agentic systems, or low-latency audio pipelines.
My best
CFAI Founder

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Karthikkrishnan J

Hello

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Lineu Graeff

Hi, I'm Lineu, senior dev from Canada. Just published my first article on the SSL certificate lifespan changes happening through 2029. Happy to be here.
dev.to/lineu_graeff/ssl-certificat...

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Debmalya Sen

Hello people, this is Deb. I love building software, mostly for fun. Sometimes they turn out to be useful and one such project that I am proud of and working currently is helium agent. Give it a try github.com/DebmalyaSen34/helium-agent.

I love, I mean I love to play video games. Recently got platinum trophy in Elden Ring. Completed sekiro a while ago. Anyways, nice to be here.

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Ecom Digital

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm a full-stack and Shopify developer with experience building e-commerce solutions and web applications. I'm here to learn, connect with other developers, and collaborate on interesting projects. I'm particularly interested in modern web technologies, open source, and exchanging ideas with the community.

Looking forward to meeting you all and learning from your experiences!

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Kunal Verma

Hey DEV community! I'm Kunal — a self-taught Full Stack Developer with 3 years of experience, currently exploring GenAI and AI/ML. Just published my first article here about my coding journey. Excited to learn, share, and grow with this community!

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Jak s

HI everyone
I am a Senior Full-Stack Engineer | .NET Core · Angular · Node.js
Building enterprise software for startups and SMEs across Europe & GCC.
Creator of jaklens.ai Free offline AI invoice tracker — built for Windows.
and JAKS.dev Vault — 26 free HTML templates at templates.jack-codes.com
Portfolio → jack-codes.com

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Vlad

Hi I'm building agent-coherence. Enforcement protocol for AI agents. agent-coherence makes 'agent A silently clobbered agent B's plan.md' impossible — a vendor-neutral MESI + optimistic-concurrency coordinator for agent state, with the safety invariants proved in TLA+.

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jaiashish alla

Hey everyone 👋

I'm Jai Ashish from Hyderabad, India.

I'm currently building Veravue, an identity protocol focused on portable trust across the internet.

Over the last few months I've been researching how platforms handle trust, verification, onboarding, fraud prevention, and identity. One thing I've noticed is that every platform seems to build its own trust system, even though they're often solving similar problems.

I'm interested in identity infrastructure, developer platforms, APIs, security, and startup building.

Looking forward to learning from the community, connecting with other builders, and sharing what I learn along the way.

Nice to meet everyone! 🚀

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Joes Domingo

hey there, my name is joe and I built GoodQ4All, a completely local system that ingests video, audio, and text into a unified local memory index using SQLite and Qdrant.

i used ai, it took like 2 years of refining and research so here i am, ready to learn more and share the work!

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Rizki Murtadha

Hi everyone 👋

I’m Rizki, a software engineer. I’m currently building AI tools, including PrompTessor, an AI prompt analysis and optimization platform, and Choosaro, an AI decision-making tool.

I’m here to learn more about software development, AI products, SaaS building, SEO, and to connect with other developers and indie makers.

A fun fact about me: I enjoy building products from scratch and learning through real launches, experiments, and user feedback.

Nice to meet you all! 🚀

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Toluwa Jibodu

Hey everyone! I'm Toluwa joining from Toronto Canada. Currently working on usereyn.com/ . I like to refer to it as a second brain. I'm someone that spends most of my workday on my computer, and I noticed I kept losing context on things throughout the day. Switching between tasks, I'd constantly forget what I was just doing and slowly let uncompleted tasks pile up through the week.
I don't see it as a task manager, but rather, it's for all the messy/ad-hoc stuff that never makes it onto a list in the first place.

Honestly just stumbled across this community and it looked cool and different so figured I'd join. Nice to meet you all!

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Decker Shaw

👋 Hey y'all! I'm Decker.
I build little AI tools for Amazon sellers — think product photos, listing copy, that kinda stuff. Been coding for a while and got curious about how AI could make e-commerce less of a headache.
Still figuring things out, but happy to be here. Say hi if you want, happy to chat! 🚀

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henry

Hi everyone! I'm a solo developer building AI-powered Chrome extensions — contract review, document OCR, job autofill. Just published my first post here about RAG grounding with 1,700+ statutes. Excited to learn from this community!

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DEEPAK M S

Hey DEV community! I'm Deepak a Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineer from Kochi, India.
I stumbled here because I've been building in public lately and wanted to connect with more engineers who actually ship things.

Yesterday I shipped dockersec, an offline CLI tool that scans Dockerfiles and docker-compose files for security vulnerabilities. Built in Go. 28 rules, single binary, GitHub Actions ready. Wrote it because I kept seeing the same Docker security mistakes in production containers running as root, hardcoded secrets in ENV, latest tags everywhere.

I spend my days running production infrastructure solo for a startup. Nights I build tools and make content explaining complex systems simply.

Currently learning: transformer architecture from first principles (starting with linear algebra). Long game.

Fun fact: I once stopped a live AWS account breach at 4AM alone the attacker had hidden a Lambda function in another region that kept regenerating credentials. Found it, deleted it, regained access. Best debugging session of my life.
Good to be here.

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Jessica Templet

Its not so bad in fact the math isn't really the difficult part. The challenge lies in the sheer volume of moving parts and the strict discipline required to track multi dimensional tensor operations as they mutate through the network. Once you understand matrix multiplication, vector spaces, and linear transformations, you have conquered the most significant conceptual wall and then the rest just falls into place.

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Biki Kc

Hi everyone!
I’m Bikram Khatri, but you can call me Biki. I’m a software developer specializing in Python and JavaScript. I love building clean, efficient software and solving complex problems with code.

I’m always looking to collaborate, share ideas, and talk tech. Let’s connect!

And Fun fact I am here to Promote my opensource project for collaborators 😂

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Green • Edited

Hello, I'm Green.

I study Computer Programming at NCSU. I lean towards C# right now for game dev.
I'm currently on a (nutritionist-directed) diet and trying to exercise and it's...rough
(:‚‹」∠)
I know it's worth it in the end but geez I could eat a whole bowl of ramen right here right now and it's not even 8am yet.
I gained the ability to smell sugar from 10 feet away I swear.
Google brought me into this predicament...Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo, Pie...please start naming Android versions Pilates, Bench Press, Jumping Jacks, Treadmill, Swimming Pool, Iron Will, Sauna, Meditation, Deep Breaths, Grass, Water...

In any case, I founded UI UX Tech Club at my school and I'm converting it to a non-profit too so I'm pushing thru ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ by joining and distracting myself with some learning and community chatter/presence. One day I will be swole (╮°-°)╮┳━━┳ and so will my code! (ノÒ Ó)ノ︵ ┻━┻
Stay #hydrated everyone!

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yuzu_mikan

Hello everyone! 👋

I'm yuzu_mikan, a high school student from Japan.

I'm excited to join the DEV community!
My English isn't very good yet, but I'm looking forward to learning a lot of new things from other developers and improving my skills.

Nice to meet you all!

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Faizal

Hey DEV community! 👋
I'm Abdulfaizal Shaikh, Senior Automation Engineer from India with 6+ years in UI, API and mobile test automation.
Currently exploring AI based testing and RAG framework testing — fascinating space to be in right now.
I love teaching and sharing what I know, so I'll be posting regularly about automation and AI testing.
Excited to be here and learn from this amazing community. Say hello! 😄

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MartinLyu

Hi everyone, I’m Martin — probably the “AI bro” in the room.

I came here after spending the last few years trying every AI tool, agent framework, and vibe-coding workflow I could find. Most of them broke when I tried to use them for serious work, but those failures taught me the part I care about most now: AI-agent governance.

I’m learning how to turn messy real-world AI mistakes into better boundaries — authority, evidence, audit trails, and fail-closed systems for agents.

Fun fact: I probably learned more from failed AI projects than from the ones that worked. 👋

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osmanakkawi

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m Osman Akkawi, a Computer Science student from Lebanon. I’m interested in web development, software engineering, and building useful real-world projects.

I recently started sharing my project T-Mail, an email-style system that uses Telegram as the storage layer instead of a traditional database.

Excited to learn from the DEV community, share my progress, and connect with other developers here!

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TokenHub

Hi everyone, I am new here. Sharing what I have been building. TokenHub started as a weekend project after I got scammed twice trying to buy DeepSeek API keys on Telegram. Three months later it serves 400+ AI models through one OpenAI compatible endpoint. From /usr/bin/bash.26 per million tokens. No Chinese phone. No VPN. Credit card accepted. Happy to answer questions about building API relays, working with Chinese AI companies, or running on a 2 Vultr budget. Feedback welcome.

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Eva

Hi everyone!👋

I'm Eva,a solo developer exploring ways to automate digital product workflows.I'm currently experimenting with Telegram,Make,Notion,and Payhip to build fully automated processes for my projects.

Excited to connect with other devs here and share insights along the way!

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Samin Intisar

Hey everyone! 👋

I'm Samin, a software engineer from Vancouver, Canada. Recently graduated with a BSc in Statistics from UBC and now building full-time in the AI/SaaS space.

Right now I'm deep in building a research-focused AI product — think NotebookLM but with deeper multi-agent pipelines, better RAG evaluation, and a web search layer that actually reasons over sources. Heavy stack of Python, TypeScript, Convex, and pretty much every LLM API I can get my hands on.

What brought me here: I want to connect with other builders shipping AI-native products, not just talking about them.

Fun fact: My favorite programming language is Python — but TypeScript has been quietly earning my respect the more I build full-stack AI apps.

(Bonus answer to the question of the week — it's Python, hands down 😄)

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Zeba Mushtaq

Hey DEV community! 👋

I'm Zeba, a Data Analyst and AI enthusiast from Lahore, Pakistan 🇵🇰
I recently graduated with a CS degree (AI major) and I'm currently building projects at the intersection of data, AI, and real-world problem solving — from sentiment analysis dashboards to AI-powered travel tools.🔎

I'm here to share what I build, learn from this amazing community, and grow in public — one project at a time. I love exploring new things every single day, whether it's a new dataset, a new tool, or a new idea worth testing.
Fun fact: I'm also a travel content creator, so yes — my data projects and my wanderlust often end up colliding 😄✈️
Excited to be here and can't wait to connect with everyone! 🚀

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Sergey Shkuratov

Hi, I’m Sergey — a backend engineer with a production/DevOps background, now focused on Python/FastAPI backend work.
I care a lot about predictable production behavior: clear contracts, safe changes, testing, migrations, and reliability. I’m also interested in practical LLM-assisted development — where the model can speed up drafts, but ownership and verification stay with the engineer.
Happy to be here. Looking forward to learning from others and sharing a few engineering write-ups of my own.

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Ru

Hi everyone!

It's great to be here and looking forward to knowing more on what’s happening here!

I'm currently working on several projects which all are AI-based and I can't wait to share these with you.

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Ahmad Humayun

H Everyone! Data Engineer. I work on solving data problems and creating systems for messy processes for marketing analytics. Recently have been looking into how AI systems relibility should be solved, Looking forward to being part of the community!

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Krish

Hi everyone,

I'm Krish .

I'm currently learning software engineering and spending most of my time building projects, improving my development skills, and understanding how real-world software systems work.

I enjoy solving problems, learning new technologies, and figuring out how things work behind the scenes. One of my strengths is that I'm naturally curious and willing to keep digging until I understand something.

One area I'm working on is staying focused. I sometimes get interested in too many topics at once instead of mastering one thing before moving to the next, so that's something I'm actively improving.

Looking forward to learning from everyone here and being part of the community.

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Tyler Francis

Hey everyone! I'm Tyler - developer and solo futures trader from NYC. I build trading automation tools and Pine Script strategies for prop firm evaluations (TradingView). Outside trading I build Chrome extensions and small web tools - currently working on a room-by-room painting estimator after getting frustrated with overpriced existing options.

Looking forward to connecting with other builders and indie hackers here.

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Tom Barbalet

Hi everyone, I’m Tom Barbalet. I’ve been building simulations, games, tools, and native software for a long time, with most of my work sitting somewhere between artificial life, cognitive simulation, environmental systems, historical wargames, and compact C/Swift codebases.

This June 13, ApeSDK turns 30. It began in 1996 as Noble Ape/Nervana, an open-source artificial life project exploring landscape, weather, biology, memory, language, social behavior, and agent cognition. Over the years it has grown into a portable C simulation SDK with Swift/macOS front ends, documentation, academic use, and a long tail of related projects.

I’m here to share more of that journey, write about simulation craft, Swift and C engineering, open source longevity, agent behavior, wargame systems, and the occasional strange tool that grows out of all of it. Looking forward to meeting other builders, researchers, game developers, and people who enjoy making software that feels alive.

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Prasad R

Hi everyone 👋

I'm Prasad, a tech enthusiast passionate about building scalable applications, AI-powered solutions, and agentic systems.

I've been exploring Generative AI, MCP, AI Foundry, and cloud technologies. I joined the DEV community to learn and share my learnings along the way.

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Vinicius Apolinário

Hi all 👋 I'm Vinicius, a .NET fullstack from Brazil. I work mostly in C#, and lately I've been digging into self hosted & lower-level stuff like networking, screen capture, that sort of thing. I just wrapped up my first real open-source project, a self-hosted remote desktop tool for home LANs, and I'm here mostly to get better at writing about what I build and to learn from this crowd. Fun fact: the whole thing started because I got tired of AnyDesk asking me to log in just to connect. Nice to meet everyone!

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Muhammad Usman Ali

Hey 👋

I’m Muhammad Usman Ali, an AI SEO Strategist & SEO Consultant focused on Technical SEO, entity optimization, and AI-driven search. I’m here to learn, share insights, and explore how dev + SEO + AI intersect in modern search.

Currently experimenting with SEO automation and entity-based strategies.

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Mehroz ali

Hey I’m Mehroz, currently learning web development and exploring different tech stacks like frontend and backend development. I joined to improve my skills, build real projects, and connect with other learners. Fun fact: I enjoy turning ideas into small working apps.
Hey nice to meet you! What are you currently learning or working on?

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Ibrahim Abdulmajid

Hello everyone! 👋

I'm Ibrahim (you can find me here as AmphyFX). I've just joined the DEV community and wanted to say a quick hello to all the amazing engineers, creators, and builders here.

A little about me:

I'm a full-stack software developer who specializes in building backend systems, automated scrapers, and serverless microservices. When I'm not writing code, I spend my time analyzing charts and trading foreign exchange (FX) markets.

Because of my background in trading and coding, I've always loved utilities that are fast, reliable, and completely passive.

What I'm currently working on:

I'm currently building and expanding a premium portfolio of developer microservice APIs hosted on Vercel and listed on RapidAPI. My goal is to build simple, zero-latency tools that developers can integrate in under 5 minutes to solve common problems:

  • Disposable Email Shields (to block spam signups).
  • European VAT & Company Validators (for B2B checkout gates).
  • DNS record diagnostics and diagnostics engines.
  • URL shorteners with built-in visitor analytics.
  • Exchange rates boards converting major fiat and cryptocurrencies (BTC/ETH/SOL).

I'm planning to write a series of mini-tutorials here sharing the integration scripts (Node.js, Python, and cURL) and code snippets for these utilities to help other developers build their applications faster.

Let's connect!

I'd love to get to know this community.

  • What projects are you currently building?
  • Are you working on any microservices or API-based SaaS tools?

Drop a comment below and say hi! I'd love to connect and follow your profiles.

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Farhan Rehman Sherief

Hey everyone! I'm Farhan, a bioinformatician with a focus on single-cell RNA sequencing and computational disease genomics. I found Dev.to while looking for places to actually talk about the projects I've been building, GitHub is great for storing code but not so great for conversation.

I've recently been working on scRNA-seq analyses of Alzheimer's disease brain tissue and the NSCLC tumour microenvironment using Python and Scanpy, and I just posted my first two articles about them here. Watching biology emerge from a matrix of gene counts never gets old for me.

Always happy to connect with anyone working in bioinformatics, computational biology, or data science or honestly anyone who just finds single-cell genomics (or anything about human genes and diseases) as fascinating as I do!

P.S. I love all the brainrot memes and gifs, I spend an unhealthy amount of time on instagram reels HAHAHHA

hehe

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Saurabh

Hey everyone 👋

I’m Saurabh, a senior architect working at the intersection of AI, software architecture, and open source. I love designing scalable systems and turning ideas into real, running products.

I joined DEV to share what I’m learning about AI system design, agentic workflows, and platformizing LLM-powered apps, and to learn from how others are building in the real world. I’ll mostly write about architecture decisions, practical AI patterns, and lessons from building in public. GitHub profile: github.com/saurabh-oss.

Currently, I’m especially interested in:

  • Architecting reliable AI/agentic pipelines
  • Developer experience for AI-enabled teams
  • Open source tooling around data and automation

Fun fact: I travel frequently around India and US spending a lot of my time collaborating with teams across time zones, so async discussions are my default mode of work.

If you’re experimenting with AI, system design, or open source, I’d love to connect, what are you currently building or learning?

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Mustafa Bahaa

Hi everyone!

I'm Mustafa, a software engineer. I joined DEV to share some of my open-source projects and connect with other developers.

Currently, I'm working on a CLI tool called Wasla to help developers sync their AI agents and MCP configurations across different tools like Claude Code, Gemini, and Cursor. Looking forward to learning from the community and reading about what everyone else is building!

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Work Drove

Hi everyone,
I work in digital communications and marketing, and recently I've been spending most of my free time building a startup called KunRestaurant.
The idea started from a simple problem: people often know they're hungry but don't know what to eat or where to go. So I'm building a platform that helps people discover restaurants based on mood, craving, budget, and location.
Currently learning a lot about Next.js, SEO, product development, databases, and startup growth along the way.
Fun fact: I probably spend more time thinking about food discovery than actually eating 😄
Looking forward to connecting with fellow builders and learning from the community!

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José Vásquez

Olá, pessoal! 👋
Sou o José, fundador da Teia Studio, em São Paulo. Trabalho com governança e observabilidade de IA — em resumo, como medir e conter falhas de LLMs em produção.
O que me trouxe aqui: quero trocar ideia com quem pensa em risco, accountability e confiança em sistemas de IA. Estou construindo um framework chamado IGO e adoraria ouvir críticas da comunidade.
Curiosidade: cheguei na IA pela porta dos fundos — vim de operações de food & beverage antes de mergulhar em governança algorítmica.
Prazer em conhecer todo mundo!

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Can Nguyen

hello everyone,
I'm a software engineer specializing in backend systems (Java/Spring Boot/AWS) and full-stack development.
What I'm currently working on: Finishing up a real-time transit alert dashboard and diving into advanced AI agent performance benchmarks.
When I'm not staring at code or a terminal, you can usually find me exploring open-world survival games. Stated simply: I love to build things. Happy to be here and looking forward to connecting!

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Nexflow Studio

Hey DEV community! 👋

I'm Jaisurya, founder of Nexflow Studio.

I build premium UI kits and HTML templates
for developers and SaaS founders.

Currently building in public —
just shipped 8 products and documenting
the journey here on DEV!

Always happy to connect with
fellow builders and indie hackers 🚀

buildinpublic #webdev #saas

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Ravi Teja • Edited

Hello i am newbie, eager to contribute to the community and learn from others i am Sr Software Engineering Manager at a fortune 500 company leading teams focused on building modernized digital applications

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Sahil Mansuri

Hello everyone. I just joined the dev.to. I’m a Full Stack Developer specializing in the MERN stack with hands-on experience building scalable web applications using React.js, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.

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Diksha Bajpai

Hello everyone,

My name is Diksha Bajpai, and I am a web developer with around 1.5 years of experience in software development.I have experience working with technologies such as PHP, JavaScript, React, Node.js, MySQL, and MongoDB. I enjoy building responsive and user-friendly web applications and solving real-world problems through technology.
Recently, I have been exploring AI tools and full-stack development to expand my skills and stay updated with industry trends.

I recently joined the community and am excited to connect and hear from everyone.🤩

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Pial Mahmud

Hello everyone,

I am excited to join the DEV community and connect with fellow developers.

I am currently focusing on backend development with Laravel, while also strengthening my understanding of scalable API design, database architecture, and modern backend best practices. Alongside this, I am exploring AI integration in web applications, particularly how intelligent features can be embedded into real-world systems using APIs and machine learning services.

My goal is to grow as a backend engineer by building production-ready projects, improving system design skills, and learning from real-world development experiences shared here.

I joined this platform to learn from experienced developers, contribute to meaningful discussions, and continuously improve my skills in both backend engineering and AI-driven development.

Looking forward to connecting and growing with you all.

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CJ

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm CJ, a Computer Science student from the Philippines. I'm currently learning web development and building personal projects with React and modern JavaScript tools.

Recently, I've been working on projects like LifeSquares, a web app that helps visualize life as a grid of weeks and encourages reflection through journaling and milestones. I'm starting to explore hackathons and coding challenges to build my skills and learn from other developers.

I love turning random ideas into side projects, even if they're just experiments to learn something new.

Looking forward to learning from all of you and seeing what everyone is building! 🚀

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oluwanifemi1111

I'm building Molada Pay, a digital wallet and payments platform. I already have product mockups, a roadmap, and a defined MVP. I'm looking for developers interested in discussing the project and potentially contributing to an early-stage startup.

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Uday Krishnan

Hey DEV community! 👋 I'm Uday — a full-stack developer from India with 7 years in IT.

I work with React and FastAPI, and lately I've been going deep into AI engineering - prompt engineering, RAG systems, agentic workflows, and LLM integration.

What brought me here: I want to learn in public, share what I build, and connect with others who are serious about software craft and AI.

Fun fact: I'm equally obsessed with trading systems, Indian philosophy, and making my code work on the first try (still working on that last one 😄)

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Be On Time

"Greetings everyone! 👋
Excited to be here! I'm a Project Management expert joining the community to share some insights on a topic that usually keeps us awake at night: the managerial 'Death March'—where the plan looks great on paper, but the reality is a disaster.

I'm on a mission to help teams move from 'hoping' their resources are available to 'knowing' they are.

Let's build some better systems together!"

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DevDarsha API

Hello 👋🏻👋🏻
I’m building DevDarsha, a developer-focused API platform for Panchang and Hindu calendar data.

It provides structured JSON data for Tithi, Nakshatra, Muhurat, festivals, sunrise/sunset, and other calendar details so developers can easily integrate traditional Indian timekeeping into websites, apps, and automation tools.

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Azam Akram • Edited

I'm Azam, a software developer who enjoys building practical tools and writing about things I learn along the way.

Recently, I've been working on a collection of free browser-based developer tools focused on everyday tasks like decoding JWTs, formatting YAML, comparing text, generating UUIDs, and debugging API payloads. I also spend a lot of time working with React, Next.js, WordPress, Docker, and cloud services.

I joined DEV to share what I'm building, learn from other developers, and hopefully contribute useful content to the community.

Looking forward to connecting with everyone. What are you currently building or learning?

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Bubb Tucks

Hi everyone,
I'm Bubb and am an absolute beginner to coding and Linux. Day1.
I'm interested in security and online privacy and am a fan of the original ethos of the web.
Hope to not annoy anyone with basic questions but will try my best to pick up speed-
Am eager to learn and be part of the community.

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Dale Sackrider

My role as VP of Technology just expanded from Cloud Operations to include a large engineering team and the result is I'm taking a crash course in the dev world - despite being in leadership for over a decade, I did spend significant time as an architect and recently published an architecture-as-code project called DRAFT (github - getdraft/draftsman). Its been eye opening for how we can/do use AI to create code but I'm still just learning. What brough me here specifically was a link my DevOps leaders shared: dev.to/juniourrau/6-types-of-git-b...

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Stephen Thompson

In 2026, cryptocurrency recovery has emerged as a specialized field combining blockchain forensics, investigative analysis, and legal coordination. Chainalysis Crypto Recovery (CCR) has become a trusted leader in helping victims recover lost funds safely and efficiently.

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wispcss

Hello everyone. I'm a web developer obsessed with architecture, design patterns, etc. I'm full stack but I mostly do frontend work with minimum backend stuff. I also created github.com/wispcode/wisp-css/

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Olayiwola Akinnagbe

Hey everyone! I am Olayiwola, a software engineer from Lagos, Nigeria. I joined DEV because I have been building in public and I wanted to connect with developers who actually ship things.

My current project is Tablesmit. Tablesmit.com is a free, open source table builder for writers, analysts and researchers. You build a clean, structured table in the browser, set column types, and export to PDF, Excel, LaTeX, CSV, PNG or JPEG. No account required. MIT licensed. The LaTeX export has been the feature that surprised me most, I added it because one researcher asked, and it turned out to be the thing people talk about most.

I am most interested in frontend performance, accessibility, and the craft of building tools that feel right to use. Happy to connect with anyone working on developer tools, open source projects, or building in public.

What are you all working on?