Notes from the team
What we shipped, why we built it that way, and what is rough. Written by the people building DEVAE, in open beta.
DEVAE is in open beta — what works, what is next
No waitlist, no card. Here is exactly what you can do on DEVAE today, what is rough, and what we are building next.
Read the post →How to network as a software developer (without feeling fake)
Networking for developers is showing your work where other developers already are, then talking to the people who respond. Five steps that work for introverts.
4 min read →How to find a coding partner online
Find a coding partner by posting a specific project, a specific time and a specific stack in a developer community, then doing one short trial session before committing.
3 min read →How to find a technical co-founder
You find a technical co-founder by building something small first, showing it in developer communities, and working with candidates on a real problem for a few weeks before offering equity.
4 min read →How to get feedback on your code from other developers
To get code feedback, share a small, runnable piece with one specific question in a community that reviews code, and make it easy to comment on a line rather than a wall of text.
3 min read →How to practice pair programming remotely
Remote pair programming works when you share the screen and the terminal, switch driver and navigator every 25 minutes, and keep sessions to a single, pre-agreed task.
3 min read →Why live rooms share the terminal, not just the screen
Screen share shows someone your problem. Terminal share lets them run the tests. Here is why we built rooms around both.
5 min read →How to make developer friends online
You make developer friends online by showing up repeatedly in one small community, helping before asking, and moving from text to voice with the two or three people you click with.
3 min read →How to build a personal brand as a developer
A developer personal brand is a specific thing you are known for, proven by public work, repeated in one place for long enough that people associate you with it.
3 min read →How to get noticed as a developer
Developers get noticed by shipping small, public, finished things regularly and telling the story of each one where other developers and hiring managers already look.
3 min read →Building the DEVAE desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux
One Next.js codebase, three installers. What the desktop app adds over the browser, and how the builds are produced.
4 min read →How to contribute to open source as a beginner
Beginners contribute to open source by picking one project they already use, starting with documentation or a labelled beginner issue, and following the project’s contributing guide exactly.
3 min read →How to build a developer community from zero
You build a developer community by starting with a narrow topic and ten people you already know, running a recurring event, and making it easy for newcomers to contribute something small.
3 min read →How the DEVAE CLI works
Install it, log in once, join rooms from the terminal. A short tour of the CLI and the auth flow behind it.
3 min read →Write with us
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