/dev/null: social network for developers

 (dev-null.sh)

42 points | by mnapoli 1 hour ago

20 comments

  • probably_wrong 1 hour 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?
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    • retromagik 1 hour ago
      Based on the branding, I think their target demographic assumes the dev in /dev/null is short for "Developers"
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      • ASalazarMX 47 minutes ago
        It's a cute name, but considering how combative developers can be about naming, I think it should have been more clever than cute.

        If 'dev' is developer, 'null' makes me think it's for worthless developers, or for things that developers don't care about.

      • joshuat 52 minutes ago
        dev = developer

        bin = trash

    • pitched 1 hour ago
      GitHub is a social network already. You’re logging into one social network with another social network. And I’m complaining about that fact on a different social network. What has the world come to?
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      • ASalazarMX 46 minutes ago
        DM me and subscribe if you want an explanation.
    • stephenlf 1 hour 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

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      • mystifyingpoi 1 hour ago
        Why does this need OIDC at all? Basic email + password account is like 1-2 prompts away.
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        • ASalazarMX 45 minutes ago
          I guess at some point developers will have to prove they're serious developers by exposing their GitHub profile.

          Edit: it's part of your profile already, better vibe code some random ideas to farm some GitHub dev credibility.

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          • ranger_danger 38 minutes ago
            I don't think a github profile (or any specific activity therein) should be a prerequisite for being considered a 'serious developer'.
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            • ASalazarMX 31 minutes ago
              I am of the same idea. Requiring online, public repositories, specifically in GitHub, doesn't cover all developers. It covers many of them nowadays, so there's that.
        • hobofan 1 hour ago
          Because effective anti-spam account measures are not 1-2 prompts away.
        • bigwheels 1 hour ago
          Maybe spam concerns, but your point remains valid.
        • saghm 1 hour ago
          And having those passwords leaked is probably only another 1-2 prompts away
      • OtomotO 1 hour ago
        Guess I am simply not invited to the party then.

        Or I am not a developer after all.

        Identity crisis intensifies

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        • pitched 1 hour 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 1 hour 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

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        • pants2 1 hour ago
          Nobody's forcing you to use that website
    • 28304283409234 11 minutes ago
      And for developers. Only a tiny percentage of the devs I know actually know what /dev/null is.
    • sandeepkd 1 hour ago
      How does publicly published PGP based login sounds?
    • ranger_danger 44 minutes ago
      FWIW DOS and Windows both have a null concept too:

        C:\> TYPE file.txt >NUL
  C:\>
    • Daviey 1 hour ago
      [flagged]
  • ajjenkins 1 hour ago
    It would be nice if the website had more information about the platform before you create an account.
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    • mnapoli 55 minutes ago
      Fixed! Check out the website it shows content now, no landing page anymore
    • ersind 1 hour ago
      This was done only in two days, there are important pages missing.
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      • embedding-shape 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
        Does this excuse the main page missing any information what this thing even is? Come on.
  • stephenlf 1 hour 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!
  • sp4cec0wb0y 1 hour ago
    Your posts have to be approved? Odd way to run a social network imo.
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    • rafram 21 minutes 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.
  • hk1337 1 hour ago
    > Failed to open page

    I'm guessing that wasn't expected result.

  • deadbabe 1 hour ago
    /tmp/social would have been better I think. dev = device, doesn’t make sense.
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    • hk1337 43 minutes ago
      I like it. I might steal that.
  • muslimpeacepriz 1 hour ago
    Shouldn't that domain be dev-null.social instead of 'shell'? Dorks.
  • ersind 1 hour ago
    Looks good!
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    • JaceComix 1 hour 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?

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      • sidrag22 1 hour 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.
  • antiloper 1 hour 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!
  • caaqil 59 minutes 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.

  • nailer 1 hour 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.

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    • satiric 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
      it was supposed to be public. maybe it got reverted. the team were moving super fast
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      • mnapoli 45 minutes ago
        yeah that's fixed
    • mnapoli 54 minutes ago
      That's fixed
  • TheChelsUK 1 hour ago
    Very good idea
  • cyanydeez 1 hour ago
    conceptually, just sounds like a place you go when you don't want anyone to hear, see or think about you.
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    • brabel 1 hour ago
      A dream developer experience.
  • lenerdenator 1 hour ago
    Devs need to be around actual humans in-person more, not less.
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    • ASalazarMX 38 minutes 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.
  • rvz 1 hour ago
    > No likes. No reposts. No algorithm. Everything else goes to /dev/null.

    *Closes tab

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    • aftbit 1 hour ago
      Just skip the whole thing and send your thoughts straight to /dev/null
    • stephenlf 1 hour ago
      Weird, especially because it DOES have likes.
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      • mnapoli 54 minutes ago
        Yep our bad, we fixed this, no landing page anymore
      • wccrawford 1 hour 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.

  • andrewstuart 1 hour ago
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  • nailer 1 hour ago
    > follow people who write code, and commit plain text to a shared log.

    Isn't that Twitter?

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    • verdverm 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
    it's fully open source (https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pulls) and received over 200 PRs in less than 48 hours
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    • esaym 1 hour 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.
  • t1234s 1 hour ago
    Why do all these guys have "Soy Face" when you take their pictures?
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