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Good morning, afternoon, or evening everyone! Hope you guys are doing well!
If you haven't known me as much or have seen me time to time, I think it's appropriate to introduce myself properly. As promised on previous welcome threads and made a promise to @javz, here it is!
To start, my name is Francis and I am currently a Graduate Student in the Software Engineering Program graduating this year. I have been on a developer journey since 2020 and worked professionally for 4 years in specialization in Salesforce Administrator. I also play a role as a Senior Full-Stack Developer in the tech space for CALEC and contributing to Forem (OSS that powers dev.to!)
I started my journey at dev.to since Jan 2026 like everyone else. I didn't get a head start in anything, nor I have enough connections to do so. I started on DEV with the intention to put myself out there and blog to the rest of the world. Being in this journey for 10 months now, I have not only met new people like @itsugo, @javz, @ben, @jess, @heyitsjem and so on, but I became more confident in my skills while also sharing my thoughts on DEV!
My advice to anyone in DEV is to not be afraid to meet new people. Don't isolate yourself by just posting. Start commenting and meet new people on DEV! Connections will grow overtime and you will find people who are like you!
On my free time, I like to play video games, hoping to get myself a PC one day :)
I am planning on fleshing out my journey on my One-Year anniversary on DEV. For those who are interested, mark your calendar on Jan 14, 2027!
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Thank you for joining this community and we are glad you decide to come! Question for all of you is: Why did you join DEV? Any plans for 2027?
Calendar has been marked! Congratulations on all your achievements and it's awesome that you are gonna graduate soon!
Btw what kind of a PC are you gonna get? Since I am also hoping to build one but geez the GPU prices...
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Hello there Ayush! Looks like you're new to Dev, welcome to the community!!
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Thanks Aryan! This is my list of the parts if your curious. Though this might change: pcpartpicker.com/list/Ky4CZQ
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Nice one Francis!
Congrats on all your achievements and contributions since joining DEV.
It has been a fun ride so far and I am looking forward to our future contributions!
ps: what video game are you currently
playing? I got into Slay the Spire recently and it has been really fun to play.
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Hello, Francis — glad to meet you. Your point about not isolating yourself just by posting really lands. Commenting and meeting people is how a community becomes real. Congratulations on the graduate program and your ten months on DEV; I look forward to reading your one-year anniversary post.
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Hi Francis! 👋
I'm Antoni, a software developer and filmmaker from Mallorca, Spain. I just joined DEV today!
Congratulations on your journey, your open-source contributions, and your upcoming graduation!
I really appreciate your advice about not just publishing articles, but actually connecting with other developers. That's exactly why I'm here.
I've recently been building an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, and I'm hoping to share both the technical lessons and the mistakes along the way.
For 2027, my goal is to keep improving my projects, contribute more to open source, and learn from developers with different backgrounds.
Since you've been contributing to Forem, I'm curious: what would you recommend as a good first step for someone who wants to start contributing to an established open-source project?
Great to meet you, Francis! 🚀
Joined to connect with fellow developers like me and learn from their experience. Just a humble beginning with big dreams for 2k27
That's super cute! Eager to read your posts, maybe I can learn a new thing❤️
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Welcome! What are you planning to build first?
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Hello! My name is Peter, and I’m hanging out here more and more often because the company is great. This is such a positive international developer community!
Over the past seven years, my articles have kept piling up here, and I wasn’t quite sure how to present them in a way that made sense. So I asked the Know-It-All to find the connections and put them into an interactive mind-map app. It turned out so well that I use it regularly. It’s a nice addition to my one-line CV too, and the most fun feature is the timeline.
Most of the programs I make are open source, so if you’d like to join in and help develop any of them further, feel free to reach out!
Hi Peter! 👋 I'm Antoni, also new to DEV.
Your interactive mind-map project sounds fascinating, especially the idea of discovering connections across years of technical articles.
I'm currently exploring how AI agents can preserve and retrieve reliable project knowledge, so that part of your work caught my attention.
Did you build the connections automatically from the article content, or did you add a layer of manual curation?
Great to meet another open-source developer here!
I am build connection automaticly, claude detect all relationship after reading my all articles
That's really interesting, Peter! Thanks for explaining.
Hi Peter!
What are you building?
Actually a 3D engine : dev.to/pengeszikra/retro-spider-pa...
Hey Everyone - I am Barsha from India. I work as a Marketing consultant. I have been writing technical blogs from quite sometime and thought why not I post a few here as well and also read some of them from the beautiful community!
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Hi guys, I'm Adam and I like animals!
Hey everyone! 👋
I'm SP Randhawa, a Computer Science Engineering student passionate about technology, programming, and problem-solving.
I'm currently exploring Python, Java, Django, Data Analytics, and Cybersecurity. I enjoy learning new technologies, building projects, and sharing what I learn along the way.
I'm here to connect with fellow developers, learn from the community, exchange ideas, and grow together.
Looking forward to being part of this amazing community! 🚀
Hi SP! 👋 Welcome. Python is a great starting point, and it pairs well with Django and data analytics. Of the things you're exploring, which one are you enjoying the most right now? I'm learning Python through open source, and a good first project made a big difference for me.
Hi DeadY2J! 👋 I'm currently enjoying Python the most, especially exploring how it can be used in web development and data analytics. I'm also learning Django and working on building practical projects to strengthen my skills. I completely agree that starting with a good project makes learning much more interesting. Looking forward to exploring more through open source! 😊
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Hey DEV community! 👋
I'm Sameer, a technical writer and Python learner based in Bahrain. I actually just hit my 8-week streak here on DEV, which feels surreal to say!
I started writing 50 days ago to document my journey learning Python from scratch. My goal was simple: just keep the streak alive and get better at explaining code. Fast forward to today, I've published 39 articles, built a portfolio on Fiverr, and even got a tutorial published on freeCodeCamp!
I'm currently diving deep into Python automation and trying to survive the freelance pitching process. 😂
A fun fact about me: I do all my writing at my desk while staring out the window at the ocean. It makes the debugging process a little less painful.
What's the best piece of advice you'd give to someone just starting their writing journey?
hello everyone!
Hi, I’m Vadher Nikunj, founder of Jupius Learning.
I write about data structures the way they show up in real systems, not only in exams. Latest one: linked lists, with a small C example and how the Linux kernel uses
list_headfor the process list, runqueue, and wait queues.Blog: jupiuslearning.com/blog/linked-lis...
Also on: dev.to
Happy to connect with anyone learning C, DSA, or embedded.
Hi everyone! I'm Alba from Spain. I'm just getting started as a developer and recently launched my first API, a tool that checks a web page's SEO and whether AI crawlers can read it. I'm here to learn from you and share what I learn along the way. Happy to be part of the community!
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