/dev/null: social network for developers

https://dev-null.sh

41•mnapoli•1h ago

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ersind•1h ago

Looks good!

JaceComix•1h ago

Which part looks good? The <50 words or the YouTube video?

I'm not saying this isn't a good idea or that people don't want something like this but... There's nothing here?

sidrag22•50m ago

yep im confused, i see a handful of words that signals almost nothing other than there is potentially something behind the login gate. then an 8 hour video... im not just gonna jump into some random 8 hour video without any context, just as im not about to signup for something with no context for what it really is.

TheChelsUK•1h ago

Very good idea

muslimpeacepriz•1h ago

Shouldn't that domain be dev-null.social instead of 'shell'? Dorks.

ajjenkins•1h ago

It would be nice if the website had more information about the platform before you create an account.

ersind•1h ago

This was done only in two days, there are important pages missing.

embedding-shape•1h ago

> This was done only in two days

So not at all ready to be seen? Maybe we should all flag this so it can re-appear once someone spent at least a bit of time on making it proper and ready for public consumption?

mystifyingpoi•57m ago

Does this excuse the main page missing any information what this thing even is? Come on.

mnapoli•44m ago

Fixed! Check out the website it shows content now, no landing page anymore

cyanydeez•1h ago

conceptually, just sounds like a place you go when you don't want anyone to hear, see or think about you.

brabel•1h ago

A dream developer experience.

probably_wrong•1h ago

I have a petty complaint: if you name your social network after a core Unix concept, then why make your users login exclusively through a Microsoft subsidiary?

stephenlf•1h ago

Is this a real question? If so, here’s a real answer:

GitHub is the single most widely adopted, developer-specific OIDC identity provider.

If it’s facetious, then WSL BABYYYYYY

OtomotO•1h ago

Guess I am simply not invited to the party then.

Or I am not a developer after all.

Identity crisis intensifies

pitched•50m ago

The dev in /dev/null is device, not developer. So you’re not a device but you can still be a developer.

fatty_patty89•1h ago

>Is this a real question? If so, here’s a real answer:

>Let's all be willing docile salves

This is how you sound

pants2•57m ago

Nobody's forcing you to use that website

mystifyingpoi

rvz•1h ago

> No likes. No reposts. No algorithm. Everything else goes to /dev/null.

*Closes tab

aftbit•1h ago

Just skip the whole thing and send your thoughts straight to /dev/null

stephenlf•58m ago

Weird, especially because it DOES have likes.

wccrawford•52m ago

No, it has stars. /s

sigh Yeah, that's really a bad look for them to claim no likes and then have something that is functionally identical.

mnapoli•43m ago

Yep our bad, we fixed this, no landing page anymore

stephenlf•1h ago

I signed up for TextLog a few weeks ago. I love the text-only social network, but their European infra meant too much latency for my US-based browsing. Maybe this will scratch that itch!

nailer•1h ago

> follow people who write code, and commit plain text to a shared log.

Isn't that Twitter?

verdverm•56m ago

Twitter is gone, isn't it? X under Elon is not a place I will ever hang out

Discord is where more dev communities are moving to

simonhamp•1h ago

it's fully open source (https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pulls) and received over 200 PRs in less than 48 hours

esaym•50m ago

I am always so floored when I see a new thing written all in PHP. I always got crap for using Perl most of my life.

nailer•1h ago

I can't see any of the content unless I sign in.

I don't know if I want to sign in, because I can't see any of the content.

satiric•59m ago

I'm thinking of it a different way. In order to join a social media network these days, I need to have some assurance that it's going to be worth my time. They didn't provide any, so screw 'em.

simonhamp•55m ago

it was supposed to be public. maybe it got reverted. the team were moving super fast

mnapoli•35m ago

yeah that's fixed

mnapoli•43m ago

That's fixed

t1234s•1h ago

Why do all these guys have "Soy Face" when you take their pictures?

ASalazarMX•25m ago

TIL soy face is the 'unmasculine' version of pog face.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soy_face

antiloper•1h ago

> Computah... build me a social network in PHP. Import the user's profile from GitHub, they shouldn't have to fill anything in. No likes, reposts or algorithms. Add a catchy slogan at the home page. Make no mistakes!

hk1337•1h ago

> Failed to open page

I'm guessing that wasn't expected result.

lenerdenator•58m ago

Devs need to be around actual humans in-person more, not less.

ASalazarMX•28m ago

I have the right amount of humans in my life, I don't want more. Online is great for me, for this use case.

deadbabe•52m ago

/tmp/social would have been better I think. dev = device, doesn’t make sense.

hk1337•32m ago

I like it. I might steal that.

sp4cec0wb0y•50m ago

Your posts have to be approved? Odd way to run a social network imo.

rafram•11m ago

Kind of makes sense for a small operation. Better that than miss something bad for eight hours because the admin (presumably singular) is sleeping.

caaqil•48m ago

This is interesting: a. Developers on average are probably low on E trait in the Big Five b. Most users in the online developer communities (at least the ones who will be doing the "social" part, per the standard 1% rule of social platforms) loathe LinkedIn-style stuff, being asked to log in or provide PII. c. Most "social" services devs regularly use are for technical/utility stuff (GH, SO, subreddits) more than the social aspect.

If a, b and c are true, then this site is reinventing HN/proggit with forced GitHub login on top. NGMI.

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