Errant thought - I kind of hope that the actual social network for developers of the not so distant future looks more like a bunch of us separately building bespoke applications to serve files to each other.
> Dave: "Bot, add a folder to my personal data store with the pictures I took this weekend and share it with everyone in my poker group"
> Sally: "I see that I've gotten an email from Dave with a magic link conveying access to something. Bot, use this link to negotiate a key exchange with whatever weird app Dave cobbled together (ask his bot if you need help) and then log into my VPS and add a tab to my personal webapp to display the content he has shared."
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?
stephenlftoday at 5:13 PM
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!
ktosobcytoday at 7:32 PM
Seems to be down...
What does it use? masto or hand-crafted stuff?
RonanSolestetoday at 7:33 PM
Y.a.t.c (yet another twitter clone). Except for theming it brings nothing new to the social media space.
I also dont think sending my tweets to a null device will do much for development.
Ill put my bets on Bsky or Mastodon here.
sp4cec0wb0ytoday at 5:33 PM
Your posts have to be approved? Odd way to run a social network imo.
flanz_10today at 8:19 PM
> Everyone here signed in with GitHub.
ugh.
hk1337today at 5:21 PM
> Failed to open page
I'm guessing that wasn't expected result.
deadbabetoday at 5:31 PM
/tmp/social would have been better I think. dev = device, doesn’t make sense.
jchonphoenixtoday at 7:59 PM
Wasn't this originally HN?
muslimpeacepriztoday at 5:00 PM
Shouldn't that domain be dev-null.social instead of 'shell'? Dorks.
ersindtoday at 4:59 PM
Looks good!
antilopertoday at 5:21 PM
> 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!
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.
cyanydeeztoday at 5:04 PM
conceptually, just sounds like a place you go when you don't want anyone to hear, see or think about you.
deletedtoday at 5:12 PM
xysttoday at 7:19 PM
Using GH as the only way to associate identity is a bit evil
lenerdenatortoday at 5:25 PM
Devs need to be around actual humans in-person more, not less.
nailertoday at 5:21 PM
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.
rvztoday at 5:09 PM
> No likes. No reposts. No algorithm. Everything else goes to /dev/null.
*Closes tab
mmwontoday at 7:37 PM
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nailertoday at 5:18 PM
> follow people who write code, and commit plain text to a shared log.
Isn't that Twitter?
t1234stoday at 5:21 PM
Why do all these guys have "Soy Face" when you take their pictures?